Archive for March, 2011
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Mar
Posted by NPI in NPI Comes Alive!, Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: 2011 ncaa tournament, Arizona/UConn, brad stevens, byu, Derrick Wiliams, Duke Sweet 16 losses, Duke/Arizona, Final Four, gus johnson, jim calhoun, jim nantz, jimmer fredette, john calipari, Kansas/VCU, Kemba Walker, Kyrie Irving, Nolan Smith, Ohio State/Kentucky, rick reilly, Shaka Smart, the Morris twins. Leave a Comment
It’s the Double Bonus Podcast! Today John S and Tim are recapping the Regional Semis and Finals: They’re discussing more Harrellson/Zoubek comparisons, the pantheon of Duke Sweet 16 losses, the unfair maligning of Jimmer Fredette, the genius of Brad Stevens and Shaka Smart, and, most importantly, the Elite Eight run by the Gonzaga women. Click [...]
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28
Mar
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: Alex Trebek, asperger's, bob kravitz, brad stevens, bryan caplan, butler, Coach K, Comedy, David Stern, Elizabeth Taylor, indianapolis star, ken pomeroy, les carpenter, libya, luke winn, Matt Stone, mets, n+1, ncaa tournament, New York Times, obituaries, pete thamel, quickish, Roger Goodell, the hooded utilitarian, the poor, the wire as victorian novel, Trey Parker, VCU, will leitch. 3 Comments
What we read while jokingly telling Billy Donovan he outcoached us: Some absolute gangbusters college basketball journalism in the wake of a riveting weekend (and this is before seeing what the scribes have to say about VCU). The best of the bunch might be Luke Winn’s behind-the-scenes look at Butler, which includes yet another quote [...]
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24
Mar
Posted by NPI in NPI Comes Alive!, Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: 2011 ncaa tournament, Alex Tyus, Billy White, Bo Ryan, brad stevens, brian zoubek, Buzz Williams, Chandler Parsons, Coach Bunny Colvin, Derrick Williams, Final Four, Is Jared Sullinger overrated?, jared sullinger, jimmer fredette, Jimmy Butler, Josh Harrellson, Kawhi Leonard, Kemba Walka, Kemba Walker, Kyrie Irving, Marquette, Michael Loyd Jr., ncaa tournament, Noah Hartsock, NPI Comes Alive!, podcasts, shelvin mack, The Double Bonus, VCU. 6 Comments
Tim and John S are back to break down the second weekend of the 2011 NCAA Tournament! Today they’re discussing which really is the most exciting weekend of the year, whether or not Josh Harrellson is this year’s Brian Zoubek, the possibility of an NCAA Tournament Redemption Island, the dominance of the VCU Rams, and [...]
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22
Mar
Posted by NPI in NPI Comes Alive!, Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: 2011 ncaa tournament, back your conference, big east, brad stevens, butler, Butler/Pitt, Charles Barkley, Colonial Athletic League, Derrick Williams, Duke/Arizona, Florida State, Hofstra, Junior Cadougan, kansas, Kansas v. Richmond, ncaa tournament, ODU, similarities between George Mason and VCU, similarities between Isiah Thomas and Marvin Williams, Sweet 16, Texas/Arizona, the NCAA. Leave a Comment
Tim and John S are back for another installment of the Double Bonus Podcast! Their audio issues are slightly improved from last time, so you can actually hear them discuss how poorly their picks faired, how well the refs did, how unfairly maligned the Big East has been, and much more in a reaction the [...]
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21
Mar
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: Angles, bracket presentations, college degree, donnie tyndall, duke butler, Friday, Gary Becker, godzilla, Grant Hill, Jalen Rose, Japan, Jason Patric, Jason Whitlock, Jim Gaffigan, Joe Posnanski, matt norlander, michael wilbon, New York Times, Oxford University Press, peter wynn kirby, princeton ucla, Rebecca Black, Richard Posner, sean gregory, The Strokes, tim layden, Uncle Tom, vulture, writing. Leave a Comment
What we read while Sunday came afterwards… Think newspaper design is dead? Check out these fantastic presentations of the NCAA Tournament bracket, ranging from a terrific takeoff on Facebook to a traditional yearbook-themed design. Other highlights from what is always one of the best weeks in college basketball journalism: Princeton alum Sean Gregory’s retrospective on [...]
