The last region: The South (Soft Pretzel Logic)

The last region: The South

In Lexington

1. Ohio State vs. 16. Central Connecticut State -- Penn assistant Chris Sparks used to be an assistant there, so that got some reaction here.
8. BYU vs. 9. Xavier

In Columbus

5. Tennessee vs. 12. Long Beach State -- Drexel's out.
4. Virginia vs. 13. Albany -- That is stunning to me. I can't believe Albany was put higher than Penn, but Sean Singletary should be in the second round.

In New Orleans

2. Memphis vs. 15. North Texas
7. Nevada vs. 10. Creighton

In Lexington

3. Texas A&M vs. 14. Penn. That is about the worst matchup Penn could have received. The Aggies should be a dark horse contender to win the national championship, with Acie Law running the offense and one of the truly outstanding defenses in the country.

6. Louisville vs. 11. Stanford. Not sure the Cardinal deserved it either.

Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald on March 11, 2007 6:29 PM | Permalink

Comments (1)

Frederick Reinhardt :

Again -- another useless Penn-related comment

1) nobody cares about Chris Sparks
2) nobody knows Chris Sparks
3) nobody should care that someone they dont
know USED to be an assistant at central Conn
State

this is getting ridiculous Jonathan

-FR

Posted by Frederick Reinhardt | March 11, 2007 8:33 PM

Posted on March 11, 2007 20:33

Post a comment

Name:

Email Address:

URL:

Remember personal info?

Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)

Philly.com discussions are intended to be civil, friendly conversations. Please treat other participants with respect and in a way that you would want to be treated. You are responsible for what you say. And please, stay on topic.

These boards are monitored by Philly.com staff. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us in our sole discretion and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. Personal attacks, especially on other board participants, are not permitted. We reserve the right to permanently block any user who violates these terms and conditions.

Author

Jonathan Tannenwald is a producer with Philly.com.

I fell in love with the Big 5 at first sight upon moving to Philadelphia in 2002. At various points in my journalistic career, I've covered all six of the region's Division I teams. During that time, I've eaten many soft pretzels from the Palestra's concession stands, which is how this blog got its name.

In addition to the blog, I host and produce the Inquirer's College HoopsCast. It's a weekly podcast that features all the latest news and analysis from around local and national college basketball. Regular guests include Inquirer writers Mike Jensen, Joe Juliano and Mel Greenberg.

I also occasionally contribute to the Inquirer's women's basketball weblog, Women's Hoops Guru. If you've come here from there, this blog deals mostly with the men's side of things, though I do write about women's basketball and other sports when they fit in.

When not focusing on college hoops, I host and produce the Inquirer's PhilliesCast with Phillies beat writer Todd Zolecki, and can occasionally be found behind the camera shooting videos of the Eagles, other professional sports teams and the tiger cubs at the zoo.

One of the great things about City Series basketball, and college basketball as a whole, is its sense of community. So I want to hear from you. Post a comment or send me an email by clicking on my name above. But don't be profane, and don't post hate speech. I'm sure you'd like to take a shot at that commenter on the opposite side of a rivalry from you, or say something nasty about a team you don't like. But this blog isn't the place for it. Thanks.

About

This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on March 11, 2007 6:29 PM.

The previous post in this blog was The East region.

The next post in this blog is "That's wrong.".

Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

Soft Pretzel Logic

A blog about college sports in the Philadelphia region and across the country.