This season in the NBA we have few winners and a whole lot of losers as far as trades go. It’s beyond comprehension just how horrible some of these trades have been. One team giving up its star player, hell it’s only player, for a handful of second rate players and some pocket lint? Yikes. Anyway, let’s list off some winners and the really big losers.

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Major conferences: These are the conferences that make up the majority of the at-large bids. Here are Mike N Mike’s picks after eight weeks.

A-10:

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Here we are, knocking on March’s door. The time of year that college basketball junkies adore. There’s usually a few buzzer beaters, and BracketBusters, Davids and Goliaths, shattered dreams and glass slippers. It is not yet time for the “Big Dance,” but time to punch your ticket to it.

That’s right folks, it’s championship week. Unless of course you’re the Big Ten. As for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a trip to the tourney will have to be accompanied by a date with destiny.

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If you weren’t reading the shirts, you might think you were in Madison for a Badger basketball game.

But we weren’t in Madison. We weren’t even in Green Bay. We were in Peoria, Ill., for the ESPN Bracket Buster game between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Bradley University.

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Without Marcus Skinner for all but one minute of the game, and Paige Paulsen playing only 25 minutes due to injury, the Valparaiso Crusaders avenged a Jan. 10 home loss to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, defeating the Panthers 66 -57 at the U.S. Cellular Arena.

Skinner went down shortly after the minute mark, suffering a lower right leg injury and Paulsen left shortly after when he was poked in the right eye. Skinner did not return and his status for the rest of the season remains uncertain. Paulsen did return in the second half, scoring four points on a paltry 1-for-7 shooting, including 1-for-5 from beyond the arc.

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At the end of the first day of the Horizon League Indoor Track and Field Championships, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Men’s and Women’s team look to be on their way to a repeat as champions.

On the men’s side junior Adam Schlies added his third long jump title to his resume with a winning jump of 21-10 ¼ . Fellow teammate Quinn Mongoven finished second just behind Schlies with a jump of 21-9. Panthers Darren Cole and Josh Zill also finished in the points with Cole taking fourth and Zill in sixth.

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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee fell just short of the win, 66-65 against Green Bay at the Kress Events Center Saturday afternoon.

The Panthers fought hard, with Traci Edwards gaining 27 points and nine rebounds, but it was not enough. Edwards has had an amazing week with also being named Horizon League Player of the Week for February 25.

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“And now, your Milwaukee Panthers starting center…” Jason Averkamp?

No offense to the young man from New Berlin, but if you were to tell the average University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee basketball fan that walk-on Jason Averkamp would be the starting center for the second to last game of the season, you might get a puzzled look in return.

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