Category: Basketball

For the first time in forever, the NCAA Tournament will start this weekend, and I won’t have a clear rooting interest. Neither Syracuse nor Maryland made the field of 65. This is, of course, karmic blowback from the Giants winning the Super Bowl– the last time they won, Syracuse became the first #2 seed ever… Continue reading Ignominy

Today is “Selection Sunday,” when the field for the NCAA basketball championships will be announced, and everybody will start filling out their office-pool bracket sheets. I’m going to be in the weird position of watching the tournament without a rooting interest, as both my teams stink, and won’t be in the field. But I can… Continue reading Conference Tournament Madness

This has been a rough basketball season. What with one thing and another, I haven’t been able to see many games involving either Maryland or Syracuse, and those games I have seen have been bad. Last night looked like it was going to be an exception, with my Terps holding a big lead over Clemson… Continue reading Clemson 34 Maryland 11

This has to be seen to be believed: (Via the Times Union‘s high school sports blog, who says it’s from a high school game in Oregon.)

My Terps lost to the hated Dukies 77-65 last night, in a game I barely watched. Vitale and Patrick had the call, and were their usual intolerable selves, and I needed to do some cooking for today’s physics department luncheon, so I was in the kitchen more than in front of the tv. A few… Continue reading Maryland at Duke

I didn’t see the game last night, as I got distracted by some other tasks, but North Carolina narrowly beat Virginia last night, on a late jump hook by Tyler Hansbrough. This might seem surprising, given that UVA was .500 on the season, and 1-8 in the league, and indeed, the AP describes it that… Continue reading Burying the Lede, Hoops Edition

The good news: the first UNC-Duke game of the year is tonight. It’s a little less interesting than it might be, as Carolina guard Ty Lawson has a sprained ankle and the Tar Heels are nowhere near as good without him, but it’s still likely to be a good game, and the atmosphere is always… Continue reading Good News, Bad News

Well, ok, the final score was really 64-62, but it was 4-2 in the five-minute overtime period after forty minutes of old-school Big East basketball failed to resolve anything. On paper, this shouldn’t’ve been much of a game– Georgetown is #9 in the country, while Syracuse dresses only eight scholarship players at the moment– but… Continue reading Georgetown 4, Syracuse 2 (OT)

My Maryland Terrapins have been, shall we say, inconsistent this year, with back-to-back home losses to Ohio University (not Ohio State, Ohio U.) and American University. As a result, I didn’t have really high hopes headed into Saturday’s game at tope-ranked North Carolina. Much to my surprise, they played a really good game, and held… Continue reading Maryland beats North Carolina

Congratulations to Texas Tech coach Bob Knight, who extended his own NCAA record by winning his 900th game as a coach against Texas A&M last night. Knight being Knight, he couldn’t get through this without a tiny display of churlishness: After the game fans chanted Knight’s name as he walked off the court to a… Continue reading 900