College+Basketball--Cam+S,+Max,+Ben

Being Edited by Mrs. Allen Hello to Ben, Max, and Cam!! Mr. C Hi from Ben, Max, and Cam. We are going to tell you all about college basketball. There are many great basketball teams out there such as Michigan State, Kansas, Villinova, Texas, Kentucky, Purdue, and Syracuse. We think the best team out there is Kansas. They have a hard schedule this year but they have started it off with an easy schedule. They have played teams like Central Arkansas and Hofstra Pride, but they had one close match against Memphis which ended up in a 57-55 win. They beat everyone they played by a lot of points besides Memphis. They beat Central Arkansas by 50 points and beat the Alcorn State Braves by 67 points! Kansas's schedule picks up later on in the season when they play Michigan, Texas, Texas Tech, and Kansas State. We think that Kansas is the best because they are undefeated and they have scored the most points out of everyone with a high total of 1,620 points. Kansas has always been one of the top teams in the league, because of the many great players and coaches. Bill Self, the coach, has brought them a long way and getting them a national title and five straight Big 12 Titles. He has a record of 169-40 with Kansas in six seasons as the head coach. In 2008-09, Bill Self won the national coach of the year award from eight different organizations. They have many great young players, such a Xavier Henry, who is a freshman and he scored the most points on the team, Sherron Collins, and Cole Aldrich. We think that Kansas, Michigan State, Texas, and Villanova will be in the Final Four. These teams are all ranked in the top 12 right now and have a great chance at the title. We think that Michigan State will win it all. What do you think? Does Bill Self's accomplishments seem like a good enough reason for Kansas to win?

Best College Basketball Teams [|/] What about Michigan?? They just beat no. 15 Ohio state by a decent margin. They definately started the season off slow but they are starting to heat up as the season goes on. They also beat Penn State 64-55 after trailing at half which says that they don't roll over if they are down. I think Michigan needs a little more credit than they are getting right now bec ause they are a better team than people think they are. I believe that Michigan is going to do pretty well this year and eventually make it to the NCAA tournament where they will go pretty far. I think that Manny Harris and Deshaun Sims expierence from last years tournament will take Michigan pretty far...not championship....but decently far. OK gentlemen...good start. I would like to see you be more specific. Who has Kansas beaten? How many points? Who are the top scorers? You mention that Kansas has always been a top team. Why? Who are the great players and coaches? AND...think about your next post. Gather some information and record it here on your Wiki page. Ms. Darga

I like you topis choice, but I agree with Mrs.Darga I think that you should be more specific about the people on the team of Kansas. And to answer your question about Michigan State winning it all I do think that they are. Kendra

Comment: I think that Michigan State will win also. They are a good team and they have really good players thoughout the year, What team do you think that will just not make into the top four ​ ​ I think you are right about this because i favor Michigan state the most. I hope that they win the thing. I don't know what it is called but i hope that they still win. You guys should next discuss what all of the titles are called throughout basketball.

I want Michigan State to win it too. I think that they will because they have all of their returning starters except for Goran Sutton. Goran Sutton was able to stretch the floor really well with his shooting ability. I think that one of our best players is Delvon Roe. He is a young big man who blocks a ton of shots. I think that Michigan State has a good chance to win it all because Michigan State beat Kansas twice last year.

Why do you think that Michigan State, Texas, and Villanova will make the final four? Why do you think that Michigan State will win it all? I think that Kentucky will make the Final Four and win it all. -Andy

Ben, Cam, Max - January 4, 2010

1. Some of our words that we used in our post are big. The biggest word in sports is think. The topic of our blog is not as big as some of the other words. College Basketball is our topic and it doesn't stand out at all.

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3. On both word clouds the word think is big. Most of the big words on our word cloud are not that big on the other word cloud. It is surprising that think is one of the biggest words because thinking isn't really what sports take to win.

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5. They both talk about the best teams in college basketball. The other blogs have more detail than our blog. They go in to descriptive text more than we do. Their posts consist of more than one paragraph while ours are only one.

6. What teams had high expectations before the team started and how they are doing so far.

We are going to talk to you about Michigan and Michigan State baketball. Both teams are doing pretty good so far. Michigan State has a record of 12-3, which is the one of best records in the Big Ten. They are ranked 10th in the nation. They are 2-0 in their conference. They lost to Flordia, North Carolina, and Texas. Two of those teams were ranked. The biggest game that they won was against Wisconsin. Michigan has a record of 8-6, which is one of the worst records in the Big Ten. They are not ranked. They are 2-1 in their conference. They lost to Marquette, Alabama, Boston College, Utah, Kansas, and Indiana. One of those teams were ranked. The biggest game that they won was against Ohio State. I think that it will be a good game when these two teams play each other. Both of the coaches have done a great job coaching these teams. How do you think these teams will do the rest of the season?


 * You definately favor Michigan State.**

I also think that you favor Michigan State. I think that Michigan State will probably beat Michigan. -Andy

January 15, 2010

The season is half way done, and so far many great young players are emerging. We are going to tell you about the best players at each position. The best player in the league at point guard is John Wall from Kentucky. He has led his team to an undefeated start and is averaging 17.2 points per game. He also has 3.8 rebounds, 7.1 assists, and 2.3 steals per game. The best forward is Damion James from Texas. He ranks in the top ten in the nation in rebounding. He averages 11 rebounds per game. The best center in the game today is Luke Harangody. He shoots 52% from the field and averages 25 points per game. He also has an average of 9.5 rebounds per game and 2 assists. Almost no one can shut Harangody out. The best defensive player so far is Chris Kramer. He is hard to go against because he doesn’t allow his opponents to get an easy catch and he fights the best player on the opponent’s team for the entire game. These are just four of the great players in college basketball. Other greats include Jon Scheyer, Wesley Johnson, Dogus Balbay, Jarvis Varnado, and Ashton Gibbs. Who do you think is the best college basketball player?