2011-2012 CBB Predictions & Gambling Preview: Marquette Golden Eagles (Big East)
Marquette was a bubble team in the killer Big East last season, but made it to the Big Dance losing to North Carolina in the Sweet 16.
Marquette was a bubble team in the killer Big East last season, but made it to the Big Dance losing to North Carolina in the Sweet 16.
Week 9 in the NFL is in the books. The Weisguy takes over for Matt and offers up these recaps for your NFL viewing pleasure.
After almost advancing to the Final 4 a couple seasons ago the Bears fell part last season losing 5 of their last 6 games including losing to Oklahoma in the first round of the Big 12 conference tournament.
The South Florida Bulls will look to snap a four-game slide this Friday night when they invade the Carrier Dome to square-off against the Syracuse Orange in this Big East matchup.
The West Virginia Mountaineers will try and keep their faint Big East title hopes alive when they tangle the Cincinnati Bearcats this Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium.
Michigan basketball might be back…or at the very least more competitive than it has been in a while.
Week 10 of the Fantasy Football season and strangely there are no byes this week even though there is some next week. There were not a whole lot of injuries for once in the NFL this week and the talent is somewhat scarce. But there just may be some Fantasy Gold somewhere out there.
I hope that everyone reading this tuned in last week for Northern Illinois’ win over Toledo. For me it was the most entertaining game I have seen since Baylor vs TCU in week 1. It was a big one too as UNI took control in the MAC West.
Ohio State is the nation’s preseason 3rd ranked team and the main reason is that F Jared Sullinger, who led the Buckeyes in scoring and rebounding last season, decided to forgo the NBA draft and come back.
Mizzou is a legit team and had a decent shot to win the Big 12 and go far in the Big Dance mainly because Laurence Bowers and Kim English decided to forgo the NBA and come back to Columbia.
The Wisconsin Badgers are always good but seldom great. This seems like another one of those teams with Jordan Taylor leading the way.
When Vanderbilt’s three top players elected to return to campus this season the expectations for this team exploded.
It looks like it might be a top heavy season in the Big East. Most polls have Syracuse and UConn in the top five with Louisville and Pitt in the top 15 too.
I was higher than most on Florida heading into last year. I liked that they returned all five starters and the Gators had a strong season all the way into the NCAA tournament.
Mike Kryzewski is entering his 32nd year as head coach at Duke University. He sits just two wins behind his mentor, Bob Knight, in the all-time wins department.
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