The true most wonderful time of the year (Ncaa mens Basketball tournament)

[Ragone]

Yay.. only 2 hours to go to my favorite time of the year.. I really think this'll be the year a 16 seed scares a 1 (st joe's perhaps?)

any late thoughts?

[Butter]

I really think FAMU will scare Kentucky.

St. Joe's is not as weak as you think they are.

I think Vermont will give UConn a game... looking back at all the major tourney upsets, they usually happen when a small-time team has a big-time scorer who steps up in the NCAA's and totally overwhelms the opponent. Taylor Coppenrath is such a scorer.

T-minus 2 hours and 7 minutes...

[Ragone]

Famu will get run outta the gym i imagine.. i just don't see how they can compete

[cthomer5000]

Just finishing my office pool bracket up now. Let's go.... Pitt.

[Ragone]

1 hour to go! Go Louisville! :)

[JeeberD]

Damn straight it's the best time of the year!

Time for me to get my ass down to Dallas and the UTEP hangout to watch the Miners game and have a couple of half-yards of beer...

This is going to be a great day... :)

[Samdari]

Go Miners!

[sterlingice]

I love just sitting here and watching 10 hours of basketball a day for the first weekend! It's like a religious experience. Unfortunately, this year it's tainted as I have a project due tomorrow so I'll be working the whole time I'm watching. Or at least most of the time :(

SI

[Sublime]

Taylor Coppenrath is such a scorer.



When he's not hurt. I'm not positive but I don't think he's played that much this season. Atleast I know he missed one or both games against us. But if he is playing...UConn better watch out.

[cincyreds]

LOL!! I am so pumped up I filled out 7 brackets. Yes indeedeedoodee!

Dangerous teams to lookout for today.

Manhattan
UTEP
Dayton
Arizona (these guys if they play as well as their potential....LOOKOUT!)


I can see Liberty beating St. Joe's....

It is time to dance boys!!

Holdem if you gotem and hang on for the ride.

[Neuqua]

Agreed, this is by far my favorite sports time of the year. Just watching and waiting to see who the Cinderella teams are going to be this year (UIC) can make you a fan of the game.

[albionmoonlight]

FAMU, based on what I saw in the play-in game, lives and dies with hustle and the 3. That means that, on their luckiest day, they can beat any team in the country. Of course, if this is any of the other 364 days of the year, then it's Kentucky in a walkover.

My favorite part of the Madness? How a gym full of people (most there to see some team who is not playing in the 15-2 game or the 16-1 game) will get a crazy rooting interest for some small school of which they have never heard if that school happens to be within 5 points when there is less than 5 minutes to go.

Also--does Duke ever have a close first round game? They always seem to be able to win by 30 as a 1 seed.

[Ragone]

man look at all 15 people that showed up in raleigh for florida manhatten..

this reminds me to make my plea i make every year for the ncaa to put up a open court package to watch whatever game i want at home.. instead of being stuck with local coverage or going to some crappy ass bar

[Radii]

Today and tomorrow are the two best sports days of the year, bar none. Go Heels!! And go ACC in general, except for Duke, of course. go to hell, duke.

[sterlingice]

I love that there's a guy named (nicknamed, presumably) Butter in this Charlotte-Texas Tech game.

EDIT: And it looks like 3 pretty competitive games to start. Go underdogs UTEP, Manhattan, and Charlotte! Go forth and destroy brackets :D

SI

[Ragone]

I get the feeling one of these games is gonna turn into a rout

[Ragone]

Charlotte gonna need to step it up.. or they risking being blown out early.. not looking good

[kingnebwsu]

I think Manhattan can pull a "Kent State" and make a serious run. Florida is a dangerous team, so they gotta close them out. Solid first half (from what scores I've seen...lousy 8/9 game) :) GO MARCH MADNESS!!! GO UNDERDOGS!!!

[Ragone]

Utep's entire team is in foul trouble.. not looking good

[WussGawd]

LOL!! I am so pumped up I filled out 7 brackets. Yes indeedeedoodee!

Dangerous teams to lookout for today.

Manhattan
UTEP
Dayton
Arizona (these guys if they play as well as their potential....LOOKOUT!)


I can see Liberty beating St. Joe's....

It is time to dance boys!!

Holdem if you gotem and hang on for the ride.

Manhattan leading by 7 at the half, so you're looking pretty good there. I had Manhattan, UTEP & Dayton making it out of the first round.

Arizona? This team has no heart, and even less of a bench. They'll be done by the end of the day.

St Joe's will have accomplished something if they make it out of the first weekend. I agree with Billy Packer. This team should have never been a #1 seed after getting blown out by Xavier.

