Archive for March, 2006
NBA to Ban Tights Next Season
Friday, March 31st, 2006
After the headbands and the long shorts, it seems tights are now the latest trend in the NBA.
Since Jerry Stackhouse first used it in last year’s playoffs, it seems majority of the league’s top players are joining the fashion trend. Guys like Dwyane Wade, Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are all wearing these leg-wraps during NBA games.
Of course, these players claim that it helps keep their legs warm during games. It also helps ‘em to stay away from aggravating any groin injuries or muscle sprains. Stack’ is a testament to that. After suffering from a groin injury last year, he started wearing those tights and he never looked back since.
Now, the league is trying to ban ‘em for next year’s season.
First was the regulation of the length of a player’s shorts, then the dress code this year and now, this no-to-tights campaign next season. NBA Commish’ David Stern sure’s getting a lot of love from players and fans by now.
Although NBA officials are not publicly commenting on the issue, sources say…
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By George! They’re NCAA’s GMU Fans now!
Friday, March 31st, 2006
NCAA’s Cinderella team, the George Mason Patriots, are everyone’s favorite team to win it all from the NCAA Final Four.
Of course, watching them upset one team after another to reach the NCAA Final Four sure helps.
Nobody even knew that there’s a team playing basketball in George Mason. All 
of a sudden, people are wearing the Patriots green and gold and rehearsing the hitherto for unknown names of the team’s starting line-up around water coolers.
This just proves that the nation is just discovering George Mason and that’s perfectly okay.
The whole nation, and even the world, is suddenly aware of Northern Virginia’s own George Mason University, by virtue of the incredible feat by its men’s basketball team to make it to the elite ”Final Four” of NCAA competition this weekend.
The team’s amazing upset of four consecutive foes in the post-season tournament, including three…
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George Mason’s improbable run comes to an end vs Florida Gators
Friday, March 31st, 2006
To the surprise of no one, George Mason University remains the biggest underdog in Indianapolis, with 4-1 odds posted by Bodog.com. Florida is the 8-5 favorite, followed by LSU at 12/5 and UCLA at 13/4.
Too bad you didn’t plunk down a few jelly beans on the Patriots before the NCAA tournament tipped off. The Patriots opened at 400-1, went to 65-1 entering the Sweet 16 and were still 35-1 before playing Washington Regional no. 1 seed UConn in the Elite Eight.
All George Mason had to do was knock off the past two national champions (2004 UConn and 2005 North Carolina), another team in last year’s Final Four (Michigan State) and four of the top seven seeds in the Washington, D.C., regional to become the bracket-busting Cinderella of all time in the NCAA tournament.
UCLA Bruins vs LSU Tigers will be a Final Four battle of defensive-minded teams
Friday, March 31st, 2006
Long known as an offensive power, the UCLA Bruins (31-6) take a defensive-minded approach into their national semifinal matchup with LSU Tigers (27-8) on Saturday at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis.
UCLA won 10 national championships under John Wooden, relying heavily on overpowering offense. Even when the Bruins last advanced to the Final Four in 1995, winning the national title, they did it on the strength of their scoring.
With coach Ben Howland in charge, that mindset has been reversed. Howland brought a reputation for taking opponents out of their offensive rhythm when he arrived from Pittsburgh three years ago, and the changes have become evident this season. The Bruins are 10th nationally in team defense, allowing only 58.7 points per game. During its 11-game winning streak, UCLA has allowed one opponent, Gonzaga, to score more than 60 points.
Bracket Buster Team: Is George Mason “America’s NCAA Team?”
Friday, March 31st, 2006
Call it the NCAA Final Four that no one predicted. 
It’s pretty close to the truth.
Of the more than 3 million people who entered ESPN.com’s March Madness competition, only four correctly forecast the Final Four combination of UCLA, LSU, Florida and George Mason. GMU was the team that gave people the most trouble. Just 1,854 people picked the 11th-seeded Patriots, out of the lowly Colonial Athletic Association, to make the Final Four.
The commuter school in Fairfax, Va., with an enrollment of 17,000 undergraduates had never even won an NCAA game until this year. The Patriots’ exciting tournament run in which they knocked off former national champs North Carolina, Michigan State and UConn has become one of the most-talked about stories on sports radio.
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