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..."From a Darwinian perspective, sports may be seen as one of the cultural activities invented to promote the acquisition of status. And acquiring status is—on average, in the long run, and in the ancestral environment to which our species is adapted—beneficial to an individual’s reproductive success. That is not to say that gaining status is our (only) conscious or unconscious motive for participating in a game.

Before we look ahead to the semis let's take a look back at the quarterfinals and what was a terrible day for the high seeds and especially Syracuse, which may have lost much more than a game. I think the conference will seriously have to reconsider the double bye after this. After 3 days of picks I'm sitting at 6-6, while Jason is 7-5 and Pete is 7-5. I do get bonus points for having my sleeper team still alive and getting the upset pick right. With that said time to look back at the quarterfinals and ahead to the semis in what has been a surprising Big East Tournament.

CV31: The Nike Hyperizes are good money, trust me. Like the great MJ once told Mars Blackmon... "it's not the shoes mars". LOL @nikebasketball

CV31: First off I still rock my Nike Hyperizes, I love them! I've yet to had any problems whatsoever; ankle injury can happen to anyone at anytime

CV31: I read on @solecollector, Pistons banned Nike Hyperizes sneakers cuz the it contributed to the ankle injuries we've had. Are u kidding me???

Chris Wright isn’t the first name that comes to mind when preparing for the Georgetown Hoyas. The hard-nosed point guard often takes a back seat to Greg Monroe and Austin Freeman in the game plan. Today, though, the stage belonged to Wright, and the lights couldn’t have been brighter.

Madison Square Garden. Syracuse. The Big East Tournament.

Swarthmore baseball continues it spring trip down in Arizona as they took a single game against Pitt-Bradford on Tuesday but dropped double-headers on Wednesday and Thursday to Wesleyan and Pitt-Bradford. The trip concludes with a single game against Wesleyan on Friday at the Padres spring training facility in Peoria, AZ.
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