Preseason NCAA Basketball Poll is released

[jermtheworm]

i had Kansas, Syracuse, and Georgia Tech. after the first session of games friday afternoon, i was 23-1 in my ESPN bracket. it went in the shitter very fast after that.

I've been too scared/embarrassed to check the ESPN bracket.

[seekupig]

if the final four ends up being NC State, Utah, West Virginia and Oklahoma St., i still have an outside shot to pull out a victory.:lol

[trippingbilly12]

if the final four ends up being NC State, Utah, West Virginia and Oklahoma St., i still have an outside shot to pull out a victory.:lol

I want to see West Virginia go all the way. They are fun team to watch and cheer for

[bdb23]

Interesting read... http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/8313078

[trippingbilly12]

Interesting read... http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/8313078

my school computers blow, its blocked for some reason :BANG

[seekupig]

my school computers blow, its blocked for some reason :BANG

JR Giddens is staying. who cares.
Bill Self is the worst coach in the tournament. no shit.

that about sums it up.:lorraine

[bdb23]

my school computers blow, its blocked for some reason :BANG
:thumbsup

The good, the bad and ugly of opening weekend
March 21, 2005
By Gregg Doyel
SportsLine.com Senior Writer



It's not time to give out the national championship -- although it's tempting, North Carolina -- but CBS SportsLine.com has plenty of NCAA Tournament awards to dole out, based on the first two rounds.


B.J. Elder's season was a total disappointment. (Getty Images)
Some of the recipients won't be pleased. Typical. Nothing's ever good enough, is it?

NBA stock rising: NBA scouts already liked Louisville guard Francisco Garcia. Two games into the tournament, they've got to love him. Garcia is starting to look like a guy who has wandered into the wrong gym. He's too good for everyone here.

NBA stock falling: Kansas' J.R. Giddens and Nevada's Nick Fazekas announced they won't enter the 2005 NBA Draft. Meanwhile, I'm announcing I won't enter the 2005 Mr. Universe competition.

Best performance in a losing effort: Disintegrating Boston College lost a game it should have won, but don't blame Jared Dudley for that 83-75 defeat to Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dudley had 22 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

Worst performance in a winning effort: Anything's possible now, but Wisconsin takes the least impressive tournament resume into the Sweet 16, having beaten Northern Iowa 57-52 and Bucknell 71-62.

Worst performance, period: Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt routinely wonders why senior B.J. Elder doesn't get more credit. This is why: Elder had three points in the Jackets' second-round loss to Louisville, a sadly typical performance for one of the streakiest players in college basketball.

Best coach: Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Bruce Pearl and North Carolina State's Herb Sendek got consideration, as did Bucknell's Pat Flannery and Vermont's Tom Brennan, but the pick here is West Virginia's John Beilein. Two weeks ago his Mountaineers were an NIT team. Now they're in the Sweet 16, and capable of going farther.

Worst coach: Kansas should never lose to Bucknell, Bill Self. Never.

Better get better: Oklahoma State All-American Joey Graham has 16 points in two NCAA Tournament games. With Graham at his best, the Cowboys probably aren't big enough to surpass last season's Final Four showing. With Graham averaging eight points per game, Oklahoma State will have no chance.

Can't get better: With or without Graham, Ivan McFarlin will do what he can. The OSU senior posted the highest-scoring game of the tournament with 31 points in the second round against Southern Illinois. In two games, McFarlin is averaging 24.5 ppg and shooting 78.3 percent.

Best league (big surprise): Trashed all season, the Big Ten advanced 60 percent of its NCAA Tournament teams (three of five) into the Sweet 16.

Worst league (no surprise): Trashed all season, the SEC advanced 20 percent of its NCAA Tournament teams (one of five) into the Sweet 16.

Most puzzling: Syracuse's bench was short three players -- three! -- for the Orange's opening-round loss to Vermont, and coach Jim Boeheim didn't help matters any. He declined to address the futures of troubled junior Billy Edelin and freshman busts Josh Wright and Dayshawn Wright. Of the three, only Josh Wright accompanied the team to Worcester, Mass., but he wasn't at the game. Question: If neither Wright shows up next season, will anyone notice?

Best liar: After Duke beat Mississippi State to reach the Sweet 16, coach Mike Krzyzewski acted like it was no big deal that he had just become the tournament's all-time victory leader with 66. No big deal, though he had just passed Dean Smith. No big deal. No big deal. Sorry, we're just trying to be as convincing as he was.

Worst liar: We have no idea what really caused those superficial injuries to Boston College's Jermaine Watson. But we'd bet our weekly salary -- OK, we'd bet your weekly salary -- that he didn't dive through any window trying to avoid a pounding. Come on, Jermaine. You're a senior. You can do better than that.

Biggest sweetheart: After beating Gonzaga to reach the Sweet 16, Texas Tech coach Bob Knight gave a public declaration of gratitude to wife, Karen. Very nice.

Biggest jerk: Incapable of merely enjoying his team's Sweet 16 moment, Bob Knight later went on a national radio show and leveled Indiana coach Mike Davis -- saying he would have fired Davis had he been kept at Indiana for one more season. At least that's what The Ensign says he told his son, Brat.

Best bracket: Yours.

Worst bracket: Mine.

[trippingbilly12]

JR Giddens is staying. who cares.
Bill Self is the worst coach in the tournament. no shit.

that about sums it up.:lorraine

where is jr giddens thinking of going?

you're kidding me if he was thinking of going to the NBA

[seekupig]

where is jr giddens thinking of going?

you're kidding me if he was thinking of going to the NBA

i think he was considering that before he went into a 7 for 221 "slump" behing the arc.

[trippingbilly12]

i think he was considering that before he went into a 7 for 221 "slump" behing the arc.

He so much potential its unbelievable. I am praying he gets it together for next year

[rcarlsn612]

my espn.com stats:
First Round: 240
Second Round: 180
Regional Semis: 0
Regional Finals: 0
Semifinals: 0
Championship: 0
Total Points: 420
PP Remaining: 840
Overall Rank: 618920
Percentile: 77.9

So basically i suck balls,only 9 of 16 teams, and i got all 4 in chicago

[unccrombie]

for anyone that was interested:

NC State/Wisonsin tip off is at 7:27 pm on march 25th
UNC/Nova tip off is at 9:57 pm on march 2th

[justinandimcool]

March 2th?

[HolyCow]

He so much potential its unbelievable. I am praying he gets it together for next year

Yeah, he needs to use some of that athleticism and start taking the ball to the hole. I watched him play a lot in high school (even got schooled by him in a pick up game) and he loved taking the ball to the rim. Now all he does is stand around the 3 point line. He has a huge upside but just needs to find his game

[unccrombie]

March 2th?
:rolleyes

[jermtheworm]

I thought all the games were sat/sun games, i guess i was wrong. We have thurs night and fri night too?

[unccrombie]

I thought all the games were sat/sun games, i guess i was wrong. We have thurs night and fri night too?
austin/syracuse are friday/sunday and alb and chicago are thursday/saturday

[jermtheworm]

austin/syracuse are friday/sunday and alb and chicago are thursday/saturday


thank you :thumbsup

[clayj41]

Does anyone else besides me love hearing Bob Knight say that he was going to fire Mike Davis at the end of the 2000 basketball season until he was fired. I hope he's gone this year. Oh, I was looking at ESPN and here is their Power 16.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/powerranking?nocache=1

[unccrombie]

Does anyone else besides me love hearing Bob Knight say that he was going to fire Mike Davis at the end of the 2000 basketball season until he was fired. I hope he's gone this year. Oh, I was looking at ESPN and here is their Power 16.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/powerranking?nocache=1
get ready for the unc bitching :)

[gbs3769]

that's the problem. it has nothing to do with the seeds as much as it has to do with who it was. the only thing i can remember that's close is UNC / Weber St. and Princeton beating UCLA in the first round when they were defending national champs. none of the #15 / #2 games were that big.

Well, #2 Syracuse losing to #15 Richmond in 1991 was just as bad. It was just wrong.

- Matt

[RJ2kWJ]

get ready for the unc bitching :)

No bitching from I. They are definitely the most impressive thus far.

But I m REALLY happy that a lot isnt expected of Duke. This whole season was supposed to be their "worst since 1995". And everytime theyve been predicted to not do well, they tend to prove everyone wrong. So that actually makes my heart happy that nothing much is expected of them.

