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After all, it's free!

College basketball has officially reached postseason play.  We're in the middle of Championship Week, and that leads to a big question.  What wins championships?

Many things can lead a team to victory.  We saw Montana ride a single stand-out performance by Anthony Johnson to win their conference tournament on Wednesday night.  Coaching decisions are rumored to win and lose games for teams in tournament play.  Match ups are always talked about when you're facing a lose-and-go-home situation.  Talent, defense, and free throw shooting all make the list of things that will be talked about heavily in the next two weeks.

For my money, if you want to win basketball games in postseason play, give me possessions.  Talent and coaching ability can override possessions.  A free throw shooting differential can win a tight game.  But when it comes down to who wins ball games - and we don't have to exclude this talk to basketball - possessions are what matters.

This leads to a secondary question.  How exactly does a team come by (or lose) possessions in a game.  A very simplistic way to look at basketball is to consider a gain in possession as doing two things, offensive rebounding and stealing the ball from the opponent.  Alternatively, losing a possession would require a team to turn the ball over.  So how do some of the teams in the NCAA basketball rate on valuing the basketball?  Let's look at a couple of our homer teams, the number one team in the nation, a team that has been ranked in the top ten all year, and a team that has struggled throughout the year.

You wouldn't think it, but we get hundreds (if not thousands) of emails a week from StadiumDrives.com readers. Some of them tell us how great we are, others how bad we are. Often, we'll get tips of stories. Sometimes, sites will even let us know that they stole our work, it was a hit on their site and thank us. Others just write in for advice or have questions about their life. I decided to give the old inbox a cleaning again and pick out some of the best (and worst) emails.* If you can't decipher our e-mail address from the sidebar and would like to send something in, send it via Twitter to @JoshCohron.

Really? I mean... seriously... really??? - (Name withheld) (Location unimportant)

The latest in a long line of girls I've pissed off that write in to the inbox. But, I deserved that one. I really did.

What if college basketball worked like college football and there was a BCS Championship Game? - N. Saban, Alabama

This is one of the stupidest questions that has ever come through the inbox. But, seeing as Kentucky would be playing in it this year, I'll say it's a great idea... for 2010 only. Plus, it's a better idea than expanding the tourney.

This mailbag you do is the best thing this site has going. We also really like that FWP thing on Fridays. - Multiple readers

Thank you, thank you. You all are far too kind. Maybe I can get a raise. What is a 10% raise on nothing?

I would like to know who @JoshCohronthinks will win the NL East this year??? via SD or Twitter. Tryin to catch you before your 7pm bedtime. - @NickGrubb88 (via Twitter! An actual question!!!) 

Wow, an actual question from an actual reader. I am so honored, I'm going to give you my picks for  every division and even give you a World Series Champion. It's only March. That's just the kind of stand-up guy I am.

NL Division Winners: Phillies, Cardinals, Dodgers; Wildcard: Braves

NL Championship Series: Phillies over Dodgers

AL Division Winners: Yankees, Twins, Angels; Wildcard: Red Sox

NL Championship Series: Yankees over Twins

World Series: Yankees over Phillies

What's that? That's almost exactly how things played out last season? Well, get ready for another season exactly like 2009. The Yankees did nothing to make anyone think they can't repeat. If anything, they got better and younger by getting rid of Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui and adding Curtis Granderson. The Phillies got better by bringing in Roy Halladay, and Cole Hamels should return to his 2008 form. If you don't like the Yankees winning, write your local Congressman (or GM) and tell them about it.

Also, if you are a fan of the Cubs or Mariners: Grow up. These teams have been awful for years. This isn't, "Your year!!!" Losing breeds losing.

Click Read More or I'll make you watch a spring training game between the Marlins and the Royals.

FWP (Fearless Weekend Predictions) is a (hopefully) weekly post that we used to run at our old site every Friday after college football season. It gives one of your favorite StadiumDrives writers a chance to look into the crystal ball, or the bottom of a beer bottle, to see what the forthcoming weekend holds. It's also another post that will utilize the efficiency of bullet points. As always, please take all picks as novelty and do not gamble your rent check on them, unless you feel really strongly about a certain one.

Everyone has seen it by now. Brittney Griner, a basketball player for Baylor, took a swing at an opposing player for Texas Tech the other night. The punch led PTI, Around the Horn and SportsCenter last night. People are up in arms about it. It's a big story. The #1 freshman (freshwoman?) in the country did her best Laila Ali (the only female boxer I can think of off the top of my head) on the basketball court the other night, so it's a juicy story. Can you think of another incident from women's basketball this interesting all year? Of course you can't. The sport is being dominated by one team and is incredibly boring. I am not one for violence, but women's basketball needed something like this to happen. People are actually talking about women's basketball! That doesn't happen! Should Griner be suspended? Of course she should. The two game suspension she's already been handed is plenty, though. Griner's actions shouldn't be condoned by any stretch, but the NCAA shouldn't condemn her forever either. She put women's basketball, albeit briefly, in the national media landscape. And that is not an easy thing to do.

