Patrick Stevens

Annoyed, but dealing with it.

College sports for @USALacrosseMag, @BlueRibbonSport and more.

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From Angrick to Zepf, @D1scourse takes you through the Division I men's championship from weekend from A-to-Z.

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Suggestion for May 12 … The Breath Of The Gods: The History and Future of the Wind (2025) by Simon Winchester.

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One more daily thread to toss out, again trying to capitalize on something I (thankfully) have plenty of in my home: Books.

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Suggestion for April 21 … Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler’s Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis (2023) by Volker Ullrich.

[Heather McDonough @HeatherMcD4]

Of course Golden Tempo is skipping Preakness, when trainers asked him if he wanted to go, he said neigh

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LF Mike Aldrete
1B Troy Neel
DH Dusty Baker
RF Geronimo Berroa
2B Donnie Hill
C Henry Mercedes
SS Fausto Cruz
3B Lance Blankenship
CF Brad Komminsk

P Chris Codiroli

[Jerry Beach @JerryBeach73]

The only good thing about interleague play...American League avatars! OAKLAND Athletics, alive & on an '80s OR '90s card, go go go!

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CF Danny Bautista
3B Lenny Harris
RF David Dellucci
1B Travis Lee
DH Chris Jones
LF Midre Cummings
3B Danny Klassen
C Rod Barajas
2B Andy Stankiewicz

P Bobby Chouinard

[Jerry Beach @JerryBeach73]

D-Backs in town for another last-second businessman's half-holiday. Avatars, alive and on an '80s OR '90s card, go go go!

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Sunday's D.C./Maryland/Virginia D-I men's basketball schedule ...

NCAA regional final: Duke vs. Connecticut in Washington, 5:05 (CBS)

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Friday's D.C./Maryland/Virginia D-I men's basketball schedule ...

NCAA regional semifinal: Duke vs. St. John’s in Washington, 7:10 (CBS)

NCAA regional semifinal: Connecticut vs. Michigan State in Washington, 9:45 (CBS)

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Sunday's D.C./Maryland/Virginia D-I men's basketball schedule ...

NCAA second round: Virginia vs. Tennessee in Philadelphia, 6:10 (TNT)

NIT second round: George Washington at New Mexico, 8

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Saturday's D.C./Maryland/Virginia D-I men's basketball schedule ...

NCAA second round: Virginia Commonwealth vs. Illinois in Greenville, S.C., approx. 7:50 (CBS)

NIT second round: Liberty at Nevada, 9

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Friday's D.C./Maryland/Virginia D-I men's basketball schedule ...

NCAA first round: Virginia vs. Wright State in Philadelphia, 1:50 (TBS)

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With its victory over North Carolina, 11th-seeded VCU becomes the first program to beat both Duke and North Carolina as a double-digit seed at some point in its history.

Rams pulled an 11/6 surprise against Duke in Buffalo in 2007.

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The best part of the story about Kenny Blakeney and Howard beating N.C. Central in a noon tip and then going down the street to see Duke/Michigan at 6:30?

Howard's game was originally a 4:30 tip. Got changed so the Bison could see Blakeney's alma mater land a major victory.

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Thursday's D.C./Maryland/Virginia D-I men's basketball schedule ...

NCAA first round: Virginia Commonwealth vs. North Carolina in Greenville, S.C., 6:50 (TNT)

NCAA first round: Howard vs. Michigan in Buffalo, N.Y., 7:10 (CBS)

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Wednesday's D.C./Maryland/Virginia D-I men's basketball schedule ...

NIT first round: Navy at Wake Forest, 7 (ESPNU)
NIT first round: George Washington at Utah Valley, 8

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@qcpackfan The Q2 stuff mattered, but I think the big thing was the results-based metrics (KPI, SOR, especially WAB).

Villanova was 28-23-28 in those three. N.C. State was 33-45-43.

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Tuesday's D.C./Maryland/Virginia D-I men's basketball schedule ...

NIT first round: Liberty at George Mason, 6 (ESPN2)

NCAA tournament opening round: Howard vs. UMBC in Dayton, Ohio, 6:40 (truTV)

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Few will have ever been as thrilled to reach Dayton as these guys.

[UMBC Athletics @UMBCAthletics]

3 hour delay now…anyone got any podcast recommendations?

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@Z_P1999 Yup, the asterisk is for an autobid.

And had Oklahoma, Auburn, San Diego State and Indiana up next.

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Final projected seed list ...

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A little is scheduling (Hall 301 NCSOS, DePaul 331). More of it is just winning more games.

This may have fluctuated a little, but going into Friday, Big East teams were 7-20 in nonconference Quad 1 games.

Take UConn out, and the league was 3-19 in nonconference Quad 1 games.

[Bobby Bancroft @BobbyBancroft]

Now that all of the awesomeness of the Big East Tournament is in the rear view mirror, Val Ackerman needs to get a group text going with the 8 coaches not in the Big Dance to discuss how to schedule better. It's a major problem for a league that is leaning towards mid major.