The Roundup: A Fantasy Draft Kinda Weekend
College Basketball, Courts, Legal, Ice Skating, Media Gossip/Musings, Mike Vick, NBA, NHL, Politics, Video March 27th. 2009, 8:00am
A personal favorite, Jordana Brewster … pretty scary US debt chart since the Depression … the floods in Fargo have been devastating … you can get in trouble for posting nude photos of yourself online …Katie Couric’s ratings comeback … repo man paid Method Man a visit … after the jump, halfcourt madness, starring Justin Denmon and LeBron …
Goodbye, Blender Magazine. (Ad Age)
Washington Post scrubs Obama stuff out of Norman Chad column. (DC Sports Bog)
Playboy Sasha Vujacic talks to a blog. (So Cal Sports Hub)
Bulls open up 3-game cushion in fight for 8th playoff spot with a thumping of road-weary Miami. (Sun-Times)
John McEnroe got conned out of $2 million, then helped the feds catch the guy. (NYDN)
Only in Florida. Disturbing, of course. (ABC)
Injury-plagued Detroit watched it starters shoot 15-for-47 and get thumped by the Lakers. Kobe made 10 baskets. (LA Times)
Might this story keep Mike Vick out of the NFL next season? (SI)
Thirty years ago yesterday, Magic and Larry “started” March Madness. (Wash Post)
Packer and Enberg said the Magic-Bird game, still the most-watched college hoops game ever, stunk. (USA Today)
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte to buy the Montreal Canadians? (Review-Journal)
Finally, an American male wins a world figure skating title. (LA Times)
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March 27th, 2009 at 8:04 AM
what the fuck is with all these people having sex with animals?
March 27th, 2009 at 8:20 AM
classic Method Man!
March 27th, 2009 at 8:22 AM
Fixed.
March 27th, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Round 2 underway!.
/spammed
March 27th, 2009 at 8:29 AM
/updated fixed
March 27th, 2009 at 8:48 AM
TBL, using image scaling to make hot chicks ugly since, well I dont know when he started such thuggery.
Whats with all the NBA links, no good material or no ballin?
March 27th, 2009 at 8:59 AM
Jay Bilas just mentioned Tom Izzo as someone who Kentucky would want to go after for UK. Fuck you Jay.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:00 AM
good to know in these tough times that there will always be a demand for oven mitts
March 27th, 2009 at 9:01 AM
only 3 nba games last night
March 27th, 2009 at 9:04 AM
msuspartan- the list also includes Billy Donovan, Jamie Dixon and Travis Ford. Don’t worry about it. Kentucky feels entitled to having a well established coach. Izzo will only leave for an NBA job. Michigan State is a Top 5 program now.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Im hungover. Fuck.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Izzo Sucks anyway.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:07 AM
So what did Shaq think of Oden?
“I don’t. I’m a Shogun. You can’t ask me about a low level ninja. I still have to worry about Yao Ming, Dwight Howard.”
Fantastic, I’m gonna miss the big fella.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:07 AM
tampa you forget the /sarcasm?
March 27th, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Seriously Izzo is horrible. I wish he would take a NBA job and call it a day.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:10 AM
drink some coffee
March 27th, 2009 at 9:11 AM
In the Big Ten? Agreed.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Really, Clown. Name 5 programs over the last 10-12 years that can boast more success?
March 27th, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Sparty since 2000 hes been a fucking disappointment hes the Brian Billick of college basketball.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Yeah, 2 Final Fours since 2000 is a huuuge disappointment.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Izzo is a great coach. His teams always play incredibly well and are a joy to watch for basketball purists.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Duke, North Carolina, Uconn, Kansas, Florida
March 27th, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Sparty, He can’t.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Florida had a nice run for a couple seasons, but last i checked they have been in the NIT the last couple years. Kansas, eh, maybe.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Bill Self is an awesome coach though. THis years job is even more impressive than last years National Title. Kansas should be really happy that they have him and not under achieving roy williams.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:19 AM
What about UCLA?
