Archive for March, 2010
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Mar
Posted by Tim in Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: connecticut, if the tournament had been 96 teams..., in search of 65, in search of 96, ncaa tournament, no, north carolina, probably", the answers to all those questions are "not much. 2 Comments
With a full five days between the last Regional Final and the National Semifinals, I did what any decent college basketball fan with too much spare time would do: I crafted a new bracket showing what this year’s Tournament would have looked like had it contained 96 teams. I used the approach most people are [...]
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Mar
Posted by John S in Getting Lost, TV. Tagged: aphasia, Ben Linus, Carlton Cuse, Charles Widmore, Claire's darkness, Damon Lindelof, Desmond Hume, Jacob, Jin-Soo Kwon, loss of language skills, Lost, Lost final season, Lost Season Six, Man in Black, Martin Keamy, Mikhail Bakhunin, New Jack, Old Jack, Sayid's darkness, smoke monster, Sun Kwon, The End, The Package, the return of Desmond. Leave a Comment
It’s time for another installment of “Getting Lost,” where John S takes you through all the salient questions from last night’s episode of Lost: So, could you figure out who “the package” was before it was revealed? I think anyone who watched could have figured out, as soon as Charles Widmore said the package wasn’t [...]
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30
Mar
Posted by John S in Culture, TV. Tagged: 24, Audrina Patridge, cancellations, favorite shows, Fox, great predictions by John S, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, Kristin Cavallari, Lauren Conrad, MTV, real-time format, saying goodbye to great shows, Spencer Pratt, The Hills, TV. 2 Comments
News broke recently that both 24 and The Hills are now in the midst of their final seasons (24’s final season is currently airing, while MTV will debut the final season of The Hills on April 27th). On the surface, these two shows do not have much in common, but they each hold a soft [...]
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Mar
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: 13th century fossilized brains, a tradition unlike any other, anti-Semitism, Babe Ruth, Ben Stiller, Between Two Ferns, bob klapisch, bryan caplan, buffalo wild wings, college hoops journal, David Frum, doc gooden, Food, Greenberg, Hank Greenberg, healthcare, jim nantz, Joe Posnanski, kansas state xavier, Passover, Pesach, Pizza, randy barnett, richard epstein, statistical analysis, steve somers, the awl, Tyler Cowen, Zach Galifianakis. Leave a Comment
What we read while shedding a tear for Dick Enberg… Richard Epstein offers 10 reasons to fear the healthcare bill, while David Frum explains why the Republicans botched this one. Meanwhile, NPI Favorite Tyler Cowen offers a back of the envelope analysis of how he thinks the bill will evolve. Bryan Caplan, meanwhile, offers some [...]
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28
Mar
Posted by NPI in Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: brittney griner, duke against a 2-3 zone, duke baylor, duke's meltdowns, duke's perception, ekpe udoh, jon scheyer, josh lomers, kyle singler, lacedarius dunn, mike krzyzewski, Nolan Smith, scott drew, the significance of tempo again debated, tim's amateur scouting, tweety carter. Leave a Comment
The last Regional Final will be the most exciting/anxious/nerve-racking one for us here at NPI, as our alma mater takes on upstart and underrated third-seeded Baylor. Tim and John S broke down the game as objectively as they could, although their conclusions might leave you questioning that statement. JOHN S: Well this is the Elite [...]
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28
Mar
Posted by NPI in Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: bill raftery, bracket luck, Brian williams, bruce pearl, cbs announcers, Chris Allen, creative ways of referring to Tennessee, Durrell Summers, elite eight, eye test, Final Four, j.p. prince, kalin lucas, korie lucious, Michigan State, Ohio State, raymar morgan, Rocky Top, tennessee, Tom Izzo, verne lundquist, Wayne Chism. 1 Comment
Well, Tim and John combined to go an impressive 1-3 yesterday. Guess which one of us got the only game right! Here’s a hint: It was Tim. Hopefully we will fare better today. The first game on the docket features two of John’s favorite coaches, Bruce Pearl and Tom Izzo, going head-to-head in a game [...]
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27
Mar
Posted by NPI in Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: Bill Self, Bill Self finally gets something right, bob huggins, cornell, da'sean butler, Devin Ebanks, dick enberg, elite eight, Final Four, goodbye Dick Enberg, joe mazzulla, john calipari, john wall, kentucky, questions about Truck Bryant's importance, west virginia. Leave a Comment
Once again, Tim was right and John was wrong in picking the early game. Well, they’re back for tonight’s game–John S to see if he can finally get one right, and Tim to tell you who will win. They are both trying to get over the fact that Dick Enberg is likely calling the last game of [...]
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27
Mar
Posted by NPI in Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: andy rautins, brad stevens, butler syracuse, curtis kelly, denis clemente, frank martin, gordon hayward, jacob pullen, kansas state butler, kansas state xavier, Matt Howard, ronald nored, shelvin mack, syracuse's hatchet job on thursday, the altitude in salt lake city, the question of fatigue. 2 Comments
Tim and John S have spent most of this NCAA Tournament putting their picks in separate posts that prevented them from both collaborating and mocking one another. Now that we’ve reached the Elite Eight, it’s time to stick the two of them in the same room and see what emerges. Not surprisingly, the answer isn’t [...]
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26
Mar
Posted by John S in Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: Ali Farokhmanesh, best NCAA Tournament ever, bruce pearl, Chris Kramer, duke, Epke Udoh, evan turner, evan turner for npoy, jacob pullen, jon diebler, jon scheyer, Jordon Crawford, kalin lucas, Michigan State, Mickey McConnell, Northern Iowa, Ohio State, omar samhan, purdue, robbie hummel, Scheyer's shooting woes continue, Tom Izzo, tweety carter and lacedarius dunn are the best-named backcourt EVER. 1 Comment
If there was any remaining doubt that this was the best NCAA Tournament ever, last night’s Xavier-KSU game (which I declared would not be close) should have cemented that status. Anyway, here are some more picks you can take to the bank…. 2 Ohio State vs. 6 Tennessee Original Pick: Georgetown over Ohio State What [...]
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Mar
Posted by Tim in Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: ali farokhmenesh, baylor saint mary's, bracketology, brian zoubek, duke purdue, ekpe udoh, evan turner, jordan eglseder, kalin lucas, korie lucious, lacedarius dunn, little league, michigan state northern iowa, ncaa tournament, ohio state tennessee, omar samhan, robbie hummel, syracuse butler, tweety carter. 1 Comment
Three-for-four. Three-for-four. Man, I churn out three-for-four nights like a Little League All-Star. Of course, I knew I was going to get ONE game wrong last night; I didn’t know which. It turned out to be the game I was most confident in with my pick, as Syracuse (my national champion) looked listless early and [...]
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