BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — In anticipation of the Annual Bernadette McGlade Atlantic 10 Funfest to be held this weekend at PPG Paints Arena in Da ‘Burgh, now is a good time as any to ask ourselves the question:

What the heck do we know???

— The Flyer letdown vs. GW kinda sucked, but it wasn’t totally unexpected, even to Archie. Conversely, the Red and Blue effort and the atmosphere of the VCU game was in a word electric. Here’s video documentation:

VCU Sights and Sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o6hqQOwbIo

Senior Night Highlight Film 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MsrqGgfvp0

I loved that Archie described the team’s attitude at Monday’s practice as “Cranky.”

— VCU thinks just because their colors are black and gold and that they bought a few bus stop signs that they are gonna come in and take over the town? Guess again, Rammies. It will be a sea of red there this weekend.

— Flyer fans can’t complain about the Atlantic 10 post-season awards that were handed out earlier today:

http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31600&ATCLID=211515812

Archie COY; Scooch 1st Team; Charles 2nd Team; KP 3rd Team; KD 6th Man; CC and KD on the All-Defensive squad. Congrats to all!

— Let’s win the A-10 Tourney first, but after that it wouldn’t it be sweet if USA Today’s prognostication came true — that UD is a Final Four sleeper team:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2017/03/02/ncaa-tournament-final-four-surprise-teams-march-madness/98667330/

— If you are a good Catholic boy or girl and in search for a decent fish sandwich on Friday after the game, you can’t beat the Original Oyster House in Market Square. Cash-only; zero atmosphere; great sandwich.

— Pete Thamel at Sports Illustrated is preaching to the choir when he postulates that the NCAA should reward strong mid-majors rather than mediocre Power 5 conference teams:

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/02/27/ncaa-tournament-bubble-teams

— Meanwhile, Sports on Earth thinks that all of combatants in the First Four in Dayton should be Bubble Teams:

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/217446316/ncaa-tournament-bubble-teams-first-four-dayton

I’m sure the fans in Dayton who, ya know, actually buy the tickets, would respectfully disagree.

— CBS Sports was a tad premature with their list of Seven Cinderella teams ready to strike, as I don’t see Monmouth making the Big Dance after getting bounced from their conference tournament:

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2017-ncaa-tournament-bracket-busters-seven-cinderella-teams-ready-to-strike/

— Here are the CBS and Turner announcer pairings for the upcoming NCAA tournament games:

http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2017-03-02/turner-sports-and-cbs-sports-announce-2017-ncaa-division-I

— There is another: Kostas has a younger brother Alex, who is a freshman in HS and is already turning heads:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2695855-with-unlimited-potential-alex-antetokounmpo-hype-growing-to-freakish-levels

— One thing is for certain: it is gonna be a tough task for UMass, St. Joe, Duquesne or SLU to make it all the way to the Atlantic 10 Final on Sunday. Win five games in five days? I would say their win probability is less than the .003% that the Patriots had in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl.

— Looking forward to seeing everybody in Pittsburgh this weekend!

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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