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posted by Lord Nazh @ 21:36 | View blog reactions
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Of course it could be my comp :)
Tennessee women beat Texas A&M for a spot in the final four... if Rutgers can beat UConn then I'll have all 4 teams in my bracket still (95% atm out of thousands).
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posted by Lord Nazh @ 21:40 | View blog reactions
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Longtime Kentucky basketball manager Bill Keightley passed away Monday night at the University of Cincinnati hospital from internal bleeding caused by a previously undiagnosed tumor on his spine. Keightley was 81 years old.
I never met the man. From every (I mean EVERY) account I have read or heard of this man, he was a saint. Players said that he always had time to help them. Would always lend an ear when needed. Coaches talked about how much they counted on his advice. Everyone called him their friend.
He spent 48 seasons as the UK Basketball equipment manager. For someone to have the same job for 48 years is extremely rare. He served under every UK Men's Basketball coach since Adolph Rupp. He will be missed and every UK fan mourns his passing. I hope his family is comforted by the knowledge that a nation of Wildcat fans share their pain.
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posted by EvilMidniteBombr @ 19:45 | View blog reactions
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UT hadn't been playing the best in the world and UL was on fire, so I guess it isn't too big a surprise. EMB was secretly rooting for UT to lose even if he claims otherwise :)
(*and now my brackets are dead)
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posted by Lord Nazh @ 23:20 | View blog reactions
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Work basically sux because I got used to being off (and my back hurts) but I'm looking forward to watching some hoops tonight.
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Georgia/Arkansas going on now and Georgia (16-16) is still winning. Auto-bid up for grabs for them (Arkansas is already in) and a bubble for someone will burst if it happens (Oregon?).
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Winds (very high) apparently made the building shake and a 'locomotive sound' was heard, the floor was cleared and now they are trying to figure out what to do.
The main problem (other than safety and a dome is the best place to be if it is indeed a tornado and not just winds) is that the tournament HAS to be done at a certain time. They are not going to move the NCAA tournament back to account for this so they will have to finish here or move if the building is not secure (there was some 'debris' falling).
Information from ESPN and the AP was not used in this report. But I will link the news at ESPN since they have it too :)
Going out tonight, hopefully I'll have fun :)
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posted by Lord Nazh @ 20:53 | View blog reactions
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Billie Gillispie and Bruce Pearl were named SEC Co-Coach of the Year. Both coaches had a great year. A lot of Kentucky fans were writing off Gillispie during the first part of this season. However, once the team came together things really turned around. UK ended regular season conference play with a record of 12-4. They now have a first round bye in the SEC Tourney and will most likely make a 17 consecutive appearance to the NCAA National Championship Tournament.
The Vols were ranked #1 for their first time ever. They also won their first regular season SEC Championship in just over 40 years. They also stand (in my opinion) the best chance at winning the SEC Tournament Championship.
Labels: basketball, coach of the year, EvilMidniteBombr, gillispie, kentucky, ncaa, pearl, sec, Tennessee, volunteers, wildcats
posted by EvilMidniteBombr @ 12:21 | View blog reactions
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ESPNSmith helps No. 4 Vols overcome big deficit to beat Gators
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- After JaJuan Smith hit a second straight 3-pointer, he backpedaled to the other end of the court yelling, "They're done. They're done."
He was right about the game -- and maybe Florida's season.Smith scored 23 points, Chris Lofton added 21 and No. 4 Tennessee overcame a 16-point deficit to beat the Gators 89-86 on Wednesday night.
They passed their record for most wins in a season (26 was the most) and still have 1 regular season game left (then the SEC tourney and the NCAA). Great year for Pearl and the squad no matter how it turns out.
tag: SEC basketball, Tennessee Vols, SEC Champs, Florida Gators, Verlin Martin, Lord Nazh
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Tennessee 66 Memphis 62
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posted by Lord Nazh @ 22:43 | View blog reactions
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UT is now 19-2 on the season, 6-1 in the conference and has Florida coming to Knoxville on Tuesday (I need to buy some vcr tapes since I bowl that night).
No recap at time of publication.
Box Score
tag: Tennessee, Mississippi State, SEC, basketball, college sports, Verlin Martin, Lord Nazh
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posted by Lord Nazh @ 20:16 | View blog reactions
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Around the Rim
tag: Tennessee, Alabama, SEC, basketball, college sports, Verlin Martin, Lord Nazh
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posted by Lord Nazh @ 15:57 | View blog reactions
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I missed the first 10 minutes or so of the first half. But after I joined in UK was giving Tennessee a good game. Several times UT had a 10 point lead but never was able to put it away. UK would keep battling back but never could get the lead.
Until the second half. UK never did lay down and let a very tough Volunteer squad walk over them. Tennessee went cold and allowed UK to make a comeback, take the lead and hang onto a HUGE win in the SEC.
66 - 72 UK FTW!!!
