Duke North Carolina Final Four Preview
This weekend’s Final Four matchup will be one for the ages. On top of being coach K’s final Final Four in his incredible 42 year career as coach at Duke, believe it or not Saturday’s matchup of these two rivals will mark the first time Duke and North Carolina have met in the Men’s NCAA Tournament. The two schools Are separated by about 10 miles down Tobacco Road. Duke and North Carolina have played in a combined 36 final fours. You may be wondering why these two cross town rivals who have so much history together have yet to meet in college basketball’s biggest event? Well, part of the answer to that question comes down to the fact that the committee who places the teams in their respective tournament regions try not to have teams in the same conference play each other until later rounds of the tournament. So while all of this is interesting to me, the main question I have before watching this game is whether or not Duke will win and give coach K the opportunity to end his career with another title on Monday night, or will the Tar Heels play spoiler?
March Madness Recap Through First 8 games
The first 8 games of the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament featured a couple upsets and a few surprises.
It took Gonzaga 30 minutes take over the game against Georgia St. Michigan came back to beat Colorado State after being down by 11 points in the first half. In the early session of games today, we saw another 12 seed upset a 5 seed, with the Richmond Spiders defeating Iowa. I am looking forward to watching and recapping, the second half of today’s action, later tonight.
SF Giants Make First Splash of MLB Free Agency
The San Francisco Giants made the first big move in MLB Free agency post-lockout today by signing SP Carlos Rodòn to a 2 year $44 million contract. Rodòn gives the giants a one-two punch at the start of their rotation with Logan Webb. This signing of Rodón was much needed for the Giants, because the team lost starter Kevin Gausman to the Toronto Blue Jays in the offseason before the Lockout, in December.
NLDS Game 1 Recap: A “Webb Gem”
The Giants game 1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers can be summarized using one name, Logan Webb. The 24 year old pitched the game of his life last night, holding the Dodgers scoreless through 7.2 innings on 5 hits and 10 strikeouts. Last night’s outing put Logan Webb in the history books for the Giants, along with players like Tim Lincecum, and Madison Bumgarner. Along with Webb’s pitching, I saw a team that hit 3 home runs on the night, and pulled off one of the greatest double plays anyone has ever seen. So if you think last night’s win was an easy one, I would caution anyone to believe that tonight’s game 2 is going to go that smoothly. It will be interesting to see how the Dodgers respond to such a dominating performance by the Giants. I look forward to writing my thoughts about game 2 tomorrow, as another chapter in the Giants-Dodgers rivalry is written.