Top 5 Fantasy Pitchers based on VORP

What a beautiful day (as Millsy would say) here in Pittsburgh! Only 5 days until baseball's Opening Night. Hopefully the weather is like this 10 days from now at Comerica for the Tigers' home opener.

As I promised here are my top 5 pitchers and their VORP totals from last season:
1) Tim Lincecum 72.3
2) Cliff Lee 76.5
3) Johan Santana 73.6
4) Roy Hallsday 70.6. (hopefully the Tabs light his tits on opening day)
5) Jon Lester 59.6

This would be one hell of a rotation and all five are bonafide aces. The reason I have Lincecum ahead of Lee on my list is not cause he plays for the hated Tribe but because his VORP is almost as good as Lee and Santana's despite batters having a .312 BABIP (batting average on balls in play). This means Lincecum was extremely unlucky last season and still posted the third highest VORP in the majors. It is likely he will catch a bunch of breaks this year and thus have an even better year.

A quick update on my leadoff batter study:

In innings where the leadoff batter gets on with nobody out, teams are scoring 80% of the time. In innings where the batter gets on with 1 out, the team scores 29% of the time. And in innings where the first baserunner is with 2 outs, teams score 0% of the time. It's early in the study but it is definitely apparent how important it is to get the leadoff guy on. Holla back to see how this study unfolds throughout the season.

Butta Lewis!

Stafford

I got two words for Stafford's workout... Damn genius!

A Lions Fans' Favorite Time of Year

Thats right folks, the NFL draft is creeping up on us quick and my Lions are quicly trying to forget our record setting year and an awful era in Lions history known as the Millen years. There is a new regime in Detroit (kind of because WCF just hired Millen's right hand man) and we have to hope the losing is done. We started by hiring a competant Head Coach, who then hired competant assistant coaches. I'm not sure but thats further than Millen ever got. To show the lions are a new team they are upgrading their logo for the first time in alot of years. Its not much different but I guess some idiots thought that on the old logo the dot by the arms was an eye and the two front legs were the mouth. I'm not sure which 1st grader thought that but I still dont see it. Anyways, there are rumors of new jersey's to come. Most of these suggestions are absolutely hideous and I will absolutely flip if they trade out the Honolulu Blue for some wannabe Seahawks teel. Others are not much different other than they have the retro 50's logo on the pants which is more likely considering the logo didn't change much.

Aside from the new look in detroit we have a touh decision to make in the #1 overall pick. There is alot of love for Matt Stafford the QB out of Georgia but I am not sold. I think he runs the same work out program as Phil which I like but I am not sold on his ability. He is one hell of a risk to throw $35 million garunteed at this guy. The NFL needs to change its rookie contracts because the first pick has become a burden more than a perk which makes it impossible to trade out of the spot. So since we are stuck draftin at 1 we should just take the best pplayer available, even if he doesn't play a position normally takken at pick 1 in Aaron Curry, LB from Wake Forest. He is an animal and would step in as the imidiate impact MLB that the Lions have been missing since the early/mid 90's. We also hold the 20th pick after raping Dallas owner jerry Jones in the Roy Williams trade. I am hoping with that pick we find a solid NT or CB. My dream is that Malcolm Jenkins falls to 20 due to his slow 40 time but with his cover skills I don't see him makeing it past 12 or so. That would leave CB's like Vonte Davis, DJ Moore, Alphonso Smith, and Darius Butler. If we go DT it will most likely be one of Evander "Ziggy" Hood, Peria Jerry, or Ron Brace. Then we hold pretty much another 1st round selection in pick 33 which will hopefully land us another starter. I wouldlike the other of what we don't get at 20 between CB and DT. Preferably Ron Brace here, the big NT from Boston College. We signed Grady Jackson to play NT but he will give us less snaps than Big Baby did, so a backup/future starter is a huge need. We also traded Corey Redding (although we brough Julian Peterson back home) so the middle of the line looks awfully weak at this point. With the rest of our picks I would like to draft some O-Lineman, especially gaurds, and hopefully a #3 WR and a pass catching TE. Then we can draft our QB next year once we have something that resembles an NFL team and will give a young QB a chance to succeed. So thats my quicky Detoit Lions pre draft analysis, let me know what you think or if you want more info on any prospect in this years draft.

