bullets13

way to go!

7/10 games with solid teams from two major conferences, 8/9 games with a solid big conference team against a great mid-major, traditional powers with lower seeds to possibly upset and make deep runs, no clear-cut favorite to win it all... i don't even know where to start.

he went to a great school, but his timing was bad. he left a program on a major upswing to go to a traditional power that has been on a steady decline for a few years. if he can right the ship next season, however, and he can become successful at basketball U, and have an extended successful run there, he'll have an opportunity to be remembered as a great coach. if it doesn't work out, he should have no trouble finding another good job at another good basketball school.

duh!

its not about having a back bone its about helping kids. coaches get to caught into winning so much they forget the real reason they became a coach your argument is backwards. if it's not about winning, and it's about helping the kids, you'd let kids go unpunished so that they can continue to play basketball? you're saying he's too worried about winning because he'd kick a troublemaker off the team??? kicking a kid off the team or suspending him is one of the best things that can happen to a young man going down the wrong path. if he loves basketball and his team enough, he'll straighten up. he'll learn that his actions have consequences, and that being 6'9" or having a sweet jumpshot does not make up for acting like a fool off the court. "helping" a kid by letting him get away with things and keeping him on the team will just reinforce the belief that he is above the rules because he's a good ballplayer. that is very understandable but what happens when you go to kick him off or suspend a player for a game, the people above you step in and stop it everytime cuz they know what the kid would be doing if he wasnt playing basketball yeah right. the only reason they stop it is to keep him on the team so they will keep winning. you honestly think anyone out there says "well, he's getting in trouble all the time, but imagine how much trouble he'll get in if we kick him off the team. let's keep him in the program for his sake!" no way that happens. he stays because he can ball, and that's it. if he's not very good, he's off the team.

Bingo. nothing like it. the only sporting event i like more is the World Cup. it's like march madness for soccer fans, but it only comes every four years.

Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry was treated at a Houston hospital and released after being shot in the leg Tuesday morning. Police said Landry, 25, was shot near downtown early Tuesday morning. The Rockets said Landry sustained a flesh wound and will miss one to two weeks, according to the Houston Chronicle. Landry According to police, Landry was driving near downtown Houston at 4:20 a.m. when a car with two occupants hit Landry's car from behind. Police said Landry was shot when he got out to inspect the damage, and the other vehicle left the scene. Team officials said two shots were fired from the other vehicle as it passed him, according to the Chronicle. The second shot hit Landry in the leg. Police said Landry, who returned to Houston with the Rockets at about 12:30 a.m., went home before going out. The Rockets had returned from New Orleans, where they played the Hornets on Monday night. Landry, a second-year pro, had 12 points and six rebounds in 23 minutes in the Rockets' 95-84 win over the Hornets. He is averaging 9.3 points and 5 rebounds per game this season.

its not about having a back bone its about helping kids. coaches get to caught into winning so much they forget the real reason they became a coach your argument is backwards. if it's not about winning, and it's about helping the kids, you'd let kids go unpunished so that they can continue to play basketball? you're saying he's too worried about winning because he'd kick a troublemaker off the team??? kicking a kid off the team or suspending him is one of the best things that can happen to a young man going down the wrong path. if he loves basketball and his team enough, he'll straighten up. he'll learn that his actions have consequences, and that being 6'9" or having a sweet jumpshot does not make up for acting like a fool off the court. "helping" a kid by letting him get away with things and keeping him on the team will just reinforce the belief that he is above the rules because he's a good ballplayer.

a home playoff game?

anyone else heard this?

AP) A man who bolted antlers to the head of a dead doe and posed for a photograph with the deer was fined $400 and jailed for game violations. Marcel Fournier, 19, shot the deer the evening of Nov. 22 and used lag bolts and epoxy to attach a 10-point rack, officials said. He then checked in the kill as lawful game at Barnie's Market. It's illegal to kill an antlerless deer, and it's also illegal to hunt at night. The Concord resident admitted to the killing and led a game warden to the deer's remains after an anonymous caller alerted authorities. Fournier said he had "quite a time" drilling and fastening the antlers, authorities said. Game warden David Gregory said the antlers didn't look or feel right. "When you grabbed them, you'd feel movement," he said. Col. David LeCours, chief warden of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the size of the antlers relative to the size of the deer seemed off. "Something wasn't natural about them, in addition to the fact that they weren't natural," he said. Fournier was sentenced to 10 days in jail Feb. 18 for taking a deer in a closed season. He won't qualify for a state hunting, fishing or trapping license for at least three years. LeCours said add-on antlers are the stuff of legend, but that it's the first documented case of it in Vermont.

congrats!!!

congrats to everyone recognized!!!

From both teams? How about all the teams being recognized? i think he meant 1st and 2nd team...

that's a great move by them... he's one of the best catchers in history!

due to the fantastic amount of entries for this contest, i'm allowing each voter to cast two votes rather than one.

i'll sign up tomorrow.

What would there be to argue about? HJ went to State...Silsbee didn't... there's always something!!!

Texas got hosed in that bracket!!!

eh.

73-60. i guess that means NIT.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ECBucFan - is it safe to assume that you have little or no regard for the Longhorns? : i think that's a safe assumption.

without a doubt.

i wish that they had shot free throws that poorly on thursday. we'd be talking about HJ right now

just goes to show you that either HJ OR Silsbee was capable of winning a championship this year.