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If you are a sports journalist (or something like that) and you suffer carpal tunnel syndrome from overusing your television remote control because of games such as Friday’s Michigan-Tennessee, Kentucky-Louisville and Michigan State-Virginia NCAA tournament contests, can you make a workers’ comp claim? Even if it would be against yourself (oh, the joys of self-employment […]
Monday meanderings: Gonzaga was a No. 8 seed and lost Sunday to No. 1 seed Arizona. Memphis was a No. 8 seed and lost Sunday to No. 1 seed Virginia. Any similarity between those No. 8 seeds and No. 8 seed Kentucky, which edged previously unbeaten Wichita State, is purely in the mind of the […]
If the NCAA really wanted to present college basketball as something grand and glorious, it would institute a no-whining rule. Especially regarding coaches wandering the sidelines during games and chiding the officials. * All the tears shed for No. 3 seed Duke losing to No. 14 seed Mercer — well, other than outside of the […]
Among the lessons that the first day of the NCAA basketball tournament provided was the seeding process is imperfect (in case you thought otherwise). Or if not the seeding process, then the play of some lower-seeded teams. * The best college team in Ohio — at least for one day — was No. 11 seed […]
When it comes to filling out an NCAA basketball tournament bracket, I have but one thought: Oh, brother! And not because of a lack of college basketball knowledge. Well, not merely because of a lack of college basketball knowledge. When I think of filling out a bracket (and actually having a chance of winning some […]
Midweek musings: Now that he is in charge of all things basketball with the New York Knicks, Phil Jackson supposedly will hire Steve Kerr as coach for next season. That would be one former Chicago Bulls player joining his former coach. Just guessing that former Bulls general manager Jerry Krause is not waiting by the […]
Random thoughts while wondering whether ignorance is bliss when it comes to filling out an NCAA tournament bracket: * On the bright side for the Chicago Bulls in their 97-85 loss to the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder, center Joakim Noah was one assist and one point away from a triple-double. OK, so there was no […]
Monday meanderings: The NCAA basketball tournament field is complete. All 68 teams. The National Invitation Tournament field is complete. All 32 teams. The Collegeinsider.com tournament field is complete. However many teams are in that (mostly schools many of us would have trouble locating on a map). Are there any deserving teams that won’t be playing […]
Sunday smorgasbord: The Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat square off in a Sunday afternoon game on national television. So, of course, a major focus will be on Carmelo Anthony. Yes, he plays for the New York Knicks. But he could become a free-agent acquisition for next season. And if the theory is Anthony wants to […]
Chicago Sky forward Swin Cash won the WNBA’s Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (actually sharing the honor with Indiana’s Tamika Catchings ), center Sylvia Fowles won Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in her career and forward Elena Delle Donne won Rookie of the Year. They were honored before the team’s postseason debut […]