March Madness

Martellus Bennett Ruins Texas A&M's One Shining Moment

By Richie Whitt
Apr 6, 2011

And you thought I was actually going to blab about women's basketball? Okay, here goes: Texas A&M beat Notre Dame for the National Championship last night. Love coach Gary Blair, who cut his coaching teeth at South Oak Cliff High School. But, let's be honest, their star player -- Danielle...
UConn 53, Butler 41: My Top 10 Observer-ations

By Richie Whitt
Apr 5, 2011

10. March Badness: Butler shot 18.8 percent, lowest ever in a National Championship game. Eighteen percent. That's 12 of 64, including an unfathomable 3 of 31 on two-pointers. 9. I for one am happy. Butler's will-over-skill routine might have been efficient, but it isn't a tad entertaining. And, yes, I'm...
When Underdogs Rule We're Left With March ... Badness

By Richie Whitt
Mar 28, 2011

I picked exactly one team of March Madness' Elite Eight and I long ago lost all of my Final Four (Pittsburgh, Louisville, San Diego State and Washington). But after a weekend of shocking upsets don't tell me your bracket isn't likewise busted. CBS cherishes a Cinderella and Americans love the underdog,...
March Badness

By Richie Whitt
Mar 21, 2011

I'll admit it, my NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket sucks. Got off to a horrid start with Louisville losing to Morehead State and got progressively worse as the weekend wore on. The Sour 16 carnage: I've lost three of my Final Four teams including my projected champion Pittsburgh. In other words,...
Psst, Over Here. It's the Perfectly - Painless? - Excuse to Watch Some March Madness Today

By Richie Whitt
Mar 18, 2011

If St. Patrick's Day wasn't a good enough excuse to let the boss man cut you loose early to go drinking, perhaps you should consider a vasectomy. That's right, you heard me. Dallas urologist Dr. Mitch Moskowitz is offering his version of March Madness, in the form of a vasectomy complete with...
March Madness in Dallas: Has It Really Been 25 Years?

By Richie Whitt
Mar 15, 2011

Short shorts. Skinny players. No 3-point line. Jay Bilas at Duke instead of ESPN. A lot was different in college basketball the last - and only - time the Final Four descended upon Dallas. (College basketball's March Madness will climax in Cowboys Stadium in 2014). In 1986 the stage was...
Wait, SMU Will Be Included in March's Madness?

By Richie Whitt
Mar 14, 2011

Never again let me criticize college football for rewarding 70 teams with bowl games. Because college basketball is now doing the same thing. And then some. This year - this week - March has increased, unprecedented Madness. Ohio State, Duke, Pittsburgh and Kansas are the No. 1 seeds as the NCAA...
Rick Barnes' Longhorns Fading Down the Stretch. Again?

By Richie Whitt
Mar 1, 2011

Welcome to March. The madness can't be far behind. Been getting into college basketball the last few weeks. Some quick thoughts: Kansas is the best team I've seen. BYU is more than just Jimmer Fredette. The Big East is the best conference. And, uh oh, Texas is hinting at another...
Let's Put an End to the Madness, Shall We?

By Richie Whitt
Apr 5, 2010

Long after Tiger Woods stops talking and the Texas Rangers have finished beating the Toronto Blue Jays, March Madness will finally end tonight at 8 when Butler plays Duke for the National Championship. (Smells like a Duke blowout to me.) Show of hands: Whose bracket has Butler in the final...
Sweet Sixteen: Meet Me at Hooters

By Richie Whitt
Mar 25, 2010

I'm not austistic. Neither am I 17. Nor an, um, liar? My March Madness bracket is far from perfect, but I'm still leading the contest at 105.3 The Fan and it's still worth tuning in to see if Kentucky can win it all for me. If you're still in the...
March Sadness: How'd Your Bracket Get Busted?

By Richie Whitt
Mar 22, 2010

Cornell in the Sweet 16? Called it. St. Mary's upsetting Richmond and Villanova? So nailed it. Um, and then there's the rest of my NCAA Basketball Tournament bracket. I lost two of my Final Four over the weekend, but have nine of the Sweet 16 in play and my winner...
Commence the Madness ... at Hooters. Tonight: Frisco.

By Richie Whitt
Mar 18, 2010

My bracket's still perfect. Yours? By tonight I can almost guarantee a blemish or three. If you want to talk trash, compare notes or buy me a pitcher of beer and some wings, come out to Hooters in Frisco tonight for the first of my six-stop March Madness tour...
NCAA Basketball Tournament: Let the Madness Commence!

By Richie Whitt
Mar 15, 2010

It was pitch dark this morning when I woke up. Must be Spring. Spent an hour this morning sweating over a bracket. Must be March. If you want to come have a beer and talk hoops and maybe punch me in the face, I'll be at area Hooters when the NCAA...
Yes, North Texas, There Will Be Madness in March!

By Richie Whitt
Mar 10, 2010

While SMU and disappointing head coach Matt Doherty look for their first Conference USA tournament win tonight at 8:30, the Metroplex last night was assured of a dog in the hunt during next week's March Madness when the University of North Texas captured the Sun Belt Championship. Saw the second half...
Video of the Week: Final Four Edition

By Richie Whitt
Apr 3, 2009

Where were you for Magic vs. Bird 30 years ago? Some of you were just twinkles. Some of us were already hip-deep in bracketology. None of us, however, envisioned Dick Enberg's career outlasting Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Al McGuire and Billy Packer...
Title Nein!

By Richie Whitt
Mar 31, 2009

I play sports because I love them. But I watch sports because I love to see done what I can't do. I watch Tiger Woods because I can't hit a 7-iron 210 yards. I watch Andy Roddick because I can't hit a serve 149 mph. I watch Kobe Bryant because I...
What a Dick

By Richie Whitt
Mar 30, 2009

My March Madness bracket has long been in shambles. But my pick to win it all - UConn - is alive, well and poised to win the title next weekend in Detroit. If you called Michigan State over Louisville, kudos. If you predicted UConn, Villanova, North Carolina and the Spartans as...
Spring Sanity?!

By Richie Whitt
Mar 23, 2009

What happened to the madness in March? Instead of dramatic buzzer-beaters and Cinderellas and Bryce Drew, the first weekend of the NCAA college basketball tournament brought us the Greg Gumbel Invitational - about as goose-bumpy as a piece of white bread laying on a chunk of cardboard. A year after all...
March Sadness/Gladness

By Richie Whitt
Mar 20, 2009

Instead of watching college basketball yesterday, I decided to get out the sticks for the first time this spring. Cue the Guinness guys: Brilliant! While one of my upsets delivered (Western Kentucky over Illinois) and one of my Final Four teams inexplicably pratfalled (Clemson?!), I carded a fresh 76 at...
March Madness Cheat Sheet

By Richie Whitt
Mar 18, 2009

Tomorrow and Friday are two of the best sports days of the year. 32 college basketball games over 36 hours, tipping off Thursday at 11:30 a.m. with BYU-Texas A&M. And when it's done, you can use your office pool brackets at toilet paper. Unless, that is, I let you peek...