Coyne's Clippings

Bob Ryan talks about how great the '05 NCAA Tournament is so far. I have to agree, especially last weekend in Worcester. What appeared to be a dull regional, turned out to be one of the best ever! The best game of the year, which as of two weeks ago was the West Virginia / Villanova contest from the semifinals of the BIG EAST Tournament. But it was replaced by the Vermont / Syracuse shocker in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Friday night in Worcester. Especially cool are the links to video of the game and post game press conference from the Vermont website! To cap the weekend off, N.C. State / Connecticut was a closely contested contest that saw Julius Hodge (named after Dr. J) display some serious heart and score the game-winning basketball to kick the Huskies out of the NCAA Tournament! I like to think I held open the door for them as their bus drove out of the arena!

Overall a great weekend, we'll see how this one compares, but first, we have a big Bryant men's basketball game against Mount Olive at 1:00 p.m. Eastern in the Elite Eight of the Division II Tournament. Also, the C's are at The Garden which means Antoine returns to the World's Most Fameous Arena wearing Celtic Green! Maybe I'm the only one who's psyched, but the Walker Wiggle has to be all over that place tonite, he'll perform well I know, he loves beating the Knicks.