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...
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...
BERNIE BITS 1) Our Town’s Jayson Tatum is playing the best basketball in the NBA these days. With Tatum averaging 32.6 points, his Boston Celtics have won 11 of their last 13 games. But let’s go back two months. With Tatum averaging 30 points, the Celtics are 22-4...
WELCOME TO BERNIE BITS Good morning, good afternoon, hello, how are ya — and what’s for lunch? 1) Did the Cardinals lose a game to the Dodgers on Wednesday night? I must have fallen asleep. And the crazy thing is, I had a fuzzy dream … something about...
