The Swinging Bunt The Final 4 is set! Congratulations to Michigan State, UConn, Villanova and North Carolina you’re going to the Final 4… even though no one at WNST really thought you would. In our friendly 9 person office pool only Nestor had 2 of 4, while Bob and Ray failed to pick any of the ... Read More »

Wow, what a wild, wild afternoon of incredibly dramatic local college lacrosse! #9 Maryland @ #1 Virginia, #7 Johns Hopkins @ #12 North Carolina and #15 Loyola v. #2 Syracuse were all absolute instant classics.  Fans of the Blue Jays, Terps, and Greyhounds who had a chance to attend, or see these games on TV were ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Late night hoops.  Well, that was annoying wasn’t it?  The fact that the Missouri-Memphis and Villanova-Duke games both tipped off after 10pm Eastern Time is inexcusable.  I’ll be blatantly honest with a sentiment heard from everyone still awake close to 1am last night… I don’t care AT ALL if people on the west ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Thursday Night, Must See TV!  NBC’s old ‘Must See TV’ lineup of Seinfeld, Just Shoot Me, Friends and Frazier has nothing on what CBS will be rolling out the next two nights.  Action gets underway with UConn, controversy and all, and Purdue, then  a half hour later Pitt-Xavier.  Personally, the night cap double-header ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt WE MUST PROTECT… our children?  The #1 seeded University of Maryland women’s basketball team marched onto the Sweet 16 last night with a win at Comcast Center over Utah.  Clearly, as Kevin Plank, CEO of Under Armor, would say, ‘they protected their house.’  Apparently, the on-campus home of the Terps is not the ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt That’s right, more Wieters hype.  The Fantasy Players Network’s blog ‘Josh Q. Public,’ has put out a pretty nice little list of their Major League Baseball Preseason Awards.  Their Freddy Lynn Award goes to baseball’s top offensive rookie and, of course, the recipient of this year’s honor is Matt Wieters.  Here’s their write-up, ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Sorry Gary.  Well, it was a nice ride while it lasted, huh.  Gary and his underdog Maryland squad took it hard on the chin Saturday afternoon in Kansas City with a loss to Memphis 89-70.  They needed to play their A-game and Memphis to play their C-game for this one to be a ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Maryland marches on!  Gary Williams, Greivis Vasquez, and the rest of the Terps are headed to the 2nd Round of the NCAA tournament.  That’s an amazing statement considering where this team has come from this season to get to this point.  The entire season has been one giant thrill ride, with ups and ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Barack-etology, really?  In an ESPN exclusive (weird), college hoops reporter Andy Katz got a chance to go to the White House for an interview with President Barack Obama… and the subject?  NCAA Tournament Brackets, of course.  His picks were not all that exciting… he took practically all chalk!  Aside from taking two 8’s ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Good-bye CBS, hello ESPN?  The New York Times has reported that the next year’s NCAA Tournament could be the last televised by CBS.  The parties are in the 7th of an 11-year… $6 BILLION deal.  The wild thing is that the NCAA has the option to terminate the deal after 2010 and are ... Read More »