NCAA Tourney Bracket Reminder

This is a final reminder to turn your brackets in to me before the end of the school day tomorrow. Also, if you turn it in after a game has started, you will not receive points for that game.

Theo

Kentucky loses... Again

     #1 seeded Kentucky lost to #8 seeded Robert Morris in the first round of the NIT tournament. Archie Goodwin was clothes-lined by Lucky Jones, who got a flagrant 2. That pumped up UK but it still wasn't enough to get them the W. This caps off a disappointing season for the Wildcats.

AOTD

Yesterday's answer was Shane Battier. Charlie K., Adam N., and Matt M. got the answer correct.


1. This player was drafted in the fourth round by the team in Colorado (sorry I had to say that because of auto correct).

2. He has four rushing touchdowns in his NFL career. Three came in the same week.

3. He is 5 feet and 11 inches.

Sorry no photo. Email answers to johnthe18@pewaukee.k12.wi.us

Brewers still considering right-hander Kyle Lohse?

It is starting to seem less and less likely that Kyle Lohse will have a new team come opening day but are the Brewers still in the running for him? Besides Yovani Gallardo and Marco Estrada the Brewers are set to have a lot of young, unproven pitchers on the mound like Mike Fiers, Chris Narveson, and Willy Paralta as they seem to be the top candidates to be in the pitching rotation. So signing an ace like Lohse would be huge for the Brewers. Most anyone can predict that the Brewers wont be very competitive in the N.L. Central if they stick with the rotation the are set with right now. The only other discouraging fact for the Brewers other than that Lohse still wants that "Big" Three-year deal is that they would be giving up there 17th overall pick in the draft. Not to mention the last two times they signed multi-year deals with pitchers over 30 referring to Jeff  Suppan and Randy Wolf. Still, Lohse who is 34 is coming off the best season of his career with a 2.86 ERA, and a 3.76 K/BB ratio meaning he averages almost 4 strikeouts before1 walk in 211 innings with 33 starts while going 16-3 for the Cards.

Kyle Lohse

Upset Predictions

These are some of my upsets through out the whole NCAA tournament.

• 12 Ole Miss over 5 Wisconsin
• 12 Oregon over 5 Oklahoma State
• 11 Belmont over 6 Arizona
• 11 Bucknell over Butler
• 11 Minnesota over UCLA
• 5 VCU to the Elite 8
• 6 Memphis to the Elite 8
• 8 Pitt over 9 Wichita St and over 1 Gonzaga 

Ole Miss coming right off a SEC tournament championship.

Heat comeback to extend streak

     The Miami Heat were down 17 at one point in the game but made a comeback to beat the Celtics 105-103. Jeff Green kept the Celtics in it by scoring 43 points, while James also had a great game with 37 points, 12 assists, and 7 rebounds. The Celtics had way too many turnovers (21), they allowed 17 points off of those turnovers. The biggest moment of the game was probably James posterization of Jason Terry. Lebron got T'd up for a stare down of Terry, but the play still created momentum for the Heat. Ray Allen was also booed whenever he touched the ball on offense. Neither squad shot more than 67% from the line, and it was a sloppy but very entertaining game to watch. The Heat have now won 23 in a row good enough for 2nd all time.

AOTD

Yesterday's answer was Luis Scola. Adam N., Charlie K., and Jack G. got the answer right.

Today's puzzle is harder than normal.

1. He lead the league in scoring some point in the 2012-13 NBA season.

2. He has played for a total of 3 teams.

3. He was drafted by Vancouver.

4. He has only played a complete 82 game season.

His is his child:

Uh Oh...

Mark Texiera of the New York Yankees announced that his injury might not be just a strained wrist tendon but it might be something more serious and might need more time to heal, he could also possibly be out for the rest of the season because of this. This is bad news for the Yankees as they will already are going to have    a hard time without him and still ok player in A-Rod. I think in the months that he is gone they will be below .500. 

NCAA Bracket Reminder

Hi everybody,

This is just a reminder to turn in your brackets to me ASAP. For more info click this link:

http://sportsblogelite.blogspot.com/2013/03/sbet-march-madness-bracket-tournament.html

Thanks, 

Theo

AOTD

The last answer was Mario Manningham. Adam N. got it correct.

1. This 6 foot 9 inch PF has played on an NBA team in Texas but is currently playing in the Pacific Division.

2. This player is over the age of 30.

3. This player has won a gold medal in the Olympics but not for the US team.

Sorry, No picture. Email answers to johnthe18@pewaukee.k12.wi.us