Split personality for Rox

Some basic, need to know three-year splits (2011-13) and the corresponding ranks among the 30 MLB teams for your Colorado Rockies on the eve of their season opener in South Beach:
Overall record: 26th at 211-275 (.434). Only the Marlins (.418), Cubs (.407), Twins (.401) and Astros (.333) have been worse.
Runs scored: Sixth with 2,199 (4.52 per game), trailing the Red Sox (2,462), Rangers (2,393), Yankees (2,321), Cardinals (2,310) and Tigers (2,309).

Nuggets' streak halted

So for the first time since 2003, your Denver Nuggets will not be participating in the NBA Playoffs.
The Nuggets were eliminated from postseason contention earlier this week, ending a 10-year playoff run. Of course, that run didn't amount to much -- nine first-round exits and a trip to the Western Conference Finals in 2009 -- but then again would you rather have the run of eight straight seasons without a playoff game, as the Nuggets endured from '96 to '03?

Left out (again)

Another NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 tips off tonight, and once again the Centennial State will be a no show.

Since the tourney expanded to 40 teams in 1979, no Colorado school has made it to the regional semifinals. That's no Buffs, no Rams, no Falcons, no Bears, no Pioneers -- again.

And, as near as can be determined after scouring the 36 Sweet 16 fields in that span, Colorado is one of 11 U.S. States without a regional semi rep since '79. The others are (in alphabetical order of course):

Buffs on wrong side of history

The Colorado men's basketball team made NCAA Tournament history last week, but for all the wrong reasons.
The Buffs' 77-48 loss to Pittsburgh goes down as the worst loss by an eighth seed in the round of 64, eclipsing the dubious distinction held by the 2003 LSU Tigers in an 80-56 loss to ninth-seeded Purdue. And to put that in full perspective, there have been 144 8-vs.9 matchups since the tourney expanded to 40 teams in 1979.