- #1 Duke goes down in a heap... Malcolm Delaney went the distance (all 40 minutes), struggling to a 4 for 15 shooting night, but hit the ultimate dagger three late, and the Hokies held on from there... Jeff Allen threw up a monster 18/15 for VT, and Duke got nothing from Seth Curry (15 minutes, 5 fouls, 0 points), a mediocre game from Singler (6-19 FG) and a total lackluster shooting effort from 3-point distance (4 of 20)... huge win for VT, and that pretty much assures them a tourney bid...
- Jimmer Madness... Fredette led BYU to a gigantic road win at San Diego State with 25 and 9... but don't be deceived... BYU is legit... 3 additional guys in double-figures, and they managed to hold a talented SDSU team under 40% field goal shooting... BYU sweeps the season series, but I'm not ready to bail on the Aztecs... that's a very nice squad who just has matchup trouble with BYU... still a top-3 seed in the tourney to me...
- Texas blows a 22-point lead... #5 Texas led by that giant margin the first half in Boulder... and managed to lose it all thanks to Alec Burks and his 33/10 outing... could end up being a huge blow to the Longhorns because it may cost them a #1 seed... but if they win the Big 12 tourney, it shouldn't matter... road games...
- NCAA Boxscore Bits.... Arizona goes down in a heap... a day after anointing them the best of the Pac-10, they get blitzed in Westwood by 22... UCLA is looking good... Syracuse gets a nice road win in DC over Georgetown who looked a little overwhelmed without Chris Wright.. Kentucky holds serve in the SEC... they remain unbeaten at home after an 8-point win over Florida... and break up the Johnnies... St. John's with ANOTHER(!) road win over a top-15 team... Dwight Hardy led the way again with 34 points... big time...
Elsewhere....
- A small combine rant... Okay... I'm not watching the combine on NFL Network... why would I?... I would learn absolutely nothing from the event that I would need in that, I can look at a sheet of paper with 40-times, lifts, etc. if I wanted it... pass...
- NBA Check - Detroit defies all logic and wins a home game... we all know the turmoil story, but fortunately, they ran into a non-cohesive Jazz team, and got 28 from Rodney Stuckey to get a win... Houston puts up 71 first-half points (and 123 total) in beating up on New Jersey... Deron Williams put up a 3-12 shooting night and a -26 +/-.... goodness... a story to watch for the Rockets is Chase Budinger... the kid is taking off now as evidenced by 27 on Saturday... and Boston exploded in the 2nd half to put away the Clips on the road despite Randy Foye going off (32 points) and Blake Griffin's typical 21/11... worth noting that the crunch-time lineup was the big 4 and Baby Davis... elsewhere in the league? ho-hum...
What to watch for on Sunday...
- Lakers @ Thunder - ABC 2:30 - Perkins reportedly may go for OKC and that would be huge for them... otherwise, it's going to be tough for Ibaka/Collison to contain that LAL frontline... Nazr!....
- Knicks @ Heat - ESPN 8:00 - Well this is pretty obvious... the hype machine is rolling here... I think Miami runs them out of the gym though... just a gut feeling
- Hawks @ Blazers - ESPN 10:30 - Very, very intriguing matchup for me... the Blazers are pretty stacked now with Brandon Roy back (even at less than 100%, etc.), and this is game #2 (after practice #1) for both Gerald Wallace and Kirk Hinrich...
- #6 Pittsburgh @ #16 Louisville - CBS 2:00 - I love Pittsburgh... but this is a tough, tough road test in a hostile building...
- #8 Purdue @ Michigan State - ESPN 1:00 - This just SCREAMS to me as an upset alert for Purdue... Izzo will do that...
- Maryland @ #19 UNC - FSN 7:45 - Huge for Maryland... the Heels are in the tourney already, but Maryland could cement with a quality road win here...
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