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NBA Draft recap

Friday, June 29th, 2012

Anthony Davis (Ian McCormick, Wikimedia Commons)

The New Orleans Hornets have drafted power forward Anthony Davis with the first overall pick in the NBA Draft.

Davis could be considered one of the best players in quite some time heading into the NBA on the defensive side of the court.

The leader of the Kentucky Wildcats can definitely be compared to Ben Wallace or Dennis Rodman.

At 6’10″, his wingspan was totally unbelievable. He had 4.6 blocks per game in leading the Wildcats to a NCAA Championship this past season.

At number eight, the Toronto Raptors went with shooting guard Terrence Ross out of the University of Washington. It’s hard to determine how good Ross can be because he didn’t play in the NCAA Tournament this past year.

Three Canadians were also chosen. At number nineteen, the Orlando Magic selected power forward Andrew Nicholson from Mississauga, Ontario out of the University of St. Bonaventure. At number 51, the Boston Celtics selected small forward Kris Joseph of Montreal out of Syracuse and at number    60, the Los Angeles Lakers selected center Robert Sacre of Vancouver out of Gonzaga.

 

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Weekend Sports Preview–March 30-April 1–World Figure Skating Championships, World Men’s Curling Championship, Soccer, March Madness, NHL, NBA, Tennis

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Patrick Chan (David Carmichael, Wikimedia Commons)

2011 Lionel Conacher Award winner Patrick Chan of Ottawa, Ontario is one step closer to defending his title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, France.

Today, Chan put down a solid short program, and leads the Czech Republic’s Michal Brezina by 1.74 points. Due to the fact the television coverage on CBC is absolutely lousy, the event can be seen live on www.cbcsports.ca or if you have Bold. The final flight of skaters in the men’s event is at 8am and the final flight of skaters in the women’s event is at 1:30pm on Saturday with Alena Leonova of Russia in the lead. In the pairs competition today, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov hammered the strong German pair of Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy by 8.04 points, but only hung onto the silver medal behind the Germans after a poor short program.

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Butler and Connecticut in March Madness Final

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

Shelvin Mack (Ronald Martinez, Getty Images)

A basketball powerhouse and a Cinderella squad have made it to the finals in NCAA Monday night.

The Butler Bulldogs knocked off the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams 70-62 today, while the University of Connecticut Huskies defeated the University of Kentucky Wildcats 56-55.

In watching the NCAA Basketball tournament critically, I think there are two major reasons why you see college basketball games have significantly fewer points than NBA games. The first is they playeight fewer minutes per game in the NCAA compared to the NBA, and the second reason is the 35 second game clock in the NCAA compared to the 24 second clock in the NBA. The majority of NCAA teams are a lot more methodical when they have the basketball, and wait longer for the perfect shot, rather than running up and down the court. This is just an observation.

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