March Madness 2010

[Penny Lane]

Ohio Bobcats, baby!

YES !! what a stunner!

[Ruckus]

Good thing I had Tenn knockin' out G'town.  So my sportsbook had a 25% bonus on MMadness betting.  I started out 1-6 but finished ahead by a hair after 32 games.

I love it!

[wharf rat]

Ohio Bobcats, baby!

YES !! what a stunner!

Damn, can't keep it going!  

[Ruckus]

Paging BobLoblaw, paging BobLoblaw

[Crispy]

Kansas HATES Oklahoma City!

[Penny Lane]

Kansas HATES Oklahoma City!

good fer my bucks.

[BH]

[size=96]M  I Z[/size]

[Ruckus]

[size=96]M  I Z[/size]

?

Is that what Norm Stewart calls his wife?

[Tracy 3000]

quite possibly the best 4 days of basketball I have ever watched.

Now, can Cornell really beat Kentucky?  :o

[bowl of soup]

quite possibly the best 4 days of basketball I have ever watched.

Now, can Cornell really beat Kentucky?  :o

I'm hardly getting over it, I'm hardly getting used to getting by.

Huevos.

[Tracy 3000]

quite possibly the best 4 days of basketball I have ever watched.

Now, can Cornell really beat Kentucky?  :o

I'm hardly getting over it, I'm hardly getting used to getting by.

Huevos.

yeah, I was just going to leave you alone on that one.

don't get too far down

[Ruckus]

Just watched the Kentucky press conference.  Wow that was uncomfortable to watch.  Obviously those 5 aren't the brightest kids in the world and it made me laugh every time they referred to them as the student athletes.   Most awkward was listening to DeMarcus Cousins answer questions.  Regardless, what annoyed me more was the race baiting of them by the media.  God they piss me off, those smarmy, sleazy losers.

Something to the effect of:  "Cornell gets so much credit for being a smart team that executes so well.  The media has mentioned a lot entering this game tomorrow.  Do you feel slighted by that because it may imply that you get by on sheer athleticism.  Has coach said anything about this to help motivate you..." >:(

[bowl of soup]

quite possibly the best 4 days of basketball I have ever watched.

Now, can Cornell really beat Kentucky?  :o

I'm hardly getting over it, I'm hardly getting used to getting by.

Huevos.

yeah, I was just going to leave you alone on that one.

don't get too far down

Can you make the Black Sheets of Rain stop?  Can you?!

[pawpaw]

I caught pieces of games here and there over the weekend, did get to see the 2nd half of the Kansas/N. Iowa game. Farokhmanesh taking that 3 with 25 (or so) seconds remaining was so fucking badass.

Congrats to the St. Mary's Gaels! (Even though they knocked out one of my Final Four teams)

[Ruckus]

I caught pieces of games here and there over the weekend, did get to see the 2nd half of the Kansas/N. Iowa game. Farokhmanesh taking that 3 with 25 (or so) seconds remaining was so fucking badass.

Congrats to the St. Mary's Gaels! (Even though they knocked out one of my Final Four teams)

I've been making Faroukhmanesh jokes all week.  Kidding aside, that was one of the biggest, "yeah that's me slapping my balls in your face" shot I've ever seen.

[pawpaw]

I caught pieces of games here and there over the weekend, did get to see the 2nd half of the Kansas/N. Iowa game. Farokhmanesh taking that 3 with 25 (or so) seconds remaining was so fucking badass.

Congrats to the St. Mary's Gaels! (Even though they knocked out one of my Final Four teams)

I've been making Faroukhmanesh jokes all week.  Kidding aside, that was one of the biggest, "yeah that's me slapping my balls in your face" shot I've ever seen.

And it wasn't even like the game was secured yet. Kansas was just owning N. Iowa off the inbounds and had pressed and stolen their way back into the game. I think it was only a 2 or 3 point game when Farokhmanesh had that break down the court, pulled back beyond the 3-line with NO TEAMMATES down the floor yet to position for a rebound or pass the ball to, thought about it for about half a second and then just nailed it. He was totally calm about it afterward too, no fist pumps or chest bumps, just a cold fucking killer.

