Mr Matt's Sports Blog

Here are the top games this weekend for the conclusion of Judgement Week: Nasty Top 25 Matchups: 1. #11 Missouri (24-4) @ #15 Kansas (23-5)-2pm-CBS-Sunday This is a showdown for first place in the Big 12 between two of the hottest teams in the country. On Monday, Kansas went into Oklahoma and beat the Sooners who were without star Blake Griffin . Kansas has now won 12 out of their last 13 with their only loss at Missouri on February 9th. The Tigers meanwhile have won 7 straight and 11 of their last 12. The Jayhawks' Sharon Collins has scored 20 or more points in their last 3 games and his hot shooting could be the key to another Jayhawk win. If Mizzou can slow him down they have a chance to go into Lawrence and get another big win and sweep the Jayhawks this year. 2. #8 Marquette (23-5) @ #6 Louisville (22-5)-Noon-CBS-Sunday What better way to start your Sunday (for those of us who wake up at noon on the weekends, don't judge me) than to see a battle of two top ten teams in the...

H ere are my rankings going into this week: 1. Pittsburgh (25-2) 2. UConn (25-2) 3. Oklahoma (25-2) 4. Memphis (24-3) 5. UNC (24-3) 6. Louisville (21-5) 7. Duke (22-5) 8. Michigan St. (21-5) 9. Mizzou (23-4) 10. Marquette (23-4) 11. Villanova (22-5) 12. Clemson (22-4) 13. WFU (20-5) 14. Ariz. St. (21-5) 15. Kansas (22-5) 16. Purdue (21-6) 17. Gonzaga (21-5) 18. LSU (23-4) 19. Illinois (22-6) 20. Xavier (22-5) 21. UCLA (20-7) 22. Washington (20-7) 23. FSU (21-6) 24. Butler (23-4) 25. WVU (19-8) The top 22 are all in the safety zone (locks to make the NCAA tournament as an at-large), then there are 9 High Bubble Teams needing just a win or two be safe. Here the high bubble teams and their magic numbers with an explanation: FSU-1-They still have four more games and none of them are easy, but 1 win will give them 9 conference wins guarantee them a winning record in the ACC and guarantee them a spot. WVU-1-One more win puts them at 20 wins and 9 wins in Big East that along with a RPI of 13 ...

This weekend is a big weekend in college basketball as there are only 2 weeks left in the regular season and we are just 1 week from March. Selection Sunday is just 23 days away on March 15 th . So here are the big games this weekend. The top 5/6 games: 1. Arizona (18-8) @ #14 Arizona St. (20-5)-10pm-No TV-Sunday It is a shame that the best game of this great weekend in college hoops is not on TV and is late Sunday night when a lot of the country will be going to sleep. This game matches up two of the hottest teams in the country right now. Arizona has been on a roll since their comeback win over Houston (the game that had the Chase Budinger being stomped on incident). They have won 7 straight starting with that game. They have already beat Gonzaga and Kansas this year and win over ASU could virtually guarantee them an at-large bid. Arizona St. is the highest ranked team in the PAC-10 and has won 4 straight including a sweep of UCLA last week. This game has a lot of star ...

1. Boston Celtics (44-11) 2. L.A. Lakers (44-10) 3. Cleveland Cavaliers (41-11) 4. Orlando Magic (39-14) 5. S.A. Spurs (35-17) 6. Denver Nuggets (37-17) 7. Portland TBlazers (33-20) 8. Houston Rockets (33-21) 9. N.O. Hornets (32-20) 10. Utah Jazz (31-23) 11. Dallas Mavericks (32-21) 12. Atlanta Hawks (32-22) 13. Phoenix Suns (30-23) 14. Miami Heat (28-25) 15. Philadelphia 76ers (27-26) 16. Detroit Pistons (27-25) 17. Chicago Bulls (24-30) 18. N.J. Nets (24-31) 19. Indiana Pacers (22-34) 20. N.Y. Knicks (22-31) 21. Charlotte Bobcats (22-32) 22. Milwaukee Bucks (27-30) 23. Toronto Raptors (21-35) 24. G.S. Warriors (19-36) 25. Minnesota TWolves (18-35) 26. Oklahoma City Thunder (13-41) 27. Memphis Grizzlies (15-39) 28. L.A. Clippers (13-42) 29. Washington Wizards (12-42) 30. Sacramento Kings (11-44) My Tiers: (3) The Elite- Simply the best teams in the NBA right now, they look like they can not only compete for a title, but win the championship this year. BOS, LAL, CLV (3) The Division Le...

