Sweden
Slovenia—————– Sweden
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Russia
Finland—————— Russia
Russia
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Canada
Canada
Latvia———————- Canada
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United States———— United States
Czech Republic
In one months time it will be selection sunday he are some early predictions.
WAY TOO EARLY CHAMPION: Syracuse
WAY TOO EARLY SLEEPER: Iowa State
WAY TOO EARLY MID-MAJOR THAT COULD MAKE A RUN: Creighton
by crazysportsdude.com
Let’s start, 1st possession and James Harden makes a bad pass, Lebron steals it, takes it coast to coast and slams down a dunk! 17-9 East now and Steph Curry throws the inbounds alley-oop and KD slams down a 2-handed tomahawk slam! Then Melo throws the oop to Lebron who goes up and does a reverse windmill dunk! Arguably the best dunk of the weekend including the dunk contest! Blake Griffin went off in this game! Steph Curry throws up the pass and Griffin slams down the 2-handed jam! East up 5 now and Chris Paul with the lob and Griffin with the slam!Then Kyrie drives and puts in the trick shot layup! East up 1 and Melo knocks down the 3! The East go on to win 163-155!
EAST KEY PLAYERS
——————–PTS
Kyrie Irving 31 14-17 FG, 14 Aat
Carmelo Anthony 30 8-13 3-pt FG, 5 Reb
Lebron James 22 7 Reb, 7 Ast
Paul George 18 5 Reb, 5 Ast
EAST STATS
FG Pct: 60.9
3-pt FG: 14-44
FT: 9-9
Rebounds 47
WEST KEY PLAYERS
————–PTS
Kevin Durant 38 10 Reb, 6 Ast
Blake Griffin 38 19-23 FG, 6 Reb
Kevin Love 13 9 Reb
Chris Paul 11 13 Ast, 3 Stl
WEST STATS
FG Pct: 51.2
3-pt FG: 16-56
FT: 9-12
Rebounds: 54
Let’s start out with 6 words everyone can agree on: The new Dunk Contest format sucks.
It does!, I for one absolutely hate it, it takes all the fun out of it because there is no 1 official winner! No championship round or anything like that, PLEASE GO BACK TO THE OLD FORMAT! But anyway here we go!
Basically it’s east versus west not every man for himself.
Teams
East- Paul George, Terrance Ross, John Wall
West- Harrison Barnes, Ben McLemore, Damian Lillard
FREESTYLE ROUND (90 seconds per conference)
GOOD DUNKS (EAST)
Let’s start with John Wall throwing the alley-oop pass to Paul George who does a sick windmill! Then the East go double-oop, Ross throws it off the glass who throws it off the shot clock to George who goes up and does a hard one handed tomahawk slam!
GOOD DUNKS (WEST)
Let’s start with Ben McLemore doing a little self-oop and throwing down the tomahawk jam! Then arguably the best dunk of the Freestyle round went to Damian Lillard who throws a self-oop then goes between the legs and finishes with the jam! Then McLemore does a self oop but this time finishes with a windmill!
THE EAST WON THE FREESTYLE ROUND.
Note: The freestyle round only matters in the sense that you can pick which order you dunk in in the battle round
BATTLE ROUND (3 1v1 competitions)
Lillard vs Ross
Ross won this round easily when he took the ball from Drake (rapper) and went between the legs! East 1 West 0
Barnes vs George
After Barnes did what was probably the worst dunk of the night George did possibly the best he went from the corner and did a 360 between-the-legs JAM! East 2 West 0
McLemore vs Wall
Let’s start with McLemore’s slam. He had Shaq sit down in a throne then McLemore jumped over the throne and stuffed the one-handed jam! Can Wall top that to give the East the win or do we go to OT (you need 3 to win) Wall has the Wizards mascot (G-Man) hold the ball over his head, Wall jumps over G-Man takes the ball and does a reverse slam, remember all over the mascot! The judges converse and come out and give Wall the win! The East sweep it! East 3, West 0
Dunker of the Night: John Wall
STATS USED TO FORM WATCH FROM TEAMRANKINGS.COM! KUDOS TO THEM!
BIG TEN
LOCK
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Ohio State
BUBBLE
Minnesota
ACC
LOCK
Syracuse
Duke
Virginia
NEAR LOCK
Pittsburgh
North Carolina
BIG 12
LOCK
Kansas
Iowa State
Texas
NEAR LOCK
Kansas State
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
BUBBLE
West Virginia
American
LOCK
Louisville
Cincinnati
Connecticut
NEAR LOCK
Memphis
SMU
PAC-12
LOCK
Arizona
UCLA
NEAR LOCK
Arizona State
BUBBLE
Stanford
Colorado
Oregon
Big East
LOCK
Villanova
Creighton
BUBBLE
Xavier
Georgetown
St. Johns
Providence
SEC
LOCK
Florida
Kentucky
BUBBLE
Tennessee
Missouri
Atlantic 10
LOCK
Saint Louis
VCU
NEAR LOCK
George Washington
BUBBLE
UMass
Richmond
MWC
LOCK
San Diego State
New Mexico
WCC
LOCK
Gonzaga
BUBBLE
BYU
Saint Mary’s
MVC
LOCK
Wichita State
THE REST
LOCKS TO WIN CONFERENCE
Southern Miss
Harvard
Toledo
Mercer
2 Arizona 23-1 at Arizona State 18-6
Time for the duel in the desert! Let’s begin Arizona up 2 and Nick Johnson slams down a dunk! Zona up 4! Then Bearcats up 1 but the Sun Devils’ Jermaine Marshall fakes and then goes up and make the shot off the glass and State takes the lead in Tempe! Then Jahii Carson makes the contact shot for the Devils! Then Carson, step back…GOOD! But Zona comes back, Aaron Gordon makes a hook shot and the free throw and the lead is down to 1 possession! Less than a minute left, Devils up 2 but the Cat’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson gets a steal passes it up to Nick Johnson who throws it up to TJ McConnell who puts it in for the cats! BEARDOWN! WE ARE GOING TO OVERTIME TIED AT 51! OT1: McConnell drives, pulls up takes a shot from the elbow…good! Zona takes the lead! But State comes right back, Jordan Bachynski does an up and under and we are tied!OT2: We are tied at 59 now and McConnell makes a floater! The Bearcats take the lead! State can’t stop them!Aaron Gordon is too fast he goes in and makes the layup! State is a bubble team, they NEED this win and down 3 and Jermaine Marshall delivered! He makes the three and we are tied! 15 ticks left and Bearcats up 1 then Marshall drives and makes a trick shot and State takes the lead! Then McConnell’s shot is blocked by Arizona State’s Jordan Bachynski Jahii Carson catches the block and takes it all the way and slams it down! .7 seconds left and Arizona gets a shot off but it clanks off the rim no good. State wins 69-66!
