My (Jack's) bracket

I have Cuse winning it all in a tight game vs Duke. Ryan Kelly will go for 20, but Triche will counter with 15, along with 5 threes from Southerland.

Heat Extend Streak to 24

Last night, the Heat beat the Cavilers 98-95. At one point, the Cavs had a 27 point lead. However, Lebron did not want to lose to his former team. James posted a triple-double with 25 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists.He also had 3 steals and 2 blocks. For the Cavs, Tyler Zeller recorded 11 rebounds and 12 points. The Heat started their comeback in the middle of the third quarter. They scored 64 points in the second half. The Heat have the second longest winning streak in NBA history.

Bears and Urlacher Part Ways

Yesterday, the Bears stopped attepmting to sign Brian Urlacher. Urlacher wanted a 2 year, 11.5 million dollar deal. The Bears however, will not willing to pay that to their veteran LB. Urlacher has played his entire career in Chicago but will now be looking for a new team. He is 34 and has played 13 years in the NFL. Although his career has been filled with injuries, Urlacher shouldn't worry about finding a team. 

AOTD

Yesterday's answer was Russell Wilson. Jack G. and Matt M.got it right.

1. This player was born on a official holiday.

2. This player has caught less than 150 balls in his NFL career.

3. This player has only played on one NFL team but has caught a pass from 4 QBs.

4. This player way in between 225 and 250 pounds.

Email answers to johnthe18@pewaukee.k12.wi.us

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.