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Pre-Fiasco follies: Seed-y scenarios for UGA and Georgia State
Georgia’s Kenny Gaines swoops. (Bruce Newman/Oxford Eagle/AP photo) We continue along the path toward March Madness and Bradley’s Bracket Fiasco with a look at the prospective seeds. Everybody figures...
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Coming Sunday night: The 28th annual Bracket Fiasco
This is our splash page for the Fiasco. The link to it is below. The 28th edition of Bradley’s Bracket Fiasco will be up and running Sunday night. You can pre-register here, if you’d like. The winner...
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In this Bracket Fiasco, Georgia surprises and Kentucky wins
The Hunters of Georgia State: Down but dancing. (Bill Haber/AP photo) Georgia State’s dancing, having won the only game that mattered despite scoring 38 points in 40 minutes and seeing its coach...
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Why I (and apparently I alone) like Georgia’s NCAA chances
Might the Bulldogs make a little noise in Charlotte? (Mark Humphrey/AP photo) The official Bradley bracket in the 28th iteration of Bradley’s Bracket Fiasco has Georgia — yes, Georgia — reaching the...
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How Ron Hunter’s Big Dance became a sock hop
Ron Hunter, wheeling away. (Chris O’Meara/AP photo) Jacksonville, Fla. — Ron Hunter wheeled himself onto the court at Veterans Memorial Coliseum and assessed the bench Georgia State will occupy during...
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Georgia State’s astonishing win: As stirring as I’ve ever seen
Jacksonville, Fla. — In the Georgia State-Baylor game column, I get kind of carried away. I’d apologize, except that I don’t really believe an apology is warranted. An ending like that — for late...
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Georgia State: Still laughing, still dancing
Ron Hunter offers his apology to our nation’s President. (AP photo/John Raoux) Jacksonville, Fla. — His Panthers had just beaten Baylor, and I mentioned to Georgia State coach Ron Hunter that I’d...
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Even in defeat, Georgia State was a winner
The Hunters, father and son. (AP photo/Chris O’Meara) Jacksonville, Fla. — Georgia State lost to Xavier 75-67 but won the week. The Panthers proved they belonged in this Big Dance, and if the...
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Ron Hunter has gotten ‘feelers’ but wants to stay at Georgia State
The Hunters, father and son. (AP photo/Chris O’Meara) Here’s the way it works: A mid-major coach wins an NCAA tournament game and becomes a Hot Item. Ron Hunter of Georgia State won an NCAA tournament...
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ACC champion Notre Dame: An underdog against Wichita State?
Notre Dame coach Mike Brey at practice here Thursday. (AP photo/Tony Dejak) Cleveland — Wichita State entered the 2014 NCAA tournament undefeated and lost to a No. 8 seed in the round of 32. That game,...
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The Big Blue blowout: Kentucky annihilates West Virginia
This is how it feels to smack into Kentucky. (AP photo/David Richard) Cleveland — Here’s all you need to need to know about Kentucky’s demolition of West Virginia: The Wildcats could have gone...
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Does Notre Dame have a shot against unbeaten Kentucky?
They haven’t lost. They may not. (AP photo/David Richard) Cleveland — There are reasons for Notre Dame to have hope. Back in 1974, the Irish ended UCLA’s 88-game winning streak, and the Bruins of Bill...
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Kentucky coulda/shoulda lost. But it didn’t, which says something
Happiness mixed with heaping helpings of relief. (AP photo/Tony Dejak) Cleveland — This had all the ingredients of a historic upset. Notre Dame stayed close early, pulled ahead in the second half and...
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The best possible NCAA final would be Kentucky vs. Duke
Whistling while he works: John Calipari at practice Friday. (AP photo/Michael Conroy) Indianapolis — Two ways of viewing Kentucky’s narrow escape against Notre Dame: That was the close game that every...
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Our Bracket Fiasco champ took the Blue Devils but spurned the Big Blue
Our Fiasco champ. (Photo courtesy of Mark Sandefur) The winner of the 28th installment of Bradley’s Bracket Fiasco wasn’t aware he was on the road to glory, not to mention a $50 iTunes gift card and...
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Dear Coach Spurrier: What the heck was that about?
So there I was, packing up at the ballyard after Braves-Dodgers, when I saw an email from John Clay, sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. “Why are you always making Spurrier mad?” he...
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Tweet this! Texas A&M and the SEC are still alive – somehow
I feel Ben Jacobson’s pain, sort of. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) The thing I’ll remember most about Northern Iowa’s victory over Texas — well, the thing I’ll remember after remembering Paul Jesperson’s...
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This NCAA tournament is the antidote to one-and-done fatigue
Perry Ellis of Kansas is a four-and-done. He scored 27 points Thursday. (AP Photo/John Flavell) Philadelphia — If you’re a hater of the one-and-done, you have to love this NCAA tournament. Because...
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Alas, we’re still waiting for Lefty Driesell to make the Hall of Fame
Lefty Driesell, forever the charmer. (Jason Getz/AJC photo) Houston — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced its 10-member class this morning. (Shaq, Iverson, Tom Izzo, Sheryl Swoopes...
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Baylor is found guilty of unconscionable human behavior
Art Briles, ex-coach. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) You can win big by doing it the wrong way, but such winning invariably bears an expiration date. When such a program finally gets exposed, it’s not...
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