Rutgers reaches stadium naming rights deal - ESPN

Rutgers reaches stadium naming rights deal - Big East Blog - ESPN

Rutgers Stadium will now be known as High Point Solutions Stadium. I am somewhat surprised that Rutgers is only the 10th Football Bowl Subdivision school to sell their stadium naming rights. There are five other teams who share a stadium with an NFL team. 

While it sucks as a traditionalist this is the new reality in sports. As a season ticket holder I loved the new expansion to the stadium and obviously ticket sales alone weren't going to pay for that.

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Shaka Smart - Ironman Drill

This is footage of VCU coach Shaka Smart during practice on Friday ahead of the Final Four game against Butler. Seriously, how do you not root for a guy like that?

By the way you can find him on twitter as well.
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"You outcoached me to death"

How can anyone not root for Butler? Their Head Coach Brad Stevens is a class act. I know he is good friends with Billy Donovan but here it is anyways.

You outcoached me to death.

Here is the end of overtime to the crazy game.

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Relaxing way to watch NCAA Tournament

I don't think there is any doubt about this. Their is only one way to enjoy the NCAA Tournament in a relaxing manner.

Here is what's left of my bracket

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Big East's Performance Is Upsetting, But It's No Failure

Big East's Performance Is Upsetting, But It's No Failure - NYTimes.com

A good and correct argument from Nate Silver knocking those who are mocking the Big East. Here is a direct quote:

During the regular season, its 16 teams (counting also-rans like DePaul and Rutgers) went 34-19 against N.C.A.A. tournament entrants from outside the conference. This compares favorably, for instance, to the Atlantic Coast Conference, whose teams went 19-29 against tournament competition.

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Butler Bulldogs celebrate win over Pittsburgh

Butler Bulldogs vs. Pittsburgh Panthers - NCAA Tournament Game - Recap - March 19, 2011 - ESPN

What a crazy finish to the Butler/Pitt game. The refs did make the right calls. Those were definitely fouls. Butler coach Brad Stevens was a class act during his post game interview but he did celebrate when they got back to the locker room.


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VIDEO: Obama on ESPN for Womens NCAA Tournament

Earlier this week ESPN unveiled President Obama's bracket for the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament. Earlier today they officially did the same for his bracket for the Womens Tournament.



You can also find his entry in ESPN's Tournament Challenge. Will it do as well as his Mens Tournament bracket currently is which finds itself in the 99.9 percentile at the moment.
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My NCAA Bracket

It took a while but I have finally finalized my NCAA Mens Tournament Bracket.

2011 NCAA Mens Tournament Bracket

I can't remember another year where I changed my bracket around as often as I have this year. I didn't pick any 12/5 upsets as I just am not that confident in any of the 12 seeds. I did go back on forth with Richmond though. I did pick two #13s though. Listening to and reading to the Oakland stuff the past couple of days got me. I ended up taking them over Texas. I wasn't sold on a long BYU run in the tournament so I am taking tiny Wofford over them. People who know me know that I love the underdogs. A school of 1,500 kids (my high school had more students), a good run against Wisconsin in the tournament last year, three returning seniors and a lack of faith in BYU pulled me into making the pick. I was looking at a poll earlier on ESPN.com and 48% of the participants thought BYU is the most likely top 3 seed to fall today.

If you missed it yesterday, Barack Obama filled out his bracket for ESPN for the third year in a row.
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