Now that I've pissed everyone off, let's take a look at what the weekend has in store...

• Patrick Patterson will play his last game at Rupp Arena. Patterson gets a lot of credit for sticking around this year, and probably deserves more. After two tumultuous years with Billy Gillispie, he could have bolted for the NBA and the millions of dollars it offers. Patterson saw the talent coming in to Kentucky with Coach Calipari and decided to stay. Even when he has been overshadowed by UK's heralded freshmen John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins this season, Patterson kept playing hard. It would have been easy for him to give up, but he wants to win. Even if his stats aren't what they were last year, he is the rock and leader of this UK team. And for you morons that don't think he should be involved in Senior Day festivities, he's going to graduate in May. Don't you have to be a senior if you're about to graduate? Yes, yes you do.
• NFL teams will start making stupid decisions. It feels like the Super Bowl just ended, but football talk is on the forefront again. Free agency started at midnight and already teams are paying too much money for mediocre players. The Lions signed Nate Burleson to a $25 million dollar contract! Then again, they are the Detroit Lions. And, Nate Burleson is a wide receiver. Did Matt Millen somehow sneak back in their front office?
• Spring training games will get into full swing. Games in Arizona and Floalskndvciopnpqiu h84 . Sorry, I fell asleep at the keyboard just talking about spring training baseball.
• North Carolina, Purdue and Tennessee will all lose on the road. I'm sure I won't be getting a gift basket from Bru, Gage or Grubby for those picks. Carolina and its starting five of all PFs won't be able to handle the emotion of Cameron Indoor, especially when the Duke nerds realize this is their last chance this semester to be out past 10PM. Purdue is a team reeling after the loss of Robbie Hummel and plays a Penn State team that almost came back to beat Michigan State last night. Tennessee travels to Starkville and has to play a Mississippi State team that desperately needs a win after losing on Wednesday night to Auburn. Plus, it will be Jarvis Varna(r)do's last regular season game after 12 years of eligibility.
• People will watch the Oscars? Do people watch the Oscars? I sure as hell don't. Of course, the Oscars give out awards to movies from the last year. The last movie I saw in a theater was Burn After Reading in September of 2008. It was a hell of a movie. I'm not going back to the movies unless it's with some hot girl, someone like Maggie Gyllenhaal (nominated as Best Supporting Actress for Crazy Heart). Without seeing any of the movies, I'll pick Up in the Air as Best Picture, Jeff Bridges as Best Actor and that weird looking woman from Preciousas Best Actress. Also, Maggie Gyllenhaal, call me if you need a date on Sunday night.
• Florida will not get the win it needs to ensure an NCAA Tournament berth. Florida is struggling right now. They've lost two in a row coming into Sunday's game against the Cats. At 20-10, they are squarely on the bubble. A win over UK would guarantee them a spot, but that won't happen. They will likely need to win a game or two in the SEC Tournament to get into the Big Dance. If they lose in the first round of the SEC, it would be tough for the NCAA Committee to take a team that has lost four in a row. I expect UK to come out a little flat after the emotion of Senior Day, but they should have no problem with the Gators in the second half. What the hell, UK 89 Florida 75.

Kentucky moved to 28-2 on the season after their win on the road at Georgia on Wednesday.  That brings their winning percentage to 93.3% on the year, or 0.933 as it looks in the standings.  The question is, can UK reach the mythical 0.900 in the standings at the end of the year?

In the last 10 seasons (counting 2010) only one team has won the national championship and finished with a win percentage greater than 90%.  That was the phenomenal 2008 Kansas team that won 92.5% of their games.  Every other national champion since 2000 has had a win percentage of greater than 82%.  Michigan State in 2000 drags up that field at 82.1%, which again shows how dangerous Thomas Izzo is in tournament play.

What does Kentucky have to do to finish the season above nine hundred?  Well, it depends greatly on their SEC tournament run.  Oh, and that little contest on Sunday against Florida. 

Situation 1:  Loss to Florida on Sunday.  If UK loses to Florida on Sunday in Ruppthey will drop to 28-3 on the season.  To win 90% of their games on for the year they would need to go at least 36-4.  That would mean they would need to go to the championship game of the SEC tournament, lose, and then win the NCAA tournament.  Alternatively, they could win the SEC tournament and go to the NCAA tournament final and lose and still end with a 36-4 record.  I'm sure Cats fans everywhere would trade a chance at their 937th SEC tourney championship for an 8th ring.  Either way, a loss to Florida at home on Sunday would require a run to both tournament championships to achieve a 90% win percentage on the year.