[HolyCow]

The thing about Bob Knight doesn't suprise me...he has always been a jerk and will forever be one. Boy, but the man can coach basketball...T Tech beat Gonzaga because he just outcoached them. And from a Sooner, Let's go O State! and if not O State then LET'S GO DUKE! Gotta love JJ and Coach K and my Oklahoma boy Sheldon

[watchtower41]

Just got back from hospital in intensive care all weekend, the doctors label me as "stable", yet critical condition. I keep waking up with the replay of that Simien miss over and over.... I was one that had high expectations for this KU class with what theyve done, only to be shot down with hopes of pulling something together with the hardware on the line.... what I am left with is the knowledge that this KU team/class was overrated to begin with, a team that had no energy or courage to right their ship when they were tested with adversity. Its easy to blame Self, and I will... he needs to take a good look in the mirror with what he is doing with this program.

[bdb23]

Its easy to blame Self, and I will... he needs to take a good look in the mirror with what he is doing with this program.
As I said before, have fun with him.

[The Onion]

My Final Four (Illinois, Duke, North Carolina, Louisville) are still alive! I'm so happy!

[RJ2kWJ]

My Final Four (Illinois, Duke, North Carolina, Louisville) are still alive! I'm so happy!

Same for me except I have OK St. instead of Illinois

[katedid81]

Same for me except I have OK St. instead of Illinoisditto, except I don't have Louisville

[katedid81]

Interesting read... http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/8313078
Worst coach: Kansas should never lose to Bucknell, Bill Self. Never.

so true, but so sweetly fun at the same time even though it did mess up my brackets

[unccrombie]

we still havent seen seekuppig...yall sure he's ok? :lol

[bdb23]

we still havent seen seekuppig...yall sure he's ok? :lol
He was in here earlier today. He's okay. :D

[bdb23]

Goto post #6452 for seekupig's return.

[unccrombie]

:lol phew

[onemoredrink41]

Hypocrite -- Yes. When you talk all the UK smack about them winning it all and then you abandon them with your picks. What kind of fan are you???

Maybe you need to grow your hair out (butch) and perhaps boys will actually talk to you. I guess that explains a lot of your aggression in this thread. My wife seems to agree with me on this.

I've been here every time (once) that the Illini have lost. You, on the other hand, never seem to be around when Jelly loses. Pretty typical of what we've seen from you.

Again, yet another childish response from someone who needs to learn how to have a discussion.


grow my hair out? it is grown that pic is old. And I am not a butch, I have a boyfriend, dumbass, the fact is you are a fatass who likes to talk smack.
Just because I didnt pick my team to win doesnt mean I dont want them to win or think they cant, we are young dumbass, I will def pick them to win it next year, hell we may win it this year.

you are married? christ, feel sorry for your wife.

sorry i dont hop on the internet when UK loses.... god for bid if I am outside doing something besides sitting on my fat bald ass.

[bdb23]

grow my hair out? it is grown that pic is old. And I am not a butch, I have a boyfriend, dumbass, the fact is you are a fatass who likes to talk smack.
Just because I didnt pick my team to win doesnt mean I dont want them to win or think they cant, we are young dumbass, I will def pick them to win it next year, hell we may win it this year.

you are married? christ, feel sorry for your wife.

sorry i dont hop on the internet when UK loses.... god for bid if I am outside doing something besides sitting on my fat bald ass.
:thumbsup Continuing the trend of not being able to take it. Do you even read the shit that you type???

[seekupig]

:lol phew

my friends were finally able to talk me down from the rooftop.:lol

[onemoredrink41]

:thumbsup Continuing the trend of not being able to take it. Do you even read the shit that you type???


being able to take what?? a 30 + year old bald fat ass aruging with me, that is just classic, better yet calling a girl a butch for having short hair at the time. The thing is you are fat and balding. Another thing is IL is over-rated and they will lose their next game. So take your fat ass outside and excercise then talk some more shit to me.

[bdb23]

Also, look at your last couple of posts... http://www.antsmarching.org/forum/search.php?searchid=413304 Worthless bullshit. You add nothing to this community or to this thread.

[seekupig]

Another thing is IL is over-rated and they will lose their next game.

UW-Milwaukee is good, but not that good.

[bdb23]

being able to take what?? a 30 + year old bald fat ass aruging with me, that is just classic, better yet calling a girl a butch for having short hair at the time. The thing is you are fat and balding. Another thing is IL is over-rated and they will lose their next game. So take your fat ass outside and excercise then talk some more shit to me.
Take a discussion about you being a hypocrite and your cats (and the SEC) sucking ass. I won't stoop to your level at this point. You aren't worth my time. I'm too busy in the real world running my law firm. One day you'll grow up.

[watchtower41]

bdb23, you heading to Allstate this week for any of the games??? Should be rockin with Orange in there.... I dont have great seats, but I couldnt be more excited to watch the unheralded No 1 team in the nation. I'll tell ya one thing, I'm extatic that I didnt make reservations to head out the Syracuse for next weekend. Wisconsin/NC State has to be the dirtiest Sweet 16 game of all time. Nothing against NC State, loving the fact they knocked out UConn yesterday, just not a real exciting team to watch or anything along those lines..... not that either one of thenm have a chance at Carolina. Come on Wildcats. Think '85 :p

[road_designer]

Take a discussion about you being a hypocrite and your cats (and the SEC) sucking ass. I won't stoop to your level at this point. You aren't worth my time. I'm too busy in the real world running my law firm. One day you'll grow up.

Yeah, you do seem pretty busy with that law thing. :rolleyes By the way, the SEC was obviously over-rated.

[seekupig]

Wisconsin/NC State has to be the dirtiest Sweet 16 game of all time.

the over/under on that game opened at 37 pts. i'll take the under.

[bdb23]

bdb23, you heading to Allstate this week for any of the games??? Should be rockin with Orange in there.... I dont have great seats, but I couldnt be more excited to watch the unheralded No 1 team in the nation. I'll tell ya one thing, I'm extatic that I didnt make reservations to head out the Syracuse for next weekend. Wisconsin/NC State has to be the dirtiest Sweet 16 game of all time. Nothing against NC State, loving the fact they knocked out UConn yesterday, just not a real exciting team to watch or anything along those lines..... not that either one of thenm have a chance at Carolina. Come on Wildcats. Think '85 :p
I might have tickets. I used to work at the Allstate Arena (f/k/a Rosemont Horizon :D) so I have some connections. Waiting to hear, though.

road_designer - Quit your bullshit. Looks like your awfully busy with that engineering thing, too.

[UNC41]

being able to take what?? a 30 + year old bald fat ass aruging with me, that is just classic, better yet calling a girl a butch for having short hair at the time. The thing is you are fat and balding. Another thing is IL is over-rated and they will lose their next game. So take your fat ass outside and excercise then talk some more shit to me.

Didn't you pick Illinois to win it? I saw yesterday that you at least had them in your Final Four, and if I remember correctly to win it all.

[RJ2kWJ]

Didn't you pick Illinois to win it? I saw yesterday that you at least had them in your Final Four, and if I remember correctly to win it all.

hypocrisy is running all through these posts. :D

[Davenumber40]

Best league (big surprise): Trashed all season, the Big Ten advanced 60 percent of its NCAA Tournament teams (three of five) into the Sweet 16.

Worst league (no surprise): Trashed all season, the SEC advanced 20 percent of its NCAA Tournament teams (one of five) into the Sweet 16.


:thumbsdow
How can you use this to measure teams? Is Wisc. Mil. one of the 16 best in the country?

[seekupig]

:thumbsdow
How can you use this to measure teams? Is Wisc. Mil. one of the 16 best in the country?

they are this week.

[UNC41]

they are this week.

:thumbsup

They aren't one of the best teams around, but they are still playing and that's all that matters right now.

[TwoStepFF]

:thumbsup

They aren't one of the best teams around, but they are still playing and that's all that matters right now.
this is true, whoever plays the best into march and during march

[Davenumber40]

they are this week.

:thumbsdow
Oh well, I guess this is why I'm starting to love soccer more than basketball.

[UNC41]

:thumbsdow
Oh well, I guess this is why I'm starting to love soccer more than basketball.

See that's where we differ. Cinderellas are one of the reasons why there is no finer time of year than March in my eyes.

[RJ2kWJ]

:thumbsdow
Oh well, I guess this is why I'm starting to love soccer more than basketball.

I think I like listening to a chess match on FM better than watching soccer.

[seekupig]

this tournament is all about "survive and advance." while they are plenty of teams that are better than some of the ones left (save it, i know), what it comes down to is the teams that are still playing got the job done. the ones that didn't are at home. there's a reason the games aren't played on paper.

