Daily Archives: March 26, 2005

Winning Ugly – Wisconsin Badgers vs. N.C. State

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The first half was rather difficult to watch. Someone mentioned that the game reminded him of the Bennett era game vs. Southwest Missouri State. Commentary around the country:

  • Ivan Carter:

    If James Naismith had been around to witness Wisconsin’s 65-56 region semifinal victory over North Carolina State on Friday night, he might have wished he had invented something other than basketball.

  • Joe LaPointe

    Explaining his team’s strategy for coping with Hodge, Ryan said: “You show respect, and then you play. Make him go right a little bit. Make him go left a little bit. I really liked our help defense. We kept him from getting to the rim.”

  • Herb Sendek Remarks

  • Roger Van Der Horst

    This was supposed to have been a renaissance for college basketball in the Triangle, and for a week it was just that, a time when once again all three of its major men’s basketball teams — Duke, N.C. State and North Carolina — were playing deep into the NCAA Tournament. For Duke and State, those sweet few days ended with a thud Friday night, courtesy of two methodical, strong, defensive-minded Big Ten teams.

  • Google News (lots of links)

Meanwhile, Ed Cone is pleased that one ACC team survived. Rather unusual for 3 Big Ten teams to make it this far, with only UNC left from the ACC.

Is Microsoft Toast?

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Thomas Hazlett:

The US government proved that Microsoft possessed, and ?illegally exploited, monopoly power in the “antitrust case of the ?century”, the six-year action that ended in July 2004. The Final ?Judgment allowed Microsoft to remain whole, but imposed conditions ?that permit rival software makers to tuck their products into its ?Windows operating system. Anti-Microsoft groups were outraged; a ?spokesman for one said: “This decision represents the failure of ?antitrust laws in the high-tech industry…An unrestrained ?monopolist in the most vibrant sector of the economy cannot be good ?for America.” The critics were right: the Government’s remedies have had little ?impact. Yet today customers are flocking to Microsoft’s competitors. ?Hammered on multiple fronts by opportunistic rivals, the high-flying ?starship of the PC Age has stalled, and many wonder if it will now ?crash and burn..