Millsy, signing off!

Top 5 MLB position players based on VORP

1) Albert Pujols 1B 98.6
2) Hanley Ramirez SS 78.6
3) Chipper Jones 3B 75.9
4) Lance Berkman 1B 73.1
5) David Wright 3B 66.1

I would normally say Hanley would be the best choice for the number 1 pick in fantasy baseball because it's hard to find a shortstop with his VORP total but Pujols' VORP is out of this world. He was worth 20 more runs than Ramirez, the second best player. There will be more player rankings later so holla back for a little racky tacky.

Sparty On!

Congratulations to all the Spartans out there! That was an awesome W for Michigan State. The defense and rebounding was outstanding but the key to the game was Michigan State's ability to hold onto the basketball.

The Tabbies had another strong performance from Zach Miner today and I believe, with Bonderman out for the first couple weeks of the season, MineDogg will be used in the rotation. There are two openings in the rotation right now and the other possibilities include Porcello and Nate Robertson (if thumb is healed in time). Polly jacked another home run today as well. He's hollering at the long ball like a juice up ninja turtle.

Tiger is making a charge and is currently one stroke behind the leader thru 7 holes. Call me biased but Tiger is the greatest golfer on the planet. Speaking of golf, I need to start practicing before my swing imitates Charles Barkley's.

I hope that Carolina gives the business to Oklahoma so that I have at least one of my Final Four teams correct. The equation is struggling like Zach Morris on skip day. I had high hopes for it but obviously it needs to be re-worked a little. Eddie is still dominating the NCAA tourney pool so a tip of the cap to him.

I hope to have a decent Fantasy baseball draft list posted by Wednesday.

Time for a brotha to toss back a couple Guinness' and enjoy some golf and hoops! Peace. Onions!

Apology

I apologize to G-money and any other Pitt fan I may have upset in the blog yesterday. The comment was not meant to be a negative towards Pitt but rather a compliment to how efficient their offense had been all year. I was just observing in the first half that they played no where near their offensive capabilities. Panthers you played an awesome 2nd half and congratulations on your thrilling victory. Knees on bows go out to you for advancing to your first ever elite eight.

Sweet 16

Pitt needs to get it's offense going. Right now it looks like they are a biddy basketball squad on the offensive side of the ball. I think they'll get it going. They are one of the top teams in the country in offensive efficiency.

The equation needs UConn, Pittsburgh, and Memphis to holla at W's tonight so I gotta roll back to the television and pull for those squads as I'm experiencing the "best head in town", Lionshead Charlie brewskis.


Peace

12 days....

The Tigers' first game of the year is only 12 days away now and there are still plenty of questions swirling around Lakeland. I feel that the biggest issue is whether or not Bonderman will be able to start the year in the rotation. If he can than we will only need to find one starter but if not it could be bad news bears. Robertson and Porcello are the two best pitchers for that last spot. If Nate Dogg has his slider working and can consistently throw strikes I would take him north and allow Porcello some more time to get seasoning in the minors. But if Bondo can't go that first week of the year both will have to be on the big league club. This should be an interesting final week and a half of spring and big decisions will be made.

My projected rotation:
1) Verlander
2) Galarraga
3) Jackson
4) Bonderman
5) Robertson


Tomorrow evening the madness continues with sweet 16 action. Speaking of the sweet 16, what jerkface decided to copyright the name. This stuff is getting out of control like Sebastian the crab did in little mermaid with his crazy singing voice. Back to the tourney, the biggest game for me Thursday is Memphis vs. Missouri. The equation has Memphis reaching the championship game so I desperately need them to advance, especially since a large number of folks have UConn beating them in the following round. I fully expect a close game between the two Tigers squads. Ken Pomeroy's predictive methods say this game will be around 70 possessions. This seems low to the naked eye but Pomeroy is a damn genius and I'll put my money (I hardly have any) on him. Go Tigers! Memphis that is.