[seekupig]

:thumbsdow
Oh well, I guess this is why I'm starting to love soccer more than basketball.

i love soccer as much as the next euro, but single elimination is what makes the tourney so great (this coming from someone who suffered the worst defeat in school history friday night). if the NCAA tourney used round-robin in the Pool format and took the teams with the best record from each pool as they do in the World Cup, the upsets by Bucknell, Vermont, UAB, etc. wouldn't mean shit. they would win that game, celebrate, then get blown out their next three games and go home anyways. they aren't playing for the opportunity to go to the Final Four, their joy comes from ruining someone else's season.

[DMBfan41]

Duke and UNLV are tied at 77 with 12.7 left.

[DMBfan41]

79-77 DUKE!

Laettner made them both!

[DMBfan41]

Duke Wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[haildmb]

that would be fun to see. nothing like living in a place that has three sweet-sixteen teams within twenty-five miles of each other.


that's right baby :D

[bdb23]

Gotta love the babies who pop in and then hand out random negatives. Grow up people. At least sign your negatives.

[ExistenceNow]

Gotta love the babies who pop in and then hand out random negatives. Grow up people. At least sign your negatives.

that's ridiculous... why would anyone hand out negatives in a thread about basketball... i concur with the "Grow up people" statement!

[bdb23]

that's ridiculous... why would anyone hand out negatives in a thread about basketball... i concur with the "Grow up people" statement!
Sad thing is, there are too many non-regulars that can't take it but like to dish it.

[ExistenceNow]

Quite sad indeed...

Damn.... thursday can't come fast enough... I usually only watch footbal and baseball... I've never been this into basketball... i loathe pro basketball and i usually don't watch college very often (other than Texas) but this tournament has me hooked

[unccrombie]

news flash: sumpter tore his acl and is out for the rest of the tourney

[trippingbilly12]

news flash

TCU WINS AGAIN :lol

We won the 2nd round of the NIT, beating western michigan 76-74 in overtime, next up is the winner of the Maryland/Davidson game

[unccrombie]

link for sumpter: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney05/news/story?id=2018576

villanueva heads to the nba: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2018702

[bdb23]

news flash: sumpter tore his acl and is out for the rest of the tourney
Well, looks like WV has to carry the Big East's load.

[DMBfan41]

the NIT, I can't believe at a time the NIT was more popular then the NCAA

[mwjorgens]

You've got to be the dumbest person on these boards.

says the guy with SU in his sig. its ok they are a team better suited for the NIT

[haildmb]

news flash: sumpter tore his acl and is out for the rest of the tourney


ohhh, fantastic! :rolleyes

[gbs3769]

news flash: sumpter tore his acl and is out for the rest of the tourney

That is very unfortunate.

says the guy with SU in his sig. its ok they are a team better suited for the NIT

That was actually a quote that someone else left for me.

Yeah SU played pretty piss poor against Vermont. I still don't know what the issue was. I think that the fact that three players weren't at the game had something to do with it. I know Jimmy B said "that is an excuse losers make" but that has to weigh on the team a little bit. The latest word out of Syracuse (or at least the rumor) says that Billy Edelin had failed an NCAA random drug test and that is why he hasn't been playing.

- Matt

[RJ2kWJ]

That is very unfortunate.



That was actually a quote that someone else left for me.

Yeah SU played pretty piss poor against Vermont. I still don't know what the issue was. I think that the fact that three players weren't at the game had something to do with it. I know Jimmy B said "that is an excuse losers make" but that has to weigh on the team a little bit. The latest word out of Syracuse (or at least the rumor) says that Billy Edelin had failed an NCAA random drug test and that is why he hasn't been playing.

- Matt

So roids have moved into NCAA hoops now too!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! :D

[seekupig]

So roids have moved into NCAA hoops now too!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! :D

:lol

i think hippy lettuce is the drug of choice for most basketball players.:D

[bdb23]

Looks like we're all NCAA'd out for the next couple of days. :rolleyes

[gbs3769]

Looks like we're all NCAA'd out for the next couple of days. :rolleyes

I'm done until I can cheer for 'Nova on Friday or we find out what the problem was with Billy Edelin, Josh Wright and Dayshawn Wright. My guess is that it will be the Dome on Friday at 7:30.

As an aside, the dome screwed up their fliers that they sent out to the other schools explaining the different services that they have in Syracuse. One of the things was taxi services, the listed the wrong phone number for one of the companies and actually listed one of the private lines for my company.

- Matt

[watchtower41]

news flash: sumpter tore his acl and is out for the rest of the tourney


son of a bitch...and I was looking forward to Friday's game too. Can someone tell me how UNC was seeded in the region of death, yet they will not be tested at all before they reach the Final Four. :BANG

[watchtower41]

villanueva heads to the nba: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2018702


Lottery BUST waiting to happen.....he could def use at least another year.

[bdb23]

Lottery BUST waiting to happen.....he could def use at least another year.
:thumbsup

[UNC41]

AP All-Americans

1st Team
Bogut
Simien
Warrick
Redick
Paul

2nd Team
May
Diogu
Stoudamire
Brown
Head

3rd Team
Deron Williams
Sheldon Williams
Felton
Robinson
Graham

[bdb23]

AP All-Americans

1st Team
Bogut
Simien
Warrick
Redick
Paul

2nd Team
May
Diogu
Stoudamire
Brown
Head

3rd Team
Deron Williams
Sheldon Williams
Felton
Robinson
Graham
Not really shocking. What is shocking is how many of the 1st team are done.

[RJ2kWJ]

What ACC school has the most number of NCAA final four appearances since 1963 and how many appearances have they made?

[watchtower41]

What ACC school has the most number of NCAA final four appearances since 1963 and how many appearances have they made?


Va Tech?? :freak

[RJ2kWJ]

Va Tech?? :freak

GOT IT!!!!

K. Now for the real answer anyone? :D

[gbs3769]

Duke with 14.
UNC has only 12.

- Matt

[RJ2kWJ]

What Div 1 school has the longest streak of not making the NCAA Tournament?

I dont know the answer to this one... but Im just curious. I overheard it on CBS or something and didnt catch the answer...

[gbs3769]

What Div 1 school has the longest streak of not making the NCAA Tournament?

That's an interesting one. I would assume that it would be a smaller school from a small conference that has had a team since the begining of the NCAA tournament. No one really stands out in my mind.

- Matt

[gbs3769]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2007548

Google is my friend. Harvard.

- Matt

[clayj41]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2007548

Google is my friend. Harvard.

- Matt

:thumbsup

[DMBfan41]

What Div 1 school has the longest streak of not making the NCAA Tournament?

I dont know the answer to this one... but Im just curious. I overheard it on CBS or something and didnt catch the answer...

they said that on ESPN, I forget. I think it's an Ivy League school. Either Yale or Columbia

[haildmb]

they said that on ESPN, I forget. I think it's an Ivy League school. Either Yale or Columbia


yeah... maybe it's Harvard...

[DMBfan41]

yeah... maybe it's Harvard...

you are right, Harvard hasn't made it since 1946

[bdb23]

you are right, Harvard hasn't made it since 1946
:lol someone didn't backread.

[DMBfan41]

:lol someone didn't backread.

wow, i'm a dumbass. :lol

[bdb23]

wow, i'm a dumbass. :lol
It was only a couple posts up, too. :lol

[haildmb]

wow, i'm a dumbass. :lol


:D

I was cracking up that you gave me props for coming up with that answer :lol

[gbs3769]

And I win in the end.

- Matt

[bustdstuff]

Ok so here's the situation. Late friday my hard drive decided to fry itself (I mean totally fried couldn't recover anything from the old hard drive), leading to me not being able to post or get news, email, et cetra. It's tourney time so I really don't think I have the patience to read everything that happened on the boards this weekend. So, could I get a rundown of what's gone down around here. Thank you in advance. I really want to know that seekupig is alive and ok.

[trippingbilly12]

well heres what has happened

1.) everyones brackets started out decent, and quickly crashed

2.) Myself and the rest of the Kansas fans all nearly jumped off cliffs

3.) and Fucknell is a stupid school with a stupid basketball team

thats about it :thumbsup

[ExistenceNow]

yo tripping... try Lone Star yet?... i asked this in the drunk thread by didn't see that you were in there.