KEY PLAYER (ARIZONA): TJ McConnell: 17 Pts, 5 Reb
KEY PLAYER (ARIZONA STATE): Jermaine Marshall: 29 Pts, 5 Reb
FRIDAY
SPRINT ALL-STAR NBA CELEBRITY GAME- Eastern Conference
BBVA COMPASS RISING STARS CHALLENGE- Team Webber
SATURDAY
NBA D-LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME- Prospects
BOOST MOBILE DREAM FACTORY
3-Point Contest- EJ Singler
Dunk Contest- Tony Mitchell
SEARS SHOOING STARS- Western Conference Team 1 (Stephen Curry, Dell Curry, Becky Hammon)
TACO BELL SKILLS CHALLENGE- Western Conference Team 1 (Trey Burke, Damian Lillard)
FOOT LOCKER THREE-POINT CONTEST- Western Conference, Stephen Curry
SPRITE SLAM DUNK CONTEST- Eastern Conference, John Wall
SUNDAY
NBA ALL-STAR GAME- Western Conference
Thunder 42-12 at Lakers 18-34
Kevin Durant come in to the game averaging over 31 points a game and he starts out here with a turnaround fadeaway…GOOD! Then KD throws down a slam off the alley-oop!4th quarter, Lakers up 13 but Durant drains a trifecta and that cuts the lead to 10! LA up 3 now but former Laker Derek Fisher now plays for the Thunder and he makes a three from the corner and we are tied! Then Durant drives and lays it in and the Thunder take the lead! Just seconds later, Durant from the bunousphere…YES! Then Durant with a hand in his face…NOT A PROBLEM! Then 35 seconds left, Thunder up 3 and the big man for the Lakers, Chris Kaman spins and lays it off the glass for the score and the foul, the free throw to tie it and send it to OT…NO! THUNDER WIN 107-103!
KEY PLAYER (THUNDER):Kevin Durant: 43 Pts, 12 Reb, 7 Ast
KEY PLAYER (LAKERS): Kendall Marshall: 14 Pts, 7 Reb, 17 Ast
No. 20 Memphis 19-5 (8-3)
at No. 24 UConn 19-5 (7-4)
Sat. Noon ESPN
PICK
No. 17 Virginia 20-5 (11-1)
at Clemson 15-8 (6-5)
Sat. Noon ESPN2
PICK
No. 25 Pitt 20-5 (8-4)
at North Carolina 16-7 (6-4)
Sat. 1 p.m. CBS
PICK
VCU 20-5 (8-2)
at No. 12 Saint Louis 22-2 (9-0)
Sat. 2 p.m. ESPN
PICK
Tennessee 15-9 (6-5)
at Missouri 17-7 (5-6)
Sat. 4 p.m. ESPN2
PICK
West Virginia 15-10 (7-5)
at No. 19 Texas 19-5 (8-3)
Sat. 8 p.m. LHN
PICK
No. 22 Ohio State 19-6 (6-6)
at Illinois 14-11 (3-9)
Sat. 8 p.m. BTN
PICK
No. 3 Florida 22-2 (11-0)
at No. 14 Kentucky 19-5 (9-2)
Sat. 9 p.m. ESPN
PICK
No. 21 Wisconsin 20-5 (7-5)
at No. 15 Michigan 18-6 (10-2)
Sun. 1 p.m. CBS
PICK
No. 6 Villanova 22-2 (10-1)
at No. 18 Creighton 20-4 (10-2)
Sun. 5:07 p.m. FOXS1
PICK
Recently I was fortunate enough to participate in an event called step up to the plate in Charlottesville with the preseason #1 Virginia Baseball team with guest speaker John Farrell and something that Farrell said repeatedly was that it wasn’t one guy. And that is true, the Red Sox had multiple guys contributing game in and game out, and you need that. Another thing was the lockerroom chemistry if all your guys enjoy playing with eachother and no one is full of himself things go a LOT smoother because you have less off the field distractions. The 3rd piece Farrell said was that the team had the confidence that even though they wern’t the most talented team they put in the work and became the best team in the MLB. Now with the moment of the night, the best story he told. The story begins with some Red Sox players in a cab and the cabbie is going really fast and Dustin Pedroia put’s his hand on the cabbie and says, slow down, do you know who’s in this car? And the cabbie’s like no I have no idea who you are and Pedroia says this is your 2013 World Series champion Boston Redsox! By the way this was in April, the World Series is in October, 6 months away. Either Pedroia can see the future or he and his team have enourmos amounts of confidence. Confidence is key to winning a title.
NOTE: These were not Farrells EXACT words