I love this time of year. Motogp starts this weekend but best of all it is the first week of the tourney. I pull for all the little schools. I know in the end they will fall but the underdogs win enough to keep me going. Three upsets last night, Morehead State, Richmond, and Gonzaga all pulled upsets. I'm a Zag fan and last night was the best they played all year. Oakland and Texas are playing now. Texas ahead but little Oakland has one of the best big men in the country. Not getting much work done.
I'm not a huge basketball fan, but I like everyone's excitement! I saw that my alma mater (Cincinnati) won over Missouri yesterday - go Bearcats!
I work in an office full of die hard Wildcats fans (AZ), so we've got a computer and projector setup for today's game so that everyone can watch the stream at 11:30!
If you are a Duke hater, as I am, here is a good read about the Duke hating phenomenon.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/17/moore.duke.hate/index.html?hpt=T2 (http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/17/moore.duke.hate/index.html?hpt=T2)
Quote from: akmnstr on March 18, 2011, 10:10:38 AM
If you are a Duke hater, as I am, here is a good read about the Duke hating phenomenon.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/17/moore.duke.hate/index.html?hpt=T2 (http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/17/moore.duke.hate/index.html?hpt=T2)
Duke hater?!
+1 [thumbsup]
Way to go AZ!! 93-77 [clap]
Oh yeaaaaaaaaaaa boy, can't wait for the Buckeyes to beat the crap out of the Wildcats tonight. KY is very talented but OSU's experience, defense and shooting will be too much for them to handle.
Was a little worried about playing Duke in the Final Four but just don't have to worry about that anymore. Great game by the Wildcats (AZ version).
Butler!
///not an alumni, just lived near campus
This is the year Stanford goes all the way. Connecticut is going down. Just so it is not Texas.
Quote from: Little Monkey Toes on March 25, 2011, 07:20:42 AM
This is the year Stanford goes all the way. Connecticut is going down. Just so it is not Texas.
Wrong Tourney but I do think that the Cardinal has a good shot at the NC in the women's.
Would love to see the lady Buckeyes beat TN this weekend but it is probably not going to happen.
Duke is knocked out by AZ and Butler wins. A great night.
Kentucky takes out another #1 [clap] [popcorn]
Yesss!!!
Quote from: IZ on March 25, 2011, 09:35:28 PM
Yesss!!!
You approve of Marv Albert calling games on TBS?
Butler over Florida, what a game. [clap] [popcorn]
UConn too much for AZ. Great game. [clap] [popcorn]
VCU!!!! that is all
Quote from: brix821 on March 27, 2011, 11:24:35 AM
VCU!!!! that is all
Good call (guess) on that one. ;) A gambling man coulda won some coin off that game. Way to go
VCU. [clap] [popcorn]
my restaurant is right in the middle of VCu and people are going apeshit right now!
Quote from: brix821 on March 27, 2011, 01:55:36 PM
my restaurant is right in the middle of VCu and people are going apeshit right now!
I'll bet, that was huge. [thumbsup]
No no. 1 seeds left!! [thumbsup] [thumbsup]
UK and UNC, hell of a game. [clap] [popcorn]
Quote from: kopfjäger on March 27, 2011, 04:05:24 PM
UK and UNC, hell of a game. [clap] [popcorn]
Negative.
Bracket = over.
Nothing left but to cheer for Butler.
///kicks himself for not putting them in the final four...///
Who knew?!
This proves that Butler's run last year was not a fluke. They are legit great team.
Richmond Aftermath: VCU vs KANSAS, ELITE EIGHT to FINAL FOUR (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYzS3fjgLS0#normal)
shit is crazy around downtown Richmond
The finals will not only pit a small school from a small school conference against a huge school, it will pit a young coach that is smart and plays it clean against an older coach that has been in the middle of NCAA investigations and some consider to be the slim of the earth. That will be the case no matter how the semi finals turn out.
What a story. And the games will be played in Houston about 50 miles from my home. I looked into buying tickets last Nov. and they were sold out. I'll watch at home. I may lose my mind if the NAPA commercial comes on one more time.
Butler/VCU Hell of a game. [clap] [popcorn]
UConn over Kentucky in a nail biter. [clap]
Can Butler win it this year? [popcorn]
QuoteCan Butler win it this year? popcorn
I say, yes they can. I was not that impressed with Uconn.
I guess I'm a default Butler fan two years in a row.
I hate UConn almost as much as I do dook.
Sloppy game for both teams so far. [popcorn]
Congratulations to UCONN. [clap]