[haildmb]

Ok so here's the situation. Late friday my hard drive decided to fry itself (I mean totally fried couldn't recover anything from the old hard drive), leading to me not being able to post or get news, email, et cetra. It's tourney time so I really don't think I have the patience to read everything that happened on the boards this weekend. So, could I get a rundown of what's gone down around here. Thank you in advance. I really want to know that seekupig is alive and ok.


-boring day one

-boring day two (until vermont and bucknell happened)

-Julie made an appearance(hurray!), a very short one predictably, some filth about we'll "shit a brick when UK wins it all" or something, and Illinois doesn't look very impressive (though I'm not sure what was impressive about jelly's victory over east-jelly...)

-everyone went ape-shit on here while watching the Wake Forest/WVU game

-some big-10 prostitute came on trying to hate on the superior ACC

-eventually, seekupig showed back up and we were all happy to know he was indeed alive

-there was a debate about Coach K being a "whiny bitch" or not, and I was surprised how many non-dukies stuck up for him

-following Sunday, I pointed out how the Triangle area is the Center of the Basketball world, as we have 3 schools in about a 25 mile radius in the sweet 16 (this is all still true :D)

[ExistenceNow]

-boring day one

-boring day two (until vermont and bucknell happened)

-Julie made an appearance(hurray!), a very short one predictably, some filth about we'll "shit a brick when UK wins it all" or something, and Illinois doesn't look very impressive (though I'm not sure what was impressive about jelly's victory over east-jelly...)

-everyone went ape-shit on here while watching the Wake Forest/WVU game

-some big-10 prostitute came on trying to hate on the superior ACC

-eventually, seekupig showed back up and we were all happy to know he was indeed alive

-there was a debate about Coach K being a "whiny bitch" or not, and I was surprised how many non-dukies stuck up for him

-following Sunday, I pointed out how the Triangle area is the Center of the Basketball world, as we have 3 schools in about a 25 mile radius in the sweet 16 (this is all still true :D)


All very true... but also.. i think it's worth pointing out how active all the Texas and OU boys were after our humiliating losses... we didn't slink away into holes... we stood proud and stayed in the discussion. we took our whippings like men!

[haildmb]

All very true... but also.. i think it's worth pointing out how active all the Texas and OU boys were after our humiliating losses... we didn't slink away into holes... we stood proud and stayed in the discussion. we took our whippings like men!


this is true... fortunately for you guys though, you didn't have to worry about the opposing camps ragging on you--since both tx and OU lost :D

[trippingbilly12]

yo tripping... try Lone Star yet?... i asked this in the drunk thread by didn't see that you were in there.

i answered over there :thumbsup

[bustdstuff]

-boring day one

-boring day two (until vermont and bucknell happened)

-Julie made an appearance(hurray!), a very short one predictably, some filth about we'll "shit a brick when UK wins it all" or something, and Illinois doesn't look very impressive (though I'm not sure what was impressive about jelly's victory over east-jelly...)

-everyone went ape-shit on here while watching the Wake Forest/WVU game

-some big-10 prostitute came on trying to hate on the superior ACC

-eventually, seekupig showed back up and we were all happy to know he was indeed alive

-there was a debate about Coach K being a "whiny bitch" or not, and I was surprised how many non-dukies stuck up for him

-following Sunday, I pointed out how the Triangle area is the Center of the Basketball world, as we have 3 schools in about a 25 mile radius in the sweet 16 (this is all still true :D)


:thumbsup :thumbsup

[ExistenceNow]

this is true... fortunately for you guys though, you didn't have to worry about the opposing camps ragging on you--since both tx and OU lost :D

VERY true!

[ousooner]

All very true... but also.. i think it's worth pointing out how active all the Texas and OU boys were after our humiliating losses... we didn't slink away into holes... we stood proud and stayed in the discussion. we took our whippings like men!

:thumbsup

Very true, but in their defense, they live and die through hoops. That's all they have. Had it been football I would have been in the same boat they were in. I was very disappointed in OU's tourney loss, but not nearly as much as I am in a football loss, even in the regular season. I was in the same state as the Kansas crew after the Orange Bowl.

[bustdstuff]

this is true... fortunately for you guys though, you didn't have to worry about the opposing camps ragging on you--since both tx and OU lost :D


Imagine the love that would flow through the thread after a UNC or Duke loss. ;) :rolleyes However I would show my face proudly if it were Duke (if my comp isn't dead again). At least Coach K wouldn't become a blubbering mess at the post game press conference.

[trippingbilly12]

:thumbsup

Very true, but in their defense, they live and die through hoops. That's all they have. Had it been football I would have been in the same boat they were in. I was very disappointed in OU's tourney loss, but not nearly as much as I am in a football loss, even in the regular season. I was in the same state as the Kansas crew after the Orange Bowl.

thank you for that, us KU fans appreciate it.

and by the way, I have a bone to pick with OU football. Can you please tell that freaking band to quit playing that damn song after EVERY play??

1 yard gain, BOOMER SOONER BOOMER SOONER
3 yard loss BOOMER SOONER BOOMER SOONER
touchdown BOOMER SOONER BOOMER SOONER
kickoff (touchback) BOOMER SOONER BOOMER SOONER

[ousooner]

thank you for that, us KU fans appreciate it.

and by the way, I have a bone to pick with OU football. Can you please tell that freaking band to quit playing that damn song after EVERY play??

1 yard gain, BOOMER SOONER BOOMER SOONER
3 yard loss BOOMER SOONER BOOMER SOONER
touchdown BOOMER SOONER BOOMER SOONER
kickoff (touchback) BOOMER SOONER BOOMER SOONER

Sure thing, as soon as you get the KU fans to knock off the Rock Chalk Jayhawk chant at the end of every basketball game :D

It's usually only after big plays or touchdowns anyway.

[trippingbilly12]

Sure thing, as soon as you get the KU fans to knock off the Rock Chalk Jayhawk chant at the end of every basketball game :D

It's usually only after big plays or touchdowns anyway.

hmm, when i watch they tend to play it constantly. I dont mind it, but too mcuh gets old

and the rock chalk jayhawk chant will never go away, its way too classic :thumbsup

[ExistenceNow]

:thumbsup

Very true, but in their defense, they live and die through hoops. That's all they have. Had it been football I would have been in the same boat they were in. I was very disappointed in OU's tourney loss, but not nearly as much as I am in a football loss, even in the regular season. I was in the same state as the Kansas crew after the Orange Bowl.

also VERY true... if this had been after Texas lost to Arkansas two years ago in like the second game... i wouldn't have show my face for the rest of the season... it really sucks when you know your season's over after the 2nd game... i look forward to the Red River Shootout next year... you guys without Jason White... us with Vince Young becoming a seasoned upper classman (but also without Benson)... it will be an interesting matchup to say the least!

[ousooner]

also VERY true... if this had been after Texas lost to Arkansas two years ago in like the second game... i wouldn't have show my face for the rest of the season... it really sucks when you know your season's over after the 2nd game... i look forward to the Red River Shootout next year... you guys without Jason White... us with Vince Young becoming a seasoned upper classman (but also without Benson)... it will be an interesting matchup to say the least!

You better get it done this coming year, or you may never beat us again. It's a rebuilding year for us. We will be ranked between 5 and 10 preseason :D

[ExistenceNow]

You better get it done this coming year, or you may never beat us again. It's a rebuilding year for us. We will be ranked between 5 and 10 preseason :D

no doubt... our backup RB Celvin Young was hurt most of the year... but he should be good to go next year... and I don't know if you watched our QB Vince Young in the Rose Bowl vs. Michigan but that boy is not even close to his peak... he fucking owned that game (his first big game win)... you guys better look out for him next year, cuz that game is gonna make his fucking sack grow.

[ousooner]

no doubt... our backup RB Celvin Young was hurt most of the year... but he should be good to go next year... and I don't know if you watched our QB Vince Young in the Rose Bowl vs. Michigan but that boy is not even close to his peak... he fucking owned that game (his first big game win)... you guys better look out for him next year, cuz that game is gonna make his fucking sack grow.

He played the game of a lifetime in the Rosebowl. He's very good, but he'll freeze up and choke come the second Saturday in October. Never fails. You're texas :D

[ExistenceNow]

He played the game of a lifetime in the Rosebowl. He's very good, but he'll freeze up and choke come the second Saturday in October. Never fails. You're texas :D

if not FOR that rosebowl game i'd agree with you... but finally getting that big game win is going to make him so confident... dear lord look out.

