Tag Archives: Basketball

Marquette chokes in the second round, and that’s OK

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Steve

Despite the Warriors being ranked number two in the East (not sure why not the Midwest which is where Milwaukee is), I was confident the number nine Michigan State Spartans had a solid chance of winning. This is the university … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Becky Hammon & the Vegas Aces!

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Steve

Way to go for everyone involved! Being a resident of Austin, we like to bask in the victory since my adopted city is considered San Antonio Spurs territory but we have a fair number of Mavericks and Rockets fans. We’re … Continue reading →

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Marquette v. UNC in round one…

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Steve

Well, we looked good on paper being the number eight team against the number nine team in the tournament’s first round. So we were right in the middle and that meant the teams were supposed to be evenly matched. Hell, … Continue reading →

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Marquette Day 2022 was pretty cool

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Steve

This year’s Marquette Day was celebrated at a place called Cover 2 along 183 up in North Austin. I had been there over a decade ago for a Stars event and the place was still a Hooters (ugh). Our opponent … Continue reading →

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RIP Curly Neal

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Steve

Sad to find out via Twitter that Curly of the Harlem Globetrotters passed away. He was definitely one of the iconic members during the peak popularity in the Seventies. Back then the Globetrotters were quite conspicuous: They first appeared on Scooby … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Becky Hammon!

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Steve

Winning a fifth NBA title wasn’t enough for the Spurs! They’ve finally helped the sport break the gender barrier by bringing aboard a lady assistant coach who was no slouch as a player herself. I was puzzled over the picture … Continue reading →

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Congrats Spurs! Suck it LeBron and Miami!

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Steve

Herb Brooks would’ve been proud since the Spurs took the smarter route on building a team that worked together, getting their re-match against the superstar model, depriving of them its three-peat. While the Heat relied heavily on James, Wade and … Continue reading →

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Marquette Day 2014 in Austin

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Steve

The annual tradition was upheld as the baton has been passed from the former local organizer Chris to Annette recently. Chris is in the process of moving to Chicago, poor guy especially with the brutal winter happening. Annette did a … Continue reading →

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