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Today Spike is in the car, journeying from Seattle to San Francisco (the reverse of his ancestors), and we’re hitting all the noteworthy shit to happen in sports, from Jennifer Capriati’s stalker tendencies to rumors of an NFL player coming out, to a concept we invented called the Septuple Calamity. In the end, we all agree that Roger Goodell should be watching us in a Panopticon.

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This week, Spike and Shane are in serious discussions about choosing a sports pope who can rule the athletic world with an iron fist. Spike also saves Shane from embarrassing himself on twitter, while Cricket or Tricket comes to an exciting conclusion and the latest mug battle, which involves picking the winners of each conference tourney, is afoot. Spike solves the World Baseball Classic crisis, and we decide that Toronto is just a garbage city. With token appearances by Dennis Rodman and North Korea. Plus, the official introduction of Spike’s dog, Edgar Martinez. At the end, we force each other to rhyme, and it’s awkward and delightful. One week away from double digits, when the sponsors come flocking.

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Today Shane and Spike are really making the rounds, tackling everything from North Korean basketball rules to scorpion stings to hilarious British soccer hooligan hijinx. Along the way, we touch on the fickle nature of American sports postseasons, chess philosophy, and more. Cricket or Tricket, Game 5, takes place at the end. The audio in the last 15 minutes is compromised- sorry about that. Won’t happen again.

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Yesterday, Dan Patrick had Ryan Kelly as a guest on his radio show, and this exchange took place:

Dan Patrick: Uh, the nickname. Who came up with that nickname?

Ryan Kelly: The White Raven?

Dan Patrick: Yeah.

Ryan Kelly: Honestly, I don’t know. It’s stuck, I guess-

Dan Patrick: Wait, but what’s it mean, Ryan? The White Raven?

 
Whenever the ‘White Raven’ comes up among the sports media, it’s often shrouded in mystery. And, if we’re being honest, disdain. Dan Patrick clearly didn’t like the nickname, and Fox Sports’ Andrew Jones came out as a member of the lunatic anti-Raven fringe back in January. The article is clearly the work of a zealot and extremist, and consider this fair warning that the following excerpts might upset those readers with frail sensibilities:

• “What Ryan Kelly really needs is a nickname.”

• “I don’t know why that is, but apparently the fans have a nickname for me now, the ‘White Raven,'” Kelly said Saturday after scoring 22 points in an 80-62 win over Wake Forest.”

• “And as for the White Raven deal, if the fans haven’t chanted it during games, it doesn’t exist. They haven’t.”

As I’ll soon show, this is nothing but ruling-class propaganda. And what these media bigshots don’t realize is that it’s out of their goddam hands. This is a grassroots movement that even Big Media can’t kill. The White Raven is a populist phenomenon, and the people have spoken.

I take you now back to January 5, 2011, to a blog called Seth Curry Saves Duke. I was the author of this blog, and that date happened to be my 28th birthday. That’s where “The White Raven” nickname was born. I had a feature called “Hot Potato,” where I picked one player and the commenters had to guess how many points he’d score. That day, I wrote:

TODAY’S HOT POTATO IS:

The White Raven

Kelly went to a high school in Raleigh called Ravenscroft, hence the nickname. Just kinda floating a trial balloon on that one, I’m not married to it. But it makes me laugh because a) putting ‘white’ in front of anything is funny (one of my friends from high school is nicknamed ‘White Jesus’), and b) it makes him sound like a badass character from a terrible sci-fi novel. Yea, though the forces of evil do beset us, hope yet remains! The White Raven cometh ‘pon wings of glory!

I’ve invented a lot of nicknames in my time, but as far as I know, this is the only one that’s ever caught on. I even created a few works of fan-art depicting Kelly as the White Raven, and in my mind they hold up as seminal period pieces. I think it was the next season, 2011-12, when the Cameron Indoor Stadium fans began to flap their arms like raven wings, and we as a community have never looked back. You see also that Mr. Jones was wrong- the White Raven Experience is well established in Cameron, and as CNNSI’s Luke Winn noted this week, the students chant “Fly, Raven, Fly!”

Over the past two year, the name has gained legitimacy by degrees; it started with the blogs, moved to the student newspapers, and eventually reached the mainstream. The name was even briefly co-opted yesterday by GoDuke.com, the official school site, although all references to the nickname appear to have been scrubbed clean and you can only find a match via Google; the original title of that article was “The White Raven is Soaring Again.” This was the Chronicle’s spread when Kelly returned from his foot injury and scored 36 against Miami in his first game back:

Another good sign, of course, is that the fascists patrolling the Duke message boards disapprove of the nickname. They understand that the common man rising represents a danger to their fragile sense of narrative control. The local underground, meanwhile- in the form of alternative weeklies- has seized on the nickname as a symbol of the youth rebellion.