[WussGawd]

Looks like Bobby Knight might even make it out of the first round today. Up 14 at the half.

[WussGawd]

I get the feeling one of these games is gonna turn into a rout

Texas Tech over Charlotte, by all appearances.

I specifically take the Thursday and Friday off every year for the first round from work. Sitting on the couch in the living room watching UTEP-Maryland at the laptop.

[Ragone]

Man, watching this utep game.. they are fouling on nearly every defensive series.. it seems maryland is too quick for them.. but maryland is letting them hang around by not hitting free throws

[WussGawd]

I think Manhattan can pull a "Kent State" and make a serious run. Florida is a dangerous team, so they gotta close them out. Solid first half (from what scores I've seen...lousy 8/9 game) :) GO MARCH MADNESS!!! GO UNDERDOGS!!!

Manhattan could be this year's '99 Gonzaga. They have tournament experience from last year, and are pretty athletic.

[WussGawd]

Man, watching this utep game.. they are fouling on nearly every defensive series.. it seems maryland is too quick for them.. but maryland is letting them hang around by not hitting free throws

Yeah, not good. Maryland is basically turning them into a jump-shooting team on the offensive end and is taking it to the hole on them on the defensive end and drawing fouls.

[WussGawd]

Manhattan could be this year's '99 Gonzaga. They have tournament experience from last year, and are pretty athletic.

Actually, now that I think about it, that Valpo Homer Drew/Bryce Drew team might be a better analogy.

[WussGawd]

UTEP might be ok if they can make some adjustments at halftime. Looked bad when they fell behind by 9, but 5 is a bit more manageable.

[Ragone]

Here comes charlotte making a run, down 6

[WussGawd]

Here comes charlotte making a run, down 6

Nothing against Texas Tech (other than hiring the dirtbag), but I'd love to see Bobby Knight go down again in the first round.

[cthomer5000]

Everything is following my picks at the moment... come on Manhattan.

[Ksyrup]

I wanted so badly to pick against UF, but instead of studying the bracket and making sure I picked a 12 seed upset, etc., I just filled out the damn bracket in 5 minutes.

Oh well, looks like Neuheisel's got my money again this year...

[bbor]

This is'nt a hockey thread:(

[Easy Mac]

I picked Manhattan last year, so I had to stick with them this year... so far everything is going to plan, though I didn't pick any "surprising" upsets.

[Radii]

This is'nt a hockey thread:(

Yeah, this one is actually entertaining.

[WussGawd]

Yeah, this one is actually entertaining.

:rolleyes:

[WussGawd]

Say Goodnight, Charlotte and Florida.

[Neuqua]

Why do I listen to Conference USA homers?

I had Tech winning before a friend of mine (who goes to Marquette) absolutely guaranteed that Charlotte was better than anyone was giving them credit for.

[WussGawd]

UTEP making a great run. 7-0 run, down by 4, get the ball again after the TV time out.

[WussGawd]

Why do I listen to Conference USA homers?

I had Tech winning before a friend of mine (who goes to Marquette) absolutely guaranteed that Charlotte was better than anyone was giving them credit for.

They might have been better than they were given credit for, but I don't think anybody had been giving them credit. ;)

Only team out of C-USA that I have going very far is Memphis. Bob Huggins will find a way to lose this weekend, maybe even today against a dangerous ETSU squad and nobody else just screams at me as being a Sweet 16 team.

[Noop]

Hit on both the first two games, need UTEP to pull this one out now.
Hey we picked the same teams... have you been peeking on my picks?

[mckerney]

Had Manhatten winning, though in reviewing yahoo I'd accidently taken Charlotte when I was sure I'd taken Texas Tech, thinking they'd win and even taking Emmit in the Top Gun draft. Need UTEP to pull out their game now.

[Easy Mac]

tied!!!!!!!!! I loathe Maryland but picked them to win... I don't care if this fucks up my bracket.

[sterlingice]

tied!!!!!!!!! I loathe Maryland but picked them to win... I don't care if this fucks up my bracket.
THAT'S WHAT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS ALL ABOUT! :D

"Bracket be damned! Go underdog!!!"

SI

[Neuqua]

I don't care if this fucks up my bracket.

Exactly, I have Maryland in the Elite 8 but I wouldn't shed a tear to see UTEP pull this off.

[cincyreds]

UTEP 78 Maryland 78 2:05 left!

[cincyreds]

Well my bracket is screwed.

I had both Florida and Charlotte winning.

[Neuqua]

uh oh, gilchrist woke up.

[JonInMiddleGA]

C'mon Miners. I've already lost an E8 team today in Florida, I need UTEP to come through for me.