[trippingbilly12]

You're texas :D

i am hoping that was referring to the football team, and not the state itself

[ousooner]

if not FOR that rosebowl game i'd agree with you... but finally getting that big game win is going to make him so confident... dear lord look out.

He's really good and you'll be favored, but you had worry about a little trip to Ohio St before us.

[ousooner]

i am hoping that was referring to the football team, and not the state itself

:thumbsup

[trippingbilly12]

:thumbsup

good, "Dont mess with Texas"

[ExistenceNow]

He's really good and you'll be favored, but you had worry about a little trip to Ohio St before us.

fuck me... we're playing Ohio St. next year... i didn't even realize that... fucking BCS... it's not enough that we play in the best conference in football... but because of the closeness therein, we have to play these fucking hard ass non-conference teams... next year should be quite interesting.

[RJ2kWJ]

so who wants to bet that USC isn't gonna take college f-ball AGAIN!? :D

[ExistenceNow]

it pisses me off that people say that USC is back to back champions.. LSU won it the year before last... they went to the title game and beat a very good OU team... i don't care what the fucking AP poll said at the end of the year... USC has only won ONE in a row.

[chiznaz]

no doubt... our backup RB Celvin Young was hurt most of the year... but he should be good to go next year... and I don't know if you watched our QB Vince Young in the Rose Bowl vs. Michigan but that boy is not even close to his peak... he fucking owned that game (his first big game win)... you guys better look out for him next year, cuz that game is gonna make his fucking sack grow.
if he learns how to throw the football. He needs to work on his mechanics, then he'll dominate. Now A&M needs friggin beat t.u. for me sometime in the next 3 years.

[ExistenceNow]

if he learns how to throw the football. He needs to work on his mechanics, then he'll dominate. Now A&M needs friggin beat t.u. for me sometime in the next 3 years.

no doubt about learning to throw... but that's an issue for the pro's.... if he had be QB when Roy Williams was at Texas... then yea.. he'd need to learn to throw... but look at what Crouch did at Nebraska without ever learning to throw a pass. and Vince is 100000000 times better runner than that cornhusker douche bag. you can be a very effective QB in college with your legs....

[gbs3769]

it pisses me off that people say that USC is back to back champions..

Amen.

My boys from Nebraska are still the last ones to do it. Oh the joys of the mid-90's.

- Matt

[haildmb]

hey.... there's a college football thread for this crap :D

[gbs3769]

But I like to hijack. And with the 'Cuse getting embarrased, what more do I have to say?

- Matt

[bdb23]

Sporting News POY & COY -- Dee Brown & Bruce Weber

[ousooner]

hey.... there's a college football thread for this crap :D

I knew this was coming :D . That's what happens when you have OU and texas fans around here together. It was just a matter of time until a football discussion broke out. I'm surprised it didn't happen Sooner :D

[Snipper007]

Go Dawgs!!!!!

[chiznaz]

no doubt about learning to throw... but that's an issue for the pro's.... if he had be QB when Roy Williams was at Texas... then yea.. he'd need to learn to throw... but look at what Crouch did at Nebraska without ever learning to throw a pass. and Vince is 100000000 times better runner than that cornhusker douche bag. you can be a very effective QB in college with your legs....
unless he improves a great deal in the next 2 yrs.(he has 2 yrs elgibility left right) then he wont get drafted as a QB. However unlike Crouch, Young has a hell of a lot better chance to change positions in the pros. and yes Crouch is a douche bag and Vince is a much better runner.:)

[bdb23]

Free admission to the practices today at the Allstate Arena. I may stop by there.

[trippingbilly12]

Free admission to the practices today at the Allstate Arena. I may stop by there.

hell yeah, that would be awesome

[watchtower41]

Free admission to the practices today at the Allstate Arena. I may stop by there.


what time do those start?? Can't wait for the games tomorrow. ILL.......INI

[HolyCow]

unless he improves a great deal in the next 2 yrs.(he has 2 yrs elgibility left right) then he wont get drafted as a QB. However unlike Crouch, Young has a hell of a lot better chance to change positions in the pros. and yes Crouch is a douche bag and Vince is a much better runner.:)

I don't think Vince Young is a better runner than Eric Crouch. Eric Crouch had a great 40 time (4.45 i think) and anyone recall his 105 yard gallop against Mizzou? I have seen Vince Young in person two times at the Red River Shootout and I was never really impressed. The Sooners were caught a little off guard by his runner skills in the 65-13 mashing but made adjustments and dared him to throw....which he couldn't. Last year, they gave him his choice and he couldn't do either. He is an incredible athlete for sure, but I am not so sure Vince Young can cut it in the NFL unless he learns how to throw a football

[HolyCow]

what time do those start?? Can't wait for the games tomorrow. ILL.......INI

Me too. I am the most excited about O State and Arizona. That is gonna be a great great game

[trippingbilly12]

Me too. I am the most excited about O State and Arizona. That is gonna be a great great game

I'm pumped for this, should be awesome

[gbs3769]

I don't think Vince Young is a better runner than Eric Crouch. Eric Crouch had a great 40 time (4.45 i think) and anyone recall his 105 yard gallop against Mizzou?

I recall his days at Millard North in Omaha. God they were good. We went to see them in the state Semifinals when he was a Junior.

- Matt

[bdb23]

Okay, I know OU and SU are out of it, but let's stick to the b-ball fellas.

[gbs3769]

Okay, I know OU and SU are out of it, but let's stick to the b-ball fellas.

My attempts at hijacking are not well received?

As far as basketball, the latest out of Syracuse is that Billy Edelin, Josh Wright and Dayshawn Wright violated unspecified team rules and that is why they were not at the game against Vermont.

- Matt

[trippingbilly12]

My attempts at hijacking are not well received?

As far as basketball, the latest out of Syracuse is that Billy Edelin, Josh Wright and Dayshawn Wright violated unspecified team rules and that is why they were not at the game against Vermont.

- Matt

hmm "team rules"

I wonder what those were

[HolyCow]

but my team lost.....

[bdb23]

but my team lost.....
but that doesn't make a difference. There are 16 teams and 15 games left. :D

[gbs3769]

hmm "team rules"

I wonder what those were

Not being douchebags.

In all seriousness, local speculation is that with Dayshawn it is grades and the other two it is drugs.

- Matt

[HolyCow]

yeah, i know....I am a TTECH and O State and Duke fan now. Lets go Pokes! Orange Power!

[RJ2kWJ]

but that doesn't make a difference. There are 16 teams and 15 games left. :D

And hot DAMN am I excited! :D

[trippingbilly12]

And hot DAMN am I excited! :D

eh

Fucknell diminished a lot of my excitement


those bastards

[watchtower41]

eh

Fucknell diminished a lot of my excitement


those bastards


root for Illinois, at least you know Self recruited them :p

Here's hoping this next class finishes what Roy was unable to accomplish with his playas.

[bustdstuff]

Sporting News POY & COY -- Dee Brown & Bruce Weber

Nice choices.

Okay, I know OU and SU are out of it, but let's stick to the b-ball fellas.

I agree with this statement. It's not our fault your boys aren't playing anymore.

[ousooner]

yeah, i know....I am a TTECH and O State and Duke fan now. Lets go Pokes! Orange Power!


You should be ashamed of yourself. It's one thing to talk about having osu on your bracket, blah, blah, blah. But the "Let's go Pokes" and "Orange Power" should never, ever come out of the mouth of a Sooner. Why don't you throw in a "Hook Em" while you're at it :D

[chiznaz]

Since there isn't a NIT thread.... I'll have to post here. A&M is going to take it to St. Joe's. tonight. I'll be damned if that Hawk flaps its wings the whole game.. haha. I'll be at the game screaming the whole time. The 12,500 seats at the arena sold out yesterday and all the student tickets have been pulled. It's going to be LOUD.

Also... im pulling for Tech since i got family that goes there. I love Bobby Knight as a coach... and I think they'll beat WV and meet Louisville in the Elite 8. I don't think they can get to the Final 4 though. I'm guessing Louisville take the Albuquerque region.

[HolyCow]

You should be ashamed of yourself. It's one thing to talk about having osu on your bracket, blah, blah, blah. But the "Let's go Pokes" and "Orange Power" should never, ever come out of the mouth of a Sooner. Why don't you throw in a "Hook Em" while you're at it :D

:thumbsdow <----Me

Well, its so hard to get sarcasm across through these darn words. I don't really mean "Go Pokes" but I do wanna see them win. But you are right, i will take my lashings now

[bustdstuff]

Since there isn't a NIT thread.... I'll have to post here. A&M is going to take it to St. Joe's. tonight. I'll be damned if that Hawk flaps its wings the whole game.. haha. I'll be at the game screaming the whole time. The 12,500 seats at the arena sold out yesterday and all the student tickets have been pulled. It's going to be LOUD.

