Upsets mixing up March Madness selections
With several upsets occurring over this weekend during the conference tourneys, the NCAA Selection Committee will be working hard for the next 24 hours to choose the 65 teams participating in March Madness. While some upsets only affect the seeding, many team have likely cut themselves out of the tournament with early losses. Several teams from the Top 15, including UCLA, Texas A&M, Nevada, and Washington State.
Chauncey Billups may end up playing for the Denver Nuggets next season if things don’t work out with the Detroit Pistons. While Billups doesn’t want to put things out of proportion, he says the Nuggets are an option. Though Billups is an exceptional point guard, the team already struggles to keep Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony happy with touches.
After Iverson departed from the Philadelphia Sixers, rumors arose that Larry Brown would promote himself to another tenure as coach of his former team. After a dismal season so far, current head coach Maurice Cheeks faced the possibility of losing his job. Now, though, team president Billy King says Cheeks will be back.
Scottie Pippen’s comeback seems to be falling short. Pippen’s former coach, Phil Jackson, said the Los Angeles Lakers won’t be bringing in Pippen, and no other teams have made mention of any plans.
During a season which started out with many technicals for Rasheed Wallace as part of the “Anti-Sheed” rule, the power forward should be happy he made it this far. But now, Wallace gets a one-game suspension for every other technical foul he receives.