Posted on March 22, 2013. Tags: American Sports, Bubble Teams, College Basketball, Colonial Athletic Association, First Thursday, James Madison, James Madison University, Jmu, Liberty Head, Liu Brooklyn, March Madness, Mid Eastern Athletic Conference, Ncaa Selection Committee, Ncaas, Northeast Conference Tournament, Power Conferences, Season Winners, Smaller Schools, Tournament Champions, Tweak
Kevin Craft at the Atlantic has a great suggestion: Make the conference winners in the round of 64 and use the play-in games to weed out the bubble teams. He calls it the “one tweak” that would make the NCAA tourney more exciting: There is, however, one minor adjustment which, if implemented, could make March […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on February 25, 2013. Tags: Army Navy Game, Coach Mike Krzyzewski, College Basketball, College Football, Competent Leadership, David Stern, Disciplinary System, Duke Basketball Coach, Flight Program, John Feinstein, K John, Mandatory Classes, Mike Krzyzewski, Nba Nhl, Nuances, Pete Rozelle, S College, Specialization, Sports Writer, Top Flight
John Feinstein is a fascinating sports writer, he wrote a book called A Civil War, no not THAT ONE (aren’t you glad Lincoln didn’t do better at that award show last night?), but the Army/Navy game! I have not read his books but have heard him talk and Feinstein is wonderful. He has called for […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on April 23, 2012. Tags: 1972 Olympics, Aafes, Allegiance, Brave Americans, College Basketball, Communist Bloc, Empty Space, Forty Years, Gold Medal, Heirs, Hillary Clinton, Ioc President, Medal Ceremony, Medal Of Freedom, Personal Story, Podium, Presidential Citizens Medal, Presidential Medal Of Freedom, Secretary Of State, Silver Medal, Silver Medals, Soviet Bloc, Tangible Symbol, Team Medals, Team Play, Ticket Stub, United States Team, Us Allies, Usa Basketball Team, Ussr
I was pondering this issue that ought to be finally dealt with. It has been forty years since the USA basketball team was robbed of their gold medal due to politics and enormously bad calls. Try this conclusion: The US immediately protested against the result, with their appeal being heard by a five-man panel. The […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on March 14, 2012. Tags: Atlantic 10, Bulldogs, Butler Bulldogs, Butler University, Cbi, College Basketball, Conference Realignment, Espn, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Horizon League, Indiana State, Indianapolis Star, Indy Star, Midwest, National Attention, Ncaas, Philadelphia St, Proud Alum, Richmond, Spokesman, Times Dispatch, Tv Time, Wright State
No, Butler University is not moving to the River City. But this report in the Indianapolis Star (and this one in our own Times-Dispatch) indicates that there is serious talks for Butler Bulldogs to replace Temple in the Atlantic 10: ESPN.com, without identifying sources, reported Monday that Butler has expressed interest in replacing Temple in […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 16, 2011. Tags: All Star, Assistant Coach, Assistant Coaches, Brad Stevens, Coach Stevens, Coach University, College Basketball, Cuonzo Martin, Espn, Gold, Olympics, Painter, Play Basketball, Realistic Chance, Star Tour, Tennessee, Usa Team, World Games, World University Games
Because the pros play in the Olympics (and I have blogged about this too, it is outrageous), the World University Games are the only realistic chance our best college players get to play basketball and represent their nation. I am pleased to say that Butler’s coach Brad Stevens is one of the assistant coaches of […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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