I honestly didn't expect UK to play them close. Tennessee is a very good ball team. UK has not had a good season to say the least. However, since they started SEC play they have been a completely different team. They are hustling, fighting, and WANTING TO WIN. I am encouraged more and more when I see them playing like they have been since the start of 2008. They survived a previously unbeaten Vanderbilt in 2 overtimes. They lost a close game to Mississippi State. And an overtime loss to Florida. Then this big win against Tennessee.
Folks we are starting to see what Gillispie has been trying to tell us was coming. Their record now is 8- 9 overall and 2-2 in the SEC. Go Cats!
Labels: basketball, kentucky, ncaa, sec, Tennessee, volunteers, wildcats
posted by EvilMidniteBombr @ 22:04 | View blog reactions
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Ole Miss is one of the 6 unbeatens in the country coming in (ranked #15) and UT only has 1 loss and is ranked #9/8 and it is at UT.
Ole Miss averages 86+ points a game and UT averages 87+ so it should be a great game (it was a great game).
Mississippi 83 at Tennessee 85
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By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports
September 13, 2007
Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA draft, will miss the 2007-08 season after undergoing microfracture surgery Thursday, two league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Oden, a 7-footer from Ohio State, was found to have torn cartilage during exploratory surgery on his right knee and was operated on by team doctor Don Roberts in Vancouver, Wash. Most microfracture surgeries require eight months to a year for recovery.
"Greg had an arthroscopy and a microfracture surgery today," Roberts said in a Blazers statement. "He was found to have articular cartilage damage in his right knee. The area of injury was not large and we were able to treat it with microfracture, which stimulates the growth of cartilage.
"There are things about this that are positive for Greg. First of all, he is young. The area where the damage was is small and the rest of his knee looked normal. All those are good signs for a complete recovery." [link]
Now it looks like they will be without him anyway, guess we know who'll be the favorite for rookie of the year now. It does look like Oden will recover and be able to play next season.
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posted by Lord Nazh @ 15:25 | View blog reactions
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(5)Tennessee outlasts (4)Virginia 77-74
(1)Florida over (9)Purdue 74-67
(7)UNLV ousts (2)Wisconsin 74-68
(4)Southern Illinois keeps it going over (5)Virginia Tech 63-48
(3)Oregon punches Cinderella's ticket (11 Winthrop) 75-61
(2)Memphis outruns (7)Nevada 78-62
(1)Kansas beats (8)Kentucky 88-76
(5)USC kills (4)Texas (and man-child Durant) 87-68
I watched most of these games (I should have been sleeping) and the Tenn./Virginia game was a classic. Of course I'm a big UT fan, but it would have been a classic regardless. Two teams battling to make it (hot shooting, timely defense and free throws) with one eventually having to take a bow.
The rest of the games had their moments, but most were decided long before the final buzzer. Florida showed it is still the team to beat. Turning up the offense and defense seemingly at will in the 2nd half against a game Purdue squad. UNLV showed that Wisconsin may have had a good year, but they aren't that good of a team. (Show of hands for all the people that thought Wisconsin was a final four or championship team... ok the guy in the back can leave). Southern Illinois stifled Virginia Tech all day, of course after what Illinois did to them, this is what happens when you play a team with good defense that actually has an offense. Virginia Tech should have been a 7-seed.
The 'experts' all thought Winthrop would be playing in the Sweet 16 after today, I wonder if any of them have seen Oregon play this year? A very fast team with size that can play a little defense against a 'feel-good' story and a natural-born star from New Zealand, it's easy to see how they missed this one. I thought the Nevada-Memphis game would be good (up-and-down scoring, loose defense; but with full-court presses) and for most of the game it was good. It was alot like the Tenn./Virginia game without the suspense at the end. Memphis just had too much for the senior-laden Nevada squad. Kentucky upset me. Here's a good shooting team with a monster inside force (Morris) who thinks it's a 3-point team with a great transition defense. Kansas exposed Kentucky for what it really was.
Finally the man-child. Kevin Durant is (almost) everyone's POY in college basketball this year (with votes going to Oden at OSU also) and expected to be the #1 or #2 pick in next year's NBA draft. He is awesome, but Texas finally figured out that this is a TEAM sport. At least that is what they should take away from the USC vs Durant game today.
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posted by Lord Nazh @ 21:28 | View blog reactions
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Florida, the defending NCAA champions lost 2 in a row coming in and were 'angry' and focused for this one. Pat Summitt (UT women's coach, 940 career wins) came out as a cheerleader during the first TV timeout and cheered the men's team on.
Whatever it was, it worked. UT dominated the game, at one point were up 25 and if they could hit some free throws (20-31 I believe) they'd have walked out early. As it was, the gators went down 10 and saw their stock in the NCAA's slip. Tennessee's of course will go up and if they can close out on the road against Georgia this weekend, win at least one in the SEC tourney, then they may look at a 5 seed.
