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Basketblog: The Sweet 16 of March Madness
After a brief hiatus, March Madness is back in full swing. Even if your
bracket is busted - as most everyone's is by now - you probably still
have a few teams left to cheer on all the way to your Final Four. The Sweet 16 kicks off tonight with Syracuse facing Wisconsin.
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Basketblog: March Madness & Asheville's sadness
If you had Syracuse in your final four, you should be worried. You
should be very worried. After their first round game, the Orange look
like a definite bracket buster. On Thursday, No. 1 seeded
Syracuse faced No. 16 seeded UNC Asheville and the end result was
puzzling, and even maddening for some.
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Fearless Final Four picks
It's a safe assumption that everyone who
works in a sports newsroom (regardless of what sport they cover) will take the
time between now and the Thursday deadline to fill out a March Madness bracket.Some will haphazardly scribble down some
names they recognize in five minutes, while others will be deeply distracted
and less productive for most of Wednesday's workday (trying to learn everything
there is to know about the entire season so they can feel educated when they
pick their upsets).
The fact of the matter is the person who
picks their teams by flipping a coin often has as good a chance as the person
who's been doing 'research' for weeks. Despite the likelihood of failure, the
madness of it all is nearly impossible to resist of any kind of sports fan.
Here are the picks of some of the
CBCSports.ca staff members:
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Basketblog: Williams, Rondo & video game numbers
57 points from a single player in a single game isn't something you see
often. It's a stat line more frequently produced in video games than on
an actual basketball court. The players gracing this page are no strangers to larger-than-life scoring.
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Basketblog: NBA players behaving badly
Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo was suspended two games for throwing a ball at a referee on Sunday. Despite this poor showing, Rondo is far from the only basketball player to lose his temper. In fact, this list of pro basketball players behaving badly makes Rondo look almost angelic.
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Basketblog: Lin-mania and the Top 5 undrafted NBA-ers
Lin-sational! Lin-credible! Lin-sanity! There is no doubt that New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin has made a lasting impression on the basketball world. In last two weeks, the 23-year-old has demanded your attention with his spectacular and shockingly consistent play. Lin-mania is the inspiration for this list of the Top 5 undrafted NBA players in the league right now.
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Basketblog: A dose of Raptors reality
The Raptors are having a pretty rough season. Shocking! Instead of rehashing what all basketball fans already know (the Raptors won't win much this season), I've decided to look ahead to next season in an attempt to find the light at the end of this dreary tunnel.
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Biggest mistakes in NFL playoff history
Even if your NFL team didn't make the playoffs this year and you've only been passively watching football for the past few weeks, it's still heartbreaking to watch costly mistakes in a Conference championship game.
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Basketblog: What's wrong with the Raptors?
The Raptors have made some significant changes this year, but they're still far from being real contenders. There is
much work to be done to move from the butt of the NBA to a team that is
taken seriously.
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Basketblog: Could the Clippers be the new kings of L.A.?
Look out Hollywood, there's a new kid in town. For the first time in a long time, the L.A. Clippers are expected by some
to be a playoff-worthy team. Whether or not that turns out to be true,
one thing is for certain; the Clippers are gunning for the Lakers'
crown.
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Basketblog: Should Howard stay or should he go?
With the return of the NBA comes the awakening of the trade rumour mill.The trade deadline for the upcoming shortened season had yet to be determined, but talks of Dwight Howard leaving the Orlando Magic for greener pasture have been swirling for months. Where will the big man end up?
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Basketblog: Bring on the madness
The doom and gloom of the NBA lockout could almost make one forget about the major basketball league that is still alive and well: the NCAA. Watching Blake Griffin defy logic (and gravity) night after night is great and all, but nothing compares to March Madness. So why not start the madness a little earlier this year?
Filling the NBA lockout void
By now the panic has probably subsided. The questions NBA fans have been
asking all summer have answers. They're undesirable - if not
predictable - but they're still answers.
For months the NBA players and owners have been "talking." As an
outsider, it's hard to determine just what they've been talking about
because at the end of every day of discussions, nothing much seems to
have changed.
Bryant Besiktas-bound?
At this point in the lockout, most NBA fans have heard the rumours about
Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant giving up on this year's NBA
season and going overseas to play in Europe.Bryant is the most notable player to consider this option, but not the only one.
Does size matter?
In the NBA's Eastern Conference final between the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls, size just might be a deciding factor.
Let's start with something that needs little explanation: Taj Gibson's
abusive and spectacular dunk on Dwyane Wade in the opening game of the
series.
Kacie Hollins
Kacie is a journalism school graduate from Calgary who caught the sports bug, moved to Toronto, and wound up at CBC. Though basketball is her game, she's covered just about everything involving a stick, sword, ball or bat.
