ESPN’s Bill Simmons has written his best article in years, and I couldn’t agree with him more on this issue. As someone who grew up in the Jordan era, I became a fan at precisely the wrong time. From his era onward, we’ve had a generation full of me-first shooters, and as a result, we’ve […]
Month: March 2007
Analyzing the standings before the season
It would seem like an exercise in futility to try and predict your fantasy league’s standings before the season even starts, but to me it’s actually worthwhile. Actually, I find it important to do so during the draft, because it can help you see which categories are worth chasing the lead in and which you […]
The 2007 jfwiii All-Stars
Or, in other words, my fantasy team. I drafted my team last night, and as usual, there were plenty of surprises during the draft. I’ll get to those in a minute, but first, I have a disclaimer/explanation: I know no one really cares about anyone else’s fantasy baseball team, unless it’s another team in your […]
Opening Day on the Senior Circuit
…”The Senior Circuit” being the name of my Sportsline fantasy baseball league, that is. I’m starting to lose count of how many years I’ve been playing fantasy now, but I think it’s probably about the 10th year I’ve had a team that I drafted (instead of one of those other online salary cap-style leagues). I’ve […]
The Final Four are set
Whoops, it looks like I never got around to posting the log5 probabilities for the Elite 8, and Kenpom has them now for the Final Four. Florida’s looking like the favorite, but we have a pretty evenly-matched group. I guess that’s what happens when there are two one-seeds and two two-seeds (which at least is […]
There's nothing like Division-II basketball
Winona State was riding a 57-game win streak coming into yesterday’s Division-II national championship game, so opponent Barton theoretically didn’t have much of a chance. I guess this is why they play the games, though, because the national audience on CBS was able to see perhaps the greatest last-minute comeback ever (though I’m still partial […]
March Madness: Second Round Review
The Sweet Sixteen are set, and there are exactly zero real surprises and great stories. Sure, we get some interesting matchups (I’m looking forward to both of the South Regional matchups, and it will be interesting to see if USC can keep up their great effort against UNC), but where are the upsets? Is UNLV, […]
March Madness: Opening Round Review
Well, it appears that my bracket can be safely torn to shreds. I got just 23 of the 32 first-round games, which would be a lot more impressive if not for the lack of first-round upsets. This means that pretty much everyone got more, including 60% of the ESPN Tourney Challenge brackets. There are almost […]
March Madness: First-Round Redux
My fantasy baseball draft is coming up in about a week and a half, and pretty much no one other than me and my fellow league members will care about that. March Madness, as Dan Shanoff mentioned the other day, is different. Everyone seems to care about everyone else’s bracket, and I’ll offer up a […]
The madness is upon us
This may be my very favorite time of year. The weather has been fantastic outside for over a week, and that’s not even the best part. The NCAA basketball tournament begins today, which means that I’ve just spent four days deconstructing matchups. I’ve tried to figure out if the Pac-10 or Big 10 is the […]
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