Situations 2:  Win vs. Florida in last regular season game.  This is where it gets interesting.  Beating Florida on Sunday puts UK at 29-2 on the season.  They still need to get to the 36-4 point to get past the 90% win percentage on the year.  That allows them to still lose in the SEC tournament and the NCAA tournament.  They'd need 7 wins split between the two tournaments to get to this level.  If they won out in the SEC tournament, they wouldn't even have to make the Final Four to finish at 90% for the year.  An Elite Eight would accomplish that. 

If UK were to win out the national championship, they could lose in the first round of the SEC tournament and still end up 35-3.  This would give them a 92.1% win percentage on the year.

The bottom line is the 2010 Kentucky basketball team has put themselves in a unique position to finish the year with a line of greater than 0.900 in the results column.  Kansas also shares this position, as they look to repeat their success of two years ago.  The bottom line is that either of these teams could win it all and be one of the best teams to play in the last decade.  A conference tournament win is not a requirement for either team to be amongst the upper echelon in win percentage, but as everyone knows, you have to win it all to be considered amongst the best in history.  Here's to hoping Kentucky can just put together a late season 10 game win streak.  If not, it'll still be one Hell of a season.

You wouldn't think it, but we get hundreds (if not thousands) of emails a week from StadiumDrives.com readers. Some of them tell us how great we are, others how bad we are. Often, we'll get tips of stories. Sometimes, sites will even let us know that they stole our work, it was a hit on their site and thank us. Others just write in for advice or have questions about their life. I decided to give the old inbox a cleaning again and pick out some of the best (and worst) emails.* If you can't decipher our e-mail address from the sidebar and would like to send something in, send it via Twitter to @JoshCohron.

We "dated" if you want to call it that in middle school and you want to rekindle the "romance" we had back then. I'm deleting you as a Facebook friend, please don't contact me ever again. - (Name Withheld) (Location Doesn't Matter)

I'm not going to lie, that one hurt.

I saw on your Twitter feed that someone used an emoticon (you know, a smiley face). I wasn't aware that any 13 year-old girls wrote for the site. - (Multiple readers)

I know most of Gage's writing about Purdue sounds like a 13 year-old's love note, but there aren't actually any 13 year-old writers for the site (We are accepting applications!). I understand how you all could have made the mistake, though. A male using an emoticon is pretty much unforgivable. It's almost up there with a male typing out, "LOL." For the record, that is a shared Twitter account and I WAS NOT the one who typed out the emoticon. Believe me.

Do you think there is any chance that LeBron and Dwyane Wade end up on the same team next year? - Johnny G, Lexington, KY

A slim chance? Yes. Is it likely? No. Honestly, I think there is almost no chance that Wade leaves Miami. Why would he? To get away from all the hot models on South Beach? I don't think so. Also, Florida has no state tax. That is a really big deal when you're talking about the kind of money that professional athletes make.

LeBron is the guy who keeps me guessing. I could see him playing in Cleveland, Chicago, New York, New Jersey or Los Angeles (for the Clippers) next year. None of those would surprise me. I think the likeliest scenario is that he signs another two or three year deal in Cleveland, then evaluates in a couple years where he wants to go.

Gene Wojciechowski, of ESPN.com, wrote an article last week detailing something that Brubaker and I (and every other NBA fan in the world) had been talking about for over a year: Would Bosh, Wade and LeBron all take a salary cut to play somewhere together? Possibly, but only if they told all their sponsors that they needed a LOT more money. And, the sponsors would have to come through with the extra cash. I'm still not sure how any of them could justify leaving that much salary money on the table. They can only play for so long, they need to make as much as possible while they're still young.

Click Read More or LeBron will go play in Italy next year.

Yes, friends, it's back.  The slap of the mitt.  The crack of the bat.  Expensive beer and moist hot dogs.  Baseball competition starts today! What better way to kick if off than in the epic words of Ernie Harwell all those many years:

Everyone's team is undefeated for the next month, so enjoy it (I'm looking at you, Pittsburgh).  MLB.tv offers 150 spring training games and I'll be watching them all... if they ever supply us with a schedule.

God, I love this game.

Oh, and here's a pretty funny commercial for 2K10.

The University of Kentucky Bat Cats are off to another hot start in 2010.  UK is currently 6-0 on the season with wins over Virginia Tech, West Virginia, and Coastal Carolina to go along with a sweep of Bowling Green.

