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Blake Griffin Will Receive Season-Ending Knee Surgery

January 15, 2010

Blake Griffin, the overall number one pick in the 2009 NBA draft will have season-ending surgery on his broken left kneecap.  A lot of the media were excited when the preseason started but it seems that Blake Griffin just has not lived up to the built-up hype.  Much like most of the movies I get excited about, he played well when it didnt count and then choked once it did injuring himself in the preseason finale.  He has not played since.   What does this mean for Griffin?  Well, this means that his rookie season isnt officially until next season (which is great because this class is amazing).  With Griffin out this puts the Los Angeles Clippers at a huge disadvantage.  They were just 3 games out of the playoff picture in 11th position but they have lost two games in a row now.  Things looked up when Griffin came back from his previous problem (knee injury in the final game of the preseason) but it looks like the Clipper curse has struck again.  I dont know why they just cant pick in the draft very well, but I cannot remember a time they have picked someone who turned out half decent in the first round.  Blake Griffin could probably still be a superstar in the end, but at this point, I dont give him much of a chance.  By the time he gets back into the swing of things, he will be miles behind all those who came out of the draft with him.  Stephen Curry is looking better and better everyday averaging 12.4 points per game, nearly 5 assists per game, and is shooting 43% from three point land.  Its just a matter of time before my boy Curry takes off.  The video is of Blake Griffin’s first injury back in October.

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Manu Ginobili Swats Bat in Middle of Game

November 11, 2009

I have seen a lot of weird things living in Central Texas but this happening during a game takes the cake so far in my life. Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs got tired of a bat interrupting their basketball game last week. In the video you will see him swat the bat (killing or stunning it, im not quite sure), pick it up off the court and walk it off the court to hand it to an official who then disposed of it somehow (I am strictly speculating of course because all I could see was the dude walk off the court and disappeared).  The best part about the entire game I think was that it was a Halloween game when this happened haha!  The San Antonio Spurs sure know how to put on a good show.

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Top 2009 Recruiting School – NCAA Mens Basketball

July 16, 2009

carolinatarheelsI have studied all the recruits going into this next season and I have decided finally on my Top 10 recruiting schools for mens basketball.  I know I am a little late on the picks but you should hear me out on this one.  I think you are going to see these schools getting just that much better by playing their top prospects their freshman season.  This in no way reflects my personal views and I basically watched film on the Top 150 players coming out of high school and where they are headed to.  I then tallied those players up and ordered them from top to bottom in my own personal opinion.  I then I averaged the numbers out and figured out how many top 150 athletes were going to each school and what the average number was.  This is what I came up with (and it would be sweet if its actually true):

  1. North Carolina – (#6 John Henson)
  2. Texas – (#1 Avery Bradley, #8 Jordan Hamilton)
  3. Kentucky (#4 DeMarcus Cousins, #5 John Wall)
  4. Villanova
  5. Kansas (#3 Xavier Henry)
  6. Georgia Tech (#2 Derrick Favors)
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Oklahoma State
  9. Duke (#10 Mason Plumlee)
  10. Connecticut

I know you are thinking, but Sidelineblog, youre a huge fan of both North Carolina and Texas…I cant help it that Texas is getting two players that are in my Top 10 (Avery Bradley and Jordan Hamilton).  Its not my fault they just happen to be amazing at recuiting.

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NCAA Mens Top 50 – Week 6

December 23, 2008

Lots of teams drop in the polls this week as there have been some pretty big upsets.  Cleveland State, I believe, is one of the most underrated teams in the nation this season which is why I have them hiding down there at #50. Even though they are 9-4, they have played some pretty hardcore teams in which they lost by 2 points to Butler, and 10 points to Kansas State and West Virginia.  They are playing some pretty big named schools for a school that I had never heard of.  I think its possible that they could take the Horizon League this season unless Butler just gets it from them.  Come to think of it, Butlers has played well in the tournament in years past, which makes me think that the Horizon League is a little underrated.

1. North Carolina (71) 11-0 1,775
2. Connecticut 10-0 1,693
3. Pittsburgh 12-0 1,618
4. Oklahoma 11-0 1,580
5. Duke 10-1 1,486
6. Wake Forest 10-0 1,294
7. Gonzaga 8-2 1,154
8. Notre Dame 8-2 1,116
9. Texas 9-2 1,108
10. Purdue 9-2 1,083
11. Michigan State 8-2 907
12. Georgetown 8-1 880
13. UCLA 8-2 873
14. Xavier 9-1 861
15. Ohio State 8-0 766
16. Tennessee 8-2 758
17. Syracuse 11-1 742
18. Villanova 10-1 594
19. Louisville 7-2 521
20. Arizona State 9-1 477
21. Baylor 9-1 466
22. Clemson 12-0 462
23. Minnesota 10-0 198
24. Michigan 8-2 183
25. Missouri 9-1 71
26. Memphis 70
27. Marquette 69
28. Davidson 66
29. Butler 40
30. Dayton 25
31. Saint Mary’s 25
32. Illinois 20
33. Brigham Young 18
34. Maryland 16
35. Texas A&M 11
36. Kansas 10
37. Florida 8
38. Florida State 8
39. Stanford 8
40. Miami (FL) 6
41. Wisconsin 5
42. UNLV 1
43. West Virginia 1
44. Western Kentucky 1
45. George Mason 1
46. LSU
47. Illinois State
48. Arizona
49. Nebraska
50. Cleveland State