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17
Mar
Posted by NPI in College Basketball Preview Palooza!, NPI Comes Alive!, Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: Belmont, Belmont in the Elite Eight?, Belmont/Wisconsin, Bill Self, Bruce Pearl v. John Beilein, CBI, Chris Wright, duke, Duke v. the Fab Five, Grant Hill, Kyrie Irving, Missouri/Cincinnati, NIT seeding atrocities, NPI Comes Alive!, Oakland/Texas, ODU over Pitt?, Purdue and Florida in the Final Four?, The Double Bonus, Wisconsin. Leave a Comment
Tim and John S are back for another episode of The Double Bonus Podcast! Today they’re going over their suspiciously (and, for Tim, ominously) similar NCAA Tournament picks. The trendy upsets heading into this first weekend are Belmont over Wisconsin, Oakland over Texas, and Missouri over Cincinnati. Will Tim or John be on any of [...]
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15
Mar
Posted by NPI in College Basketball Preview Palooza!, Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: 2011 ncaa tournament, Asheville's a heckuva town, Bill Clinton, Brad Brownell, Mike Davis, NCAA picks, play-in games, San Antonio, sun belt, the Coyotes, the Roadrunners, tim duncan, UAB Blazers, UNC-Asheville, VCU. 2 Comments
#16 UNC-Asheville v. #16 Arkansas-Little Rock TIM: I’ve never been to Little Rock, but Asheville’s a heck of a town. I’ve never been there either, but I knew someone from there, and they were pretty cool. Also, UALR was a .500 team in a down year for the Sun Belt. JOHN: How dare you insult [...]
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14
Mar
Posted by NPI in College Basketball Preview Palooza!, NPI Comes Alive!, Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: 2011 ncaa tournament, brackets, Duke's draw, existentialist crisis, ken pomeroy, RPI, selection sunday, the correct use of "First Round", the selection committee. 2 Comments
Tim and John S are back again! Today they’re discussing last night’s bracket announcements, and the Selection Committee has sent Tim into an existentialist tailspin that has him wondering if the world’s events can ever be anything other than random. Also discussed: the value (or lack thereof) of RPI, the meaning of the phrase “First [...]
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14
Mar
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: 2011 ncaa tournament, 30 Rock, anthony jeselnik, baylor, david foster wallace, david simon, DFW, gus johnson, How I Met Your Mother, howling fantods, jay bilas, Liz Lemon, matt zoller seitz, Molly Lambert, nate silver, ncaa tournament, New York Times, Paley Center, Parks and Recreation, parvati shallow, Perry Jones, Rand Paul, Salon, Seth Greenberg, Snoop Pearson, splitsider, the awl, The Pale King, The Simpsons, War on Drugs. Leave a Comment
What we read while Seth Greenberg wondered what he did… Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, who played a character of the same name on The Wire, was arrested on drug charges. David Simon issued a response criticizing America’s absurd “War on Drugs.” We continue our new Monday Medley tradition of linking to profiles of great college basketball [...]
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13
Mar
Posted by Tim in Sports, The Double Bonus. Tagged: 2011 ncaa tournament, bracketology, in search of 68. Leave a Comment
As you can see, I don’t think the Ohio State-Penn State game means too much seed-wise. I think the Nittany Lions are in regardless of the outcome, and thus I can present, hours earlier than usual, the final bracket! NEWARK SAN ANTONIO NEW ORLEANS ANAHEIM 1 Ohio State Kansas Pittsburgh Duke 2 Notre Dame Connecticut [...]
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