Keenan Wiley, Chris Bisson, and Chad Wright lead the Cats at the plate.  Each has over a .350 batting average, 5 RBI, and a home run.  Wiley is also slugging over .700 with a mammoth OPS of 1.206 in the early going.  Taylor Rogers and Alex Meyer are both 2-0 on the mound this season.  Rogers has an anemic 0.66 ERA over 13.2 innings.  Meyer has a strong 14/4 strikeout to walk ratio and has given up the lone home run against Kentucky pitching this year.

Kentucky hosts Morehead State Tuesday before taking a West Coast swing.  The Cats will play San Diego State, San Diego, and Monmouth in San Diego this weekend.  They'll have three series at home before starting conference play in mid March.  That's when the real schedule starts and when everyone will see if this team has the talent to make a run in the postseason.

Image courtesy ukathletics.com

March Madness is upon us.  There is a daily buzz about teams that are on the bubble, teams that are a lock for the tournament, and teams that will have to win their conference championship to have a prayer at making the tournament (see North Carolina).  As we roll closer to tourney time, talk will start up about how many teams each conference will send to the Big Dance. 

Every year there are conferences that send over half their league to the tournament.  The Big East will likely send at least that many this year.  On the other side of the coin, there is always a conference that drags up the rear.  These dogs usually put three or four teams in, with those last couple being questionable choices.

You have to look far out to the West Coast to find this year's dog.  The Pac-10 conference has been terrible this year.  Quick, think of how many times you've heard the Pac-10 mentioned on national TV this year.  I'm guessing Game Day was the only time.  That's how awful the Pac-10 has been this year.

You can tell how good (or bad) a conference is by looking at their overall record in games played out of conference.  For example, the Big East leads the major six conferences with an 83.7% win percentage out of conference.  The Big 12 and ACC also have win percentages over 80% at 82.1% and 81.4%, respectively.  How has the Pac-10 fared out of conference?  They have have won a whopping 63.6% of the games they've played out of conference.

At first glance 63.6% doesn't look too poor.  That nearly equates to winning two of every three games, or going 20-10 for the season.  What you have to realize is that a large percentage of non-conference games are played against sub par competition in the way of mid majors.  For example, the conference leader California played such power houses as Murray State, Detroit, Jacksonville, Princeton, Pacific, Utah Valley University, and UC-Santa Barbara during non-conference play.  Not surprisingly, Cal went 7-0 in those games.  They went 1-4 in their other non-conference games.

What this means is that the Pac-10 is not very good overall.  In fact, they stand a good chance of only getting one team into the NCAA tournament.

So while the Pac-10 has been woeful this season, you might want to pay attention over the next two weeks.  With nearly every team heading into the conference tournament needing to win it all to make it to further postseason play, the Pac-10 tournament could actually be half way interesting.  Or you could waste a week watching poor basketball.  That's your choice, but I'll be watching the three weeks of Big East playoffs and seeing if Kentucky and Kansas can win their conference tournaments.

You wouldn't think it, but we get hundreds (if not thousands) of emails a week from StadiumDrives.com readers. Some of them tell us how great we are, others how bad we are. Often, we'll get tips of stories. Sometimes, sites will even let us know that they stole our work, it was a hit on their site and thank us. Others just write in for advice or have questions about their life. I decided to give the old inbox a cleaning again and pick out some of the best (and worst) emails.* If you can't decipher our e-mail address from the sidebar and would like to send something in, send it to stadiumdrives at yahoo.com.

We broke up years ago. I moved away because of you. Please stop text messaging me. - (Name withheld) (Location withheld)

Why do these emails keep showing up in here?

Be honest with me, what did you think of my press conference last week? - T. Woods, Florida or Mississippi

I thought it was fine. You did what you wanted to do and cleared the air on some issues. What I don't get is the backlash about how you sounded like a robot during it. For years, what has everyone said about you? "Tiger's not human!" "Tiger's a machine out there!" Everyone thought you were a robot when you were playing golf, but when you're speaking you're supposed to be human? That's quite the double-standard. And, last time I checked, being a good public speaker isn't a prerequisite for being a good golfer.

Does anyone know what the hell AJ Ogilvy was yelling about after getting an and-one the other night against Kentucky? - The Buffalo, So Ill

That's a great question. Here are a few possibilities:

• "Why is One Tree Hill not showing a new episode on Monday night?!?"
• "I used too much hydrogen peroxide and my scalp is (expletive) burning, mate!"
• "The shot I'm going to take at the end of this game is going to be super gay!!!"

Click "Read More" or AJ Ogilvy will yell at you.