By Aaron M Smith Just as college basketball is coming to an end - baseball is starting to kick into full gear. As far as I am concerned, April is the best month in sports. College basketball is close to anointing a king.. and queen, the Masters, NHL playoffs, NBA playoffs and more importantly - Major League Baseball is back. And with the start of the 2009 MLB season, … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: The Pickin’ Splinters Baseball Challenge
Archives for March 2009
Get to Know “Hash”
by Doug Potter Big, manly, giant, defensive monster, shot-blocking machine, human eraser. Those are some of the adjectives many people choose to describe the seven-foot-three 263 pound center for the University of Connecticut Huskies, and rightfully so. Let’s take a look, however, at Hasheem Thabeet Manka on a deeper level. The 22 year old deep-voiced Tazmanian was … [Read more...] about Get to Know “Hash”
Five Reasons Oklahoma Will Win…UNC Will Win
5. Midwest is becoming the new East Rey: We don't want to admit it, but the Midwest is becoming a basketball force. Kansas won the National Championship last year. Missouri and Mike Anderson have turned things around in the past three years. More and more All-Americans are finding their way to Midwest schools rather than East schools. Willie Warren could have … [Read more...] about Five Reasons Oklahoma Will Win…UNC Will Win
Gonzaga-UNC: Tale of the Tape
by Paul Casey Gotham Setting: Beale Street will be bopppin' tonight as the Sweet Sixteen comes to Memphis. Mark Few brings his number 4 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs (28-5) to town for a lip-smackin' tilt with Roy Williams and the number 1 seed North Carolina Tar Heels (30-4). Make my pre-game meal bar-b-que chicken. Ooops! Scratch that. It's Lent. I'll wait until midnight … [Read more...] about Gonzaga-UNC: Tale of the Tape
Sweet Sixteen Challenge
As the NCAA Hoops season winds down, it is time for us to try our hand at prognostication. Yes, yes, yes here is the spot for you to enter into the Sweet Sixteen Challenge. The rules are simple: pick the Sweet Sixteen. The task is tricky: you must do this by high noon March 1st. Yeah it sounds a little kamikazee in nature. You must try and pick the Sweet Sixteen BEFORE … [Read more...] about Sweet Sixteen Challenge