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Saturday?s 6-pack:
All-time leaders in 3-point shots:
3,012? Steph Curry
2,973? Ray Allen
2,560? Reggie Miller
2,522? James Harden
2,450? Kyle Korver
2,290? Vince Carter
Quote of the Day
?Remember that sometimes, not getting what you want is a tremendous stroke of luck.?
Dalai Lama XIV
Saturday?s quiz
Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan played 44 games in the NBA for the Knicks, before he started his Hall of Fame coaching career; where did Donovan play his college basketball?
Friday?s quiz
Andrew Luck was the last QB to be the starter for the Indianapolis Colts two years in a row.
Thursday?s quiz
Martin Landau played Judge Petrovsky in the classic poker movie, Rounders.
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Saturday?s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind??
13) Once upon a time, it was hard to get into the NCAA basketball tournament.
In 1973-74, Maryland went 23-5, 9-3 in the ACC; they had great players; John Lucas, Tom McMillen, Len Elmore. They were ranked #4 in the country, but they didn?t get into the tournament. The NUMBER 4 team in the COUNTRY didn?t make the tournament.
Back then, only conference champions made the tournament, and the ACC decided its champ with a conference tournament, back when most leagues didn?t have one.
Maryland lost the ACC title game 103-100 in OT to NC State, one of the best college games ever played. NC State had David Thompson, Tom Burleson, Monte Towe; they wound up winning the national title that year, but they, obviously, almost missed the tournament.
12) 1970-71, USC Trojans went 24-2, 12-2 in the Pac-8; they were ranked 5th in the country, but they didn?t make the NCAA Tournament either- their two losses were both to perennial national champ UCLA, who beat USC 64-60/73-62 in their two meetings.
Trojans had Paul Westphal, Dennis Layton, Ron Riley; they played on the west coast, ten years before ESPN existed, so none of us knew much about them.
UCLA went 29-1 that year, the season in between Kareem and Bill Walton; they won the 1971 national title, in a Final Four with Kansas, Villanova and Western Kentucky.
11) How are kids any good at geography these days?
Friday night, a Big East basketball game on FS1, Xavier at Buter. Big EAST rivals.
Problem is, Butler is in Indianapolis, Xavier is in Cincinnati. Neither of these cities is in the east; as recently as 2013, both teams were in the Atlantic 10, another misnomer.
The last five years before they refigured, Big East was never ranked lower than 3rd nationally; last four years, they?ve been ranked 5th-3rd-6th-4th. Having schools without football programs has hurt the Big East.
10) Thursday night in Boulder, Colorado was leading Washington State 78-72 with 1:13 left; coming out of a timeout, the Buffs got a technical foul for having six guys on the floor. You don?t see that very often.
Colorado has a player (Evan Battey) a 6-8 center, whose grandfather was Earl Battey, a catcher who played 13 years in the major leaguers, mostly with Minnesota.
Earl Battey was the Twins? catcher in the 1965 World Series; he made four All-Star teams, had a .757 career OPS with 104 home runs.
Evan Battey has been a regular all four of his seasons with the Buffaloes, who are 10-3 so far this season, 2-1 in Pac-12 games.
9) College football transfers:
? QB Zach Calzada bolts from Texas A&M to Auburn
? QB Casey Thompson bolts from Texas to Nebraska
? QB Connor Bazelak bolts from Missouri to Indiana.
8) All in all, last time I checked there were 1,428 players in the college football transfer portal. With 130 D-I teams, that?s ten players per team.
7) Louisville is 4-0 in ACC basketball games; all four wins were by 5 or fewer points; Pitt Panthers are 0-3, with the three losses by total of five points.
6) USFL named its first four head coaches; the 8-team league kicks off in April:
? Kevin Sumlin (Houston Gamblers)
? Mike Riley (New Jersey Generals)
? Bart Andrus (Philadelphia Stars)
? Todd Haley (Tampa Bay Bandits)
Riley has now been a head coach in the NFL, CFL, WLAF, college football, AAF and USFL.
5) NFL tidbits:
? Bears will start Andy Dalton at QB; Chicago is 4-2 with Dalton/Foles starting.
? Ravens will start Tyler Huntley at QB; Lamar Jackson (ankle) misses his 4th straight game.
? Aaron Rodgers will start for Green Bay; no guarantees how long he plays in a meaningless game for the Packers.
4) Raptors 122, Jazz 108? Utah had its 10-game road winning streak snapped; impressive to win ten in a row anywhere, but especially away from home.
3) Boston Celtics have blown four leads of 19+ points this season, more than any NBA team.
2) ESPN re-did its Sunday Night Baseball TV crew; David Cone/Eduardo Perez are the new analysts, Karl Ravech will do play-by-play. Cone can be very funny; he should be a good addition to Sunday night games.
1) Iona-Saint Louis cobbled together a matchup for Saturday; Saint Louis coach Travis Ford played point guard for Rick Pitino at Kentucky. This should be a pretty good game.
