Weekly musings

By Mark Concannon
FOXSportsWisconsin.com

March 7, 2011

SICK CALL - The injury-plagued Bucks haven't had a single practice this season where every player on the roster was available to participate.

PLAYING THE PERCENTAGES - The Bucks are 0-15 this season when opponents shoot 50 percent or better from the floor but 16-13 when the opposition FG percentage is under 45 percent.

PLAYING THE PERCENTAGES #2 - Bucks guard John Salmons is shooting .388 from the field overall and exactly .388 from behind the three-point line.

PLAYING THE PERCENTAGES #3 - The UWM Panthers won the Horizon League regular season title despite giving up slightly more points (70.0) than they scored (69.7)

MONEY IN THE BANK - UWM women's basketball player Lindsey Laur is second in the nation in free throw shooting (92.6).

A CONSISTENT PRESENCE - In each of the 22 years of playing in the Big East, the Marquette men's basketball team has placed a player on an all conference selection. Darius Johnson-Odom was second team all Big East this season.

LATE BLOOMER - The Phoenix Suns are 30-7 in games played after the All Star break under head coach Alvin Gentry.

TEMPER, TEMPER - The Suns Grant Hill who has won the NBA's Sportsmanship award an unprecedented three times, has been whistled for five technical fouls this season.

DUNN DEAL? - Adam Dunn, whose latest office address is on the south side of Chicago, has never played for a team that won more than 82 games in a season.

SLOPPY SPRING - The Chicago Cubs made 14 errors in their first four exhibition games.

THE NAME GAME - Best name for young long ball hitter? Giants' first baseman Brandon Belt.

POWER CONFERENCE - Three of the nation's top four ranked teams in college baseball are from the SEC; #1 Florida, #2 Vanderbilt and #4 South Carolina.

We'll be back with more musings, after several power lunches, next Monday, March 14th.