User:CollegeSportsGuy

"They (#1-ranked Connecticut) just looked so arrogant. We all noticed it. They looked at the name on the jersey. . . . Man, the game hasn't even been played yet, how do you assume you're going to win?" - George Mason's Lamar Butler, March 26th, 2006

"I don't give a shit if you beat Alabama. This is the Big East." - Boston College's Sean Marshall, March 19th, 2005, shouted in the direction of Milwaukee guard Ed McCants during the 1st half of B.C.'s 83-75 loss to Milwaukee in the 2005 NCAA Tournament. The loss denied fourth-seeded B.C. their first Sweet 16 berth since 1994, and gave 12th seeded UWM their first ever.

Before the NCAA Tournament years... a glimpse back into Milwaukee Panther hoops history: http://media.putfile.com/PMM

Hi! I like to follow college sports, particularly basketball and soccer. I love rooting for the under-rated, unappreciated underdog nearly all of the time. And there's nothing in sports that come's close on a regular basis to the underdog and cinderella stories one can find in NCAA Division I athletics... particularly March Madness. It's what makes college sports more entertaining than the pro's, IMO. My favorite college team is the Milwaukee Panthers of the always under-valued giant-killer Horizon League.

My thoughts on Milwaukee's best college b-ball team since Dwyane Wade left the city: UWM has really played like a 2 or 3 seed the past 2 years. It took a good #1-seed in Illinois to beat them in 2005's Sweet 16, and it's not like they weren't competitive in that game. This year, it took the national champs, and that Florida team was every bit as dominating in the championship game too. Milwaukee has fairly comfortably beaten 4, 5, and 6 seeds in the last two years. I think people should now be surprised if they lose to these types of teams.

Some of my favorite websites are:

General College Sports Info
All TV schedules (Men's College Basketball) All Web-casted games NCAA members listed by institution, division, conference, NCAA region, and state College sports expeditures search CSTV GameTrackers of today's NCAA events Horizon League Hub - with official sites, local media & message boards links "Nothin' But Net" internet sports-link blog

News & Media
Metro Milwaukee Sports Watch Milwaukee Journal Sentinel OnMilwaukee.com Madison News3 UWM Post Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook WI Playground Warriors message board
 * Local

Horizon League Newstand (Local coverage of all ten teams) Midwest media outlets The Southern Illinoisan (SIU) Peoria Journal-Star (Bradley)
 * Regional

BasketballBoards.net Sportsline feeds The Mid-Majority ESPN FOX Sports CBS Sportsline CNN/SI ABC Sports NBC Sports The Sporting News USA Today
 * National

Horizon League Missouri Valley
 * Official Conference Sites

Basketball
NCAA Tournament Reports Men's NCAA Tournament All-Time Records & Team Rankings AP No. 1 vs No. 2 All-time ESPN's 2006-07 conference previews

Blogs
Horizon League Hoops (by a UWGB fan) [http://uwmhoops.blogspot.com/ Still Not Satisfied... Milwaukee Panther Hoops] PantherTalk Live (Current events & political interest) UIC Flames Hoops Butler Bulldog Hoops Chris West Basketball Journal (covers all WI basketball) Marquette Hoops Yoco College Basketball Ken Pomeroy MRISports Mike DeCourcy-Sporting News CHN's Blog of the Day CHN - March Madness All Season Blog BasketballNotebook DeadSpin

Valley Ledger (Missouri Valley Conference) The CAA: Life as a Mid Major CAA Insider
 * Conference Blogs

Gonzaga Hoops Creighton Hoops The Bluejay Cafe (Creighton)
 * Team Blogs

Western Michigan sports

RPI Sites
Official RPI KenPom RPI RPI Ratings RealTime RPI Warren Nolan RPI Mike Greenfield's RPI CollegeRPI (subscription) RPI Forecast

Women's Official RPI Women's RPI Ratings Women's CollegeRPI Women's RealTimeRPI

Pomeroy Sagarin Mike Greenfield's Team Rankings
 * Other Ratings

Women's Sagarin

National Polls
All AP Top 25 voter's ballots USA Today polls homepage CBS Sportsline Top 25 Gary Parrish's Top 25 (and one) NCAASports polls homepage Mid-Major Top 25

