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Big Ten Scoring Champ Carsen Edwards: NBA Draft Stock Update

March 12, 2019 By paulmbanks 1 Comment

It won’t be official until tomorrow, but Purdue junior combo guard Carsen Edwards (23.4 points per game entering the regular season finale) will win the Big Ten scoring title. It will make him the third Boilermaker in the last nine years to lead the Big Ten in scoring (JaJuan Johnson in 2011 (20.7) and Caleb Swanigan in 2017 (18.9).

No other Big Ten team has had more than one league scoring champ during that span. It’s an impressive achievement for Edwards, who already has an AP All-American third team plaudit, and the Jerry West Award (nation’s best shooting guard) from last season on his resume.

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Filed Under: College Basketball, NBA, NBA Draft, Purdue Boilermakers Tagged With: boilers, carsen edwards, NBA Draft, Purdue, Purdue Boilermakers

RefRatings is a New Sports App that’s Both Timely and Timeless

March 11, 2019 By paulmbanks 1 Comment

As a University of Illinois alumna, I can say from experience that no fan base is as paranoid about the officials as Illini fans are.

The one exception being, oh, every other zealous sports fan base on the planet. Remember “fan” is short for “fanatic,” and one thing that every member of all zealous fan bases has in common is a serious belief that the refs are all out to get their team. Which makes RefRatings, a new app that just launched in 2019 and is available for free in the App Store, timeless.

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Help Free the New York Knicks: The Declaration of Knickdependence

February 27, 2019 By copy-editor 1 Comment

By Nick Coker

Occasionally turning points occur in human history that will permanently alter the course of the future. Whether these occurrences are improbable weather events, technological advancements, conflict or diseases that incur untold casualties – things that once were considered impossible or non-existent occur or come to life and have such an impact that our very understanding of the way the world works and what is possible, changes forever.

Nicholas Taleb coined these moments ‘Black Swans’ for the black swans discovered on the west coast of Australia. Prior to their discovery the prevailing thought was that only white swans existed.

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Comedian Lindsay Glazer on Scottie Pippen’s “Evolving” M.J. vs Lebron Stances

February 25, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen has been retired for over a decade, but in 2019 he’s just as relevant as ever. The new year has seen Pippen consistently in the headlines for a host of different reasons. Last month he gave his take on Duke freshman and NBA super-prospect Zion Williamson, suggesting the blue chip frosh ditch the Blue Devils in midseason to start preparing for the NBA Draft.

This was before the Nike shoe fail incident leading to Williamson’s minor injury, so let’s give Pippen some credit on that one. Last week saw Pippen trending again as he “evolved” his opinion on the ultra-stale Michael Jordan vs. Lebron James “debate” for the umpteenth time. We asked comedian Lindsay Glazer (Woloshin) for her take on that news story, and a couple more Scottie Pippen related topics.

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Filed Under: Chicago Bulls, Entertainment/Media, NBA Tagged With: Chicago Bulls, lebron, lebron james vs michael jordan, lindsay glazer, michael jordan vs lebron james, mj, scottie pipper

Ayo Dosunmu Has High NBA Draft Stock, but it’s Just Not Reflected in Mock Drafts

February 12, 2019 By paulmbanks 1 Comment

Illini basketball in the Brad Underwood era has finally shown signs of a pulse in the past month as the team picked up two very high quality wins over teams ranked in the top 15 at the time. Illinois has now won four of their last five, and played their way above the Wednesday night projection in the Big Ten tournament.

If the Illini can close out the season 4-3 or better, they will avoid breaking the school record for single season losses. A primary reason for the Illini surge has been the stellar play of freshman point guard Ayo Dosunmu. His rapid development has coincided with the drastic Illini improvement.

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Filed Under: College Basketball, Illinois Fighting Illini, NBA, NBA Draft Tagged With: ayo, ayo dosunmu, ayo nba draft, dosunmu, illini basketball, Illinois basketball, NBA Draft, NBA Draft stock

New England Patriots Least Liked Dynasty, Chicago Bulls Most Liked, Poll Says

February 1, 2019 By paulmbanks 1 Comment

With four Super Bowl appearances in the last five and 10 of the last 17, it’s understandable if you have New England Patriots fatigue at this point. In fact, you may be so sick of the Patriots right now that it’s turning you off from watching the Super Bowl on Sunday.
On the hand, the explosion of legalized sports gambling in the United States and expanded Super Bowl prop betting will make this game “interesting” for those who are sick of the Pats.

And if you are one of those sports fans who has grown weary of Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and company, well a Morning Consult poll shows that you are not alone.

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Filed Under: Chicago Bulls, NBA, New England Patriots, NFL Tagged With: Chicago Bulls, new england patriots, Super Bowl, super bowl 53

Indiana Hoosiers Star Romeo Langford Still Has Lottery Stock Despite Recent Slump

January 28, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Despite a recent mini-slump, Indiana Hoosiers guard Romeo Langford is measure for measure the Big Ten’s best pro prospect, and by a very wide margin. His performances and productivity have slipped a bit lately, but Romeo is probably the least of IU’s problems right now. Hoosiers coach Archie Miller believes the criticism surround Romeo is much ado about nothing.

“He’s got to continue to work, find different ways, step back behind that three point line a little bit, hopefully make a couple more, but Romeo’s not the problem,” Miller said last night after his team lost 73-66 at Northwestern.

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Liverpool Boss Jurgen Klopp Makes Harlem Globetrotters Analogy Again

January 13, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

For the second time in 16 months, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that his team is “not the Harlem Globetrotters.” The first time Klopp made this remark, the world famous group of basketball playing entertainers responded by hitting back at Liverpool pretty hard (and humorously) on Twitter.

The German used the analogy, both in September of 2017 and again today, as a way to illustrate his club’s need to provide wins, not entertainment value. Saturday saw Liverpool beat Brighton & Hove Albion not in a high-scoring, swashbuckling manner of result, but instead by a final score of just 1-0.

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How is Player Efficiency Rating Calculated

December 13, 2018 By copy-editor Leave a Comment

By Patrick Pierce

Math is beneficial across many fields. With all of the numbers in sports, stats become a crucial way to determine the effectiveness of any given player on the field or court. To understand how all of these numbers make sense in the realm of sports, Homeworkdoer has assembled information related to sports efficiency ratings below.

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Scottie Pippen Lawsuit Against Comedian Lindsay Glazer Hilariously Backfiring

December 12, 2018 By paulmbanks 3 Comments

On the court, Scottie Pippen is widely considered the second greatest Chicago Bull of all time, behind only Michael Jordan. Off the court he has a reputation (“No Tipping Pippen”) as not being the most awesome guy in the world. (All we know for sure is that he’s an AWFUL interview subject– so BORING!) There are plenty of negative rumors and un-flattering stories about him floating around out there, and some of them became a lot more believable ever since he sued comedian Lindsay Glazer (Woloshin).

Right now, it looks like filing that lawsuit was a huge mistake, as it’s starting to create a PR disaster for ol’ #33. Pippen is suing Glazer and her husband after the couple rented his Ft. Lauderdale mansion, and according to his attorney, totally trashed the place.

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New Jersey Sports Betting Grows Nearly 100% in September; More States to Legalize?

October 16, 2018 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Last Friday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released its September sports betting numbers, and the results were astounding. Sports bettors wagered a whopping $184 million, good for a 96 percent increase from August’s total of $95.6 million. Considering that sports gambling has only been legal in the state since June 14th, these numbers beat even the most optimistic of expectations.

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