1.30 Wednesday Musings

Here are your Wednesday Musings…

• Big win for George Mason last night in D.C. versus VCU. This moves George Mason to one game back in the CAA standings behind VCU. This was a tough game to watch on the eyes as both teams had incredible defensive struggles. However, the Patriots were able to make the big shots down the stretch.

• Miami loses another devastating road game at Wake Forest 70-68. Wake Forest’s Ishmael Smith hit a nice jumper with eight seconds left to give the Demon Deacons the win. That is Miami’s fourth lost in their last five games, and they need to start winning in the ACC to bring merit to their bubble status. They still do have an attractive RPI in the 30’s though.

• In what seemed to be a thriller SE Missouri St. defeated Austin Peay 121-116 in three overtimes. The third overtime had a combined 35 points which is a ton in five minutes of overtime. No one really got to see it but I bet it was a great game.

• Tennessee won in Tuscaloosa for the first time in a long while. Alabama just could not stop the drive and dish game of Bruce Pearl’s Volunteers who went 12-27 from three point land. Chris Lofton led the charge scoring 23 points on 5-9 three-point shooting.

• The Miami Heat have given up on the season. They lost 117-87 at home versus a Garnett & Allen-less Boston Celtics. When the great Cal Bear, Leon Powe, leads the Celtics with a 25 point and 11 board night you know something is wrong. Now the Heat get to travel north to Orlando, probably without Dwayne Wade and have opened at a astronomical 16.5 point underdog to the Magic.

• John McCain wins a big Republican primary in Florida which should propel him to a win on Super Tuesday. Right now many people are only concerned about whom he will pick as his running mate. Unless your name is Rush Limbaugh then you are still trying to get Romney to win. Tonight is also a big Republican debate at the Reagan Library in California.

• Hilary Clinton won the “Don’t Call Florida A Primary” Democratic Primary convincingly. No one was able to campaign there, but as Chris Matthews said last night those signs in the Clinton crowd weren’t handmade. What will be interesting is to see what happens next Tuesday, not last night in the Democratic race.

• The two big losers of last night were John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani who both have said that they will be ending their campaign for their respective parties. Not really surprising or big news. The big news will be who they will end up endorsing. Most people think Giuliani will endorse McCain, but no one has a clue who Edwards will endorse.

• Federal Reserve has a big decision to make today, whether to cut a quarter point or half point. Regardless I don’t think the market is going to have a good day. If they only cut a quarter point expect a 2% dip in all three major indices.

That’s all I have for you today. Maybe I’ll find a money play at Gulfstream sometime later today.