Also... im pulling for Tech since i got family that goes there. I love Bobby Knight as a coach... and I think they'll beat WV and meet Louisville in the Elite 8. I don't think they can get to the Final 4 though. I'm guessing Louisville take the Albuquerque region.

No offense, but it's to bad for you that the only thing anyone in here cares about the NIT is the fact that ND, Temple, and Clemson lost in the first round, and Maryland feels like it got burned.

Now back to your usually scheduled Wednesday trash talking thread. Too bad there isn't a MSU fan in here so I could bring back all those feelings of dejection from all those ACC/Big X challenge losses.

[unccrombie]

just got my syracuse regional tickets today. sucks i cant go to the nova/unc game. ill be in 114 row c. so if there are meet ups let me know.

anyone going to the practices tomarrow? i may try and get some autographs/pictures

[trippingbilly12]

just got my syracuse regional tickets today. sucks i cant go to the nova/unc game. ill be in 114 row c. so if there are meet ups let me know.

anyone going to the practices tomarrow? i may try and get some autographs/pictures

I'm really jealous of you. That sounds badass

[gbs3769]

just got my syracuse regional tickets today. sucks i cant go to the nova/unc game. ill be in 114 row c. so if there are meet ups let me know.

anyone going to the practices tomarrow? i may try and get some autographs/pictures

Why won't you make it to the 'Nova/UNC game?

114 c is pretty good. I'm not too sure where we are, although last year we were in 114. I would think that Pete could hook us up with better than that though.

- Matt

[unccrombie]

Why won't you make it to the 'Nova/UNC game?

114 c is pretty good. I'm not too sure where we are, although last year we were in 114. I would think that Pete could hook us up with better than that though.

- Matt
i dont have tickets to friday. couldnt find any. i got the 114's for free, so they look pretty good considering. better than 300s

[UNC41]

just got my syracuse regional tickets today. sucks i cant go to the nova/unc game. ill be in 114 row c. so if there are meet ups let me know.

anyone going to the practices tomarrow? i may try and get some autographs/pictures

I went to the practices of the regional in Minneapolis two years ago. It was nothing spectacular, but I still had a good time.

[watchtower41]

I went to the practices of the regional in Minneapolis two years ago. It was nothing spectacular, but I still had a good time.



How was Sin City??

[seekupig]

i think i'm nearly recovered from my heartbreak last friday, so with that said here are my picks to get to the Elite Eight.......

Illinois
Oklahoma St.

Louisville
West Virginia

Duke
Utah

UNC
NC State

[UNC41]

How was Sin City??

Absolutely crazy. I could say more, but I'm sure you understand that that about sums up a visit to Vegas. I had such a blast.

[bdb23]

Absolutely crazy. I could say more, but I'm sure you understand that that about sums up a visit to Vegas. I had such a blast.
Hookers????? :evil

[UNC41]

Hookers????? :evil

They weren't crawling around the strip like I thought and I didn't win enough to make a trip to a brothel.

[bdb23]

They weren't crawling around the strip like I thought and I didn't win enough to make a trip to a brothel.
You gotta hang out in the Hard Rock. They are all over that place around 4am or so.

[HolyCow]

Let me toss in my Elite Eight:

Illinois
Arizona

Louisville
Texas Tech

UNC
Wisconsion

Duke
Kentucky

[RJ2kWJ]

Let me toss in my Elite Eight:

Illinois
Arizona

Louisville
Texas Tech

UNC
Wisconsion

Duke
Kentucky

Amazing choices. :D

[paris72]

I am starting to wonder how I will live without college hoops in a couple of weeks. i'm ready for the Sweet 16 to get underway!

[dancergirl40ky]

You will be busy painting :lol

[HolyCow]

i have been rocking in my chair staring at the wall ever since Sunday's last game......I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER!

[DMBfan41]

yeah, i can't wait til tomorrow, then i'll have an excuse to do nothing!

[trippingbilly12]

yeah, i can't wait til tomorrow, then i'll have an excuse to do nothing!

you need an excuse?

[ousooner]

I'm very disappointed. We are getting the Illinois-Milwaukee game tomorrow instead of the Louisville-Washington game because CBS has decided that they will get better ratings for the Illinois game here since all the OSU fans will have an interest in seeing who their opponent will be if they win. While this may be true, it sucks. The Louisville-Washington game should be a great game.

[chiznaz]

No offense, but it's to bad for you that the only thing anyone in here cares about the NIT is the fact that ND, Temple, and Clemson lost in the first round, and Maryland feels like it got burned.


I guess that's what happens when people care about overrated and overhyped teams.


...And my hatred for St. Joe's went up a whole lot after tonight.

[trippingbilly12]

I'm very disappointed. We are getting the Illinois-Milwaukee game tomorrow instead of the Louisville-Washington game because CBS has decided that they will get better ratings for the Illinois game here since all the OSU fans will have an interest in seeing who their opponent will be if they win. While this may be true, it sucks. The Louisville-Washington game should be a great game.

damn those fuckers at cbs and their spring break shark attack movies :violent

[ExistenceNow]

hey tripping... have looked to see what game we're getting? I'm going to be pissed if we don't get the Louisville game.

[trippingbilly12]

hey tripping... have looked to see what game we're getting? I'm going to be pissed if we don't get the Louisville game.

I haven't even checked, I am praying the louisville-washington game though

[greenpepper7]

damn those fuckers at cbs and their spring break shark attack movies :violent

I hate people (not you CBS Executives who show movies such as "shark attack") :BANG !

[bdb23]

less than 12 hours....

[seekupig]

less than 12 hours....

'till what? ;)

[bdb23]

'till what? ;)
'til the OC. :D

[haildmb]

after way too many days off, basketball returns today :D

[bdb23]

I hate to say it, but I am somewhat nervous about tonight. After the way this tournament has gone, anything can happen. I haven't felt like this since the Ohio State game and we all know how that ended. I'm just hoping the Illini come out and establish. No sense in letting them hang around.

[UNC41]

I hate to say it, but I am somewhat nervous about tonight. After the way this tournament has gone, anything can happen. I haven't felt like this since the Ohio State game and we all know how that ended. I'm just hoping the Illini come out and establish. No sense in letting them hang around.

Its understandable to be concerned because any team can lose on any night in March, but I think the real game to be a little worried about will be the next one. The Illini should roll tonight.

I'm so glad that the Washington vs. Louisville and Ok. State vs. Zona games are on at different times tonight.

Good luck to everyone's teams this weekend...unless you are a Nova, Wisconsin, or NC State fan.

[bdb23]

Its understandable to be concerned because any team can lose on any night in March, but I think the real game to be a little worried about will be the next one. The Illini should roll tonight.

I'm so glad that the Washington vs. Louisville and Ok. State vs. Zona games are on at different times tonight.

Good luck to everyone's teams this weekend...unless you are a Nova, Wisconsin, or NC State fan.
:thumbsup True. If this is yet another year where we have to go through Arizona I'm gonna be pissed. It seems like every other year or so we end up playing AZ.

[UNC41]

ESPN insider simulated the games and the results were
Chicago Regional
Illinois 75, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 65
Oklahoma State 80, Arizona 74

Albuquerque Regional
Louisville 84, Washington 80
Texas Tech 72, West Virginia 68

Syracuse Regional
North Carolina 90, Villanova 78
North Carolina State 75, Wisconsin 73

Austin Regional
Duke 84, Michigan St. 82
Kentucky 80, Utah 77

[bdb23]

ESPN insider simulated the games and the results were
Chicago Regional
Illinois 75, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 65
Oklahoma State 80, Arizona 74

Albuquerque Regional
Louisville 84, Washington 80
Texas Tech 72, West Virginia 68

Syracuse Regional
North Carolina 90, Villanova 78
North Carolina State 75, Wisconsin 73

Austin Regional
Duke 84, Michigan St. 82
Kentucky 80, Utah 77
Looks like some pretty good games.

[HolyCow]

I'm very disappointed. We are getting the Illinois-Milwaukee game tomorrow instead of the Louisville-Washington game because CBS has decided that they will get better ratings for the Illinois game here since all the OSU fans will have an interest in seeing who their opponent will be if they win. While this may be true, it sucks. The Louisville-Washington game should be a great game.

this sucks:thumbsdow

i wanna see Louisville-Washington

[gbs3769]

ESPN insider simulated the games and the results were

What did they use? Their video game? Because that thing is buggy as hell.