Another interesting note from the original post that I had forgotten: The inspiration for the nickname was Kelly’s high school, Ravenscroft, and not the “Black Falcon” nickname that Harrison Barnes gave himself. That contrast was a happy accident that made the nickname even better, and in later explanations I assumed it had been part of the creative intent. It apparently was not, but I like to believe fate was guiding me on a subconscious level. You’ve probably noticed by now that events around the White Raven operate with a strange kind of synchronicity, and I don’t believe this is a coincidence.

There are a few other noteworthy episodes in the White Raven saga.

*In August 2011, a fellow by the name of Zach Lambert seemed to try to take credit for “The White Raven” in an article by Dan Wiederer. This was later cleared up on twitter. (As you can see, Jim Young from @ACCSports has, at various times, also tried to take credit for the name. He’s a wildly dangerous and subversive internet element, and shouldn’t be trusted.)

*Last year, after Austin Rivers hit his famous three-pointer to beat UNC at the Dean Dome, I found Kelly outside the locker room. When the interview was finished, I couldn’t resist a last question about the nickname. Had he heard of it? Yes. He thought it was funny that the Crazies flapped their arms when he made a shot. You can read the four-line interview here.

*On January 5 of this year, my 30th birthday (there’s that synchronicity again), there was a giant misunderstanding when my stepfather texted me that ESPN announcers had just used the “White Raven” nickname for Kelly in a game against Wake Forest. This turned out to be wrong, but I tweeted it out as if it were true, which led to this appearing on the screen in the second half:

There’s more information here if you want.

So now, I hope, the air has been cleared. I was the inventor, but the people were the engine. We’ve taken the body blows from the powerful elites, and we’ve endured. Nobody can ground The White Raven. I’ll leave you now with a .gif to honor the legend:

While I’m sure in two minutes of googling I could find 50 or so quotes from esteemed sportsmen about how there are no moral victories in sports, what the hell, I’m calling the Duke game a moral victory.

Duke has been the superior team all year, and Cameron Indoor Stadium has been tough on veteran UNC teams in the past. I wouldn’t have been surprised if this year’s squad had gotten blown out by 20, so to keep it within single digits is something for this team to be proud of.[1]

More than that, though, it was just a fun game to watch. The first half, when UNC was holding on to a solid lead and every Carolina fan was thinking we might actually win this, was the most enjoyable half of Carolina basketball this year, no matter the final score.

Plus, in hindsight, that game gave UNC fans something even better: the “small-ball” lineup.

One of the biggest pains of the basketball season so far has been watching the cycle of incompetency that has been UNC’s rotation at center so far this season.  Desmond Hubert and Joel James, both athletic yet raw players, would at this point have a hard time filling the shoes of Luke Zeller, let alone Tyler Zeller.

Fortunately, Roy, in a surprising display of coaching flexibility, realized this, and went to his four-guard lineup with James Michael McAdoo at center. It’s worked beautifully so far, nearly catching Duke by surprise and even helping net a victory against a big Georgia Tech frontcourt, largely for the surprisingly simple reason that McAdoo and these four guards are the best five players on the Heels roster this season.

While I love having a big body in the paint who can play as a true center[2], this year’s UNC squad just doesn’t have the personnel for that, and it’s good to see Roy has stopped trying to force round pegs into square holes and adjust his strategy to the players he does have.[3]

UNC is still sitting precariously close to, or on the NCAA tournament bubble (depending on the “bracketology” writer of your choice), but if the Heels can keep this level of play up it should have no problem getting the wins necessary in a weak ACC to lock up a tourney spot.

Plus, we’ll always have that first half in Cameron.

Today, Shane and Spike are chatting about their intricate knowledge of the game of golf, what form of art they would choose to honor their life’s work (Balotelli chose a statue), racist Dothraki-wannabes in Seattle, A-Rod’s strange definition of “charity,” that incorrigible imp Joba Chamberlain, and college basketball’s race to find the ugliest uniform. Warning: This episode contains a spirited game of cricket or tricket, and J.J. Redick poetry. He inspired Martin Luther King (senior, we think).

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Sure, we know about Michigan’s terrific season, Kentucky’s struggles, and Kansas’ home winning streak but this is the time of year where we begin to wonder who the sleeper teams could be for this upcoming March. These teams traditionally reside in “mid majors”, definition of which has changed over the years, but for the purpose of this article I am highlighting some squads from non- power conferences that have an opportunity to be just that; the sleeper team. The A-10 specifically  Butler, VCU and La Salle seem to have surpassed this criterion and  are primed to make noise as we continue to tread through conference play and into March.

