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Schadenfreude Sunday.

Mike Miller wonders if the Cult of Stephen Curry has taken over CBS. This Curry infatuation by the network looks for all the world like Pete Maravich II. I remember when they stopped my grade school in Tennessee (!) at the end of one day just so the whole school could watch Pistol Pete play on closed-circuit TV (this was just before I moved to Kentucky) shortly after CCTV had been introduced as an educational tool in schools. I believe this happened just before they let out school for the Christmas break, and the game was played around 2:00 in the afternoon. I figure it was either the UCLA game in 1969 or vs. Georgia in 1970. It seems like Maravich was constantly on TV when he was at LSU. Looks to me like Curry will be the same way.

Gopher Nation has a great post today on how to pick an NCAA tournament bracket. Very informative stuff for any college basketball fan. Check it out.

Very interesting work by Pomeroy. Via Mike Miller at Beyond the Arc.

Can you imagine what would have happened in the Big Blue Nation if Louisville had gotten the nod here? Ugly.

Our good friends at Rush the Court have done a very interesting and worthwhile analysis of the new 3-point line, and who might be the most affected by it. I think that teams who shoot a lot of 3-pointers will be the most negatively affected, generally speaking. The first two or three years, I see the 3-point percentage in the NCAA as a whole dropping around 3 points, and some teams will suffer more than others. As for UK, I think we will simply shoot fewer 3's than in recent years. We have so many options inside, and so many slashers, that taking the ball to the hoop will be the main method of scoring next year. Meeks will get his shots out there, as will Porter, and I expect most of them to be spot-up shots. Spot-up shooting is going to be the least affected by the line, in my opinion.