- The Big East Tourney gets top billing with 8 tourney teams taking on each other... Kemba Walker knocked down a giant stepback jumper at the gun to beat Pittsburgh 76-74... Not a whole lot to gleam from that one since both teams are solidly in, but Kemba is one of the only guys in the country capable of totally strapping his team to his back... Notre Dame blew out Cincy... 89-51 was the most shocking score of the day for me... Cincy was hot coming into the game, but ND is just in a rhythm right now, and they have serious talent/experience... Syracuse outlasts St. John's... crazy atmosphere at MSG for that one, and I really like St. John's going forward, but Cuse got some impressive play from Triche and a random cameo from Fab Melo (career-high 11 points) to get the win... and Marquette gets run over by Louisville... another surprising score since Marquette had been very, very hot coming in... I don't think it affects Marquette being solidly in the field, but it doesn't help...
- Elsewhere... Kansas squeaks by Ok State... they shot only 36% from the field and got a win, pretty much showing how much the talent edge overwhelms other Big 12 teams... San Diego State wins their 30th game of the year... it's a game they were supposed to win over Utah, but it's worth noting... 30 wins is 30 wins... and Colorado upsets K-State... they've beaten them 3 times this year, and Colorado's resume is pretty impressive now...
Elsewhere...
- Miami gets a win... 94-88 over the Lakers at home... Chris Bosh showed up for the Heat with 24 and 9 to lead the way, but the key was winning on the glass 46-37 (somehow), and holding LA to 40% shooting... encouraging if you're a Heat fan.... if there are any of you out there...
- Elsewhere in the league... Dallas crushes the Knicks 127-109... thoroughly dominating them on one end led by Dirk's 23, and they were able to bottle up the NYK offense enough... and Denver keeps rolling along... 116-97 on the road, winning for the first time in Phoenix in their last 13 tries, and that unit is still impressing... one note on Phoenix, Marcin Gortat is grabbing every rebound in sight after having another 18 rebound performance yesterday...
- The NFL countdown is on... that's all I got...
- David Stern publicly shuts down Stan Van Gundy... saying that "we won't be hearing from Stan anymore"... one of the more blatant shakedowns I've ever seen from Stern publicly lol... I liked it...
What to watch for on a jam-packed Friday...
- Big East Semis - #14 Louisville vs. #4 Notre Dame - ESPN 9:00 - A pair of pretty awesome games at the Garden... ND is a well-oiled machine right now, but Louisville has the athletes...
- Big East Semis - #19 UConn vs. #11 Syracuse - ESPN 7:00 - The opener of the night pits Kemba vs. that Cuse Zone... a rematch of the 6-OT game in the Garden 2 years ago...
- Big 10 Quarters - #1 Ohio State vs. Northwestern - ESPN Noon - A nice appetizer for the day... the Bucks should have no trouble...
- ACC Quarters - #5 Duke vs. Maryland - ESPN2 7:00 - Huge opportunity for Maryland, but I don't think Duke has any issue here, especially in their own backyard...
- Illinois vs. Michigan - ESPN 2:00 - No one cares but me... but alas, Go Blue... for the right to guarantee a tourney spot...
- Hawks @ Bulls - SportSouth 8:00 - Pretty good matchup here if you want to avoid the college mayhem... another shot for the Hawks to contain Rose (after doing a great job in their last meeting)
Enjoy it...
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