I'm attempting to throw together a Fantasy baseball draft list by the end of next week for anyone who wants to holla at it. Knees on bows all up my grill! 10-4.

The remaining Spring Trip Pics (finally!) notice the man in the orange shirt in the jungle bush

Fiddle faddle

Ok now that the depression from Ohio State's crushing defeat has worn off I'm back. The terrible pounding headache did not help either. Yesterday went pretty well for the equation with 7 of 8 games predicted correctly, but the one loss (UCLA) was huge. The equation had UCLA reaching the elite eight. Still 7 out of 8 is respectable. Today's huge game for the equation is Arizona State vs. Syracuse. It has Arizona State projected to the final eight so it is a must win game. Eddie is still dominating the pool but Big Phil is charging. He was looking like the Lions, comfortably in last place, but he gathered himself like the crazy man we know and currently sits in 4th place. Hell of a job Big Phil!

It's a beautiful day here in Pittburgh! I'm getting all fired up for opening day, just over two weeks away now. Speaking of baseball, tonight Team USA takes on Japan in the semis of the WBC. I'm exited to see the pitching matchup of Roy Oswalt and Daisuke Matsuzaka. There should be a lot of dirty stuff going down in that battle.

Coming soon will be regular updates on my study of the importance of the leadoff batter of the inning reaching base. Also, I promise to have the rest of the pics up from spring break all up in my face 2009. It's just taking a lot longer than anticipated and to make up for I will perform bargains and bargains to anyone who requests during opening day week. Holla and fiddle some fools Team USA!

NCAA tourney Day 2

The equation had a lot more success this afternoon, going 7-1 during the session. Besides that I don't have too much to talk about. I'm going to toss back some charlies tonight while enjoying some college hoops. Go Bucks!

It was good to see Bondo throwing last night in spring training, hopefully this is a step towards being ready to pitch the first week of the season. Holla!

Tough start

The damn equation only won 4 of the first 7 games and 2 of the wins came from 1 seeds. The BYU loss stung the most as they were a healthy favorite over Texas A&M. Eddie brought the biz going 7 for 7 with his picks this afternoon. It may be time for me to break out the knees on bows for good luck so I can make up some ground on him.

Let's put the baby to bed and have a great night of tourney predicting. Holla!

Live from Blawnox

As I sit here in Blawnox on Wednesday evening the antcipation for the NCAA tournament grows. And so does my desire to holla at Dietch's for a charlie. Well, I promised you some more details of the equations tourney picks so I'll hold on that brewski for a brief moment. First off the big surprises: 6 seeds Arizona State and UCLA advancing to the elite eight. 12 seed Wisconsin upseting Florida State and 10 seed USC upsetting Boston College in the first round. Actually other than those the chalk pretty much holds up. This year's tournament is not quite as top loaded as last year but there is still a large gap between the top 8-12 teams and the rest of the field.

G-money is lucky to have tomorrow afternoon off of work so hopefully he will post a blog about his experience watching the madness unfold at some fine Pittsburgh establishment. Please holla at a comment if you have any questions on the NCAA tourney equation or how many books I've read so far today. Jumangi.

NCAA numbers finally crunched

Happy St. Patty's Day! The NCAA tournament statistical analysis is finally finished and I can't even have a green brew to celebrate since I have to be at work until 8 tonight. The good news is that I'm pretty happy with how the numbers turned out. Now we just have to wait and see if the equation will be as predictive as last year. Today I will reveal the final four prediction. And the four teams the equation believes will be playing in Detroit just over 3 weeks from now are...... Louisville, Memphis, Pittsburgh, and North Carolina. I will post more of the predictions later but I'll let these sink in first.

