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1, 2 Step by NCAAs is Just Fine

All of those that were crying about the lack of mid-majors in the NCAA tournament, kindly have a seat and pipe down. You’re done. This has absolutely been one of the most exciting tournaments in years, and the Final Four is poised to be as good as it gets. Higher seeds have stormed back from large deficits on an incredibly regular basis. The two Ohio State comebacks were some of the most thrilling basketball I’ve ever seen. Sunday’s final game saw a comeback of unbelievable proportions when Georgetown overcame a 10-point deficit in the final four minutes against North Carolina. That’s right, North Carolina. This wasn’t the Hoyas coming alive against some George Mason squad you’ve never heard of before. They didn’t end Cinderella’s run. It was powerhouse against powerhouse. Now, we get a Final Four with a dual 1, 2 seed match-up. Some of the best players in college hoops are going to decide the championship, including Greg Oden and Roy Hibbert going head-to-head in one semi-final Saturd

Stop the Madness (of crying over snubbed teams)

With little to say between the Selection Show and the actual NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, college hoop pundits are in their usual groove of bemoaning which teams didn’t get into the tourney. It’s one of the most ridiculous rites of spring in the sports world, with the dumbest so-called solution to add more teams to the field of 65 actually finding more backers. Enough already. Drexel wasn’t snubbed. Neither was Syracuse or any other team. They weren’t good enough. This isn’t college football and the BCS, in which the third-ranked team in the country doesn’t get to stake its claim to being the best by settling matters on the field. This is college basketball, and we’re talking about possibly the 66th best team in the country. Who gives a damn? Don’t bother me with the logic that we’re actually debating the 35th best team, because 31 slots are filled with automatic bids from conference tournaments. All that proves is that these so-called snubbed teams couldn’t beat supposed lesser t

Defense of Kobe is Laughable

It was almost embarrassing last night to watch Sonny Hill on Daily News Live. He babbled on and on about how the public misunderstands Kobe Bryant as if that’s the reason we hate the guy. Hill actually pointed out a video clip in which Bryant said he’s from Philadelphia, as opposed to Lower Merion, as proof Bryant never disowned the city. The only thing more absurd was Hill’s defense of Bryant’s cheap shots on other players, both of which have led to suspensions, as a tough-guy Philly thing. Hill sounded like a ridiculous old man defending his grandson. Sadly, John Smallwood and Phil Jasner managed to make Hill just another dumb voice on a panel full of them. Smallwood suggested Bryant was disliked because his team defeated the Sixers in the Finals. Jasner, usually a voice of sanity, avoided the Kobe boot-licking only to scold Sixers fans bemoaning the teams winning ways as damaging to their Draft Lottery prospects. Last time I checked most people from the city’s suburbs say they’re f

Leave Mo Alone

Negadelphia lives on, and this time it has nothing to do with the fans. The Sixers win over Phoenix, one of the NBA’s best teams, on Wednesday night somehow only heightened speculation that Larry Brown will replace Maurice Cheeks as the head coach. Stephen A. Smith did his usual snore-job from his disappearing perch in New York of trying to slap Philadelphia after a big win. His column the day after the win opened by dismissing the win, and claiming to have his hand on the pulse of the team. Today, Daily News Live continued the act when Stan Hochmann and Rich Hoffman scoffed when Michael Barkann suggested the Sixers were a move or two from playoff contention. An ounce of effort from Smith, Hochmann, and Hoffman, to do something more than regurgitate the opinion of the casual fan would’ve been nice. Since finally dispatching Allen Iverson to Denver, the Sixers are 16-19 through Friday. They were 5-19 with him, including his banishment from the team while still on the roster. (By the way