BERNIE BITS The Missouri Tigers have a three-game winning streak going, and they’re doing it the Stormin’ Norman way. That’s right. I’m referencing Mizzou coaching legend Norm Stewart. His teams were tough. They’d fight you for 40 minutes … or for as long as it took...
Imagine my surprise when I learned there’s one more game to go in the 2022 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. From What I could tell through all of the hyperventilating and hysteria and berserk chatter about “a game for the ages,” I thought the season had ended – and...
Let’s warm up for The Final Four. It’s a gathering of college-basketball royalty, with Kansas playing Villanova in Saturday’s first game, followed by Duke facing North Carolina in a marquee matchup of ACC dynasties. Can Coach K move happily into retirement with his...
Four more games to go in the Sweet 16. Four more teams will join Duke, Houston, Villanova and Arkansas in the Elite Eight. Farewell to No. 1 seed Gonzaga, No. 1 seed Arizona — plus Texas Tech and Michigan. It was a good run while it lasted. A look at Friday...
Onto the Sweet 16! Before we begin to look at each game, here’s where each of the 16 teams are ranked nationally overall at KenPom: Gonzaga, No. 1 Houston, No. 2 Arizona, No. 3 Kansas, No. 5 Texas Tech, No. 6 UCLA, No. 8 Duke, No. 10 Villanova, No. 11 Purdue, No. 12...
March Madness is churned up. Teams representing 35 states – 70 percent of the nation – soon will travel from all over to make their way into arenas to take their shots. But this circus of thrills will open without a team from the state of Missouri. (Sad.) Countless...
After scrambling to find a game after the postponement of their A-10 conference matchup against St. Bonaventure, the Billikens have scheduled a game against the Iona Gaels at Chaifetz Arena to fill the hole on the Saturday night schedule. The Billikens could schedule...
BERNIE BITS The MLB lockout won’t stop me from talking ball. At some point the lockout will be over, and we’ll be talking about moves the Cardinals should make, or not make, to upgrade the roster. If, in fact, the Cardinals are serious about improving the roster...
A glimpse at the second half of the St. Louis Cardinals here with Ben Frederickson of the Post – Dispatch. His thoughts on if it’s possible for the Cardinals to contend this year or not. Being eight games out, how radical does the team need to be to make the playoffs?...