[sterlingice]

WOO! HUGE THREE!

SI

[Ragone]

Go Gilchrist go!

[Easy Mac]

Charge!!!!!! Dammit!@

[Easy Mac]

Damn, cheating for Maryland.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Ref must have had Maryland in his bracket.

[Neuqua]

I LOVE MARCH MADNESS!

[NAIWF]

Poor Jeeber D. He was so confident UTEP would win.

[sterlingice]

Ref must have had Maryland in his bracket. Nah, CBS does.

EDIT: I mean, really, it's not quite the NBA but I wouldn't want to be a little school against a big name school. You're playing 8 on 5 in those games.

SI

[WussGawd]

Jeeber, your boys played damn good. Too bad they couldn't pull it out.

And as usual, I have a gaping hole in my bracket. :)

[NAIWF]

Nah, CBS does.

SI

Exactly what I was thinking. The officiating in the Manhattan/Florida game was pretty dodgy at times too. But the team from the superior state won, and that's all that matters :cool:

[Ragone]

Survive and advance! I think if utep makes it back next year.. i'd take them over whoever they played (in this seeding range.. unless its louisville.. :)

[WussGawd]

Go Salukis!

[Marmel]

It amazes me how some teams cannot manage the game in the last minute. UTEP made a hell of an effort, but really did not maximize their chances.

Maryland is a poor free throw shooting team (although they were making them at the end), so why not foul, go for 2, repeat. The way they played it, they only gave themselves 2 chances, when they could easily given themselves 4 chances. :(

[Ragone]

yea, that was poor end game coaching by Utep.. who clearly didn't even expect to be in that situation in the end game..

Also laziness on the defensive end hurt utep.. alot of silly fouls that could have been avoided by proper movement and footwork..

[WussGawd]

It amazes me how some teams cannot manage the game in the last minute. UTEP made a hell of an effort, but really did not maximize their chances.

Maryland is a poor free throw shooting team (although they were making them at the end), so why not foul, go for 2, repeat. The way they played it, they only gave themselves 2 chances, when they could easily given themselves 4 chances. :(

I really do think they fumbled a good chance, particularly wasting 22 seconds on that last Maryland possession when it was obvious as heck they needed to foul (the possession started with 35.8 on the clock). They should have fouled in the backcourt for sure.

[kingnebwsu]

THAT'S WHAT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS ALL ABOUT! :D

"Bracket be damned! Go underdog!!!"

SI

AMEN BRUTHA!!! AMEN!!! I was cheering like hell for UTEP.

Nobody's bracket is really screwed yet...unless you lose a final four or maybe an elite eight team in the first round. The first round games don't count for much.

GO SALUKIS!!! :D :D

[sterlingice]

Don't they have CNN or something for news like this. Get back to basketball ;)

SI

[Ragone]

on a side note.. i wonder how many takes- trick photography shots were needed to do that lebron james powerade commercial

[sterlingice]

I still like the long Chevy commercial with all of their new line on display. But I gotta say whoever decided the 'vette should be first and that ugly yellow thing last was on crack. Close with the Corvette!!! What kind of marketing people are you?!?

SI

[sachmo71]

I thought this was a thread about hockey. :(

[cthomer5000]

I'm 3-for-3 after the early games.

[Ragone]

Jameer Nelson University 9
Liberty 6

hah

[sterlingice]

This game is making me fall asleep. I wanna see the 'bama-SIU game.

SI

[WussGawd]

I still like the long Chevy commercial with all of their new line on display. But I gotta say whoever decided the 'vette should be first and that ugly yellow thing last was on crack. Close with the Corvette!!! What kind of marketing people are you?!?

SI

The kind that keep losing market share to Japanese automakers, obviously. :p

[WussGawd]

25-8, St Joe's. Guess we won't be hearing from Falwell how God willed his school into the second round.

[Ragone]

Only way Liberty wins this game is if God Smite's Jameer nelson and Delonte west before the end of this half

[WussGawd]

Only way Liberty wins this game is if God Smite's Jameer nelson and Delonte west before the end of this half

Yep, Nelson is en fuego, from what I've seen.

[sterlingice]

Thankfully, we went to a much more interesting game between BYU and Syracuse.

You know, the sick sadistic side of me hopes St Joes runs the table in that region because very few "knowledgable" sports fans have them that far, trying to look smart and guess where they will get knocked off. It's almost like cheering for the underdog.

SI

[Glengoyne]

Thankfully, we went to a much more interesting game between BYU and Syracuse.

You know, the sick sadistic side of me hopes St Joes runs the table in that region because very few "knowledgable" sports fans have them that far, trying to look smart and guess where they will get knocked off. It's almost like cheering for the underdog.