We'll be seeing that play for a long time. I hope we will, anyway.

[BH]

I caught pieces of games here and there over the weekend, did get to see the 2nd half of the Kansas/N. Iowa game. Farokhmanesh taking that 3 with 25 (or so) seconds remaining was so fucking badass.

Congrats to the St. Mary's Gaels! (Even though they knocked out one of my Final Four teams)

I've been making Faroukhmanesh jokes all week.  Kidding aside, that was one of the biggest, "yeah that's me slapping my balls in your face" shot I've ever seen.

And it wasn't even like the game was secured yet. Kansas was just owning N. Iowa off the inbounds and had pressed and stolen their way back into the game. I think it was only a 2 or 3 point game when Farokhmanesh had that break down the court, pulled back beyond the 3-line with NO TEAMMATES down the floor yet to position for a rebound or pass the ball to, thought about it for about half a second and then just nailed it. He was totally calm about it afterward too, no fist pumps or chest bumps, just a cold fucking killer.

We'll be seeing that play for a long time. I hope we will, anyway.

I was sitting in a Mexican restaurant enjoying my chimichanga, guac, etc, and the game was on a 20" tv in the far corner.  As it got towards the end, every guy in the place was watching. Faroukhmanesh took that shot and I yell out at the table "No he didn't!".  My wife, who's back was to the TV and didn't even realize I was watching, looked at me like, who the hell are you talking to!  Then she realized what I was doing, shook her head at me and went back to her margarita.

March Madness!  ;D

[capt. scotty]

Ive been awol for a week or 2, but the tourney has been awesome thus far.

My final 4 (before it all started, ill also state my hate for Kansas and Duke played into this):
Ohio St
Kansas St
Kentucky
Baylor

If I were to re-eval this before today, I probably wouldve picked the Orange for the F4 bc they looked great last week and I thought Onuaku would be a big miss for them. I didnt expect Butler to give them trouble.

K-State is who I thought they were. I love that team, great game tonight, Pullen and Clemente are the shiz, their frontourt is more athletic than Kentucky, and I love rooting for them and Frank Martin.

my final is Kentucky beating K-State.

I didnt expect upsets really today or tomorrow bc I think that highly of the higher ranked teams, but Butler beating the Orange is very surprising

I expect Kentucky-WVU to be awesome. If they werent in the same region, both would be in my F4. I think Wall-Bledsoe will be too much for WVU's backcourt though, and thats why I ended up going KY over WVU. Also id expect KY to get WVU's bigs in foul trouble. If WVU wins though, I wouldnt be surprised at all.

[Tracy 3000]

WV is the team I am rooting for to win it all. I'm a big Da'sean Butler fan and also love me some Bob Huggins. I have watched Kentucky all year and still not sold on them being as dominant as people think. If they run into "the right team" they'll have some troubles. By right team I mean a seasoned team. Butler is a senior but has only Wellington Smith as a fellow senior. I think WV can win, but would really be intrigued to see Duke play KY. I think Duke wins that based on their 3 seniors (and I HATE Duke) Sheyer, Singler and Smith. I know Dicky V. likes talent over experience, but I disagree. I have not been impressed when KY loses their focus, and that's strictly and age thing (and thinking about the NBA). Plus, free throws, free throws, free throws! Calipari's Memphis team was crusing 2 years ago but met Kansas and lost b/c of their free throws and inability to close out a game against an experienced team.

FT %

Duke #9  75%
WV #119  70%
KY #231  67%

KY is not as good as Corolina was last year and I have a hunch they'll get beat and it will happen late and on the FT line.

or not    :-/

[aMillionDreams]

That's my theory too, Tracy.  Caliparri said FT shooting wouldn't bite his team in the ass when he took tyreke evans and company to the finals with memphis but it did in the final game.

Also, the elephant in the room:  Caliparri's last two trips to the final four have been vacated due to recruiting violations.  Do we have any reason to believe that won't happen with this year's UK squad?