The NCAA Tournament officially gets underway on Tuesday night. Let’s dance. IDENTIFYING THE TEAMS WITH THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN IT: In 15 of the last 16 years, the national champion has been ranked among the top 35 in both offensive and defensive efficiency by KenPom....
What a fantastic time for St. Louis sports. As usual the Cardinals are the core, but there’s plenty of space for other teams to build a strong identity, foster a loyal audience and rouse excitement. Guided by the impressive leadership of first-year basketball coach...
After the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Tournament because of the Covid-19 outbreak, and a 2021 event that was played in empty arenas, March Madness returned in full frenzy over the weekend. Action-packed games in packed arenas. Hopping and laughing and crying fans...
Baseball and more baseball this morning with Ben Frederickson of the Post Dispatch. “Frustrating” is the word Ben chooses here to describe the beginning of the season. Does Justin Williams take a seat when Bader returns? What about O’Neill? Ben says...
Our weekly rundown of all things St. Louis sports with Ben Frederickson of the Post Dispatch. Wee start with baseball recapping the one homestand and one road trip thus far. ben says the outfield experiment has still been a sore spot carrying over from spring. The...
Ben Fred talks this morning about the potential warning lights coming from the Cardinals starting pitching. We’ve also learned that Justin WIlliams will have one more year in the minor leagues and Harrison Bader will start the season on the IL. So who will be...
By Chris Hrabe: Welcome to March Madness 2021! In case you aren’t aware, I consider myself a public servant, a sort of ‘competition concierge’ for all matters regarding the nuance of sport. Since we missed out on March Madness last year, how about we get reacquainted...
Gant as a starter, the return of kk, what about Oviedo? We also talk about bench competition. Is it already set or could things change the last few weeks here? We get into Tommy Edman leading off and more on players out of minors options. Who hits clean up? And what...
BERNIE BITS The 3 best things that happened over the weekend in STL-related sports: 1–The Big 10 Conference tournament championship and a No. 1 seed for the Fighting Illini. The 91-88 overtime win over Ohio State reaffirmed why Illinois is highly capable of...
