- The best college hoops rivalry took the court last night in Cameron Indoor and lived up to the hype... UNC came out ridiculously strong and led 43-29 at the half on the road, but Duke exploded for 50 second half points and a 79-73 come-from-behind win... Nolan Smith was the story with 34 points on 13-23 shooting, and Duke managed to win the game with a paltry 3 of 17 effort from Singler (who admittedly was chasing Harrison Barnes all night, but still)... Seth Curry was key off the bench for Duke with 22 points as well... tough loss for UNC, but encouraging in that they shot 2 of 14 threes, Harrison Barnes shot 3 of 8, and they still nearly won...
- The NFL cancels labor talks for Thursday... after a less-than-encouraging day of negotiations, the 2 sides cancel talks for Thursday citing the distance between the sides... this could get ugly folks...
- There is a circling report that the NCAA has agreed to show every March Madness tournament game in its entirety on one of 4 different channels... basically the greatest day of my life if this happens...
- NBA Check - The Cavs lost their 26th straight... a flat-out bad home loss to Detroit that prompted Byron Scott to go off a bit post-game... he waited this long?... Dejuan Blair with likely the best game of his career... 28 and 11 to lead SA to a comeback 11-point win in Toronto... who needs knee ligaments?... The Knicks are slipping... an 8-point home loss to the undermanned Clips last night and they didn't defend a soul last night (6 Clippers had at least 16 points, 55% FG, 52% 3-pt, etc.)... on the bright side, Dan the Italian shot 14-14 FTs... your guess is as good as mine how he got that many attempts... Dallas has now won 10 straight after a 102-100 win in Sacto... they overcame a bad game from Dirk (10 points) thanks to Terry and Barea combining for 42 off the bench...
- Former Michigan QB Tate Forcier is headed to Miami... this story became a much bigger one than I thought (ESPN.com frontpage and all), but we forget how much attention he got after the 5-0 start in 2009 when there was legit (however funny) Heisman buzz... he'll go down and compete with freshman Stephen Morris when he arrives, but you have to think with the extensive list of schools he visited, he thinks he can get snaps at the U.... good luck Tate...
- NCAA Hoops Check - Villanova drops a wild one to Rutgers... Nova led by 5 with under 10 seconds to go, but a wild 4-point play (with a very questionable foul call) with under a second to go did them in... crazy game... Notre Dame went on a 14-0 run to start overtime against Louisville and went on to win by 10... that's a dangerous basketball team... but how many teams can be this legit from the Big East?... Georgetown with another huge win... my man (lol) JT3 got his first win ever at the Carrier Dome, and I really enjoy Austin Freeman... Wisconsin shot 6 of 33 in the first half... and won... I got nothing.... and my perennial tourney sleeper Utah State saw their 17 game winning streak snapped in Idaho last night... where else would you see that game mentioned?...
- There's a report out there that the Phillies could be in pursuit of Michael Young... I have 2 thoughts here... 1) Michael Young can't play the outfield so I'm a little skeptical... and 2) I really, really hope the Phillies don't get Michael Young... the guy can play and they're stacked enough to where I don't need them upgrading from Polanco to Young...
What to watch for...
- Lakers @ Celtics - 8:00 TNT - There's been some buzz about this being the measuring stick for LAL before they look to make a big move... that's ludicrous if that's the case... 1 game "measuring sticks" are cause for organizational concern rather than on-floor chemistry... anyway, this is a must-watch always...
- Mavs @ Nuggets - 10:30 TNT - Back to back for both teams... Dallas is incredibly hot right now, but with both games on the road, it's a challenge..
- #9 UConn @ St. John's - 7:00 ESPN- Steve Lavin has the red storm back to relevance already.... and Uconn seems capable of blowing this...
- #23 St. Mary's @ Santa Clara - 11:00 ESPNU - The best team in the WCC this year isn't Gonzaga... in fact, I'm not even sure the Zags are even the most talented team (and they always are)... St. Mary's has that title this year... check them out...
- Florida State @ Georgia Tech - 7:00 ESPN2 - If you like pain... watch Paul Hewitt and company...
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