SI
They can't be too knowledgable if they don't consider St. Joe's a favorite because they are playing essentially "home" games the first two weekends. That said, I think I picked them to get knocked off in the sweet sixteen in one of my brackets. Seeing that in my office bracket, I picked them to advance to the final four, I guess that it's the FOFC bracket.

[Ragone]

i liked the commentators at half of siu/bama

Siu cannot hit threes.. they cannot make any sort of runs when they get down..


Start of 2nd half.. siu hits 4 threes to get within 2.. nice commentary

[Radii]

St Joes will have a much easier time advancing past the Sweet 16 if Wake Forest doesn't get itself together in the 2nd half(Texas Tech has no shot at beating St Joes, IMO).

[WussGawd]

BYU apparently owns the Orangemen, from what I've seen. Need to put them away in the second half though.

[sterlingice]

They can't be too knowledgable if they don't consider St. Joe's a favorite because they are playing essentially "home" games the first two weekends. That said, I think I picked them to get knocked off in the sweet sixteen in one of my brackets. Seeing that in my office bracket, I picked them to advance to the final four, I guess that it's the FOFC bracket.
You say that, but how many people have you seen over the past few days talking about how St Joes will be the first #1 seed out?

SI

[Ragone]

Hell i think Stanford might be first #1 out.. st joes really got a weak draw..

[JeeberD]

Not such a great day after all... :(

But hey, my Miners played hard. Props to the Terps, though. Maryland took advantage of our weaknesses and we didn't capitalize on theirs. It was still a great season for the Miners. Most folks were expecting a .500 season from them at best at the beginning of the year.

[WussGawd]

Who'd have ever thought a BYU team would be more athletic than Syracuse.

[Ragone]

honestly jeeber.. utep really played poor strategic basketball at the end of the game... something that coaching should cover, they had a legimate shot at that game even with the poor ref calls down the stretch and should have had at least 2-3 chances to tie-win instead of 1

[Ragone]

and with Hakim warrick the 2nd pick overall in the fofc top gun thread.. eek!

[WussGawd]

The Orangemen also have a bunch of guys in foul trouble.

[Ragone]

Jim Boeheim is looking like he's losing some hair over this game.. oh wait..

[WussGawd]

and with Hakim warrick the 2nd pick overall in the fofc top gun thread.. eek!

Warrick's been on the bench with 3 fouls for about 4-5 minutes now.

[Neuqua]

SIU is on a roll offensively but needs a few defensive stops now on Alabama.

Go Salukies!

[WussGawd]

Jim Boeheim is looking like he's losing some hair over this game.. oh wait..

:D

Heck, he looks the same as he did when Rony Seikaly was playing for him, really.

[Radii]

:D

Heck, he looks the same as he did when Rony Seikaly was playing for him, really.

Never mention that name. Bad bad bad memories. 1987 :( (he destroyed my UNC team in... I wanna say the Elite 8)

[Ragone]

Siu within 1.. 3 to go!

[WussGawd]

Ought-oh. Syracuse just went on a heck of a run. Tied 42-42.

Go Salukis!

[JonInMiddleGA]

SIU by 1 with 1:32, but 'Bama shoots 3 FT's

[Marmel]

GMAC

[WussGawd]

31 seconds left, SIU with the ball. Bad shot selection on that last 'bama possession.

[Neuqua]

What a game!

SIU vs. Bama!

[WussGawd]

Wow. A couple of big buckets there. 5 seconds. plenty of time for SIU to set up a quick shot.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I'll see your dagger ... and raise you a dagger.

[cincyreds]

65-64 Bama 5 secs left

[Neuqua]

Damnit!

Bama wins.

[cincyreds]

Hey. How about VCU and BYU eh?

VCU tied at 49-49 13:00 left and

BYU tied 42-42 at the half against defending champs the Cuse.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Brooks off-balance won't go down. That's a doggoned shame :(

[WussGawd]

SIU couldn't make it. Good last chance, but no dice. My bracket now resembles a wedge of Swiss cheese. :)

[Ksyrup]

Dammit!

Edit (in Stewie voice): Blast!

[cincyreds]

IT'S OVER!!

Bama moves on!

[cincyreds]

Hold your trouts if you got'em lol!!

[Ksyrup]

Hey. How about VCU and BYU eh?

VCU tied at 49-49 13:00 left and

BYU tied 42-42 at the half against defending champs the Cuse.
I picked BYU and am sweating WF.

[cthomer5000]

I had Bama. I'm worried over the Cuse game (although I have them getting knocked out next round anywa), and certainly the Wake game... i have them losing to st Joes in the regional.

