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Oh, those funny Kings

I haven't wrote anything on here since the draft, mainly because of time constraints, but I almost fell out of my chair when I saw that PJ Carlisemo might be a prime candidate for the Sacramento Kings coaching job.  I know that I'm not the only one who thinks that Ron Artest may be a more volatile version La... Read More

 
Can I play tight end too?

It seems to me that the new trend in the NFL is turning college basketball power forwards into tight ends.  Ed Nelson, Jai Lewis, and other "ballers"-turned-"gridders" have signed N... Read More

 
The NCAA Basketball-to-NFL Route

When NCAA Tournament Standout and George Mason star F Jai Lewis (6'7", 290 lbs.) agreed to a rookie free agent contract with the New York Giants earlier this week, it came to no s... Read More

 
The Buccaneers and Draft Wrapup

Now that I have my obligatory Reggie Bush vs. Mario Williams post out of the way, it's time to focus on my favorite team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneer... Read More

 
GMU star now to have impact on gridiron (hopefully)

For those who haven't heard, GMU basketball star Jai Lewis has been signed by the New York "football" Giants. Given the fact that the Giants have one of the best tight ends in the game (Jeremy Shockey) and tha... Read More

 
Impact was (mid) major

University of Florida was the only club to win all six of its tournament contests. Still, the Gators weren’t the biggest winners of college basketball’s celebrated three-week event. ... Read More

 
Jai Lewis, and his NFL potential

Being a GMU season ticket holder, I've been able to watch Jai Lewis for four years now, and I think he has the makings of a decent tight end. Not a great player like a Shannon Sharpe or Antonio Gates, but I think he could be a quality player... Read More

 
Stroke of Midnight

Midnight has struck and the party is over for George Mason and LSU. Although their season has come to an end, George Mason still had an incredible run. Unfortunately f... Read More

 
Florida: Destiny's Child?

In some of the various NCAA Tournament pools I’m in, I’m doing well—winning one, seventh in another, third in yet another. But the one I’ve cared the most about is my family pool, which has always included my parents, myse... Read More

 
Maybe Joakim Noah was right

It seems every winter I try to get into college basketball and always hear "Why watch the regular season?  Only the tournament is important" from friends, family, and sports writers.  For the most part, it's true and I never really care about college basketball until brackets ... Read More

 
March Madness and You: A Guide for Understanding and What Not...Part III

And finally, here we are. The Final Four. The gem of the NCAA. The event that we could (kind of) get twice a year if D-1 foot... Read More

 
Random Thoughts and Observations .... I don't want to Hear It

How quickly will it be possible for me to hit the mute button the first time I hear either Jim Nantz or Bily Packer mention the "great Cinderella story" that is George Mason and the Patriots.  I do not want to hear a word out of these two.  After the way that these two bafoons, wh... Read More

 
The Best Tournament Ever

It looked as though it would be another Billy Packer/CBS moment. Jim Nance asked Packer if he thought that this NCAA Tournament was the best ever. I anticipated the... Read More

 
We are so close!!!

I don't know about you, but this may be the first time I want my weekend to be over so it can be Monday.  This will especially hold true if George Mason beats Florida this weekend and plays in the NC... Read More

 
George Mason the next Gonzaga

Right now, they people are calling the Patriots a Cinderalla team. Wrong, Cinderalla's don't beat Michigan State, North Carolina, and UCONN (throw Witichta St.. in th... Read More

 
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE THE BEST IN MEN'S BASKETBALL

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE THE BEST IN MEN’S BASKETBALL By John Mark HancockCopyrighted – All Rights ReservedThursday, March 30, 2006 The Southeastern Conference has long been known as a football league. It has been acknowledged leader in women’s basketball for decades. Now the nation is finding out t... Read More

 
Leader of the Pack

I’ve advocated a shake-up in Sports broadcasting for months now, but perhaps I’ve been more motivated in the past two weeks than normal. I never thought I’d be excited to see a game called by Gus Johnson and Len Elmore, or Jay Bilas... Read More

 
The Best There Is.

Did you ever think you would live to see the day that an NCAA team that got housed in the regular season by Creigton, and lost twice to Hofstra University, would head into the final weekend of the NCAA Tournament as the hands-down favorite to win it all? Neither did I, but that day is here. Does Florida have better overall talent than George Mason?   Sure.  So... Read More

 
Final Four

Did everyone see the NCAA Tournament this weekend. I did. Duke went down again. George Mason pulled two more upsets. Texas blew their chance of winnin... Read More

 
UCon't Believe It

The Final Four is set—and there are no number one seeds, for the first time since 1980. None of the regular season “big boys”-- no Duke, no UConn, no Villanova are left. This weekend in I... Read More

 
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