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NCAA Tournament – Round of 64/32 Wrap-Up

The first week of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is in the books, and the Sweet Sixteen is set. For those of you that missed the action, here’s a recap of this weekend’s memorable moments, a preview of next weekend’s action, and an update on the Crasstalk Bracket Funderdome Challenge.

Before we begin, let us all recognize the efforts of the NIT 16-seed Robert Morris Colonials in bouncing the NIT 1-seed Kentucky Wildcats last Tuesday. Godspeed, Colonials. Continue reading

An NBA Playoffs Preview Written by a Completely Unbiased Heat Fan

ARE YOU READY TO RUMMMMMM BLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEE?

The 66 games in 123 days are over.  Linsanity is a distant memory.  The Bobcats wish their worst-winning-percentage-in-NBA-history was a distant memory.  The Lakers were too old and washed up, and now they’re back.  The Spurs were too old and washed  up, and now they’re back.   The Celtics were… look, there’s a bit of a theme going on here.

16 teams enter and 1 team leaves.  Who will be… America’s Next Top Model the next NBA champion?

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Baldwin’s NBA Half Season Report: The East Edition

Hello everybody, and welcome to the Eastern Conference half of the half-season NBA review. The Western Conference part can be found here and I must say that the last week’s results have only solidified the opinions I gave on the West. Especially Spurs over Clippers and the two big wins for Golden State over quality opposition. Continue reading

Baldwin’s (Almost) Half-Season NBA Report: The West Edition

(A quick note from Bots: Baldwin’s post is only tangentially related to the Denver Nuggets’ old 90s logo but I always liked its Disco Tetris vibe, so we’re using it!)

With all teams having played between 28 and 32 out of the 66 games they will play in the compressed 123 day regular season, and time ticking down to the trade deadline, it’s a good time to take a look at where each team is, the answered questions, the unanswered questions, and maybe take a sneaky peek towards the playoffs. Continue reading