By Paul M. Banks Last week the Chicago Blackhawks lost and later regained the Western Conference’s fourth seed and with it the final home ice advantage for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. They’re currently two points ahead of the fifth place Vancouver Canucks - who come to town Sunday for a slightly important regular season game- and five points ahead of the … [Read more...] about Hawks Looking Sharp for Playoff Home Ice
Archives for March 2009
Blackhawks set to face League’s Best Team
By Paul M. Banks The Winter Classic may have received all the hype, but few regular season games will have more importance than Wednesday night, when the Hawks welcome the NHL points leading San Jose Sharks to the United Center. “It’ll be a good test, a huge game we gotta be up and ready for,” Hawks defenseman Brent Seabrook said. On Sunday the Hawks (38-22-11, 87 pts) broke … [Read more...] about Blackhawks set to face League’s Best Team
Tom H to the Izzo Tournament Edition
Tom Izzo Interview breaking down State's strengths and weaknesses By Paul M. Banks Of all the Big Ten teams in the tournament, the one that everyone expects to actually do some damage this March is Michigan St. The #2 seed in the Midwest Regional, if they can survive Louisville and company, they would play in the Final Four, right in their backyard in Detroit. So what … [Read more...] about Tom H to the Izzo Tournament Edition
East Regional Bracket Breakdown
By: David K. Overview: What stands out most about this regional, is the massive home-court advantage for (2) Duke and (3) Villanova. You pretty much write in each team into the Sweet 16 since the Dukies play in North Carolina and Nova is in their home city of Philadelphia. With Pittsburgh being the one seed, this is a fairly top heavy bracket. Elite Eight Prediction: (1) … [Read more...] about East Regional Bracket Breakdown
March Madness Baby!
The TSB.net staff NCAA tournament picks For a more in-depth forecast and rationale please our College Hoops expert David K’s Region by region breakdown. By the way, Week in Review will not be seen this week. I have been crazy busy and will recap a lot of the stuff that’s been keeping me busy next week. It’s also March Madness, quite possibly the greatest week in all of … [Read more...] about March Madness Baby!
South Regional Bracket Breakdown
By: David K. Overview: This is hands down the toughest bracket. North Carolina and Oklahoma are the #1 and #2. If Blake Griffin didn’t suffer a concussion a couple weeks ago, odds are the Sooners would have been a #1 seed. What I hate about this bracket is that it has three teams I was considering Final Four sleepers; Syracuse, Gonzaga, and Arizona State. I am giddy at … [Read more...] about South Regional Bracket Breakdown
2009 US Pole Dancing Championship Bracket
Rikki Greenberg casts her vote in the “national poles” The pencils are sharpened, the 2009 bracket sheet is printed out and the pair of sparkly, clear plastic heels is sitting patiently in the locker room for next Sunday’s championship competition. The countdown to the 2009 US Pole Championship begins now and I cannot wait to see if my bracket predictions come true. 12 … [Read more...] about 2009 US Pole Dancing Championship Bracket
Which Drought Ends First- Cubs, Hawks, or Cats?
By Paul M. Banks Being a fan of Chicago sports can sometimes be as character-building as walking outside for long distances in January. With Northwestern’s tournament bubble officially burst last weekend, the Major League Baseball season starting in a couple weeks and the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs commencing the following week, it’s time to revisit the long suffering dry … [Read more...] about Which Drought Ends First- Cubs, Hawks, or Cats?