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Clips with Coach: AND NOW THERE ARE TWO

Pitt took care of Syracuse Monday night in one of the wildest starts to a college basketball game ever. The Panthers scored the first 19, then the Orangemen the next 17 – unbelievable! Ohio State and Kansas, now the nation’s last two unbeatens, are the ones that jumped off into the week with big bullseye-targets on their backs. Kansas managed a 20-point take down of Baylor on Monday, and Ohio State will face off against Iowa tonight.

But the real winner this week is CBS, as they have been able to program the best Saturday doubleheader of the young 21st century. Ohio State vs. Illinois and Kansas vs. Texas pit four teams that will not only make the NCAA Tournament, but should each make a run to go deep in the tourney. Ohio State may have the easier path over the weekend, as they are home, freshman phenom Jared Sullinger is a beast in the paint, and Illinois did not look good in a recent loss to Wisconsin. As for Kansas/Texas, the Jayhawks are home and lead the country in field goal percentage.

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The Greatest Christmas Present Ever

During the winter of my sophomore year of college I came home from basketball practice crying, only to find this little fella sitting on my laptop keyboard. And I’ve loved him ever since. He’s topped several Christmas trees and brought joy to children and adults alike, and I thought I’d share him with you on this very special Christmas. Thanks to Becca Madson for her glittering skills all those years ago.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

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Clips with Coach: DRAGONS SLAY CARDINALS

Photo courtesy of Kentucky.com

Huge upset in College Basketball last week that did not receive its just do, and this blog is intended to rectify that – or as Sarah Palin would say, “refudiate” it. Nothing wrong with a new coinage every now and then. Let us remember that “spork” has not been part of our vocabulary for very long (Editor’s Note: spork has been a part of my vocabulary my entire life – just FYI).

Last Tuesday, while Coach Rick Pitino was working his bolt to coach the Puerto Rican Olympic Team (how jealous of Coach K must he be to do that? I have heard of kids going to med school in the Caribbean when they get shut out in the States, but this is ridiculous), Coach Bruiser Flint (Hoops Report National Coach of the Week) was preparing his Drexel Dragons to knock off the #20 Louisville Cardinals. That’s right – they went into the brand new KFC (aka Yum Yum) Center and knocked Louisville out of the ranks of unbeatens, 52-46. And we all thought Ricky P. did his best work in restaurants (Editor’s Note: oh no he didn’t).

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