Brackets
Bracket projection comparisons Bracketology The Bracket Board Bracketography

Misc. NCAA Tournament & NIT Info
All-Time NCAA records, by team NCAA Tournament Reports Mid-Majors in the NCAA Tournament Mid-Majors in the NCAA's #2 Billy Packer & Jim Nantz, Selection Sunday 2006 NIT-ology

Message Boards
NCAA Message Board Directory

Milwaukee Butler Cleveland State Detroit UIC Loyola UWGB Wright State (Raider Roundball) Wright State #2 Youngstown State
 * Horizon League Forums

Wisconsin Marquette (Rivals) Marquette (Scout) Tennessee UNI Missouri State (LetsGoBears Missouri State (BearMania) Creighton (JaysFans) Creighton (Bluejay Cafe) Bradley Southern Illinois Wichita State Illinois State Indiana State Drake Gonzaga Missouri State link title
 * Other Team Forums

Valley Talk (Missouri Valley Conference) CAA Zone
 * Conference Forums

Soccer
NCAA soccer schools, conferences, and regions official listing 2006 Men's Soccer NCAA Handbook Scores Schedule breakdown & Results

ESPN UWM - MU preview (dollar bill for Bennett)
 * News

National Polls
NSCAA Coaches Top 25 SoccerTimes Coaches Top 25 SoccerAmerica Top 25 CollegeSoccerNews Top 30 Top Drawer Top 48 ranking (NCAA Tournament field prediction)

NSCAA Coaches Top 25 SoccerTimes Coaches Top 25 SoccerAmerica Top 25 SoccerBuzz Top 30 & Regional rankings Top Drawer Top 64 ranking (NCAA Tournament field prediction)
 * Women's Polls

Ratings
NCAA Official RPI SoccerRatings.com Massey Soccer Ratings

NCAA Tournament
Predicting the 48 team field

Message Boards
BigSoccer.com Men's College Forum Marquette Soccer Board

Football
Recent NCAA Football scores via RSS NCAA Division I-A media outlets

Car Stuff
2003 Automobile magazine road test 2003 SCC road test 2005 Car Review road test Car and Driver Car and Driver 2005 ACR brochure

Random Political Sites & Articles
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b34a2264c0b.htm http://www.kenauletta.com/voxfox.html

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Karen said... Maybe Tony Bennett? Yeah! Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:40:00 PM

Reality said...

Umm... he said no to IU, so why would he come to MU?

Sam said...

On another note, where is the outrage from Crean backers? I know if I'd ponied up that kind of dough for his contract extension I'd be feeling a bit betrayed right now.

Reality said... No Shit.

Gene Frenkle said... Heath - never was successful on big stage

Reality said... You must have forgotten what it was like, but the Elite Eight says hi.

bigeast said... Who would you put on the list? Sean Miller? Tim Buckley? Tod Kowalcyzk?

Reality said... Tod Kowalcyzk? Maybe he should figure out how to beat Rob Jeter's B-team first.

lexmikeyschoobs said... What about keno davis? he is one of the hottest coaches in the country in a terrible conference.

Reality said... Huh? What world do you live in?!?! I guess you must consider the RPI #5 / Sagarin #4 Big East just an average conference, since the #8/#8 Valley is "terrible" in your world.

Zach said... plus i am really hoping for sean miller, he has taken a mediocre xavier program and put it on the map... look at the recruiting job he has done their with a school that has nothing to offer a recruit.

Reality said... Wow. No matter how young or old your age is, zach, it's definitely a higher number than your basketball IQ!

grzy6 said... chris lowery. southern illinois university. knows the midwest. successful at small school.

Reality said... BUT HE COULDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO THE TOURNEY OUT OF SUCH A TERRIBLE CONFERENCE! J/K, great coach, would be a great choice, although his salary at SIU is $750,000 a year and most likely includes a hefty buyout. Also, re: what you wrote, you do realize Marquette is an even smaller school than SIU, right? By close to 10,000 students no less.