Marquette at Chaminade

Tom Crean was sporting a "lobster" sun tan, while he was flirting with the idea of a four-guard line-up according to the preseason Funniest Announcer Trio of 2007-2008 of Bill Raftery, Jay Bilas and Shawn McDonut (intentional sp?). This was supposed to be a glorified early morning practice for Marquette...



... but instead, they got a really good workout, and showed the coaching stuff some things they need to work on. Obviously you can' sprout new inside players overnight, but they can make adjustments both offensively and defensively.

The Fighting Chaminades had a very solid game and sent a message to all other Division II teams that they mean business. Given today's performance, will they be able to get a win? Perhaps not tomorrow where they'll face the loser of LSU vs Oklahoma State, but on Wednesday they likely play the loser of Princeton vs Arizona State. That increases their chances of a win!

My hope is for a final of Marquette vs Duke and the Marquette Golder Warrior Eagles beat the smug out of Duke for the second year in a row :-)

More on this game at Marquettte fan blog Cracked Sidewalks.

Also, during half time we had Tom Brennan's interesting statistical prediction: UCLA will not make it to the Final Four because very few teams have gone to three in a row in the "modern era" (since the 70s).

Also visit SportsNation at ESPN.com to vote for the biggest college basketball upsets of all time. Among the five nominees are Chaminade vs Virginia, Jimmy V beating Houston.