Breakfast of Champions 12/18: Albany Craps Their Pants

Game of the Night

Duke 111 Albany 70

This is what I like to call a "Crap Game". Albany walked onto the floor, realized shortly after tip-off that they were actually at Cameron Indoor playing Duke, and collectively crapped their pants all at once. They had not shot at breaking Duke's full court pressure from the start.


Also Intriguing


Kansas State 87 Florida A&M 60

It really says something about Michael Beasley's talent when I look at the box score, see "24 points, 10 rounds" and think "Ho-hum game for Michael".


Gonzaga 77 Northern Colorado 57

Noco (I like that) made this a game for awhile, only trailing by 6 with under a minute left in the first, before the Zags pulled away in the second half. And if you can't tell by now, it was a super shitty night for college basketball.


The Links

High praise for Michael Beasley at Basketball Prospectus (John Gasaway, BP)

All Mac basketball team from 1990s on (Mid-America Nattering)

Strong criticism of Rick Pitino's handling of the Caracter situation (Gregg Doyle, CBS Sportsline)

Arizona State bandwagon...yes, we'll be hoping on that (Pitchfork Nation)

From a week ago, but it's still awesome. Did a brief radio interview for reader Jameson's class at Syracuse about the relationship between the major media and bloggers. Very cool topic, also includes fellow bloggers from Deadspin, Big Lead, Troy Nunes and KSK (Link to the audio)

And, last but not least - to think we knew him back when he was interviewing himself. Awful Announcing interviews the best announcer in college basketball, Gus Johnson. (Awful Announcing)