Saturday?s 6-pack:
All-time leaders in 3-point shots:
3,012? Steph Curry
2,973? Ray Allen
2,560? Reggie Miller
2,522? James Harden
2,450? Kyle Korver
2,290? Vince Carter
Quote of the Day
?Remember that sometimes, not getting what you want is a tremendous stroke of luck.?
Dalai Lama XIV
Saturday?s quiz
Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan played 44 games in the NBA for the Knicks, before he started his Hall of Fame coaching career; where did Donovan play his college basketball?
Friday?s quiz
Andrew Luck was the last QB to be the starter for the Indianapolis Colts two years in a row.
Thursday?s quiz
Martin Landau played Judge Petrovsky in the classic poker movie, Rounders.
*******************************
Saturday?s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind??
13) Once upon a time, it was hard to get into the NCAA basketball tournament.
In 1973-74, Maryland went 23-5, 9-3 in the ACC; they had great players; John Lucas, Tom McMillen, Len Elmore. They were ranked #4 in the country, but they didn?t get into the tournament. The NUMBER 4 team in the COUNTRY didn?t make the tournament.
Back then, only conference champions made the tournament, and the ACC decided its champ with a conference tournament, back when most leagues didn?t have one.
Maryland lost the ACC title game 103-100 in OT to NC State, one of the best college games ever played. NC State had David Thompson, Tom Burleson, Monte Towe; they wound up winning the national title that year, but they, obviously, almost missed the tournament.
12) 1970-71, USC Trojans went 24-2, 12-2 in the Pac-8; they were ranked 5th in the country, but they didn?t make the NCAA Tournament either- their two losses were both to perennial national champ UCLA, who beat USC 64-60/73-62 in their two meetings.
Trojans had Paul Westphal, Dennis Layton, Ron Riley; they played on the west coast, ten years before ESPN existed, so none of us knew much about them.
UCLA went 29-1 that year, the season in between Kareem and Bill Walton; they won the 1971 national title, in a Final Four with Kansas, Villanova and Western Kentucky.
11) How are kids any good at geography these days?
Friday night, a Big East basketball game on FS1, Xavier at Buter. Big EAST rivals.
Problem is, Butler is in Indianapolis, Xavier is in Cincinnati. Neither of these cities is in the east; as recently as 2013, both teams were in the Atlantic 10, another misnomer.
The last five years before they refigured, Big East was never ranked lower than 3rd nationally; last four years, they?ve been ranked 5th-3rd-6th-4th. Having schools without football programs has hurt the Big East.
10) Thursday night in Boulder, Colorado was leading Washington State 78-72 with 1:13 left; coming out of a timeout, the Buffs got a technical foul for having six guys on the floor. You don?t see that very often.
Colorado has a player (Evan Battey) a 6-8 center, whose grandfather was Earl Battey, a catcher who played 13 years in the major leaguers, mostly with Minnesota.
Earl Battey was the Twins? catcher in the 1965 World Series; he made four All-Star teams, had a .757 career OPS with 104 home runs.
Evan Battey has been a regular all four of his seasons with the Buffaloes, who are 10-3 so far this season, 2-1 in Pac-12 games.
9) College football transfers:
? QB Zach Calzada bolts from Texas A&M to Auburn
? QB Casey Thompson bolts from Texas to Nebraska
? QB Connor Bazelak bolts from Missouri to Indiana.
8) All in all, last time I checked there were 1,428 players in the college football transfer portal. With 130 D-I teams, that?s ten players per team.
7) Louisville is 4-0 in ACC basketball games; all four wins were by 5 or fewer points; Pitt Panthers are 0-3, with the three losses by total of five points.
6) USFL named its first four head coaches; the 8-team league kicks off in April:
? Kevin Sumlin (Houston Gamblers)
? Mike Riley (New Jersey Generals)
? Bart Andrus (Philadelphia Stars)
? Todd Haley (Tampa Bay Bandits)
Riley has now been a head coach in the NFL, CFL, WLAF, college football, AAF and USFL.
5) NFL tidbits:
? Bears will start Andy Dalton at QB; Chicago is 4-2 with Dalton/Foles starting.
? Ravens will start Tyler Huntley at QB; Lamar Jackson (ankle) misses his 4th straight game.
? Aaron Rodgers will start for Green Bay; no guarantees how long he plays in a meaningless game for the Packers.
4) Raptors 122, Jazz 108? Utah had its 10-game road winning streak snapped; impressive to win ten in a row anywhere, but especially away from home.
3) Boston Celtics have blown four leads of 19+ points this season, more than any NBA team.
2) ESPN re-did its Sunday Night Baseball TV crew; David Cone/Eduardo Perez are the new analysts, Karl Ravech will do play-by-play. Cone can be very funny; he should be a good addition to Sunday night games.
1) Iona-Saint Louis cobbled together a matchup for Saturday; Saint Louis coach Travis Ford played point guard for Rick Pitino at Kentucky. This should be a pretty good game.
