Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Tuesday 03/11 A.M. Quickie:
Spitzer, George Mason, San Diego, More!

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

Eliot Spitzer (obviously!), George Mason, San Diego, Gonzaga, Siena, Stephen Curry, Middle Tennessee State, South Alabama, Houston Rockets, Manu Ginobili, LeBron James, Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Trent Green, Julius Jones, Joe Paterno, Lute Olson, Billy Crystal and More!

Including:
Why Eliot Spitzer is like a Bubble team...
Why George Mason ain't as lovable as before...
Why the West Cost Conference rules...
Why South Alabama deserves a reprieve...
Why Stephen Curry makes Elon losing tolerable...
Why the Rockets continue to amaze...
Why Manu Ginobili is first-team all-NBA...
Why Roger Federer got a scare...
Why Shaun Alexander is totally confused...
Why JoePa and Lute shouldn't be coaching next year...
Why Billy Crystal demeans baseball...
And more... after the jump!

Today's Scheduled Bonus Post: An expansion on the point I made in today's SN column about why smaller conferences should always get that extra at-large invite ahead of a 5th or 6th bid for a power conference.

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-- D.S.

1 comment:

John said...

You just know with all this blatant tanking that Riley and the Heat are going to end up with the fourth or fifth pick in the draft. Having the most ping pong balls almost guarantees you that you won't get the first pick in the draft! When will teams learn this?!?!