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NCAA Sweet 16 Musings and Highlights (3/26/15)
Highlight of the Night – #3 Notre Dame defeats #7 Wichita St. 81-70 – Notre Dame started the game strong and within the first five minutes they were leading the game 15-5 and shooting 6-7 from the field. Wichita St. was up against a team with the 2nd best shooting percentage (50.9%) in the NCAA and by…
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Gabby’s NCAA March Madness Sweet 16 Bracket Analysis
The next two days will determine if my mom and I will be wildly celebrating MSU, Notre Dame and Wisconsin making it to the elite eight, somewhat celebrating if at least two teams make it to the next round (ok, if it is MSU and Notre Dame we will still be wildly celebrating), barely celebrating…
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My Mom Is Driving Me Mad With NCAA March Madness
It is official, my mother is driving me mad over NCAA March Madness. As you may have noticed from the previous few posts, my mother spent the last four days in front of her TV, computers and iPad completely lost in NCAA March Madness, and when I say completely lost I mean completely lost, and you…
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NCAA March Madness Road to Sweet 16 Musings and Highlights (3/22/15)
Highlight of the Day – #7 MSU Spartans defeat #2 Virginia 60-54 – An exciting game from start to finish that began with Coach Izzo’s MSU Spartans having a hot start thanks to Travis Trice who scored 13 of MSU’s first 15 points. By the end of the 1st half, MSU was leading 23-18 after having…
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NCAA March Madness Road to Sweet 16 Musings and Highlights (3/21/15)
Highlight of the Day – #3 Notre Dame defeats #6 Butler 67-64 – Of course, the game I was waiting for all day had to be a tension filled dramatic game that went into overtime. A little of everything in this game: an early 10 point lead by Notre Dame squandered for a 2 point lead at…
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NCAA March Madness Musings and Highlights (3/20/15)
Highlight of the Day – The MSU Spartans proving once again that Tom Izzo has his team ready to play at tournament time as the #7 Spartans defeated #10 Georgia 70-63. The Spartans displayed tremendous energy; a great running game; excellent leadership by Travis Trice; Branden Dawson, Denzel Valentine and Travis Trice led the team…
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NCAA March Madness Musings and Highlights (3/19/15)
Highlight of the Day – Coach Ron Hunter of Georgia State suffering from a torn Achilles is forced to coach from a rolling chair on the sideline and proceeds to fall off that chair when his son, RJ Hunter, hits the game-winning 3-point shot. RJ Hunter struggled throughout the game, but closed the game by scoring…
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Gabby’s March Madness Bracket Analysis
I watched the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show with my mom on Sunday and we decided to work on our brackets together for our own little pool for the tournament. I have been trying to reason with her about our picks all week, but I have made absolutely no progress. According to the experts, it…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Whether you are Irish or not, St. Patrick’s Day is a perfect day to celebrate all that is wonderful about Ireland and Irish Culture. Baileys Irish Cream . . . Shepherd’s Pie . . . Irish Pubs . . .Liam Neeson (Michael Collins) . . . Brendan Gleeson (The Guard, Calvary) . . . U2…
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NCAA March Madness – Where It All Began
My love of basketball and March Madness began when Earvin “Magic” Johnson joined the Michigan State Spartans, coached by Jud Heathcote, in 1977. Magic Johnson, in his first season, led the MSU Spartans to their first Big Ten Title in 11 years and the Spartans made their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 19 years where…
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