Some of these teams are more notable than others, but a common thread sounds throughout; all of them are under the radar.  Some notes for you to consider today and as March quickly arrives:

No #16 has ever reached the Round of 32

6 #15 seeds have reached the Round of 32 (twice occurring in 2012)

The #8 seed has only reached the championship game 3 times (Butler, 2011)

Two indexes are used here to consider the potential of the teams listed below.

RPI(Ratings Percentage Index)- This index is composed of wins and strength of schedule (25% winning %, 50% opponents winning %, and 25% winning % of the opponents’ opponents.

Flaws- Is there considerable favoritism to teams from power conferences, who PLAY tougher teams(results are not part of equation)?

BPI(Basketball Power Index)- Additional criteria utilized  in order to better calculate and determine the quality of the team such as missing players not held against the team (Syracuse, Fab Melo 2012) and actual margins factored in. In the RPI, a 30 point victory has much more weight than a 15 point victory, but in the BPI this is less drastic of an indicator.

Flaws-Is this too granular from the viewer perspective? Is this something that the tournament committee would consider come March Madness time?

With all that said, let’s get into it. Here’s my list of 8 teams, nice and lucky, who you may not know much about, but should watch out for.

#1

Colorado State Rams

Mountain West Conference

Conference Rival- UNLV, New Mexico, SDSU

21-4 (8-2)

13^th RPI/22nd  BPI

With two teams in the MWC within the top 20 in RPI (UNM and UNLV), a 3^rd getting off to a 13-0 start (Wyoming), and a fourth led by Steve Fisher over at  SDSU it is easy to lose the Rams in the mix.  They cracked the AP top 25 last week for the first time since 1954 and have now rattled off  8 wins in their last 9 contests. The Rams are led by local boy, Pierce Hornung, boasting an efficient 9.7 ppg/9.3 rpg on only 6.6 shots per game. With a strong supporting cast, (5 guys averaging more than 9 ppg) and with a 72% team FT average there is reason this is the 5^th Mountain West team in the mix for the NCAA tournament. Minnesota transfer, Colton Iverson ( no relation to the former Turkish League guard), stands 6’10” 260 lbs and with 14.3 ppg/9.5 rpg in only 29 minutes/game of play, is a true impact player.

The team defense that they play is stifling.  This past week they took on SDSU. SDSU’s star player Jamaal Franklin was held scoreless for the first 15 minutes of the second half. Hornung led this responsibility but it was surely a team effort. That win coupled with the win Saturday at Air Force positions CSU nicely, only .5 game back in the  MWC  with some manageable games remaining.

Larry Eustachy( first year coach from Southern Miss, replacing Tim Miles) seems to have the Rams on the right track and poised to return for their 2^nd tournament berth in as many years and at this rate I expect them to win a game or two.

#2

Wichita State Shockers

Missouri Valley Conference

Conference Rival-Creighton

19-2 (8-1)

38^th RPI/26^th BPI

Sure, they were ranked #15 in the AP  a few weeks back, but do people believe they are this good? Even with their recent difficulties in league play, I would be hard pressed to think they are the most talked about team in their own conference with rival Creighton (also struggling) and POY candidate Doug McDermott.

With that said, do not sleep on the Shockers.. The former Winthrop coach Greg Marshall has went a sizzling 102-29 in his last 3 ½ years as coach of  Wichita State.  Led by two JUCO transfers in Cleanthony Early (14.5ppg/5 rpg/82 FT %), coming off of a 39 point effort in a   comeback victory vs Southern Illinois, and Carl Hall (12.9 ppg/7.9 rpg) this team has great potential. Oh, and their point guard Malcolm Armstead, the University of Oregon transfer, and former JUCO player, is the field general leading the team with 4 apg. He is more than just a feeder for Wichita State though, with splits of   9.5 ppg/3.7 rpg/2.1 spg . In addition to Creighton, who they face in the regular season finale March 2 ,the Shockers will play the dangerous Indiana State Sycamores again on February 19th. The Sycamores beat Wichita State in their own building cracking an impressive home winning streak and the Shockers will be sure to have revenge on the mind.  Indiana State has a couple impressive wins on their resume against the Miami Hurricanes and Ole Miss Rebels.

