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If I can quickly divert from sports momentarily…

March 27, 2007 at 8:10pm By: D.M.B. Posted in D.M.B. Sports Report

I know I’m the sports guy but I thought I’d let everybody know about a concert in Lincoln tonight.  Tim Reynolds is playing at Knickerbockers tonight at 9pm.  If you are a guitar fan, Timmy is a must see.  He was a guest with the Dave Matthews Band for much of the late 90’s and still tours periodically with Dave in a acoustical guitar tour.  If I were in Lincoln, I’d be going but I’d be anxious to hear if anybody is going and if they do, how the show went.

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The Madness Begins…

March 15, 2007 at 5:39am By: D.M.B. Posted in D.M.B. Sports Report

The NCAA Basketball tournament begins on Thursday.

I heard it best about a week ago, no sport dominates a month like March Madness does. 

Your Final 4?  Your champion?

My picks:
Oregon winning the St. Louis Region
UCLA winning the San Jose Region
Texas winning the East Rutherford Region
Ohio St. winning the San Antonio Region

UCLA beating Oregon
Ohio St. beating Texas

UCLA winning the national title over Ohio St.

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Boys High School Basketball State Tournament Preview

March 8, 2007 at 3:55am By: D.M.B. Posted in D.M.B. Sports Report

I’m gonna pull pack the preview for Lincolnite.com because:

THERE ARE NO LINCOLN TEAMS IN THE TOURNAMENT!!!!

The last time a Lincoln team didn’t qualify for the tournament: 1932.  How does the states second biggest city not qualify one team?  You can blame the fully loaded A1 district for that.  4 Lincoln teams in that one, 3 with legit shots at qualifying but Omaha Central (defending A champs) beat LSE and LSW to take home the title.  Pius, Lutheran and Christian all had down years in Class B.

That’s how.

Class A:
Champion: Omaha Central
Runner Up: Omaha Westside
Sleeper: Norfolk

Class B:
Champion: Omaha Skutt
Runner Up: Elkhorn
Sleeper: Ralston

Class C1:
Champion: Wahoo
Runner Up: Pierce
Sleeper: GICC

Class C2:
Champion:  Louisville
Runner Up: Archbishop Bergan
Sleeper: Perkins County

Class D1:
Champion: Wauneta-Palisade
Runner Up: Loomis
Sleeper: None

Class D2:
Champion:  Spencer-Naper
Runner Up:  St. Edwards
Sleeper: Ewing

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Is something rotten in the state of Nebraska athletics?

March 1, 2007 at 6:39am By: D.M.B. Posted in D.M.B. Sports Report

Since I’m in the western part of the state I don’t get to listen to Omaha/Lincoln sports talk radio and ever since the Weird Herald stopped posting their opinion columns online in their website redesign, I don’t get to read Tom Shatel anymore (don’t worry, I’m getting by).

Well, apparently in a recent Weird Herald opinion article, Tom Shatel wrote an article entitled “NU’s Pederson builds a fortress.”

More inside.

Read more...

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Girls High School Basketball State Tournament Preview

March 1, 2007 at 1:00am By: D.M.B. Posted in D.M.B. Sports Report

Here’s a quick preview of the Girls State Basketball tournament getting underway in Lincoln on Thursday:

Defending champ Bellevue East is back in the field as a wild card and the #4 seed.  A potential second round match up with the #1 seed Omaha Westside looms.  Westside took 2 of 3 from East during the regular season and district play.  The champion will most definitely come from this side of the bracket.  Lincoln Northeast is the #2 seed with only one loss, which came to Bellevue East early in the year.  Northeast’s schedule has been very weak all year though.  Northeast is the defending runner up in Class A and it looks they’ll reprise that role in a finals loss to Westside.
Champion: Omaha Westside
Runner-up: Lincoln Northeast
Sleeper: Bellevue West

It’s not who’s in the field, it’s who isn’t.  South Sioux City will not be in the Class B field for the first time since 1993.  The decline has been haunting SSC for many years and it finally caught up to them.  This final should be a doozy, defending champion Gretna is the #3 seed and undefeated.  The #1 seed is Crete and undefeated as well.  Neither teams schedule has been very tough but both teams have been dismantling their opponents this year.  Expect a Crete/Gretna final with the Dragons repeating.
Champion: Gretna
Runner-up: Crete
Sleeper: Alliance

Class C1 is stacked this year.  Norfolk Catholic has been the tough luck loser in the past couple of years in C1.  They are the #1 seed at 22-1.  Crofton is the #2 seed and two time defending champion.  Fort Calhoun is the #3 seed and undefeated at 23-0 and the #5 seed is North Bend Central and their only loss came to Fort Calhoun in the district final.  Those 4 should move on to the semis.  I’m going to take Fort Calhoun and Norfolk Catholic in the finals with Norfolk Catholic winning it all.
Champion: Norfolk Catholic
Runner-up: Fort Calhoun
Sleeper: None

The final in C2 should be a great one.  Perkins County and Kearney Catholic have been the consensus #1 and #2 all year and should meet up in the finals.  West Point Central Catholic can’t be forgotten though as they have been in 5 straight C2 finals.  I still think it will be Perkins Co. and Kearney Catholic with Perkins County taking it all.
Champion: Perkins Co.
Runner-up: Kearney Catholic
Sleeper: None

Humphrey St. Francis is the two time defending champion and things shouldn’t change this year as they are undefeated and the #1 seed.
Champion: Humphrey St. Francis
Runner-up: Freeman
Sleeper: Wauneta/Palisade

I’ll take the #1 and #2 seed as well in the D2 finals.  Newcastle is the #1 seed and Prague is undefeated at #2.
Champion: Prague
Runner-up: Newcastle
Sleeper: McPherson County

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