Category: The Dan Patrick Show
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
The Chicago Bulls responded from an embarrassing Game 1 performance to defeat the Brooklyn Nets, 90-82, on Monday.
Joakim Noah has been giving the Nets all sorts of trouble in the paint despite a right foot injury. Brook Lopez can attest to that. The Nets center doesn't believe his team had ...
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
The Los Angeles Lakers lost their first playoff game on Sunday. But during the game, the focus wasn't on how L.A. could stop Tony Parker or Tim Duncan. It wasn't about what the Lakers could do to eliminate their turnovers. It wasn't on the Lakers awful shooting performance. The focus ...
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Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Despite sustaining a season-ending knee injury on Feb. 12, Nerlens Noel will enter the NBA Draft. The Kentucky forward is ahead of schedule on his ACL rehabilitation and feels prepared to enter the NBA.
The 6-foot-10 freshman still has a good chance at being the No. 1 overall selection. Add another ...
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Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
There is a growing expectation that former Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib will end up being taken by the Buffalo Bills under the direction of his former head coach, Doug Marrone. Nassib is just happy to be entering the NFL draft.
The 23-year-old quarterback is rising up the draft boards and could ...
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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
For nearly 10 years, Gregg Marshall dominated at Winthrop. However, he knew his only shot to get into the NCAA tournament with Winthrop was winning the conference tournament. So he made the move to the Missouri Valley Conference and took over at Wichita State. He was hoping winning the conference ...
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Friday, March 29th, 2013
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has been on a mission for a little while now. It's clear he is going to do everything in his power to keep the Kings in Sacramento. Every time it looks like the Kings are going to move, Johnson increases his efforts and tries a new ...
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Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Brett Comer shared a backcourt with NBA rookie Austin Rivers in high school. While all the top schools were scouting Rivers, Comer went unnoticed. Rivers went to Duke. Comer went to a little-known school that was just entering Division 1 in college basketball. Florida Gulf Coast University. Now everyone knows Comer. And ...
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Thursday, March 21st, 2013
No.3 seed New Mexico takes on No.14 seed Harvard today, at 9:50 PM (ET). Steve Alford still doesn't exactly understand why the Lobos aren't a No.2 seed based on their body of work this season and strength of schedule.
Alford's team likes the underdog role and hopes to shock the world in ...
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
Michigan State is the No. 3 seed in the Midwest bracket and will take on No. 14 Valparaiso this Thursday. Tom Izzo is concerned that Valparaiso has five senior starters.
The Spartans head coach also believes his team hasn't played its collective best basketball yet this season and is poised to ...
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Monday, March 18th, 2013
Only twice since leaving Duke can I remember Hawks guard Dahntay Jones being relevant in the NBA and creating headlines. Both involved a dirty play against Kobe Bryant. The first was in the Western Conference Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers. Jones intentionally tripped Bryant as ...
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