March 27th, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Kansas has a better Resume than MSU. FLorida won 2 championships in a row dont undersell those fuckers.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Don’t think you need to worry, he didn’t want it two years ago, why would he want it now
March 27th, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Fuck UCLA
March 27th, 2009 at 9:22 AM
not underselling them. but we are talking about Top Programs, not top teams. People don’t think Florida basketball, they think Florida Football. sorry, when you go to the NIT two years in row, that is not an impressive program. However,that doesn’t mean the 06, 07 gators aren’t one of the best teams ever.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
MSU does this without the top recruits like UF, KU, UCLA, Duke, and UNC. Izzo is a coach I’d like to have for many years to come.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Kansas lost to Buckfuckingnell in the 1st round one year and then bubble team Bradley the next.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Great teams come from great programs. Billy D has recruited better talent than Izzo.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
N I T. Izzo has always played in a certain postseason tourney, and that isn’t the one.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
yea the NIT is something to be impressed with. Two years running. Nice.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Kansas won the National Championship last year. Lost to ‘cuse in the National Championship and went to the final 4 the year before.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Duke isn’t more successful. Arguing against Florida is hilarious though. Florida is arguably the most successful program of the 2000’s.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:31 AM
I’d say top 5 most successful programs of past decade: Kansas, UNC, Florida, UCLA, and probably UConn. I’d have MSU on the outside of the top 5.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:32 AM
They won 2 National Titles in a row. Did you miss that? Yea Izzo gets to the tourney every year and fucking loses.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Also, glad to see Blender is going kaput. That magazine was garbage.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:33 AM
N I T two years in a row. playing in the shitty SEC. sorry. that kills it.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Sean- Duke is on the decline but I still rank them higher than MSU.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Sparty, two National Championships. Back to back. That annihilates anything any other team has done.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:35 AM
I didn’t miss it. It was a great run. But they have been in the NIT the last couple years. Sorry that hurts your overall resume. If Calathes leaves, it will be 3 years in the NIT, if that.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Sean, agreed but it’s close. a ‘chip, and three final fours is good enough for me.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:36 AM
I’d put them pretty even. They are both a notch behind the other programs I mentioned. They are well coached, and always one of the top teams, but don’t have the talent or tourney success of the other teams in recent years.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:37 AM
you just busted your own fucking logic with that. Michigan State has been much more successful than Duke over the last decade.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Interesting thought. 1 runner up and 2 championship trophies. They went 3-5 in the tourney between 01 and 05. They haven’t made it the last 2 years. Not sure that I would give that the most successful school of the 2000’s. However, based on 3 of the 9 years of the 2000’s, they are in the conversation for one of the 5 best of the 2000’s. Certainly not the most successful though, because success should breed consistency and the Gators are anything but consistent in their success.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:38 AM
That means nothing to me. I’m not sure if you are arguing for MSU against them, or someone else, but I don’t see any other team out there with 2 NC’s in the past decade.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:38 AM
but then again, i wouldn’t put MSU over Duke as a better overall program.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Yeah I agree with this. I’d have MSU ahead of Duke. I’d say MSU is just outside the top 5 for me.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Interesting thought. 1 runner up and 2 championship trophies. They went 3-5 in the tourney between 01 and 05. They haven’t made it the last 2 years. Not sure that I would give that the most successful school of the 2000’s. However, based on 3 of the 9 years of the 2000’s, they are in the conversation for one of the 5 best of the 2000’s. Certainly not the most successful though, because success should breed consistency and the Gators are anything but consistent in their success.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Sparty- ‘MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL’? in the past 10-12 years Duke has been in the National Championship game 2 times and one more final 4 appearance I can think of. MSU hasnt done that. Plus Kansas is gonna beat MSU today.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Sean Jean- i think we are arguing with different logic.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:45 AM
no, Duke hasn’t been in more final fours than MSU in that time period.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Perhaps. I’m saying Florida is without question one of the top 5 basketball programs of the past decade. They have accomplished more than any other teams have by a mile. Who has been more successful? UNC? (1 NC and a few final fours), Kansas? (1 NC and a few final fours). I just don’t see it because Florida has been down the past two years.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Donovan on his way to Kentucky…
March 27th, 2009 at 9:47 AM
They have been in more National Championship games.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:48 AM
I can see that happening.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:50 AM
ah yes, the greatest team of all time that lost to UConn.