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Do we need the rest of the Regular Season???

December 19, 2008

Twenty five games into the season and so far its a 3 team race.  The Lakers, Cavaliers, and the Celtics all have twenty or more wins at this point.  The Lakers have already sealed the deal with the Western Conference and only the Celtics have a larger lead in their division.  At this point, there are only 5 teams in the Eastern Conference that are above .500 in win percentage which means that the Celtics could probably clinch a playoff spot before the all star break.  With the Lakers being 8 games ahead of 8th place Utah Jazz, this could mean a playoff clinch in the next couple of months.  I will make my predictions now that it will be a Kobe – Lebron showdown in the NBA Finals.  It could possibly be a rematch between the Lakers and the Celtics but I am going to go with the upset in the playoffs.  I think the Celtics will go into the playoffs with home court advantage but I think Lebron James is about as clutch as a player can be in the NBA.  Look for Kobe to go off towards the end of the season.  I am looking forward to the Christmas matchup of Lakers vs. Celtics.

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NCAA Mens Top 50 – Week 5

December 18, 2008

This past week of basketball has seen its great ones. #19 Tennessee beat the #23 ranked team of Marquette this past week in a great match-up. I will look at Texas Southern against Gonzaga today because they played Texas pretty well Tuesday. Friday looks good because I like the much improved Richmond squad and the best part is that I am going to get to watch it on TV. It will be on ESPNU at 6PM Central Time.

  1. North Carolina (72) 9-0 1,800
  2. Connecticut 8-0 1,715
  3. Pittsburgh 10-0 1,646
  4. Oklahoma 10-0 1,585
  5. Texas 8-1 1,473
  6. Duke 8-1 1,347
  7. Xavier 9-0 1,233
  8. Gonzaga 7-1 1,225
  9. Louisville 6-1 1,176
  10. Wake Forest 9-0 1,101
  11. Syracuse 9-0 1,005
  12. Notre Dame 7-2 992
  13. Purdue 8-2 765
  14. UCLA 6-2 756
  15. Georgetown 7-1 750
  16. Tennessee 6-2 683
  17. Ohio State 6-0 576
  18. Villanova 10-1 571
  19. Michigan State 6-2 506
  20. Arizona State 8-1 431
  21. Baylor 8-1 420
  22. Davidson 8-1 398
  23. Memphis 5-2 350
  24. Marquette 8-1 240
  25. Clemson 10-0 196
  26. Michigan 7-2 132
  27. Miami (FL) 7-2 64
  28. Missouri 8-1 44
  29. Brigham Young 10-0 37
  30. Butler 8-1 23
  31. Dayton 9-1 23
  32. Florida State 10-1 21
  33. LSU 8-0 21
  34. Illinois 9-1 15
  35. Kansas 7-2 15
  36. Wisconsin 8-2 15
  37. Maryland 7-2 10
  38. Arizona 7-2 10
  39. Florida 7-2 8
  40. Northwestern 7-1 7
  41. Texas A&M 9-1 6
  42. Saint Mary’s 8-1 3
  43. Temple 5-3 2
  44. Minnesota 9-0 2
  45. Navy 8-2 1
  46. West Virginia 7-2 1
  47. Nebraska 6-2
  48. Texas Tech 7-3
  49. Rutgers 7-3
  50. Providence 7-3

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NCAA Mens Basketball – Week 6 Games to Watch

December 18, 2008

There are a lot of great games this week and I am looking forward to Saturday.  Thursday, there are a couple of good games on, but there are only two that I will be watching:

6:00PM CST ESPN Evansville at #1 North Carolina
8:00PM CST ESPN Mississippi vs. #9 Louisville***

Friday’s schedule looks pretty boring and there is only one game that I will be watching if I am even home:

6:00PM CST ESPNU #10 Wake Forest at Richmond

Saturday is going to be CRAZY only because there are so many great games on.  Here are the games that I will be watching:

