What happened on Tuesday, February 24, 2015?

  1. Home teams win the first leg 2-1: That was the result of both the Champions League games yesterday. Barcelona beat Manchester City 2-1 and Juventus beat Borussia Dortmund by the same score. What that means is that in the second half of the two game series, all Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund have to do to advance is win 1-0. That way the series will be even at 2 goals apiece but Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund would have scored one goal away from their home arena and their opposition would not have.
    Line: Losing 2-1 away from home in the first of a two game series is not the worst thing in the world.
  2. The Blues have the blues: The St. Louis Blues lost their game against the Montreal Canadiens last night by an uncomfortably wide margin, 5-2. They’ve only won four of their last nine games and are starting to slide down in the standings. The Canadiens, on the other hand, are now in first place in the Eastern Conference.
    Line: There’s still time to turn it around but I wonder if the Blues peaked too early this year.
  3. Wizards in trouble: Where are the elves? Where are the hobbits? The Wizards are in dire need of some help after dropping their sixth game in the last eight to the Golden State Warriors last night. The score was 114-107, which just goes to show that you shouldn’t try to outscore the Warriors. Of course, the Warriors are so good at offense, it’s hard to force them into a slower-paced, lower scoring game that you might have a chance to win.
    Line: Time for the Wizards to fire their coach?
  4. It’s almost March: And we all know what that means… it’s time for the Wisconsin men’s basketball team to start disappointing their fans! Last night they came out very slow in their game against Maryland and were down by 11 points at halftime. The Wisconsin Badgers chewed their way back into the game in the second half but were only able to outscore Maryland by five points in the second half — not enough to catch up — and they ended up losing 59-53.
    Line: Remind me not to pick Wisconsin to go far in my March Madness bracket this year.

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