Archive for the 'Basketball' Category

Elite Eight or Eight Elite?

The NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament is one of the most exciting sporting events in the US. Unlike the NBA playoffs, what makes the college tourney so fascinating is that every game is an elimination match. On the first 4-day weekend games are played throughout the day as the field gets whittled down from […]

Baseball is Digital, Football is Analog

In general terms, digital means that information is contained in discrete elements, with nothing in between. For example, a digital clock with an Hour:Minute display shows you the time as discrete elements of minutes. By glancing at the clock once, you cannot tell how close you are to the next minute. There is no in-between. […]

The 2007 NCAA Football Season

The 2007 college football season will begin in a couple weeks, and I am as excited as ever to see how my alma mater will stack up against the rest of the league and in the national Division I-A polls. In a couple months we will begin to hear the sportscasters calling once again for […]