Boasting a 3-0 record versus RPI top 50 and a +11.0 scoring margin, the Wichita State Shockers, if able to navigate the MVC, could have a legit shot to find themselves in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2006. A recent 3 game losing streak was a bit of a surprise skid after the team was rolling in December and January. With two consecutive wins I look for this team to continue to gain momentum and elevate itself to maintain the top spot in the MVC and be ranked in coming weeks.

#3

Akron Zips ( late addition/ unclear omission)

Mid American Conference

In Conference Rival- Ohio

20-4(11-0)

48^th RPI/49^th BPI

. Ohio made a run last year in March and returns their entire starting lineup, but how about them Zips for the Mid American crown? Akron has won 17 straight games (quietly? If that’s possible),  the longest active streak in D-1 Men’s Basketball. Zeke Marshall, the 7 foot senior, is 4^th in the nation in FG % at  just over 66% and paces the squad with 12.5 points  coupled with over 6 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per contest. He is a  formidable  interior presence. Alex Abreu is a 5’10″ Puerto Rican point guard that does a real nice job of distributing, over 6 assists per game. Against rival Ohio February 2, he finished with 21 points, 9 assists and only 2 turnovers ( they play again February 27). This team is very deep with 11 guys playing at least 9 minutes per game and because of that, as well as some of their star veteran players providing necessary leadership and ability, they are certainly a team with great potential for March 2013.

#4

Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles

Conference USA

Conference Rival- Memphis

20-6(9-2)

42^nd RPI/61^st BPI

A similar theme seems to resonate here for the Golden Eagles as their top three players all have experience at the junior college level. Jonathan Mills is an undersized bruiser from Chicago with solid 8.9 ppg/6.7 rpg splits and he is backed by Jerold Brooks, the former Rochester East, NY star as well as travelled swingman Dwayne Davis. Twice, Davis had been ruled academically ineligible in years past at Morehead State and then again at junior college.  He has grown considerably and boasted a 3.0 GPA in the fall of 2012. Donnie Tyndall, first  year Southern Miss coach and former Morehead State coach, seems poised to continue to develop the program. The Eagles are boasting a 48.8  FG %, 15^th best in the nation and are a dangerous squad (winning 12 of their last 14) that needs to be closely monitored. Their game February 23rd against the Memphis Tigers will be sure to be highly competitive and a crucial game for both opponents as USM looks for redemption following the rout earlier this month.  Look for them to be a 9 or 10 seed if they do not win the C-USA, but with great opportunity to surprise a team or two come March.

#5

Belmont Bruins

Ohio Valley Conference

Conference rival- Murray State

29th^th RPI/52^nd in BPI

Boasting a 10-0 record versus sub 150 RPI competition the Bruins have beat up on some bad teams. However, 29^th in RPI, regardless of your thoughts on the index, is nothing to scoff at. This RPI ranking puts them above the likes of  Pittsburgh and Wisconsin. They lack that marquee win, but boasting a 49.1 FG %, and with a strong core of leadership ,all top 5 scorers and top 5 minutes played, come from upperclassmen. Rick Byrd is in his 24^th year with Belmont and the stability that this unit possesses gives them reason to believe.

In the past known for being extremely deep, often having 10 guys in the rotation in a given game, they seem to be shallower in 2013. They have found two seniors to lead the Bruins. Point guard Kerron Johnson ignites the squad and averages splits of 13.5 ppg/3.3 rpg/4.6 apg, not too shabby. Speaking of not too shabby, Ian Clark seems to have a vendetta against the entire Ohio Valley Conference. With significant improvement in many offensive categories, including a 11% jump in FG %(45 to 56), this is  one of the most underappreciated players in the country. At 6-3 175 lbs, the Memphis, TN native  averaging 19.2 ppg and  68% from the field including 28/43 from beyond the arc over a stretch of 7 conference games last month. Read that again.

They have lost 2 of their last three against  two other talented teams in the OVC in Murray State and Tennessee State. Murray State obviously a dynamic and veteran led club and Tennesee State boasting future NBA player Robert Covington. Bracketbusters on February 23^rd against Ohio should help to set the barometer for this team’s potential. They need to rattle off some wins prior to conference tournament to give them confidence in that tournament and beyond.

As noted, the Bruins do not have one win to hang their hat on , but that should not dismiss them from  “sleeper” category. With strong leadership and shooting prowess this team could certainly do damage come March if the matchup(s) prove favorable.