[Neuqua]

Two of my Sweet 16s are out already.

:(

[Ragone]

First Heartbreaking ending of the tournament.. many more to come! :)

[WussGawd]

First Heartbreaking ending of the tournament.. many more to come! :)

Actually, IMO, the only heartbreaking moment of the tournament is when the buzzer goes off to end the championship game. At least this year, since my alma mater didn't make the field.

[k0ruptr]

MOfo wake better wake up

[mckerney]

Wake Forest could absolutely kill my bracket if they lose now....

[Radii]

Wake is going to destroy my bracket if they can't pull this one out.

[k0ruptr]

they have awoken!

[Ragone]

man is liberty planning on guarding jameer anytime today? 35 points with 6 minutes left

[WussGawd]

BYU and VCU continue to hang.

[WussGawd]

Oops. BYU's center Araujo (who has been a big thorn in the side of Syracuse all game) just got his fourth foul with 14 minutes left. Stupid move by BYU to leave him out there, as he'd just picked up his third like 30 seconds before.

[WussGawd]

man is liberty planning on guarding jameer anytime today? 35 points with 6 minutes left

From what I've seen of Liberty, it wouldn't have helped them all that much if they'd bound and gagged Jameer.

[WussGawd]

The good news is that there's gonna be a hole in just about everybody's bracket if VCU hangs on.

[NAIWF]

Speaking of poor coaching, how could VCU not know they needed to foul there? They just wasted about 20 precious seconds, and all but killed any chance they had of tying the game.

[k0ruptr]

yea that was horrid.

oh well good game.

[WussGawd]

Speaking of poor coaching, how could VCU not know they needed to foul there? They just wasted about 20 precious seconds, and all but killed any chance they had of tying the game.

Yep. Apparently taking a cue from UTEP.

[Ragone]

I don't expect any coaching clinic's headlining gillespie and capel this summer :)

[Ragone]

ah.. moved over to Byu game.. with their 32 year old seniors!

[NAIWF]

The refs are trying to screw the 'Cuse now, damnit! That ball clearly went off of the BYU player.

[Neuqua]

How many of the games have gone to the last possesion already?

[WussGawd]

The refs are trying to screw the 'Cuse now, damnit! That ball clearly went off of the BYU player.

yeah, I'm sure they really want to prevent that match up of the last 2 champs on Saturday. :p

[WussGawd]

looks like Syracuse survived.

[ice4277]

Great start to the tourney, six of the eight games were pretty interesting. Even UTSA managed to keep it close with Stanford for a few minutes ;) Hopefully tonights games will be just as good. I am especially looking forward to Michigan State/Nevada and DePaul/Dayton. I think the Texas/Princeton game could be interesting, as well.

[Ragone]

Texas not looking too good.. this could be another one of those princeton grind em out upset's

[Easy Mac]

And basketball finally got interesting this evening. Thank you Nevada for curing an otherwise boring night.

[Easy Mac]

dola, though I have to say... LETS GO DUKE!

[sterlingice]

How many of the games have gone to the last possesion already?
For as close as all of the games have been, the only game where I really felt the underdog had a legit shot of winning was UTEP (not including 8-9 games). Sure, Manhattan pulled the upset, but it was the worst kept secret all week. It was the pick that even the conservative bracket makers had. In the second half, BYU was in it, but not really. You knew Syracuse could just bang it underneath on them once they got in all the foul trouble. VCU kept Wake close, but it just didn't seem like they were ever going to win. Texas-Princeton was a 10 point game most of the second half. Even among the 8-9s, that Charlotte game was close for them but Texas Tech was always in control. The underdogs just never felt like they were in it. Most years, you can feel when that higher seed is in trouble, and only the Maryland game smacked of that feel.

SI

[Easy Mac]

61% of America picked Florida to win. America picked 2 upsets: Southern Illinois and Western Michigan.

Make that 1 upset, I didn't notice Southern Illinois was a 9, I don't consider that an upset.

[sterlingice]

61% of America picked Florida to win. America picked 2 upsets: Southern Illinois and Western Michigan. Go read all the regional reviews by ESPN, CNNSI, CBS, TSN, and any other outlet of so-called experts (I say that just because the NCAA tourney is so hard to pick). You have to pick a 12 over a 5 and a few other upsets. You know that by the end of the weekend, there will have been some upsets: picking those is the challenge. If you just fill out your brackets with all the top seeds, why do you even bother playing in pools. You won't win and you won't even have fun.

Remember. ESPN poll. Overwhelmining masses of stupid people. Even 40% of them picked that 12 over a 5.

