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Thing you may not realize: Just how good UNC hoops is

Ted Bauer

...since '05, but did you know this? In the past five years, UNC has won 20 NCAA Tournament games; the rest of the ACC has won a total of 20, and no other ACC team...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 12, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

...here's the official ESPN The Magazine preview). One of the truest things our dad ever said: "Tournament is great and all, but how much will I care if Tiger Woods isn't within five...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 08, 2009

Quick Final Four Observation No. 5: The Globalization of Hoops

Ted Bauer

Rather obvious to some, but we're going to point this out anyway: David Stern speaks often of the globalization of basketball as a huge thing for him....

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 02, 2009

Quick Final Four Observation No. 3: The Legacies of Izzo and Calhoun

Ted Bauer

Look at this. Blog, we know. ("Evil.") However, it makes some legitimate points. So this whole MSU/UConn thing at 6:07pm Saturday: it's a battle for l...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

...GO DAVID THOMPSON Here's more All-World Power Rankings for ya. Lots of talk this NCAA Tournament about conferences: when 'Cuse was hot, people though they might knock off Oklahoma then UNC and send...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 30, 2009

Quick Final Four Observation No. 1: Jay Wright's Revenge

Ted Bauer

Roy Williams has one NCAA title as a head coach: in '05, with that Sean May/Marvin Williams/Rashad McCants/Raymond Felton team. They were awesome, to ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 30, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

...s note: Not sure what All-World Power Rankings is? Please click here.] Thinking about the NCAA Tournament games on Thursday, and while Memphis/Missouri could be super fun as a fan, the real standout...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 26, 2009

Thursday Games: Sweet 16 Link Fun

Ted Bauer

Four games tonight, and while ESPN.Com will have ya covered with the major storylines, we're here with the off-kilter ("zany") stuff. Here are the "Sw...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 26, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

...VERSUS CLEMSON [Ed's note: Not sure what All-World Power Rankings is? Please click here.] NCAA Tournament returns Thursday night with the "Sweet Sixteen" round. We decided we'd rank the best Sweet Sixteen...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009

The Morning According to Us: Ranking the Sweet 16 Games

Ted Bauer

...briefly—there was no real college hoops presence. Now it's Wednesday, though, so the NCAA Tournament shall return to us tomorrow evening with the Sweet Sixteen round. Sixteen teams = eight games, so we...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009

Sweet 16 Link Fun: Missouri vs. Memphis

Ted Bauer

Here's a fun thing we heard about Missouri vs. Memphis last weekend, so we'll use the same analogy here and keep things brief: it will be like a slopp...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009

Sweet 16 Link Fun: Villanova vs. Duke

Ted Bauer

'Nova and Duke actually have an interesting history, for two teams that rarely play each other: they met in a 1978 Regional Final (Duke won by 18), an...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

WHEN IT COMES TO THE BEST ATHLETES-TURNED-POLITICIANS, WE'LL TAKE BILL BRADLEY ANY DAY [Ed's note: Not sure what All-World Power Rankings is? Please...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 24, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

...is: we didn't see either of those flicks, because we were locked in with the NCAA Tournament. (It's quite possible Duplicity had more drama than Days 1-4 of the NCAA Tournament.) We...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 23, 2009

The Week That Was ... Cantilevered

Ted Bauer

...Want to know some MLB call-ups that could turn into keepers? Read this. (6) A NCAA Tournament board game. (7) Here's the new Life of Reilly. (8) Hm, Jeff Burton was on General...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 20, 2009