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Obscure Statistics From March Madness, Spring Training, And The NBA

Written by AJ Vaynerchuk
Published March 17, 2006

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Everyone can read the headlines and the box scores. But not everyone has the time to catch the real interesting stuff every night. Here is a quick review what I found to be quite interesting from yesterday, throughout all sports.

How about the NBA, and in Seattle where Steven Hunter blocked 6 shots? I always thought it might have been a mistake for Hunter, a defensive minded player to leave the Suns and go and compete with Samuel Dalembert, another defensive minded center, for a starting job. Looks like Steven Hunter is coming into his own in Philadelphia.

As a quick interruption, Davidson has a real scoring option in Ian Johnson. I like this big guy, he scored unconventionally. He has Davidson's first 10 points! On the other end of the spectrum, Thomas Sander has missed two point blank lay ups. Now Back to the interesting stats from last night.

How about in Golden State, big man Ike Diogu with 21 points in 24 minutes. That is some quick production from a guy off the bench.

Let's move to spring training, interesting ending in the Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers game. Entering the 9th inning, the score was 5-5. The Oakland exploded in the top of the 9th with five runs making the score 10-5. Milwaukee decided they should score some runs as well, putting up a four spot in the 9th! Score through 8 innings, 5-5; score in the 9th inning, 5-4. Nice.

When you look for who led the UCLA Bruins in points, rebounds, and assists, all you will see is: Mbah a Moute.

In the Xavier, Gonzaga game, the Xavier Musketeers had all five of their starters in double figures. Although they ended up letting the game slip away in the closing minutes, they were impressive with the spreading of the offense.

Did anyone see Jay Novak's three pointer yesterday during the last seconds of the Marquette Alabama game? Not only did he miss it, but the bounce was so unfortunate that Marquette couldn't even get an opportunity to grab a rebound. The ball hit the rim, and bounced over the backboard. Tough break.

I am assuming a lot of you saw this, but for those who did not: Gerry McNamara 0-6 from the field and two points in his farewell. Ouch!

Ken Griffey Jr. ended the Baseball Classic with a .524 batting average. Mark Teixeira had a .000 average. Teixeira is the better hitter in my book.

That's all for last nights obscure stats. Please, I am a one man team, if you find anything remotely interesting while you are watching or checking out sports; drop me an email at: jetsdonwankey@earthlink.net

AJ Vaynerchuk's personal website is 15sports, be sure to check out more of his work.
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Obscure Statistics From March Madness, Spring Training, And The NBA
Published: March 17, 2006
Type: News
Section: Sports
Filed Under: Sports: Baseball, Sports: Basketball, Sports: College, Video: Sports
Writer: AJ Vaynerchuk
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