SI

[Glengoyne]

I feel stupid in that I knew Florida was headed home early . I just thought that Manhattan was still not good enough to take them.

The truly bad thing is that I didn't even look at Florida's second round opponent. I just picked Florida to lose to anyone that got that far.

[WussGawd]

I called Arizona-Seton Hall right, didn't I?

[sterlingice]

You know, if Dayton and DePaul just want to keep playing overtimes all night, I'd be fine with that. :D

SI

[WussGawd]

You know, if Dayton and DePaul just want to keep playing overtimes all night, I'd be fine with that. :D

SI

Yep. Even better than a first round NCAA Tournament game is a double overtime first round tournament game.

[sterlingice]

Yep. Even better than a first round NCAA Tournament game is a double overtime first round tournament game.
I need a big shot here from Dayton. There haven't been too many "big shots" today. And all of them so far today have been made by the teams leading to put teams away, "the stake in the heart". I want the "I can't believe he just made that shot to tie the game!"

SI

[mckerney]

Many overtimes would be cool, just as long as Dayton pulls it out in the end.

[sterlingice]

QUIT FOULING THE GUY WHO SHOOTS LIKE JOHN STOCKTON!

SI

[WussGawd]

QUIT FOULING THE GUY WHO SHOOTS LIKE JOHN STOCKTON!

SI

Hmm. I was thinking Jeff Hornacek, or Larry Bird myself. Yeah, that guy isn't even drawing iron hitting those free throws.

[sterlingice]

Hmm. I was thinking Jeff Hornacek, or Larry Bird myself. Yeah, that guy isn't even drawing iron hitting those free throws.
Yeah, actually Hornacek would be a better comparison. I was thinking Stockton after seeing him in the Zags game.

SI

[WussGawd]

Yeah, actually Hornacek would be a better comparison. I was thinking Stockton after seeing him in the Zags game.

SI

I was just remembering those insanely good games he had hitting free throws with the Suns, and later the Jazz. He was the best pure shooter I've ever seen.

[Butter]

Dayton crushed my spirit with that game.

I've been a lifelong Dayton fan, and will continue to be, but that was a hard loss to take. Unbelievably harder still to watch that 2nd OT. Ugh.

[Neuqua]

Alright, the Illini better not mess around. Let's try to make quick work of Murray St.

[SirFozzie]

BC Doin good to start :)

[Suicane75]

Does that Frost kid on Utah remind anyone else of the missing link?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Thank goodness, they finally switched Atlanta to BC/Utah from the incredibly dull Memphis/South Carolina game.

[Easy Mac]

Still getting Memphis-SC here.

[Radii]

No comments on the shot clock incident there? That makes UTEP and VCU's clock management yesterday look like nothing.

[SirFozzie]

LOL.. I was LMAO here at work, and had to explain the joke to a coworker ;)

[JeeberD]

First Heartbreaking ending of the tournament.. many more to come! :)


Ummmm, no. First heartbreaking ending came at the beginning of the day yesterday... :(

[GoldenEagle]

Thank goodness, they finally switched Atlanta to BC/Utah from the incredibly dull Memphis/South Carolina game.
I enjoyed watching that dull game.

[Ragone]

heh Cincinnati playing down to its level of competition again.. they are gonna play around with this game till they lose it

[JonInMiddleGA]

heh Cincinnati playing down to its level of competition again.. they are gonna play around with this game till they lose it
Ditto Georgia Tech

[Easy Mac]

Mike Gillespie, coach of FAMU, said this game was a once in a lifetime chance for his boys. So in honor of him, I'll be playing the Talking Heads song the whole game... or atleast until it gets out of hand.

[ice4277]

Heh, FAMU has the lead on Kentucky over five minutes in.

[ice4277]

dola

I am having trouble, to this point, telling who is the 16 seed.

[Easy Mac]

damn, Kentucky isn't missing.

[Easy Mac]

WOW. 60-52 in FAMU-UK. Kentucky's getting away with fouls left and right.

[Ragone]

Man.. anyone in the kentucky/famu game planning on playing defense anytime soon?

[k0ruptr]

LETS GO FAMU!!!!

[Easy Mac]

GO Spiders... the Badgers are seeded too high.

[Easy Mac]

Go Pacific. This could be a fun hour and a half of basketball coming up.

[Suicane75]

Im not a huge CBB fan but that Ken/FAMU first half was as much fun as ive had watching any form of Basketball in a long time.

[Easy Mac]

Wow, these refs have to be on the payroll.

[Easy Mac]

Richmond is pulling away!!! Come on Spiders, help my brackets.