1:00PM CST ESPNU #1 North Carolina at Valparaiso
1:00PM CST CBS #22 Michigan State vs. #5 Texas***
1:00PM CST CBS #7 Xavier vs. #6 Duke*** (I wont be getting this game, but hope you get to see it)
3:00PM CST CBS #2 Connecticut vs. #7 Gonzaga*** (I wont be getting this game either)
3:00PM CST CBS #20 Davidson at #18 Purdue
5:00PM CST ESPN #11 Syracuse at #21 Memphis***
6:30PM CST ESPN Classic Rhode Island vs. Oklahoma State***
9:00PM CST ESPN2 Virginia Commonwealth vs. #4 Oklahoma***

Sunday there is only one game that I know of that is scheduled to be on TV:

3:00PM CST ESPNU Lafayette at Penn State

Monday, again there is only one game scheduled to be on TV:

6:00PM CST ESPNU #23 Marquette at North Carolina State

Tuesday brings a decent 4 hour block at the least of college basketball:

6:00PM CST ESPNU Butler at #7 Xavier
6:30PM CST ESPN2 Missouri vs. Illinois
8:30PM CST ESPN2 #5 Texas at Wisconsin

That concludes the weeks schedule for Men’s Basketball.  I hope that you get to see some of these great games.

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Villanova eeeks out Saint. Joseph’s in 2nd Half Push

December 12, 2008

At the end of every practice, most players end with some kind of drill done religiously.  For Scottie Reynolds every practice is ended with shooting around and free throws which help him to finish games, pad his stats, and overcome adversity.  It paid off last night against Saint Joseph’s.  The Wildcats found themselves down by 9 at halftime and wondering if they deserved the #12 ranking.  By the end of the game, my questions had been answered and I was able to watch a great college basketball game.  Saint Joseph’s is the real deal folks, and Villanova is getting polished.  My only question about Villanova is how they are going to play against Top 25 teams…I mean thats great and all if you can get out of the first or second round, but the only ranked team they have played beat them by nine.  Don’t worry though, he will have plenty of chances come January.  Exactly 1/2 their last 18 games are Top 25 ranked teams at this time including #2, #3, #10, #13, #16 and more.   To give you an idea, Texas was ranked #6 when they played Villanova and beat them by 9.  I would say come tournment time, this team will more than likely be a 5 loss team ranked somewhere in the #11-#15 by the time the tournament comes around.

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NCAA Mens Top 50 – Week 4

December 11, 2008

There are some decent games this week.  Gonzaga is traveling 90 miles to visit Washington State tonight which should pose a great match-up between two Northwest schools.  Saint Josephs and Villanova go at it on Thursday at 7:00PM CST on ESPN 2.

1. North Carolina (72) 8-0
2. Connecticut 8-0
3. Pittsburgh 9-0
4. Gonzaga 6-0
5. Oklahoma 8-0
6. Texas 6-1
7. Duke 8-1
8. Tennessee 6-1
9. Louisville 4-1
10. Xavier 7-0
11. Wake Forest 8-0
12. Notre Dame 6-2
13. Syracuse 8-0
14. Purdue 6-2
15. Villanova 8-0
16. UCLA 5-2
17. Memphis 5-1
18. Michigan State 5-2
19. Georgetown 5-1
20. Arizona State 7-1
21. Ohio State 5-0
22. Baylor 7-1
23. Davidson 6-1
24. Marquette 7-1
25. Kansas 7-1
26. Dayton 8-0
27. Clemson 9-0
28. Michigan 6-2
29. Miami 5-2
30. BYU 8-0
31. Florida 6-2
32. Missouri 7-1
33. LSU 6-0
34. Butler 7-0
35. Wisconsin 7-2
36. Illinois 8-1
37. Florida State 8-1
38. Saint Mary’s 6-1
39. Maryland 6-2
40. Texas A&M 6-1
41. Northwestern 6-1
42. Washington State 6-2
43. West Virginia 6-2
44. Minnesota 8-0
45. Utah 5-2
46. Houston 5-1
47. Austin Peay 5-2
48. Illinois State 8-0
49. Stanford 4-0
50. Portland State 7-1

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NCAA Mens Top 25 – Week 3

December 10, 2008

1. North Carolina (72) 7-0
2. Connecticut 6-0
3. Pittsburgh 7-0
4. Duke 7-0
5. Gonzaga 5-0
6. Oklahoma 6-0
7. Notre Dame 5-1
8. Texas 5-1
9. Purdue 5-1
10. Tennessee 5-1
11. Louisville 2-1
12. UCLA 4-1
13. Michigan State 4-1
14. Xavier 6-0
15. Wake Forest 6-0
16. Syracuse 6-0
17. Villanova 6-0
18. Memphis 4-1
19. Arizona State 5-1
20. Georgetown 4-1
21. Miami (FL) 4-1
22. Davidson 5-1
23. Florida 5-1
24. Baylor 6-1
25. Marquette 5-1

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