On another note, it is becoming quite clear that the Tabs are in desperate need of a fifth starter. Miner, Robertson, and Willis are all having major issues throwing strikes. We have a couple of options. One is to trade for a starter but it's not a good thing to have to give up prospects. Another option is to acquire through free agency and it's well known Pedro Martinez is out there. The last option is to give Porcello a shot. I think this is a solid option and we can protect him a little the first few weeks of the year because of our scheduled off days. It will be very interesting to which route Leyland and Dombrowski take.

I apologize for not having the photos from spring training up yet. They will be posted as soon as a I can access a computer with a compatible memory card slot. Happy St. Patty's Day and holla at some bargains, bargains, and bargains dances.

Back home for selection Sunday

We have now returned home from our awesome trip where the dream was lived. I'm really looking forward to the Ohio State game today after their big time performance yesterday. Purdue looks to be a tough opponent but if the Bucks limit the turnovers and 2nd chance points they'll have a great chance at the championship. Today is also exciting because it's Selection Sunday and this year we don't have the Buckeye bubble worries. Penn State looks to be in that boat this year but with 6 wins over the top 50 I think they deserve to make the big dance. March madness is the greatest. It makes me want to do the bargains dance.

I just wanted to add that I'm dehydrating like a crazy marathon runner even if Millsy says otherwise. I hope to get pics up from Friday's Tabbie game shortly, including some of Millsy in a jungle bush.

Go Bucks! Holla and wobble

The Home Stretch

Millsy hollarin at te Knee's on Bows one more time.

We spent yesterday at the Tabs game aain watching them fiddle the Mets. EJ pitched pretty solid but the Tabs ended up dropping this one after their starters left the game. We took off a little early to check out Touchdown Eddies for the OSU vs. Wisconson Weasle game. The Bucks backhanded the cornfed folk from Madison and now are looking forward to the big showdown with Sparty today. TD Eddies treated us well with $1 brews but everyone but Big Phil was feeling the effects of a week on vacation and were just drinking water like some damn fish. After the game we finished the road trip to the Tampa area to relax at our beautiful Homestead suites for a night. It was tight quarters especially with Phil's oversized luggage taking up 90% of the floor space. That guy sure knows how to pack. Again, we left the beer drinking to Phil as Me and Eddie caked on the Aloe lotion to try and cool off the wcked suburn we have had mst of the week.

Well its now 5:20 in the AM and I cant function too well. This airport is a pain in the ass but I did make it to my gate before I had to leave which is in about 45 minutes. Priceline is awsome for money but the flight times suck a fat one. So this is it for now, Spring Break 09 is just about over and I have to return to my life of school and work. So long to Florida, and we did Live the Dream.

Tabbies Game

Yesterday was spent in the sunshine at beautiful Joker Marchant Stadium as we watched the Tabs give the Yankees the biz. Sheff hit 2 home runs, both of which landed right near our location on the left field berm. The young outfield prospect, Wilkin Ramirez, showed off his power as well with a mamouth home run to left field. The sun was awesome and it gave Millsy and Eddie some good color. G-Mode received some color also but it was of the more tannish tint. Pics hopefully will be up soon to document the amount of sun received. After the tailgating concluded following the game we headed to Kissimmee to have an unbelievable dinner with Alyson's parents. My belly is still stuffed like a chubby care bear.

Big Day of sun and college hoops watching. We have chicken and burgers to grill and there is a ton of crazy fun to be had. G-Money is all fired up for the Pitt game at 7 tonight. They take on his all time favorite squad, West Virginia. The Big East tourney is always fun to holla with all its wild games. Holla.

wine em dine em

We are about to leave for Lakeland to watch the Tabbies play a little baseball. The Mustache is gone so no more rides but Millsy and Eddie are starting up their own competition. Holla back to check out photos from Joker Marchant Stadium and other cactus growing fun that occurs in Lakeland.


