Episode 42 - the trifecta

Toronto Raptors are 38-36

Week in Review

- win over Detroit 89-82

- win over New York 103-95

- loss to New Orleans 118-111

- win over Charlotte 104-100

Around the League

Linton Johnson signs a 10-day contract with the Toronto Raptors - Darrick Martin is waived

three-way tie for seventh place in the wild Western Conference – Dallas, Denver & G-state

NCAA tournament – 4 number 1s in the final 4

what else did we talk about?

Coming up for the Raptors

- Wednesday in Atlanta (33-40)
- Friday Charlotte (28-46)
- Saturday in New Jersey (31-43)




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Episode 41 – Street Ball with Rick Barry & Dr. J.

Toronto Raptors are 35-35

Week in Review

- win over Miami 96-54

- loss to Cleveland 90-83

- loss to Denver 109-100

Around the League

Donnie Walsh out with the Indiana Pacers

Larry Harris no longer with Milwaukee Bucks

Dirk Nowitzki is out for a couple of weeks (high-ankle sprain and a mildly sprained knee)

Boston 3peats the Texas trio

NCAA tournament – upsets, winners and losers

Coming up for the Raptors

- Wednesday Detroit (49-20)
- Friday New York (19-50)
- Sunday New Orleans (47-21)
- Monday in Charlotte (25-44)




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Episode 40 - you obviously have an internet connection

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Toronto Raptors are 34-28

Week in Review

- loss to LA Lakers 117-108

- loss to Golden State 117 -106

- loss to Denver 137-105

- loss to Sacramento 106 -100

- loss to Utah 96-79

Around the League

Houston wins over Lakers and now have a 22 game win streak and 1st in West

Boston begins a Texas trio (SA, Houston and Dallas)

Who is the Coach of the Year? Rick Adelman , Phil Jackson, Byron Scott, Doc Rivers, Jerry Sloan

Coming up for the Raptors

- Wednesday Miami (11-54)
- Friday in Cleveland (38-29)
- Sunday Denver in town (40-26)




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NCAA Men's Basketball Bracket 2008

NCAA Time!

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Here are the games


East
#1 Carolina vs #16 ("play in" game winner Coppin St. or Mount St. Mary's)
#2 Tennessee vs #15 American
#3 Louisville vs #14 Boise St.
#4 Washington St. vs #13 Winthrop
#5 Notre Dame vs #12 George Mason
#6 Oklahoma vs # 11 St. Joseph's
#7 Butler vs #10 South Alabama
#8 Indiana vs #9 Arkansas

MidWest
#1 Kansas vs #16 Portland St.
#2 Georgetown vs #15 MD Baltimore Cty.
#3 Wisconsin vs #14 CSU Fullerton
#4 Vanderbilt vs #13 Siena
#5 Clemson vs #12 Villanova
#6 USC vs # 11 Kansas St.
#7 Gonzaga vs #10 Davidson
#8 UNLV vs #9 Kent St.

South
#1 Memphis vs #16 TX Arlington
#2 Texas vs #15 Austin Peay
#3 Stanford vs #14 Cornell
#4 Pittsburgh vs #13 Oral Roberts
#5 Michigan St. vs #12 Temple
#6 Marquette vs # 11 Kentucky
#7 Miami (Fl) vs #10 St. Mary's
#8 Mississippi St. vs #9 Oregon

West
#1 UCLA vs #16 Miss. Valley St.
#2 Duke vs #15 Belmont
#3 Xavier vs #14 Georgia
#4 Connecticut vs #13 San Diego
#5 Drake vs #12 West. Kentucky
#6 Purdue vs # 11 Baylor
#7 West Virginia vs #10 Arizona
#8 BYU vs #9 Texas A&M


Oh, for those that don't know about the "play in" game. There are technically 65 teams. On Tuesday, Coppin St. will play Mount St. Mary's for the honour to play Carolina.


So pick the winners and let's see who can guess better!



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Episode 39 - Kenyon Martin - he's from Sagniaw Michigan

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Our NCAA Tournament Challenge

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Toronto Raptors are 34-28

Week in Review

- loss to Orlando 102-87

- win over Miami 108-83

- loss to Washington 110-106 (overtime)

- win over Seattle 114-106

Coming up for the Raptors - ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!

- Tuesday in LA against the Lakers (44-19)

- Wednesday in Golden State (39-23)

- Friday in Denver (37-25)

- Sunday in Sacramento (28-35)



Next Monday in Utah and then home against Miami




Not much happen around the NBA.... bring on the playoffs


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we'll drop random thoughts and if anyone's interested have intellectual conversations....



oh, and the Raptors lost to the Orlando Magic last night - 102-87 (no, Chris Bosh didn't play).

Raptors are Miami next and need to beat a very bad Heat team.

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Episode 38 - Atlanta, a good basketball town

Toronto Raptors are 32-26


Week in Review

- win over Indiana 102-98

- win over Minnesota 107-85

- loss to Indiana 122-111

- loss to Charlotte 110-98

Chris Bosh leaves during the second Indiana game with a swollen knee - expected to miss a week
Sam Cassell expected to quickly sign a contract with the Boston Celtics

How does Miami and Atlanta finish the 50 seconds of the game from last month, the one where the Atlanta stats guys indicated that Shaq fouled out, when he didn't. The NBA wants the teams to replay the last 50 seconds, but both teams have made trades, include the one of Shaq to the Suns.... what's the point?


Coming up for the Raptors

- Tuesday in Orlando (38-23)
- Wednesday in Miami (11-46)
- Friday Washington is at the ACC (29-30)
- Sunday Seattle in town (16-43)

As mentioned in the last blog entry, we want to know which of our listeners can best predict the winners of this year's NCAA tournament.

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Now you just need to enter a team name for your team/pool/guesses, your first name or nickname will work well.

On March 16th, the teams will be entered into the website and we'll all be able to make our predictions. Remember you need to predict all of the games for every round and that includes the eventually winner of the tournament. You'll need to guess the total score of the game (this will be our tie breaker), so if you think the final games ends with a score of 12-10, then enter 22 into the final score.



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