[k0ruptr]

Holy shit!! did u just see what wisconsin did. they are on fire like hell

[Suicane75]

Holy shit!! did u just see what wisconsin did. they are on fire like hell

ruining my bracket they are.

[Easy Mac]

And Richmond collapses.

[Easy Mac]

wow, Pacific hates me... as does richmond.

[Suicane75]

wow, Pacific hates me... as does richmond.


I'm thinking the same exact thing.

[Radii]

I had pacific in at least one of my brackets. Too bad about FAMU, that was fun to watch for 30 minutes though.

[TargetPractice6]

Im not a huge CBB fan but that Ken/FAMU first half was as much fun as ive had watching any form of Basketball in a long time.I have to say my experience was the exact opposite. I can't believe I made it through that half without breaking something. On the plus side, we did hold them to 24(?) points in the second half.

[Ragone]

Go Louisville go! :)

[sterlingice]

Argh. We're turning UIC into a grease spot, but no one cares because Simien is hurt. Without him, we have 0 shot of a deep tourney run.

SI

[Ragone]

Was just a matter of time before he got hurt again.. he seems to be fairly fragile

[Easy Mac]

Here come the X-Men baby!!!!! Save my bracket.

[Ksyrup]

UCF - U Can't Finish!

Let's see if it applies to their basketball team, not just their academics.

[Ragone]

god.. this louisville-xavier game is the worst officiated game i have ever seen.. they literally are not calling anything on xavier.. oh well

[Easy Mac]

you obviously weren't watching the first half of the UK-FAMU game... I thought I saw UK players anally raping FAMU players while they shot.

[sterlingice]

you obviously weren't watching the first half of the UK-FAMU game... I thought I saw UK players anally raping FAMU players while they shot.
I would say that's hyperbole, but I'm pretty sure I saw one of those Kentucky players pull down the other guys pants and... never mind.

It's funny. UIC is trying to mix it up with us underneath and they just don't have the size. They're tough, but Graves is a giant neanderthal who could clobber most anyone and no one else under there for us is a slouch.

SI

[TargetPractice6]

What a fantastic turn around by Xavier!


I guess beating Kentucky will be the highlight of Louisville's season yet again. :)

[k0ruptr]

man , I sure wish louisville hadnt choked there first half lead away, I had them in sweet sixteen

[Easy Mac]

They just made the switch from the Xavier game to the Pitt game in this region. Louisville is officially done according to CBS.

[Ksyrup]

man , I sure wish louisville hadnt choked there first half lead away, I had them in sweet sixteen
Same here.

[ice4277]

Well, my bracket has taken a nosedive. One elite eight and two other sweet sixteen teams lost today. This sucks.

[sterlingice]

The rout is on in KC. We're getting out there and running like crazy on them and they can't do a thing. KU up by 20 with 10 to go. I'm guessing no one but us locals are getting that game now.

SI

[Easy Mac]

Horrible foul by UCF a minute ago. No one can score, so why not just let the guy get a layup instead of giving them an extra point?

[k0ruptr]

lets go langford, I got him in the topgun tourney.

[ice4277]

Actually, now that I check my bracekt again, I still have all my elite eight left and only two sweet sixteen gone. So, not as bad as I thought.

[Ksyrup]

I'm getting the UCF game, which looks like an NBA game - you know, no scoring, bad shooting.

[sterlingice]

lets go langford, I got him in the topgun tourney.
65-39 now. The crowd is going nuts and we're taking those "end of the game" dunks with 10 minutes to go... And there have been at least 3 in the last 2 minutes. I think Langford is ticketed for the bench after this timeout. Both he and Simien are nursing injuries so it's time for them to sit out and rest for Sunday.

SI

[k0ruptr]

NO. bastards let him in on the blowout. lol

[sterlingice]

So what the hell is up with that fugly Pitt-UCF game? Kentucky-FAMU had them outscored at the half.

SI

[Easy Mac]

UCF gave that game away... they playted scred for the last 5 minutes.

[sterlingice]

Wish I'd been watching this UAB/Washington game rather than the KU blowout the last 20 minutes but we're locked into local coverage :(

SI

[WussGawd]

What a great, great game UDub vs. Alabama-Birmingham was. Best one yet, IMO.

[vex]

That's some scorin too.

[JonInMiddleGA]

So ... what might the over/under on UK-UAB be? 200? 220?

[sterlingice]

So ... what might the over/under on UK-UAB be? 200? 220?
I can't wait to see it!

SI

[TargetPractice6]

I can't imagine Kentucky playing such poor defense two games in a row. I wouldn't expect the score the be that high.

[sterlingice]

Really classy of the Puke fans chanting "air ball" to the Seton Hall guy shooting a free throw when they're up by 21 with less than 10 minutes left in the game.

