Friday, March 14, 2008

Friday 03/14 A.M. Quickie:
Brackets, Bubbles, Rockets, Crystal, More

Today's Names to Know in today's Sporting News column:

Colorado, Baylor, Pitt, Pac-10 refs, West Virginia, Florida (doh!), Amare Stoudemire, Baron Davis, Houston Rockets, Billy Crystal, Kevin Jones, Trent Dilfer, Curt Schilling, American University and More!

Including:
Why "gut" is your best guide on Sunday night...
Why Baylor might have bounced off the Bubble...
Why Bob Huggins is a March bad-ass...
Why Florida will win the NIT...
Why Suns-Warriors is playoff-worthy...
Why Billy Crystal blew it...
Why Trent Dilfer can still help...
Why American University is your rooting interest tonight...
And more... after the jump!

Don't forget to sign up for the "Daily Quickie Readers" Tournament Challenge group!

Last night's fantasy baseball draft results, picking 4th overall in a 16-team league (following up yesterday's post): Wright, Berkman, V. Martinez were my first 3 picks, and it went downhill from there. (Yes, I avoided the temptation to take Ryan Braun 4th overall.)

My favorite part of fantasy baseball drafts is overvaluing potential rookie breakouts -- it's basically the only success (however limited) I have found in playing fantasy baseball. My rookie pick-ups this year: Jay Bruce and Colby Rasmus. I wanted Evan Longoria, but my No. 1 pick was David Wright and Longoria went really early.

Morning updates coming both days this weekend, in anticipation of Selection Sunday night! (Look for a column I'll have online for the Wall Street Journal on Monday, in addition to my Sporting News column and what I'm sure will be lots of commentary here on the blog.)

-- D.S.

1 comment:

John said...

If anyone gets a chance like Crystal got, you go for the hit! No exceptions.

...and Paul Maholm should have been immediately taken out of the game and cut from the Pirates if he had walked Crystal.