Happiness

mustaches and other unique photos

more photos of crazy hollerin

beach photos and some randomness

Poolside

G-money and I are chillin poolside at the resort waiting for Millsy and Eddie to get into gear. The weather is absolutely perfect! I hope to have new pics to post later this afternoon. I'm out. Frizzle frazzle

Day 2

Big Millsy coming to you again.

Today was another great day in our adventure known as Spring Break 09. I woke up around 10 and felt like a truck ran over my head. I love dollar drink night but I hate the day after. We went on a road trip down to Bradenton to see the Mustard shirts play at McKechnie feild. Sitting in the sun was killin my allready throbbing nugget but it was funny watching Eddy turn into the mascot for Red Lobster. The park was awsome and it definately got me pumped up for the Tigs game on Wednesday. Then we took a long as drive to the big O but it didnt seem too long for me since I was sleeping of my CranVods. We finally arrived to our condo and they didnt have our reservation. We were all about drop kick Flip in his face until we realized that we were at the wrong place. Thankfully too because it was a pretty shady looking establishment that had recreation consisting of a beat up shuffle board court. We then backtracked for 20 minutes until we came accross this large village of condo's and pools. It is an awsome place and even has a heart shaped hot tubbed in Flip and G-Modes room. If they drink enough this week I'm sure they will find it quite relaxing together. we also have to make sure Eddy and Hans dont end up in there together. They were gettng pretty cozy at Frenchy's last night before Kersh passed out. Thats about it for the day, we'll get back to you tommorow with more exciting news from Spring break 09.

Arrival in the O

We have arrived in Orlando! Our time share is dope as a Mofo from Tokyo. We are chillin like Egyptians in the British desert. The Buccos game was a good time too! We saw Bixy cat and it was glorious. Pictures should be hollerin up shortly.

Official Day 1

This is big Millsy hollarin at the knees on bows.

Today was my first real day on spring break 09. It was a crazy ass day. We spent most of the day at clearwater Beach checking out some trashy as sports bars and some white trash beaches. It was fun but these D-Bags think they're hot shit with their WT tats and fat girls (pics to come for the fuglys that Brett, G mode, and Flip were holerin at. Garret, Flip, and myself ended up at a dope club on the beach that had dollar drinks. We all ended up killin at least 9 drinks and watched some po-dunk couple have sex on the nasty ass peer. It was quite a fun day watching the Bucks beat those bastard ass wildcats and a bunch of drinking and debotchery. Official day 2 will come tommorow after we check out Bixler beating up on some loser spring training team.

P.S. Phil and Eddie are fighting about woman shit and its intresting. You would think they ae a couple with how they bicker with each other. Spring break 09, Living the Dream again.

Day 2 Update

The club is hollerin at us right now! We just gained our second wind like a Native American pipe. Millsy, G-Mode, Eddie and I are fiddlin like damn champions. Pics from the beach coming shortly. Holla!

OH! IO!

Young Millsy and I are back at the sports bar watching the Ohio State hoops game. So far it's good news bears as the Bucks are up by 10 at half. Go Bucks! Keep it real! Baseball tomorrow! Pics tonight!

South Beach sports grill

After spending the morning laying out on the beach we are now hassling the locals at a Clearwater sports bar. Eddie is getting all fired up watching the Sparty game. Back with more craziness later. Holla

Feast of Photos- beginning of Day 2... holla!

Wake up

It is 9:30 and we have awoken. Well everyone but Millsy. The goal was achieved last night and we now must we our sights on Sunday's extravaganza. Today should be full of crazy sheist in clearwater. Pictures should be posted shortly. Holla!

O' Keefes

Blood has been drawn- damn street signs! We are now only 6 drinks away from our goal of 36 (18 each). It has been a crazy ass afternoon. Eddie just arrived and knees on bows may begin soon. HollA HOLLA HOLLA! BACK TO THE BOOKSTORE!

day 1 fiddlin'

The DAY 1 drinking goal

This is G-Mode..