I know it's a few days past the All-Star Break but here are my All-Star Break/Just past mid-season awards: MVP: 1. LeBron James-CLV-SF- King James deserved it last year and deserves it even more this year. His team is a contender, he has gotten better and his stat line (28, 7, 7) is unbelievable. The showcases' between him and Kobe in MSG just show LeBron's overall effectiveness, what would you rather have, 50+ points and a triple-double or 60+ points? DWade is having a great year and might be more valuable to his team than LeBron, but I would have to put James ahead at this point. Barring a collapse in both his numbers and the Cavs losing, King James will get his first MVP in 08-09. 2. Dwayne Wade-MIA-SG 3. Kobe Bryant-LAL-SG 4. Dwight Howard-ORL-C 5. Chris Paul-NO-PG Rookie of the Year: 1. Derrick Rose-CHI-PG- Rose is trying to help lead his team into the playoffs while Mayo is hoping the Grizzlies can win the lottery and get Blake Griffin. Rose has better assist numbers ...

At the All-Star break and after watching all the festivities the past two nights including the Rookie Challenge, The game of Horse or Geico, the 3-point contest where Daequan Cook dominated, the Slam Dunk Contest, and hearing Kenny Smith talk trash about everyone on the planet. I have decided to make my Rookie/Sophomore Rankings for this year. The Rookies: 1. Derrick Rose-CHI-PG (17, 6.3)- I know that Mayo is a better scorer but Rose is the PG of a young team that is still in the playoff hunt. Mayo right now is the front runner for the ROY (rookie of the year), but if Rose can some how lead the Bulls into the playoffs I don't know how you could not put him in as the top rookie this year. 2. O.J. Mayo-MEM-SG (19.3, 4rpg)- The man can score and is the biggest ray of hope in for the Grizz right now. If he continues this and finishes with over 20ppg and Rose does not lead the Bulls into the postseason then Mayo will likely win ROY. 3. Russel Westbrook-OKC-PG (15, 4.9apg, 4.7rpg)- He ke...

Here are my rankings along with record in ( ) and RPI according to http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html 1. UConn (22-1)-4 2. Oklahoma (23-1)-3 3. UNC (21-2)-6 4. Pittsburgh (21-2)-2 5. Duke (20-3)-1 6. Louisville (18-4)-11 7. Clemson (19-3)-8 8. WFU (18-3)-14 9. Michigan St. (19-4) - 7 10. Memphis (20-3)-9 11. UCLA (19-4)-26 12. Xavier (20-3)-5 13. Marquette (20-3)-24 14. Villanova (19-4)-12 15. Butler (21-2)-10 16. Kansas (19-4)-16 17. Ariz. St. (18-5)-39 18. Mizzou (20-4)-22 19. Gonzaga (17-5)-38 20. Syracuse (18-6)-23 21. Illinois (19-5)-15 22. Ohio St. (17-5)-20 23. LSU (19-4)-52 24. Pudue (17-6)-36 25. Utah St. (23-1)-35 25(tie). WVU (16-7)-17 Just on the outside: Washington (17-6)-18 California (18-6)-29 Florida (19-4)-30 Texas (15-7)-45 Dayton (21-3)-33 Minnesota (18-5)-25 FSU (18-5)-19 Utah (16-7)-12 My NCAA Tournament S-Curve for Top 8 Seeds The sites are: Regionals: East-Boston (host-Boston College) South-Memphis (host-Memphis) MW-Indianapolis (host-Butl...