- Matt

[UNC41]

What did they use? Their video game? Because that thing is buggy as hell.

- Matt

They used a simulation engine at What-if-Sports. It went 25-7 during the first round.

[trippingbilly12]

Is there any way to tell what game I will get without a TV?

[gbs3769]

Look in the paper.

- Matt

[trippingbilly12]

Look in the paper.

- Matt

hmm good point, i will go do that

[RJ2kWJ]

Id love to see Lousiville win tonight. I REALLY REALLY would. And Id like to see Bob Knight win also... even after his rude comments in the past few days.

[trippingbilly12]

Id love to see Lousiville win tonight. I REALLY REALLY would. And Id like to see Bob Knight win also... even after his rude comments in the past few days.

I'm pullin for Louisville too. I picked this upset in my bracket and I think they are going to pull it out.

[ousooner]

Id love to see Lousiville win tonight. I REALLY REALLY would. And Id like to see Bob Knight win also... even after his rude comments in the past few days.

Louisville :thumbsup

Bob Knight :thumbsdow

[trippingbilly12]

Well here in Dallas Texas, I have a feeling we will be getting the Louisville-Washington game, but I dont know about the second game.

Tech is in Texas so they could put that, but Ok. St.-Az is a huge game and Oklahoman's wish they were Texans.

We'll see I guess

[UNC41]

Id love to see Lousiville win tonight. I REALLY REALLY would. And Id like to see Bob Knight win also... even after his rude comments in the past few days.

For my brackets sake I want TT or WV to make it out of that region.

[TwoStepFF]

Since its 8 who does everyone have winning?....I still go my preseason pick of Oak St, but that will be a tough game vs Ariz

[seekupig]

I hate to say it, but I am somewhat nervous about tonight. After the way this tournament has gone, anything can happen. I haven't felt like this since the Ohio State game and we all know how that ended. I'm just hoping the Illini come out and establish. No sense in letting them hang around.

anyone remember all last week about the nightmares i had of Kansas losing to Bucknell? it happened about three times throughout the week before the game was played. very strange.......

[seekupig]

Well here in Dallas Texas, I have a feeling we will be getting the Louisville-Washington game, but I dont know about the second game.



here in Raleigh we get them all.:D

[Davenumber40]

I'm hoping Louisville drops a suck bomb tonight, but I think they're gonna beat Washington. I'll be cheering for the arena to collapse on OK St. and Arizona. As a UK fan trying to decide which coach I hate more makes my head hurt.

[seekupig]

Since its 8 who does everyone have winning?....I still go my preseason pick of Oak St, but that will be a tough game vs Ariz

it's tough right now. there are teams i like but it depends on the matchups. i like OSU against UNC, but not Duke. I like Illinois against Duke, but not UNC. the matchups go on and on like that for me. for reasons other than the basketball game itself there are certain teams who i think will fare better given the right circumstances and matchups. if i have to pick one right now though, it'll be Oklahoma St.

[watchtower41]

Can't wait for some Sweet 16 action tonight... t minus 3 hours until I get the hell outta work here and start heading towards the arena. I like Illinois to cover 10 1/2 and I'll take Oklahoma St getting 1 against Lute's Crew.

[TwoStepFF]

what time is the first game?

[UNC41]

I was bored sitting in management class and came up with All-American and All-Conference teams for the BCS conferences. I could have easily overlooked some people because I had no stats or anything in front of me, but there you go. Big East was the toughest conference.

All-American 1st Team
PG-Paul
SG-Stoudamire
SF-Warrick
PF-Simien
C-Bogut

2nd Team
PG-Felton
SG-Brown (he hasn't been the PG in the Illini offfense this year)
SF-Redick (he starts at the 3 for Duke)
PF-Diogu
C-May

3rd Team
PG-D.Williams
SG-Head
SF-Garcia
PF-Graham
C-S.Williams

ACC
PG-Paul
SG-Redick (because he is a natural SG)
SF-Hodge
PF-May
C-S.Williams

Big 10 (no traditional lineup, but I can't think of it any other way)
G-Brown
G-D. Williams
G-Head
F-Grier
F-Wilkinson

Big 12
PG-Lucas
SG-Stinson
SF-Gray
PF-Graham
C-Simien

Pac 10
PG-Robinson
SG-Stoudamire
SF-Thompson
PF-Diogu
C-Frye

Big East
PG-M.Williams
SG-Ray
SF-Warrick
PF-Smith
C-Gomes (a PF, but both are deserving)

[UNC41]

Since its 8 who does everyone have winning?....I still go my preseason pick of Oak St, but that will be a tough game vs Ariz

North Carolina c'mon and raise up.

[seekupig]

i think Chris Paul is the most over rated player in the country. other than that it looks good......

[seekupig]

North Carolina c'mon and raise up.

alright, Petey Pablo.....

Roy's boys will collapse when you least expect it (NC State).

[UNC41]

i think Chris Paul is the most over rated player in the country. other than that it looks good......

One thing that I'm sure everyone can agree on is that I'm paying for a hell of an education. :D

Time to drive 4 hours to get home for Easter and in time for the games.

[UNC41]

alright, Petey Pablo.....

Roy's boys will collapse when you least expect it (NC State).

I don't think it will happen then, but you never know in March. You could give me all the reasons in the world right now why not to pick them but I still would. Same reason many Kansas fans had them winning it all, Duke fans seem them as the favorite, and Illinois fans think they are unbeatable. You've gotta have faith, but anything can happen.

[seekupig]

I don't think it will happen then, but you never know in March. You could give me all the reasons in the world right now why not to pick them but I still would.

teams facing a team from their own conference that they swept in the regular season haven't done well on the third try this late in the tournament. Villanova over Georgetown in '85 and Kansas over Oklahoma in '88 come to mind.

[jermtheworm]

Louisville :thumbsup

Bob Knight :thumbsdow


the morning animals love knight

[jermtheworm]

teams facing a team from their own conference that they swept in the regular season haven't done well on the third try this late in the tournament. Villanova over Georgetown in '85 and Kansas over Oklahoma in '88 come to mind.


wow, you brought up the "88 game again, can't imagine that ;)

[seekupig]

wow, you brought up the "88 game again, can't imagine that ;)

it was relevant.:D

[jermtheworm]

i doubt you guys heard some of the quotes yesterday from chicago. staudamire (check my spelling) was asked about who would be guarding him, the reporter had to tell him the name of the guy from OSU, staudamire say "Never heard of him", "Some reporter just told me they're putting the "white" guy on me."
comments, reactions

[dancergirl40ky]

Louisville :thumbsup

[seekupig]

i doubt you guys heard some of the quotes yesterday from chicago. staudamire (check my spelling) was asked about who would be guarding him, the reporter had to tell him the name of the guy from OSU, staudamire say "Never heard of him", "Some reporter just told me they're putting the "white" guy on me."
comments, reactions

doesn't bother me. it is what it is. he'll figure out who the "white" guy is soon enough.

[seekupig]

Louisville :thumbsup

:thumbsdow

[dancergirl40ky]

Hee Hee, gotta go with my home town team. :)

[jermtheworm]

doesn't bother me. it is what it is. he'll figure out who the "white" guy is soon enough.

i think what bothers me about it is if it was a white guy making the comment he would get crucified. but black guy can say whatever he wants.

[watchtower41]

i think Chris Paul is the most over rated player in the country. other than that it looks good......



No way he should have been on the AP first team over Dee Brown.

[jermtheworm]

by the way i'm trying to find the article, but apparently Sutton ripped the arena for the chicago regional.

[jermtheworm]

No way he should have been on the AP first team over Dee Brown.


hey buddy

[seekupig]

i think what bothers me about it is if it was a white guy making the comment he would get crucified. but black guy can say whatever he wants.

well, since OSU only has one white guy that sees the court and Stoudemire didn't know his name i don't have a problem with it. if they were interviewing a
'Nova player about UNC and he said "the black guy is guarding me", it'd be a little different. that being said, there is a double standard with acceptable racism and that's not going to change.

[seekupig]

No way he should have been on the AP first team over Dee Brown.