#6

Bucknell Bison

Patriot League

Conference rival- Lehigh

22-5 (9-2)

57^th RPI/59^th  BPI

Ok, these next few teams won’t be quite as glamorous as the first few listed, but still could prove damaging on the 14^th,15^th and 16^th lines of the bracket. The Bison do not have a marquee victory , but the La Salle victory in December is beginning to look more and more like it. The Bison are led by Minnesota big man Mike Muscala.  Muscala, albeit in a notoriously weak conference, is putting up gaudy numbers. He is putting up splits of 19.0 ppg/11.4 rpg/ 2.8 apg. The 6’11” 240 lb center is surrounded by Canadian sharpshooter Bryson Johnson and former head Philadelphia 76ers coach’s son, Cameron Ayers. Ayers is known for being a defensive stopper but has had to pick up the scoring load in 2013, averaging 12 ppg. The Bison’s four leading scorers are all upperclassmen and Dave Paulsen (5^th year coach) will look to get the team back on track after a surprise home loss to a McCollum- less Lehigh squad on January 23^rd. CJ McCollum, a more highly touted NBA prospect than Muscala, broke his foot in early January for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. The Patriot League will hurt from this loss and an at large bid for the Bison will be difficult to ascertain. More recently on February 16 the Bison had a disappointing road loss to Lafayette to bring them to 8-2 in conference play. Monday, they were able to respond and beat Lehigh on the road, to bring them to 9-2 in conference. Muscala has had a double double in 11 of his previous 12 games and with the right matchup, and if they can survive the Patriot League tournament, it could give them more than a fighting chance in March.

#6

Stony Brook Seawolves

America East

Conference rival- Vermont

19-6 (10-2)

88^th RPI/94^rd BPI

Similarly, Stony Brook a favorite to win their respective conference, are coming off a loss to in division opponent, Vermont Catamounts. In ancient history, 2005, the Catamounts put the America East on the map when T.J. Sorrentine and Taylor Coppenrath upset the Syracuse Orange. I know that was painful for all you Upstate New Yorkers. With that said, Stony Brook has two players that are helping to propel them in the America East. Tommy Brenton, a 6’5”senior, with an impressive and balanced 8.7 ppg/8.3 rpg/4.8 apg is their unquestioned leader and is coming off the Seawolves’ first ever triple double individual performance on January 26^th versus University of Maine(15 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists). Jameel Warney is the second player. At 6’8” and 255 lbs he is a force in the America East, and a sort of Dejuan Blair in training. The freshman is averaging 12.0 ppg/7.6 rpg and shooting 62% from the field. Stony Brook will play Vermont again next month and also has two crucial matchups against the always competitive Albany Great Danes (what a great name). As a strong FT% shooting and rebounding team the Seawolves are a team to watch.

Aside- Hey, who knows… maybe this is the year for the 16 vs 1 seed upset…(Jameel Warney holds Jeff Withey to 1-9 shooting and 4 rebounds as the Seawolves knock off the Kansas Jayhawks 69-67…. Ok back to it, sorry)

 #7

Montana Grizzlies

Big Sky Conference

In conference rival- Weber State

19-5 (11-1)

110^th RPI/140^nd BPI

Yes, I understand that this  is the Big Sky(notorious 1 bid and usually a 15 or 16 seed), but this is the same conference that produced Weber State’s Damian Lillard, a guy who has to be in the conversation for NBA ROY here in 2013. The Grizzlies have been a part of the Dance two of the previous 3 years, and boast an opening round victory before getting blasted by Wisconsin last year. Wayne Tinkle is in his 6^th season as coach with the Grizzlies and is paced by forward Mathias Ward (15 ppg) and  point guard Will Cherry. Cherry surfaced last year as a player to watch on national spotlight, but had faded a bit at the end of 2012 after breaking his foot. Since he returned December 15th (minus his 13 minute performance on that particular day) the Grizzlies have lost only once, against rival Weber State. Cherry in their first matchup versus Weber finished with a line of 28 points/6 rebounds/ 4 steals, including 15-16 from the charity stripe. Sure, they do not have a guy in the rotation bigger than 6’9”, but this attack mentality coupled with a strong team FG % makes them a team to keep an eye on.

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Today Spike and I talk about Oscar Pistorius and the pitfalls of rage, racist frat twitter accounts, and pick-off rules that reveal MLB’s relentless Southpaw Bias. We also engage in the third ‘Cricket or Tricket’ war, and initiate the latest battle for the Mug, centering around Golf’s Accenture Match Play championshiop. Spike defends A-Rod, initiating a future game where I will make him defend Richard Nixon. We are angry young whites, and we will be heard.

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There’s a definite foreign flair to the show this week, and though I’m having trouble remembering specifics a few days later, I know played Cricket or Tricket, I know we talked soccer and rugby (we picked our favorite rugby nations), and I know we expressed some ideas about the Bolshoi acid attacks.

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