You may click on the button at the top of the page, or click this link to “attend” the Carnival.
Thanks to all of the bloggers who sent in submissions over the past week. Although the Carnival may be smaller than most, there’s still a lot of great information inside of it.
After taking a few minutes to check out the Carnival, feel free to leave your comments and any other feedback.
In anticipation of “Make Up Your Own Holiday” Day on March 26, the one-man committee of Daily Basketball had dedicated April 3 as Draft Busts day, a time for mourning the team revitalizers that never were.
Why April 3, you ask? Look no further than Michael Olowokandi, who earned the honor despite the shortcomings of Kwame Brown and Pervis Ellison (look him up).
April 3 is an yearly opportunity to scrutinize your horrible GM who picked the “project” big man over the proven NCAA floor leader. Once a year, take the time to unnecessarily write a rude, inconsiderate note and send it to your team’s scouts. After all, your grandmother could have drafted a better player.
Draft Busts Day is not limited to just #1 picks. After all, the New York Knicks haven’t had the #1 overall since Patrick Ewing, but plenty of Knicks fans dread getting their hopes crushed year after year.
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Have an idea for another NBA holiday? Leave a comment below, or write a post about it. Daily Basketball is hosting Carnival of the NBA #55, and the deadline for submissions is March 24.
Daily Basketball is hosting a March Madness bracket challenge, hosted by Yahoo! and sponsored by WhatIfSports.
The contest is free to join, with prizes going to the top three finishers. WhatIfSports, a sports simulation site, is providing gift certificates (value at $40, $20, and $10) to first, second, and third place, respectively.
If you have a moment to check out our sponsor, WhatIfSports, you’ll find an incredibly in-depth analysis of this year’s tournament bracket. Using their simulation technology, they’ve run 10,000 simulations of the tournament to predict the most likely NCAA champion.
WhatIfSports offers severals addicting sports simulation games. Users can recruit, manage, and coach a college basketball (Hoops Dynasty), pro baseball, or football team. Users can also simulate all-time matches between sports teams. Who’s better, the 2008 Celtics or the 1986 championship team? You can predict it at WhatIfSports.
Hopefully that didn’t sound overwhelmingly like a sales pitch, but WhatIfSports is offering some pretty amazing prizes if you join our Tournament Pick’em Contest.
Visit our bracket group below to join the contest.
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Daily Basketball is hosting the Carnival of the NBA #55. Any blogger who would like to contribute a post should send at e-mail to DailyBasketball@gmail.com.
The submission deadline is this Saturday, March 22. The Carnival will be published next week, on either Monday night or Tuesday morning.
For the next three weeks, millions of dollars are lost in workplace. Not just because of lost wagers on the next NCAA champion, but because millions of people take the time to research, analyze, and speculate on the bracket. Sixty-five teams have a shot, but only one emerges as the champion.
Doc’s Sports features several pages of NCAA tournament information. They also cover the NBA, college football, baseball, and more.
The site has a printable copy of the 2008 bracket, as well as copies of the NCAA brackets from the previous five season. Every true bracketologist needs several copies of this year’s bracket to fill out, and while it’s hard to say when you’ll need a copy of the 2004 bracket, nothing about March Madness is meant to be reasonable.
Doc’s Sports also features a list of the full schedule, from the play-in game (March 18) to the championship game (April 7) — along with the location of each game.
Also included is a page with the point spreads for each game. It’s tough work to predict the upsets, but Doc’s Sports collects the spread from several sites.
If the “cutest mascot” or “favorite color” approach isn’t working for you bracket, print out a copy or two of the bracket and read over the spreads.
This post was a guest post written as a part of Carnival of the NBA #55.
Take Your NBA Player to Work Day
By Carolyn Hastings
http://blog.cleveland.com/andone
Face it; your kids don’t really want to go to your office / workplace. After five minutes, they’ll want something to eat, after 10, they’ll want a soda and after 15, you’ll wish they belonged to someone else.
This year, celebrate with the NBA and take a player to work. Your co-workers will faint, your boss will be your new best friend and your kids might even fall into line.
We here at the NBA realize not every one has access to a real live NBA player, so there are alternate suggestions:
The third Wednesday in October will never be the same again.
