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    Stu Marquis RIP

    Last night went out to dinner with my 10 racquetball buddies and their wives I didn't want to look at my texts because Stu a former VietNam vet Providence College, North Texas St D-1 player was in hospice and refused to eat and was shutting down / He passed away yesterday afternoon. I think...
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    School discipline USA Today Headlines in yesterdays newspaper

    Front page headlines in yesterdays USA Todays newspapers on School Discipline . It was all about what high schools around the country are doing in their states and how they are dealing with it. Reasons for suspending students . Research data,etc Very interesting for me since I was a dean of...
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    UCONN tonight

    So much already written and heard on this game. Its bigs vs Bigs, perimeters vs Perimeters ,coach vs Coach etc Think Uconn plays better defense,has a little more perimeter players and wins and covers . So much info . I am Hurley fan and dad sits a few rows behind his son and pop has passed...
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    Final 4

    Purdue game already started Uconn -10.5 over bama *** I have Uconn to win it all vs Purdue but Bama will run and gun. They avg almost 90 pts a game But think Huskies defesne will slow them down That is double digits to cover but Huskies are on a " run away train " Like Newton a lot and...
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    Final 8

    NC St +6.5 over Duke ** Purdue +3 over Tenn **** Bama -2.5 over Clemson ** UConn -8.5 over Illi ****
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    Texas-Col St and a few more

    Texas -2.5 0ver Col St *** Col St coming off a huge win over ACC Virginia where they defense held the cavs to a middle school score . Texas has to much offense to allow that to happen They have solid gds in Hunter and Abmas and an athletic front line that should own the bds . Texas defesne is...
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    wed hoops Jr Prom and Senior Prom

    I posted LSU over North Texas yesterday But I forgot North Texas was the NIT champion last year. Defending their title even though their are many new players and a new coach. LSU playing at home in Baton Rouge but people forget NT is the No 1 team in the nation on defense. The game was on ESPN...
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    North Texas-LSU NIT's

    LSU -2.5 over North Texas *** NIT's are tougher I think to capp Some teams weren't invited to the senior prom and have to settle for the Junior prom .. some are happy to be playing tonight. Think you have to throw out many of the trends and comparisons tonight. Its the coach and his team...
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    Sunday hoops

    UAB -7 over Temple *** Beat them 100-72 recently VCU -2 over Duq ** I'm shooting a few air balls lately.. need to bank a few off the glass today
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    Sat hoops

    Still upset about Quinn losing yesterday. Thought they would win MAAC . Houston -5.5 over Iowa St *** A great D and has some off. firepower FAU -13.5 over Temple **** Owls have upset their last two teams But FAU already met the top def team in conf vs North Texas and Owls will be out...
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    Fridays hoops

    Quinn -2 over St Peters **** Fairfield -5 over Marist ** UConn -9.5 over Johnnies ** Marq-4 over Prov *** Quinn bobcats best play
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    Off to SXSW...

    Going to a premier movie at the Bullock Museum downtown Over 500,000 people are visitors to Austin this weekend for SXSW . Traffic downtown is packed My daughters best friend works for Fox or 20th Century She gave my 2 tickets to the premier and meet the directors actors etc and a buffet meal...
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    MAAC Quinnipiac

    Quinn -6.5 over canisius **** Montana -6 over Montana St ** New Mex -15 over Air Force *** Like Quinn a lot Pecora who was at Fordham years ago has elevated this team and their play to win the MAAC conference. A great bench coach The record is 23-8 . He beat the Griffs 88-63 already...
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    Sun Conf Tourney

    Texas State +12.5 over JMU *** JMU is 28-3 and already beat Tx St 82-65. They are a great scoring team and the best Def team in the conference. They avg 81 points a game and give up 64 pts on D. JMU made a statement beating Mich St early in the season . They have the best pt gd in Green and a...
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    Sun MAAC tourneys

    My bad taking Belmont over No Iowa No time to explain these games sorry North Texas -5.5 over Rice **** Sun Conf Texas St +5.5 over Troy ** JMU -12 over Marshall **** Appa St -13 over Ga So ** MAAC tourney Siena +14.5 over Iona ** Saints one of the worst teams in the...
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    Belmont-No Iowa

    Belmont -1 over No Iowa ** Split during the year. But Belmonts Jacobi Gillespie didn't play in 1st game that Belmont lost. Lean towards
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    Sun and MAAC tourneys

    Texas St -2 over So Miss *** Marshall pk over Ga St ** Maac Quinn -4,5 over Marist **** Iona -9 over Manhattan ** Niagara -7,5 over Siena ** Sun Conf So Miss -2.5 over Tex St ** Watched them play a few week ago from row 4. Small crowd . Close game, some So miss players...
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    SMOO tonite Pets alive Huskies

    We adopted a rescue dog from the Pets Alive of Austin yesterday . Its a mutt with 3 legs. It was going to be euthanized but Pets Alive rescued her from South Texas and put her in an adoption family. Then my wife adopted it and they delivered her to our house. She is 7 years old and was hit by...
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    Sun Belt tourney

    Texas St -2.5 over ODU **** Told my wife I'm going to the game tonite. Texas St is the home team But I can't find my season ticets to the game Look on my phone Tx St is the home team Checked my season notes and realized ODU and Tx St never played each other. I make plans to leave early so I...
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    Sunday hoops

    ECU +8.5 over North Texas ** last time these teams played it was a 1 pt difference. Think NT's wins but under the 8, This game is Box vs son of box game . Rider-1.5 over Canisius ** Siena +16.5 ** Indiana +8.5 over Maryland ** Niagara -1.5 over MT St Mary *** Marist +2 over Iona **
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