Before I get to my NBA player tiers let me add my Top 100 Honorable Mention List: Ray Felton-CHR-PG-24 Eric Gordon-LAC-SG-20 Kelenna Azubuike-GS-SF-25 Kenyon Martin-DEN-PF-31 Nate Robinson-NY-CG-24 Travis Outlaw-POR-SF-24 Jermaine O'Neal-TOR-C-30 Drew Gooden-CHI-PF-27 Marvin Williams-ATL-SF-22 Ronnie Brewer-Utah-SG-23 Andrea Bargnani-TOR-PF-23 Yi Jianlian-NJ-PF-21 Roger Mason-SA-F/G-28 James Posey-NO-SF-32 Marc Gasol-MEM-C-24 Chris Duhon-NY-PG-26 Kevin Love-MIN-F/C-20 Other players who would surely be in the top 50/100 if not for season injuries Gilbert Arenas-WAS-CG-27-has not played at all this year (knee surgery) Michael Redd-MIL-SG-29-only played in 33 games before season ending knee surgery Monta Ellis-GS-CG-23-just came back from high ankle injury suffered in off-season on a mo-ped Here are the tiers of the NBA's best players: (3)-The 3 best players in the world- LeBron, Kobe, DWade (5)-Absolute Superstars- Dwight, CP3, KG, Amare, Tim Duncan (6)-Next Level Stars-Just a no...

I just found out that #8 Marquette lost at USF. That is Marquette's first lost in Big East play. I told you I wasn't sold on Marquette as a contender. This just continues a week of upsets of highly ranked teams. Duke and Wake Forest both were blown out by 27 on Wednesday. #5 Louisville lost to #1 UConn, plus number #11 Butler and #12 Purdue lost this week as well. So five of the teams ranked 4-12 have lost this week. With this there are some teams that can move up pretty high in the rankings with key wins on Saturday. Here are the ten games to see this weekend. Major Mid-Major S howdown In Spokane: 1) #14 Memphis @ #18 Gonzaga-9pm-ESPN-Saturday Even though Xavier and Butler are ranked higher, these are the two most talented teams from non "BCS" conferences. Both are undefeated in their conference and could stay undefeated throughout the season. They both have won at Tennessee recently as well. There will be a great match ups both down low and on the perimet...

Here are players 51-100 with name-team-position-age-but sorry no stats 51. Carlos Boozer (INJ.-34)-Utah-PF-27 52. Hedo Turkoglu-ORL-SF-29 53. Mehmet Okur-Utah-C-29 54. Josh Howard-DAL-SF-28 55. Andre Miller-PHL-PG-32 56. Al Harrington-NY-PF-28 57. Nene Hilario-DEN-C-26 58. John Salmons-SAC-SF-29 59. Manu Ginobili-SA-SG-31 60. Baron Davis (INJ.-14)-LAC-PG-29 61. Jamal Crawford-GS-PG-28 62. Gerald Wallace-CHR-SF-26 63. Ron Artest (INJ.-13)-HOU-SF-29 64. Andrew Bynum-LAL-C-20 65. Tracy McGrady (INJ.-17)-HOU-SG-29 66. Andrew Bogut (INJ.-16)-MIL-C-24 67. Paul Millsap-Utah-PF-23 68. Elton Brand (INJ.-18)-PHL-PF-29 69. Cory Maggette (INJ.-19)-GS-SG-29 70. Marcus Camby-LAC-C-34 71. Mike Bibby-ATL-PG-30 72. Charlie Villanueva-MIL-PF-24 73. Shawn Marion (INJ.-10)-MIA-SF-30 74. Tayshaun Prince-DET-SF-28 75. Jason Kidd-DAL-PG-35 76. Randy Foye-MIN-PG-25 77. Russell Westbrook-OKC-PG-20 78. Jason Richardson-PHO-SG-28 79. Jose Calderon-TOR-PG-27 80. Boris Diaw-CHR-PF-26 81. Andris Biedrins-GS-C-22 82...