Basketball

West Virginia - Marquette

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Pitt - Villanova

Pitt suffering from devastating injuries travels to Villanova.  This game in the on-campus arena as oopsed to the Wachovia Center.  Hard fought game.  Pitt down 1 with 10 seconds left. Guard brings ball down and dribbles and dribbles and dribbles - not getting a shot off.  What are guys afraid to pass? Final: Vlaanova 64 Pitt 63.

Louisville - Kentucky

Down year for both of these teams has taken some of the heat off this game.

Syracuse - South Florida

I still hate Devendorf.  Why do they show that bitch so often?  He's just sittin their with his homies.

Notre Dame - West Virginia

Notre Dame shot the ball better than West Virginia.

Georgetown - Radford

Oh damn.  Every year Gtown plays one game in the old gym on campus and I have always wanted to go to that game.  And this is it and I missed it.  Going to see them at the big Verizon Center downtown is so boring.  Generally this is the "Salute to Big John's Scheduling of Cupcakes Game," but last year they brought in ODU and got beat.  They ratched it down a bit this year with Radford from the Big South. And it is the blowout as expected 46-19 with 5 minutes left in the first half.  This isnt really a game as much as it is an open scrimmage.  77-40.  The final is 110-52, hardly worthy of being on the smallest auxillary tv.

St Johns - Niagara

St Johns doesnt play this one in the Garden, but at Carnesecca Arena in Jamaica, Queens.  Man, will St Johns ever get back to a level of respectable basketball?  or has Mike Jarvis destroyed it to the point that it is on par with CCNY?  This game is tied at 64 with 4 minutes left.  66 with 3 minutes to play.  Niagara up 3 with 80 seconds to play.  Niagara up 5 with 20 seconds left, the Johnnies come down and nail a 25 footer.  Niagara makes the front end free throw.  St Johns down 3 comes down and goes for the tie.  Niagara prevails 77-73 for there first win at St Johns since 1963.

Marquette - Sacramento St

Yuck.  This game is gonna suck.  I like the Warriors and this looks like a prime opportunity to mark Sacramento State off the master list.  At the first tv timeout, its 14-0.  Sacramento St should not be a D1 team.  Really the only thing they have going to for them is that top prospects arent jonesing to play for the Montanas and directional schools that they compete against in the Big Sky.  Dont get me wrong, I like the Big Sky, I think it should be Montana, Montana St, Idaho, Idaho St, Utah (maybe just Weber St), Utah St, Denver, Colorado St, South Dakota St and North Dakota St or something similar to that.  I dont like this game and I dont like that Crean has scheduled it.  Why?  Because Marquette is so much better than this team that they have an early 25 point and now no intensity.  They are running away with a victory, but they are playing sloppy. They face better competition every day in practice.

Pittsburgh - Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State just doesnt have the talent.  Hard to compare Sean to Eddie when it would be apples to oranges.  Although Sean is still in the top 3 of Coaches I Expect to See Their Head Explode During a Game (along with Bruce Pearl and Gary Williams.)  Pitt is Pitt, never fun to watch, never interesting but they win by double digits

Vanderbilt - DePaul

I have been very impressed by this Vanderbilt team so far this year.  Imagine my surprise when the Commodores trailed by 12 at halftime and 58-40 early in the second half before roaring back. They stayed within their offense, they worked the ball for good shots, they played good D, and they let DePaul collapse under quick shots and horrific free throw shooting down the stretch.  They finally tied it at 79 when Ross Neltner whipped a pass to Ogilvy underneath for a layup with 22 seconds left in regulation. The game went to overtime after DePaul's Draelon Burns missed a wild ill-conceived baseline jumper in the closing seconds within a single pass to work for a shot after killing 20 seconds on the clock.  Jerry Wainwright looks content to let these kids turn the Rosemount Horizon into a playground.  Vandy wins in OT by 5.