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To Watch Tonight
What to watch while lamenting the passing of Crazy Ray ... • College basketball: MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, second-round games, Mississippi at Clemson; DePaul at Kansas State. Shouldn't there be another tournament for teams that didn't make the NIT? [ESPN] • College women's basketbal...
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What you missed while being questioned by Columbo ... • College basketball: There it is, we hear it somewhere in the distance ... Conquest. USC 87, Texas 68. • NBA: Kobe's been rather active lately. Lakers 109, Timberwolves 102. • NHL: And so the Jarkko Ruutu Era begins. Penguins 4, Senators 3....
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• Women's College Basketball. Drake vs. Tennessee. I'm intrigued. Tell me more, Trey Wingo. 7:00, ESPNU. • NBA. Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles Lakers. Like you could watch this with Drake/Tennessee going on. 8:00, ESPN. • Women's College Basketball. East Carolina vs. Rutgers. An ECU loss wou...
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• College Basketball: NCAA Tournament, Indiana vs. UCLA. Nice clown pants. 8:10, CBS. • College Wrestling: NCAA Championships. Just be sure to lube up, gentlemen. There'll be a lot of friction out there. 8:00, ESPN. • Women's College Basketball: NCAA Tournament, first round. You know who loves the w...
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• NBA: Lakers 116, Trailblazers 111. Kobe had 65, 24 in the fourth quarter, and 9 in overtime. Kobe would beat 30% of NCAA tournament teams, 1-on-5. • College Basketball: Florida 112, Jackson State 69. You may have noticed a little bit of a talent discrepancy there. • NBA: Pistons 105, Suns 83. Impr...
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What you missed while wondering if anyone is reading the Times columns ... anyone ... anyone ... • College basketball: NCAA Tournament ... Indiana moves on, Knight doesn't. • NBA: Things just keep getting better and better for the Lakers. And by better, we mean worse. • NHL: Martin Brodeur laughs at...
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What to watch as grampa mourns the death of Captain America ... • College basketball: NCAA Tournament. East Region, Marquette (24-9) vs. Michigan State (22-11), 7:20 p.m., North Carolina (28-6) vs. Eastern Kentucky (21-11), 30 minutes after previous game; South Region, Ohio State (30-3) vs. Central ...
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What you missed while taking the kids to Hooters ... • NBA: One Suns-Mavericks game was pretty great. Now imagine seven in a row for all the marbles. • College basketball: Well, we're not sure about those pants, but Syracuse is on its way in the NIT. • NHL: Red Wing Nation ... Detroit 4, Nashville 2...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the Gashouse Gorillas form a conga line around the bases ... • College basketball: MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, first round, South Alabama at Syracuse [ESPN]; Fresno State at Georgia; Austin Peay at Air Force. You start the season 17-1, and end up playing Austin Peay i...
Bob Knight Would Like To Help CCSU Motivate The Troops
One More Dying Quail has some suggestions for motivational speeches that coaches can use to fire up their underdog teams in the tournament tomorrow. They bring up The Gene Hackman, The John Belushi (cocaine optional), The Dwight Schrute Podium Hammer and, our personal favorite, the infamous Bob Knig...
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What you missed while tuning your fiddle ... • College basketball: Beware the Purple Eagle ... Clif Brown leads Niagara to date with Kansas (the missing f is for freshness). • NBA: Forget about the Spurs at your own peril. • NHL: The big five oh oh ... Mondano milestone leads Stars over Flyers. • No...
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What to watch while taking a break from searching for your false teeth ... • NHL: Sabres at Penguins. Hey, give back those restroom fixtures! We're not moving! [Versus] • NBA: Trail Blazers at Nuggets. Do they serve Coke in the Pepsi Center? [Altitude] • College basketball: Florida A&M vs. Niagara a...
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What you missed while mailing your NCAA brackets to the IRS and listing the Louisville-Stanford game as a tax deduction ... • NBA: Mavericks visit The Oracle, and the news is not good. • Baseball: Red Sox beat Yankees 7-5, but Carl Pavano looks pretty spiffy after eight-day layoff. • NHL: A hockey p...
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What to watch as your ice sculpture goes horribly wrong ... • Arena football: Los Angeles at Orlando. Because what's football without giant fishing nets and scoring on every possession? [ESPN2] • College women's basketball: NCAA Tournament Selection Show, at Bristol, Conn. Is Berman working this? Lo...
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What you missed while attending the All-Star Game ... • NBA: All that's left of Nicholson is a set of chattering false teeth on the pavement ... Mavericks stomp Lakers for 17th straight win. • Tennis: Don't make a Federer case out of it ... Roger's streak ends at 41. • College basketball: That Ohio ...
To Watch Tonight...
• College Basketball: NIT Selection Show. I am very sorry to tell you that I'll be watching. 9:00, ESPNU. • NBA: Mavericks @ Lakers. With Kobe's proclivity for elbowing white people, Dirk should probably watch his back. 9:00, ESPN. • Movie: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Perhaps Patches O'Houliha...
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• College Basketball: Georgetown 65, Pitt 42. I'm still waiting for Pitt to make their run. • Women's College Basketball: UMBC 67, Vermont 56. This was televised. I saw it. • New Mexico State 72, Utah State 70. I didn't see the game, but two of the AP's first three paragraphs were about how Reggie T...
To Watch Tonight...
• College Basketball. Big East Conference Final. Georgetown vs. Pitt. I can't wait to see whether or not Aaron Gray has stubble. 9:00, ESPN. • Movie. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. I didn't realize the dramatic range that role required of Neil Patrick Harris. 8:00, TBS. • College Basketball. WAC...
About Last Night...
• College Basketball: Pitt 65, Louisville 59. Louisville has blown huge leads on two straight nights. Keep that in mind, tiny conference team that plays Louisville in the first round of the tournament. • NBA: 76ers 108, Lakers 92. Another game, another white man hit by a Kobe elbow. I guess someone ...