I Wouldn’t Want to Run into that Team in a Dark Tourney

As many of the top ranked teams struggle, several teams are starting to hit their stride at just the right time. 
 

Submitted for your approval: one Maryland Terrapins.  The ‘Pins beat back a late surge by their arch nemesis, the Duke Blue Devils, last night, and extended their current winning streak to six games.  
 

The Blue Devils, who had come to Cameron Indoor Stadium with some momentum and a winning streak of their own for once, couldn’t find the means to put away the Terrapins in the last ten minutes. 
 

Unlike Maryland, Duke looks like the college basketball version of former Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst- a team anybody would just love to take a good swing at in the opening round of the Tournament.  Plenty of programs have been looking for an excuse to do so for a long time coming. 
 

Maryland swept the Blue Devils this season, and beat UNC on Sunday, so they look pretty scary coming down the stretch of the season. 
 

Hopefully, your favorite team doesn’t have to meet Maryland in the opening round.  But if they draw Duke, get NCAA Tournament tickets at StubHub.com and take revenge for all who have been wronged by the Blue Devils.     


 

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Think of the Children, Durrant. The Children.

Texas kept their hopes alive for the Big 12 Conference regular season championship by beating Texas A&M in double overtime last night.
 

If the Longhorns can defeat Kansas on Saturday, they will share bragging rights as the regular season champ.  In such a case, the only loser will be underprivileged third world children who will not be receiving their “Texas Longhorns 2007 Big 12 Conference Regular Season Champions” t-shirts and ball caps as anticipated.    
 

But if Kansas wins, the Jayhawks get exclusive rights to the honor, and tens of children will be warm enough to make it through the night. 
 

Their fate lies with Texas, and specifically star freshman Kevin Durant, who will probably turn pro after this season and sign a multi-million dollar contract with an NBA team.  But I don’t blame him if his heart isn’t truly in the game as he thinks of those poor, naked, innocent children, and the piles of money he will be making in less than a year.    
 

If you’d like to go to the game, but swear that you’ll donate any Texas paraphernalia to Goodwill, you can get Kansas basketball tickets at StubHub.com, your source for pre-printed championship garb.        


 

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