Tag: Ohio State

President Barack Obama unveils 2012 NCAA tournament Final Four picks

President Barack Obama has Kentucky, Ohio State, Missouri and North Carolina in the Final Four of his NCAA mens basketball bracket, which will be unveiled in its entirety Wednesday on ESPN.Obama filled out a bracket for the fourth consecutive year. He picked North Carolina to win the 2009 title — and was correct.Hes gone with…

Kentucky tops Pomeroy ratings, but not Sagarin or RPI

Wildcats - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

The three primary computer power polls in college basketball have spoken in the aftermath of all the weekend games — and they speak in different languages.  You can find Kentucky ranked Number One (Pomeroy) and as low as No 20 — the mostly inferior and relentlessly questionable RPI.  Duke tops Jeff Sagarin predictor ratings, followed…

The nation just can’t get enough of Jorts

From Eric Lindsey of Cat Scratches: “One day after cutting down the nets in Newark, N.J., senior forward Josh Harrellson was on the Scott Van Pelt Show on Monday. You can listen to the podcast here. Make sure you listen to the end. You won’t want to miss the part about the bullet Josh Harrellson threw off Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger.” The bullet you can see again in the video below.

Oh Jorts, oh my! Josh Harrellson does it again

Josh Harrellson

The absence of Enes Kanter was supposed to be the downfall of the Kentucky men’s basketball team this season.  It turns out it may be the inspiration of UK‘s second consecutive run to the Elite Eight and the seeds of turning a young man’s mediocre college basketball career into the stuff of Kentucky lore.  Surely,…

Cats turn the tables on Buckeyes, rattle the ‘experienced’ team

Brandon Knight

Ohio State was the been-there, done-that team.  The Buckeyes were, minus freshmen Jared Sullinger and Aaron Craft, the team loaded with experience with David Lighty, Jon Diebler William Buford and Dallas Lauderdale. They were supposed to be the unshakeable group, the guys that had played in tight games, overcome second-half hurdles and hit the game…