#1 Indiana vs. #16 LIU Brooklyn How they Punched Their Ticket Indiana (27-6, 14-4 Big 10): Finished 1st in Big 10- At Large Bid LIU Brooklyn (20-13, 12-6 NEC): Won NEC Tournament- Automatic Bid ATS (Against the Spread) Indiana: 14-13 LIU Brooklyn: 3-0 Hoosiers Outlook: IU’s offensive efficiency within a conference as competitive as the Big [...]

#1 Louisville vs. #16 North Carolina A&T How they Punched Their Ticket Louisville (29-5, 14-4 Big East): Won Big East Tournament- Automatic Bid  N.C A&T (20-16,, 8-8 MEAC): Won MEAC Tournament- Automatic Bid ATS (Against the Spread) Louisville: 20-13-1 A&T: N/A Cardinals Outlook: The Cardinals have strong guard play, athletic bigs, and a defense that can pressure the heck [...]

The Good Oklahoma State Cowboys (17-5, 7-3 Big 12) Current RPI #22 Noteworthy Performance: Wins vs. Baylor & Texas A week after dismantling the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence, the Cowboys continued their current hot streak by knocking off the Baylor Bears and Texas Longhorns respectively.  During its current five game winning streak, Okie State has [...]

Our “Presidential” College Basketball Preview continues today with the Top 10 teams in the land, breaking down each school by way of positions in the White House (click here if you missed Part I):* President: The Head of the State.  This equates to the unquestioned leader on his team. He has the ability to initiate [...]

It’s been a while since Thirsty Thursday went into the fail realm, but after sampling this alternative creation there was no other way to classify Rogue’s Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon Ale.  The beer is the fusion of a smoked brown ale and the maple bacon donut creation that Voodoo Doughnut in Portland, Oregon has become [...]

I know what you’re saying…”What the heck is that pile of What Have You sprinkled with cilantro?”  Well, unfortunately my newest meatloaf recipe that I had intended to post today still requires some tweaking before it receives the “Gluttonous Kitchen” stamp of approval.  Therefore I’m offering up Plan B and my standard concept for turning [...]

An occasional staple of weekend mornings in our household is homemade coffeecake.  Now I’m not talking about your standard café or coffee shop coffeecake which is a dry fluffy cake with some cinnamon sugar mixture on top.  I’m talking about a moist cake with nuggets of gooey goodness topped with buttery/cinnamon/brown sugar deliciousness. This coffeecake is absolute the [...]