So when we went on vacation we decided to "read a book" or drink a brew for everytime we heard "It's Not My Time" or the college world series song of 2008. It's a CRS McCandless thing. THAAAT is because P minus and I are forced to listen to BOB FM and they play the SAME songs EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!! CRS MCCANDLESS is no very ballin' with the music selection. But it worked out welll for P minus 3 and I because we heard that song 18 times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we as of the present moment we are at 24 drinks our of 32!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PREEEETTTY HAMMMMMMMERREDD!!!

Clearwater time!!

This is G-mode....

Phil decided to show me his canadian nipples....my life will never be the same(I was blinded). Other than that, I love this place. I would love to live here with my lady (and maybe a room for phil in the basement) for a few years!!

I am happy with PITT's W today...we decided to show up even with JB in foul trouble, if we can play like that in the NCAA's we may have a good shot.

Clearwater

We just holla'd out in Clearwater after our arrival and accidently strolled across 2 gay bars and must say they were very nice establishments. Besides that the beer tasted good and the weather is superb. G-money and I are about to bounce to the pool and chill in the sunshine while we await the arrival of Millsy and Eddie. Pics coming soon so holla holla bloop bloop bloop.

Brewski kaibashed

I holla'd at a blood murry instead because it makes me feel so good! Just about to board the snakes on a plane heading to Tampa.

Pitt airport

G-mode and I are currently at the Pittsburgh airport. TGI Fridays is calling my name for some young charlies so I must go. Hope to have some crazy ass photos up by this evening. Holla.

Equation

Northern Iowa is struggling in the Missouri Valley quarterfinals- they are down by 4 to lowly Indiana State as I'm writing this. The equation looks like it may need to be edited once again. Damn panthers! Good news is we are less than 24 hours from arrival in Florida. Hills

CWS song update

Sources say the CWS song played again today increasing the number of beverages down the hatch to 17. First day craziness.

Thanks

Before I forget I want to give special thanks to Eddie, G-Mode, and Millsy for their important contributions to spring extravaganza 2009. Eddie reserved our rental car (I believe it is a Bentley if I am not mistaken) and he also scooped us up some tickets for Wednesday's Tabbies Spring Training affair against the Yanks. G-Mode was able to score us airline tickets at a very reasonable price (maybe a keg of Guiness worth). And last but not least a special thanks goes out to Millsy for using his special Jedi Ballin' skills and getting us a hotel (penthouse suite) in downtown Clearwater for the first two nights of our expedition.

Thanks to all and Go Tabbies!!!! and buccos for G-money.

Accuscore

Whats up with accuscore charging to view game forecasts now?!? They are trying to play me like a Canadian flute. Little do they know that I have created my own equation for tournament dominance. Well... at least thats what I hope. Last night the equation took a big time hit as Kansas was blitzed by Texas Tech. As you all know I had proclaimed Kansas as one of the 4 favorites to win the national championship but they looked far from it last night. Not to say that they can't win it all but I think this is a microcosm of college basketball this season. There is a razor thin margin between winning and losing even for the more superior teams. Oh well... back to work calibrating the Tournament equation. The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament begins tonight and should be a useful tool in improving the equation for the NCAA Tournament.

Of more important news... we are less than 48 hours away from our departure for Florida. From what I hear Millsy will be performing the Kazakhstan Kick immediately upon arrival. This arousing dance move should get all the ladies going and lead to a spectacular week of debauchery.

Holla

Weather

According to Millsy, a.k.a. Al Roker, the temperature is supposed to be even warmer (80s) in Florida this upcoming week. Holla! Speaking of hot, Pitt was blazing in the 2nd half tonight as they fiddled Marquette at the Pete this evening. G-money and I witnessed this performance first hand and I must say I was extremely impressed with Pitt's ability to attack the basket. It was also the loudest I heard the Zoo this year.