SI

[JeeberD]

Go Nevada!

Go WAC!!!

[sterlingice]

I'm glad they got away from that abysmal Duke game. This is fun and exciting!

SI

[Ragone]

expecting class from duke fans is like expecting quinn snyder to not violate any ncaa rules :)

[WussGawd]

Nevada 24-13. Wow. :eek:

[JeeberD]

27-13 :D

[kingfc22]

These refs SUCK!!!

[korme]

34-16

[sterlingice]

Man, the refs are doing a good job of hosing a #2 seed. Needless to say, this wasn't happening in the first game today.

SI

[kingfc22]

I hate watching basketball when the refs control the game, especially this time of year.

[sterlingice]

This game just has this feel about it. It's going to be a 3 point game either way with 1 minute to go. This is the first game I've really been excited about this year.

SI

[JeeberD]

Nevada up 15 at the half. Very nice...

[Ragone]

Wonder how gonzaga likes it now the shoes on the other foot :)

[sterlingice]

WHAT?!?! What an awful call!

SI

[JeeberD]

I was in the shower. What happened?

[JeeberD]

Holy shit what a dunk!!!

[k0ruptr]

wow. a 2 seed is goin down. was rootin for ya gonzaga, have fun watching the tourney from home.

[k0ruptr]

at least the it makes the wac look good

[JeeberD]

What? You were rooting for Gonzaga?!?!?!

Dude, you have to root for teams from your own conference...

Edit: Glad to see that Dola from you...

[k0ruptr]

lol yea I caught my self

[k0ruptr]

lets go manhattan! beat wake

[sterlingice]

This game just has this feel about it. It's going to be a 3 point game either way with 1 minute to go. This is the first game I've really been excited about this year.

SI
Clearly 100% wrong! Oops. The Zags were the only top seed I really didn't want to lose. I mean, to me they're still the little team that could, even with the #2 seed.

SI

[k0ruptr]

WOW delonte west of st. joes just went off early

[JonInMiddleGA]

Go Texas Tech

[sterlingice]

Go Jaspers!

SI

[k0ruptr]

GO JASPERS!!!

[sterlingice]

Man, this has the feel of all the other games. "They're close, but they're going to come up just short. Just like everyone else."

SI

[HornedFrog Purple]

Go Texas Tech

Even though Tech managed to cut the deficit down, how would you like to be a fly on the wall to hear Bobby Knight in the locker room after giving up a 24-2 run? :D

[sterlingice]

Man! Why couldn't one of these two games they had to keep flipping between be the early game today instead of that wretched Duke game. I badly wanted the shot to fall in the Stanford game since that would have finally been one of those marquee shots I'd been waiting for all tournament.

P.S. Goodbye bracket with the Stanford loss

SI

[NAIWF]

I just hope Billy Packer admits that Stanford was the #1 seed that really didn't deserve that status now. There is no East coast bias, it's not our fault that the West coast just doesn't put out any good teams. ;)

[Radii]

night stanford! Terrible terrible last play by maryland. Why is darryl, Jr taking that shot instead of gilchrist?

[NAIWF]

If I'm not mistaken, the whole Pac-10 is out already. Has any major conference ever been completely wiped out within the first 29 games before, or was this a historic effort we just witnessed?

[GoldenEagle]

Where is all the West Coasters now?

Stanford? Done
Gonzaga? Done

Who else is left?

[Ragone]

Think Nevada is the furthest west team left.. and i thought all along that stanford would be the first #1 out :)

[sterlingice]

Where is all the West Coasters now?

Stanford? Done
Gonzaga? Done

Who else is left?
Nevada and Pacific are still around. Tho, I suppose Nevada's not really coast. Then again, are you counting the Carolina schools as East Coast despite being over 100 miles from any sort of water?

SI

[k0ruptr]

WOOHOO GO PACIFIC TIGERS

[sterlingice]

WOOHOO GO PACIFIC TIGERS
NOOO! NOT THE PACIFIC TIGERS!

SI

[k0ruptr]

dola. GO UAB baby. beat them kentuckans. great day of college ball today with nc state and miss st goin down!

[ice4277]

Wow, some great games in the final Sunday session, especially this Kentucky/UAB game. UAB up one with about 12 seconds left! Although, I have a sinking feeling Kentucky will pull it off in the end.

[ice4277]

WOW. Congrats UAB!

[JonInMiddleGA]

UAB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

{I don't think I've ever been as pleased to have my bracket completely destroyed}

[k0ruptr]

YEA BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO FUCKING AWESOME

[Rizon]

Wow thanks KFC and Sanford for ruining my brackets.