Chris Paul was the chosen one before the season began. had he come into the season with no hype and put up the numbers that he did this year, nobody would care who he was.

how is it that the ACC player of the year from last season was coming back for his senior year, yet Chris Paul was named preseason player of the year? :confused

[jermtheworm]

well, since OSU only has one white guy that sees the court and Stoudemire didn't know his name i don't have a problem with it. if they were interviewing a
'Nova player about UNC and he said "the black guy is guarding me", it'd be a little different. that being said, there is a double standard with acceptable racism and that's not going to change.


what i do like about the quote is this, the reporter had to tell him who he's being guarded by? either a) the team has had 3 days to prepare and nobody told him who would be guarding him or b) if they did tell him, he doesn't listen to scouting reports and not mentally ready to play

[TwoStepFF]

what i do like about the quote is this, the reporter had to tell him who he's being guarded by? either a) the team has had 3 days to prepare and nobody told him who would be guarding him or b) if they did tell him, he doesn't listen to scouting reports and not mentally ready to play
and whats gonna be great is that Bobik (sp?) is going to shut him down, he is one of the premier defense stoppers

[DMBfan41]

Winners tonight

West Virginia
Oklahoma St.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Louisville

[HolyCow]

Winners tonight

West Virginia
Oklahoma St.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Louisville

Love the bold picks:thumbsup

[HolyCow]

by the way i'm trying to find the article, but apparently Sutton ripped the arena for the chicago regional.

i got it in my Daily Oklahoman.....i could re type it for you. He said something like "They spent $22 million on renovations here but i don't see where it went."

[HolyCow]

what i do like about the quote is this, the reporter had to tell him who he's being guarded by? either a) the team has had 3 days to prepare and nobody told him who would be guarding him or b) if they did tell him, he doesn't listen to scouting reports and not mentally ready to play

I totally agree with you about what Stoudamire said about Bobik. The white guy would be a racist if its the other way. Kind of like that stupid movie with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac. If a white girl brings home a black boyfriend and her dad is mad and stuff, our world is turned upside down and everyone is pissed off.

Oh and you forgot to put "when i die i will be Sooner dead!"

Boomer Sooner, good to have another sensible fan around....:cool

[jermtheworm]

i got it in my Daily Oklahoman.....i could re type it for you. He said something like "They spent $22 million on renovations here but i don't see where it went."

i looked for it online but couldn't find it. they've been talking about it all day on the animal.

[jermtheworm]

I totally agree with you about what Stoudamire said about Bobik. The white guy would be a racist if its the other way. Kind of like that stupid movie with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac. If a white girl brings home a black boyfriend and her dad is mad and stuff, our world is turned upside down and everyone is pissed off.

Oh and you forgot to put "when i die i will be Sooner dead!"

Boomer Sooner, good to have another sensible fan around....:cool


it's just the principle of the thing i guess, double standard.

there's a couple of sooners on the site,good to have another, you north side or south?

[bdb23]

i looked for it online but couldn't find it. they've been talking about it all day on the animal.
What a freakin' baby!!! The place was dump when I used to work there (early 90's). They've done some major renovations to the lobbies and replaced all the seats in there. I'm not sure about the locker rooms, but the place certainly took a step up as far as I'm concerned. Sure, it's no United Center, but they have to spread some of these regionals around and looks like DePaul got to host it.

[jermtheworm]

and whats gonna be great is that Bobik (sp?) is going to shut him down, he is one of the premier defense stoppers


people forget that he shut down the kid from st joe's last year in the elite 8 ( i think elite 8) but anyway, that kid was the player of the year

[jermtheworm]

What a freakin' baby!!! The place was dump when I used to work there (early 90's). They've done some major renovations to the lobbies and replaced all the seats in there. I'm not sure about the locker rooms, but the place certainly took a step up as far as I'm concerned. Sure, it's no United Center, but they have to spread some of these regionals around and looks like DePaul got to host it.


easy, i've only seen it from the outside when i was up there, from what i've heard this regional was actually supposed to be here in okc, but scheduling problems okc forfited (sp?) and the ncaa switched depaul's bid from 1 & 2 rounds to this. take it easy on sutton, he's not the only one griping about the arena.

[HolyCow]

it's just the principle of the thing i guess, double standard.

there's a couple of sooners on the site,good to have another, you north side or south?

I reside in beautiful Mustang, Oklahoma.

And yeah, it was on the back page under the "OSU Notebook" section where it says "Thumbs Down" 4 from the bottom. It says: "Eddie Sutton said Allstate Arena, DePaul's home court, is the worst facility he's played in during his 26 NCAA Tournament appearances. It's Sutton's second trip to the arena formally known as Rosemont Horizon. The Cowboys split two games in an old-style classic in Sutton's first season at OSU. 'If they did $22 million of innovations, I don't know where they put it,' Sutton said.

[bdb23]

easy, i've only seen it from the outside when i was up there, from what i've heard this regional was actually supposed to be here in okc, but scheduling problems okc forfited (sp?) and the ncaa switched depaul's bid from 1 & 2 rounds to this. take it easy on sutton, he's not the only one griping about the arena.
They should be happy that they have a court to play on. These athletes and coaches aren't supposed to be on a whirlwind vacation. Play the games and shut up.

[jermtheworm]

I reside in beautiful Mustang, Oklahoma.

And yeah, it was on the back page under the "OSU Notebook" section where it says "Thumbs Down" 4 from the bottom. It says: "Eddie Sutton said Allstate Arena, DePaul's home court, is the worst facility he's played in during his 26 NCAA Tournament appearances. It's Sutton's second trip to the arena formally known as Rosemont Horizon. The Cowboys split two games in an old-style classic in Sutton's first season at OSU. 'If they did $22 million of innovations, I don't know where they put it,' Sutton said.


i'm south of earlywine park.

i missed the article then. thanks :thumbsup

[jermtheworm]

They should be happy that they have a court to play on. These athletes and coaches aren't supposed to be on a whirlwind vacation. Play the games and shut up.



you didn't want them to put up goals out in the parking lot,toss a ball out and say "have at it"? :lol

[bdb23]

you didn't want them to put up goals out in the parking lot,toss a ball out and say "have at it"? :lol
No, but if the NCAA said we'll pack 18,000 in to see it and give you national exposure, I'd say "when's tipoff?" College athletes (and apparantly coaches) are getting a little to big for their britches.

[ExistenceNow]

2 hours till tipoff... i wish they'd list what games they're going to show on the digital cable guide.

[HolyCow]

we get the stinky Illinois UW-MIL....:thumbsdow

i wanna see Louisville and Washington:thumbsup

[greenpepper7]

I was bored sitting in management class and came up with All-American and All-Conference teams for the BCS conferences. I could have easily overlooked some people because I had no stats or anything in front of me, but there you go. Big East was the toughest conference.

All-American 1st Team
PG-Paul
SG-Stoudamire
SF-Warrick
PF-Simien
C-Bogut




:thumbsup Good overall picks, I'd have Diogu as PF but I might be a little Pac10 biased. Anyway much better than Duke Vitale's picks.

[DMBfan41]

Love the bold picks:thumbsup

well, thats atleast who i wanna see win

[trippingbilly12]

:thumbsup Good overall picks, I'd have Diogu as PF but I might be a little Pac10 biased. Anyway much better than Duke Vitale's picks.

what were vitale's picks?

[HolyCow]

Mine is:
PG - Chris Paul
SG - JJ Redick
SF - Joey Graham
PF - Wayne Simien
C - Andrew Bogut


The All-you-piss-me-off team
PG - Chris Paul (potrayed as a saint but play like a chump)
SG - Karl Krauser (just hate his "blackshirts" srm symbol thing when he scores
SF - Adam Morrison (celebrates way way to much and talks a ton of trash)
PF - Terrance Crawford (just annoys me)
PF - Johnny Gilbert (love-hate type of thing. He works harder than anyone and I love his hustle, but the man has huge freakin lips and no skill)

Honorable mention:
Andrew Bogut (just cause Dan Bonner was kissin his nuts all game long while they whipped the Sooners)
JR Giddens (because he is O-V-E-R-A-T-E-D...and he is a cocky mofo)
Daniel Bobik (just don't like him)
Paul Davis (he looks like a robot)
Jason Klotz (is he Brian Boddicker brothers? They look like freakin elves)
Pitts whole team
Gerry McNamera (he spells Jerry with a G and people act like he is a freakin good shooter but he sucks)
Charlie Villanueva (where are his freakin eyebrows?)
Derek Raivio (is he a little rat playing basketball?)
Patrick Sparks (white trash, fat t-shirt wearing something)
Shane Power (h