Archive for 'NCAA Basketball'
Rays-Astros, Bulls-Bearcats
Posted on 03. Mar, 2009 by Corey.
If I were asked to describe a perfect day for myself, today would be very close. I started the day off with a short workout, followed by an afternoon Major League Baseball Spring Training game, and topped it off with a Division 1 NCAA College Basketball game. Let me go to the movies with a [...]
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WVU Mountaineers vs. USF Bulls
Posted on 01. Mar, 2009 by Corey.
West Virginia Mountaineer senior guard Alex Ruoff was determined to make his final homecoming a good one, but it took a little longer into the game than against the South Florida Bulls. Ruoff is from Spring Hill, Florida, about 50 miles from the USF Tampa campus. In front of a large group of family and [...]
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Titletown, USA
Posted on 24. Feb, 2009 by Corey.
I had the privilege of spending the day in Titletown, USA, or otherwise known as Gainesville, Florida, Home of the Florida Gators. There are not many places that you can walk on the campus at the University of Florida, and not know that they won the 2008 NCAA Football Championship. The campus bookstore has its [...]
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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets- Clemson Tigers Titanic Struggle
Posted on 22. Feb, 2009 by Corey.
Good news for Georgia Tech Basketball fans and players. Your season is almost over. The Clemson Tigers (22-4, 8-4 in ACC) erased a 15 point first half lead to defeat the Yellow Jackets 81-73 before 8,339 fans at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. With the loss, Georgia Tech fell to 10-16 and just 1-12 in Atlantic Coast [...]
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Sunflower Showdown
Posted on 14. Feb, 2009 by Corey.
The Kansas State Wildcats could not have asked for a better beginning to their game against instate rival Kansas. Before a loud and packed house of 12,528 fans, the Wildcats raced out to a 30-14 lead halfway through the first half. But the Jayhawks would fight back closing the gap to 43-42 at the half [...]
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Update from Student Camp-out
Posted on 13. Feb, 2009 by Corey.
So the temperature here in Manhattan has dropped to 33 degrees with a 30 mph wind chill making it feel like 21 degrees. And the students are outside loving every minute of it! Me, I watched for a few and had to run for cover. Head Basketball Coach Frank Martin, his coaching staff and players [...]
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Sunflower Showdown Preview
Posted on 13. Feb, 2009 by Corey.
Bramlage Coliseum and Allen Fieldhouse are separated by only 88 miles on Interstate-70, but yet Kansas State University and Kansas University fans can be heard yelling at each other loud and clear. With 53.6 seconds remaining in KSU’s Wednesday night win against Texas Tech, the student section broke into a “Beat KU,” chant, a chant [...]
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Kansas State Wildcats vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders
Posted on 12. Feb, 2009 by Corey.
The Kansas State Wildcats entered Bramlage Coliseum Wednesday night riding a five game Big 12 Conference winning streak, after dropping their first four to start the 2008-09 campaign. By doing this, the Wildcats became just the second school in Big 12 history to rally from 0-4 start to get back to at least .500 in [...]
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…Cannonball…
Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by Corey.
“Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I’ve just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you, to stop what you’re doing and listen. Cannonball!” - Ron Burgundy, Anchorman Every University in the country has their special tradition that takes place at their home sporting events. Kansas University [...]
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow…
Posted on 09. Feb, 2009 by Corey.
The Counting Crows said it best in their hit song, Omaha. The lyrics say, “Omaha, Somewhere in middle America.” When thinking about Manhattan, Kansas, somewhere in middle America pops into my head. A city of over 51,000 people, Manhattan sits in the Northeast corner of the state of Kansas. Little do folks realize that it [...]
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