Basketball

[Meanwood Villa]

The Warriors win the championship. Cleveland's wait goes on.

[UK Redsox]

The Warriors win the championship. Cleveland's wait goes on.

I was in Cleveland on the night of game 4. Tried all I could to get a ticket but couldn't find a work around for the restrictive ID requirements of the ticket resale system. The touts were also using the same system, so I couldn't even buy on on the street.

I watched the game in a bar close to the arena with a mate of mine and a Warriors fan who'd flown up from Atlanta but whose ticket had fallen through. The atmosphere was great.

Another friend, who's a Warriors fan, was in the arena and she gave me the freebie Cavs t-shirt that was on each seat.

[UK Redsox]

Golden State become the first team to start a NBA season with 16 straight wins

http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400828101

[UK Redsox]

76ers are 0-16 to start the season

It also looks like the Kobe might just be fading away as an NBA player

[UK Redsox]

Kobe has announced that he's retiring at the end of the season

[UK Redsox]

15 seed Middle Tennessee beat 2 seed Michigan State is what some are calling the biggest upset in NCAA tournament history

[UK Redsox]

Another upset, this time on an incredible last second half-court shot

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/northern-iowa-advances-on-half-court-buzzer-beater-1765866579

[Comrade Blitz]

Gonzaga and Syracuse battling tonight to be the only seed higher than 7 to make it to the Elite Eight this year. The South and West are all set:

South: 1 Kansas v 2 Villanova
West: 1 Oregon v 2 Oklahoma

(boring)

Still to play:
East: 1 UNC v 5 Indiana
          6 ND v 7 Wisconsin

Midwest: 1 Virginia v 4 Iowa St
               11 Gonzaga v 10 Syracuse

Rarer still is a double-digit seed making the Final Four. The highest seed to ever win the championship was my alma mater, Villanova (#8) in 1985.

Lots of great stats here:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/ncaa-tournament/history/finalfourseeds

[Meanwood Villa]

The Warriors are closing in on history. Need to win five out of last seven to set new wins record. Two of their last four are against the Spurs who any other season would be the best team.

EDIT-just realised they actually lost last night. At home too. So five out of the last six needed.

[UK Redsox]

First loss at home this season

[UK Redsox]

Villa(nova) are champions of NCAA Men's Basketball on a buzzer-beating three-pointer

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/villanova-wins-national-championship-on-buzzer-beater-1769043986

[Comrade Blitz]

Villa(nova) are champions of NCAA Men's Basketball on a buzzer-beating three-pointer

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/villanova-wins-national-championship-on-buzzer-beater-1769043986

My alma mater. It is nice to be on the winning side for a change. 

[Meanwood Villa]

The record is on. Looked like they'd blown it by losing to the Timberwolves but have rattled off three victories since including the Spurs twice, including once at their place where they haven't lost all season.

[UK Redsox]

Wardell the Younger is a bit good at this basketball lark.

When he was coming out of college it looked like Steph would be a pretty good sixth man (shooter off the bench) but would get an extended look based on who his dad was.

Now Curry's a NBA all-time great, possible the greatest shooter in the game's history.

However......he still doesn't pronounce his middle name correctly 

[UK Redsox]

The Warriors go for a record breaking 73rd win tonight.

Elsewhere in the league, Kobe Bryant plays his last game