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Winners and Losers

Posted: Apr 9th 2009 6:45AM by Ray Holloman (author feed)
Filed under: Midwest Region, West Region, South Region, East Region

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It is as the sports Almighty intended it. For every winner, there is a loser (take that and your nil-nil ties, soccer!). For every Tiger Woods, there is a Detroit Lion. For every Isiah Thomas as a player, there is an Isiah Thomas as a general manager, league owner, boss and suspected poor Parcheezi player. And for every North Carolina with its win for the program's ring, there is a Wake Forest, which now hasn't made the Final Four since Carolina coach Roy Williams entered puberty. Check out FanHouse's breakdown of the winners and losers of the NCAA tournament, other than those five-time national champion Heels.

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Is Duke Done?

Posted: Mar 27th 2009 10:15AM by Ray Holloman (author feed)
Filed under: ACC, East Region

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Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's voice wavered as he spoke of his admiration for his team, his voice heavy with the weight of another early goodbye. To his left, Gerald Henderson wiped both of his hands across his face as if he was trying to push away the whole forgettable night. Next to Henderson, Lance Thomas sat stone-faced.

Each of them looked like they just ran a marathon, only to finish with 10 rounds in the ring and come up losers in both.

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Great Expectations for All 16

Posted: Mar 26th 2009 1:04PM by Ray Holloman (author feed)
Filed under: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, C-USA, Pac-10, Midwest Region, West Region, South Region, East Region

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What happens when the Sweet 16 is comprised entirely of storied powers? You get 16 teams all feeling the pressure to succeed. Ray Holloman takes an in-depth look at the expectations being heaped upon every team left in the Big Dance.

There is no room here for the little guy.

Were the Sweet 16 a country club, Tiger Woods might have to pull some strings to get a tee-time. Meanwhile Goliath might find himself picking splinters out of his warm-up-clad rear on any one of these rosters.

More Coverage: Mariotti on UConn Scandal | View Bracket | Forum

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Who's the Sweetest?

Posted: Mar 24th 2009 7:36PM by Ray Holloman (author feed)
Filed under: ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, C-USA, Pac-10, Midwest Region, West Region, South Region, East Region

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It's shaping up to to be one of the best Sweet 16s of all time with top-three seeds alive by the dozen. So who's heading back home in time for the weekend and whose moment will continue to be oh so shining? Find out as we rank the last 16 teams and explain why your favorite team is going to lose. We're 15/16 certain of it.

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A Sweet Return for Duke

Posted: Mar 21st 2009 10:38PM by Ray Holloman (author feed)
Filed under: East Region

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This time it ended in a smile. And a grin. And a basketball held aloft like it was the Stanley Cup. And an ending that seemed awfully familiar.

Duke is back in the Sweet 16. Finally. Again.

No. 2 Duke 74, No. 7 Texas 69: Recap | Box Score | Bracket | Scores

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ACC Tournament Preview: Still Crazy After All These Years

Posted: Mar 12th 2009 9:00AM by Ray Holloman (author feed)
Filed under: ACC

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Before March was mad, the ACC was already basketball crazy. 2008 ACC champion North Carolina

Since 1955, the granddaddy of all conference tournaments has put one heck of an exclamation point on the end of the season, the twist ending to an Oscar-worthy film. Even in an era when six bids out of the league are as routine as Billy Packer ripping apart mid-majors or Mike Krzyewski having a colorful conversation with the referees, the ACC tournament still matters.

And in 2009, the ACC tournament has a to-do list the size of Barack Obama's.

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Sorry T, Lawson Is True Top Heel

Posted: Mar 8th 2009 10:00PM by Ray Holloman (author feed)
Filed under: Duke, ACC, North Carolina

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On a night North Carolina coach Roy Williams tried to start seven seniors, it turned out to be another reminder that all the Tar Heels really need is one junior.

No. 2 North Carolina 79, No. 7 Duke 71: Recap | Box Score | RPI | Scores

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Sorry T, Lawson Is True Top Heel

Posted: Mar 8th 2009 10:00PM by Ray Holloman (author feed)

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On a night North Carolina coach Roy Williams tried to start seven seniors, it turned out to be another reminder that all the Tar Heels really need is one junior.

No. 2 North Carolina 79, No. 7 Duke 71: Recap | Box Score | RPI | Scores

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Let the One-derful Upsets Roll

Posted: Feb 25th 2009 1:00AM by Ray Holloman (author feed)
Filed under: Pittsburgh, March Madness

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Long ago, somewhere around the time you broke your first New Year's resolution in a flurry of Haagen-Dazz and Oreos, dangerous stopped being an adequate word to describe college basketball's pole position.