From what I heard Porcello and Perry had electric stuff today against Panama. I hope we get to see them pitch when we are down there otherwise I may have Eddie simulate the Bonderman domination of Jeter from '06 again. Everybody better be ready for our pong tourney because I'm bringing my Larty Bird skills to the table. The belt will be mine by weeks end.

Day 1 beverage update

The college world series song has just played for the 16th time on the radio. Ergo we must read 16 books our first day of vacation. I must say this could undoubtly be one of the greater challenges we encounter.

Update

My numbers are telling me that Memphis' 56- game Conference USA win streak is in serious jeopardy. I have them as only a 56.9% favorite. As Memphis' win streak quite possibly evaporates so do the days until we are holla'n at the sunshine on Spring Bonanza 2009... Only 3 days!

Big W in Iowa City

ET gave Iowa the business and then Big D put the babies to bed with 2 huge defensive plays as the Bucks escaped with a huge W. This is about all I'm going to say on the Iowa game because Sunday's game is just as big.

As for Sunday's game, Millsy and I will be watchingit from a beach bar in Florida. Bloop bloop.

Tabbies pitching

The Tigers took on Venezuela today in a spring training game in Lakeland, Florida. The pitching was again very inconsistent. D-Train and Nate Dogg both struggled with their command, walking 5 in 6 combined innings of work. Miner is looking more and more like our number 5 starter (by default). On a positive note, the bullpen was awesome today! Lyons, Seay, and Dolsi combined for 3 shutout innings and 0 walks. Hell of a job! The Tabs take on Panama tomorrow and hopefully the pitching staff limits the walks. Just over a week until we watch the Tabbies live in person! Holla!

4 days til knees on bows all up in my face!

Four teams to deep in tourney

Holla! Only 4 days til spring break gets the business. Now on to hoops...

With selection Sunday less than two weeks away let me throw at ya 4 teams who have the goods to make it deep in the tournament.

Kansas
North Carolina
UCLA
Pittsburgh

You may have anticipated Pitt and Carolina to be in this group but Kansas and UCLA? Well, all 4 of these teams have exceled in 4 key predictive areas- average adjusted scoring margin (AASM), adjusted offensive efficiency, adjusted defensive efficiency, and effective field goal percentage. These statisics and descriptions can be found at www.kenpom.com and www.raynondsrankings.com. Check those 2 websites out. They are full of tons of useful predictive information. During championship week I will update the top 4 multiple times so holla back frequently. Before I go let me mention that as a today Kansas is the best equipped team to make a deep run in the tourney as they are in the top 20 in all 4 of the predictive categories.

Florida and books galore here we come!

Peace

Tampa forecast

The current weather projections for our Florida spring break arrival Saturday are 79 degrees and sunny. The only one who could get more fired up for that is Gus Johnson. Of course he goes crazy after a 2 yard carry on 3rd and 5.

Holla

Work

I just remembered how much I despise working the frontdesk. Big week coming up though with the start of the World Baseball Classic, NCAA basketball conference tourneys, and of course the long awaited arrival of holla time in '09 (spring break week). Peace, tranquility, happiness. Holla!

5 days til the truffle shuffle goes down in some sunshine

A special thanks goes out to Millsy who was able to get a hold of our hotel and confirm that we had at least 2 beds. It would have been bad news bears to have only 1 bed for 4 dudes.

One more quick note: the Florida Gators remind me of Buzz Killington after they played me like a two-bit fiddle by losing to an inconsistent Tennessee squad yesterday.

3-point defense

One thing that I've noticed this week watching college hoops is defenses over-playing the 3-point shooter resulting in easy dueces. I've particularly noticed Ohio State doing this. It really gets me going because I believe you should defend the two first and the recover to defend the 3. A great 3 point shooting may make 40 % of their 3-point shots which means they are missing 60% or more. I'll take those odds. Next post I'll get fired up about the metric system. Stay tuned and remember... when in doubt, whip it out!

Holla