SEVENTH-LARGEST ARENA CROWN SEES VOLS DEFEAT NO. 5 FLORIDA, 86-76Also note the home record... last time perfect was the Bernie and Ernie show in '76.Feb. 27, 2007
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Chris Lofton scored 21 points, and Tennessee pulled away from No. 5 Florida in the first half and held on for an 86-76 victory Tuesday night.
The Gators (25-5, 12-3 Southeastern Conference) continued a troubling trend for the defending national champions, who have lost three of four after a 17-game winning streak. Their chances for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament are slipping away after easily wrapping up the SEC regular-season title last week.
But this was the Volunteers' night.
With Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt dressing as a cheerleader and singing "Rocky Top" and Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning watching his alma mater, Tennessee (21-9, 9-6) finished the season 16-0 at home. (link)
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posted by Lord Nazh @ 22:33 | View blog reactions
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Lofton scores 23; Tennessee knocks off Kentucky
Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee celebrated the return of one of its greatest all-time players and his teammates with a victory over its biggest rival.Chris Lofton scored 23 points and Duke Crews added 18 to help the Volunteers upset Kentucky (No. 18 ESPN/USA Today; No. 20 AP) 89-85 on Tuesday night.Tennessee (18-8, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) had plenty of motivation with the school's big promotion of the game -- "Paint the Town Orange" -- and a halftime ceremony to retire No. 53 worn by former All-American and NBA All-Star Bernard King.Not to mention the opponent was border rival Kentucky (18-7, 7-4), which as usual had its share of Big Blue fans who made the trip to Thompson-Boling Arena."It's a great night for Tennessee basketball and Bernard King is still beating Kentucky. That's six in a row for Bernard," said Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl, who was again wearing that blinding orange blazer."I thank Kentucky and (coach) Tubby Smith and his basketball team for helping us celebrate this with a tremendous basketball game. It wouldn't be the same without them." (link)
Love the money quote from Coach Pearl thanking the Kentucky squad. I guess Lofton does make a huge difference for this team, luckily he's only a junior and
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posted by Lord Nazh @ 01:54 | View blog reactions
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Kurdish General Training Troops for Baghdad Mission; Iraq's P.M. Says He Backs Bush Plan
Saturday, January 13, 2007
KIRKUK, Iraq — An Iraqi army brigade based in the northern Kurdish region is undergoing intensive training in urban combat and will be dispatched to Baghdad as part of a new joint U.S.-Iraqi security drive in the sprawling and violence-ridden city, the commander said Saturday.
The brigade is one of two coming from the Kurdish region and a third brigade will come from southern Iraq. The second Kurdish brigade will come from the northern city of Sulaimaniyah.
"We will head to Baghdad soon. We have 3,000 soldiers who are currently undergoing intensive training especially in urban combat and how the army should act inside a city," said Brig. Gen. Nazir Assem Korran, commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division of the Iraqi army that is based in the city of Irbil.
Click here for more news on Iraq.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in his first comments on the new Bush administration plan for restoring security in Baghdad, said the proposal was "identical to our strategy and intentions."
Al-Maliki, however, continued to avoid naming the Mahdi Army Shiite militia of one of his key supporters as a target of the military operations to cleanse the capital of Sunni insurgents and Shiite militia gunmen and death squads.(link)
As long as the Iraqi government wants us there and W is in the whitehouse, we'll be there. Democrats on Capitol Hill won't pull funding and risk votes in '08 (just look at their promises vs their actions, they are looking ahead, not worrying about today). So you're only chance to end this war early is to get the Iraqi government to say it's over.
Note: Nifong got his wish and is pulled from the Duke (no)Rape Case.
Sports: Anyone that watched the Ohio State - Tennessee game, tell me how the OSU guy walks out of bounds (at the end of the game) and there is no call?
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Labels: basketball, college sports, federal government, Iraq, law, Middle East, TWoT
posted by Lord Nazh @ 14:17 | View blog reactions
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 | Tennessee's Duke Crews (32) puts up a shot while defended by Damion James of Texas during the first half their college basketball game Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006 in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne) |
Now maybe they will get a little respect in the nation (ESPN, polls, etc.). But the great thing about basketball is the tournament is all that matters (you have to get there, but you don't have to be perfect).
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posted by Lord Nazh @ 14:27 | View blog reactions
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I havn't been able to check out what's going on in the world as of yet but I did post about a bad Santa :)
Tennessee men did beat OK state tonite in hoops (OK State was undefeated and 14/15 in the polls) so it was a good win for them (it was in Nashville, so technically a 'neutral-court' win) and will certainly look good in March when it's time to pick teams for the tournament.
My Cowboys clinched a playoff birth with their win Saturday night and can clinch the division with a win against Philly on Christmas day. Hopefully their defense can step up and shut Garcia down and make this game over quicker than the last one.
Now I'm off to check the news in the world (blogosphere anyway) and maybe post some more. But I doubt it.
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