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Scheduled Games:

  • 12:20 PM (10) Florida vs. (7) Brigham Young
  • 12:25 PM (11) Old Dominion vs. (6) Notre Dame
  • 12:30 PM (15) Robert Morris vs. (2) Villanova
  • 2:30 PM (13) Murray State vs. (4) Vanderbilt
  • 2:40 PM (15) North Texas vs. (2) Kansas State
  • 2:45 PM (14) Sam Houston State vs. (3) Baylor
  • 2:50 PM (10) Saint Mary's vs. (7) Richmond
  • 4:45 PM (12) UTEP vs. (5) Butler
  • 7:10 PM (9) Northern Iowa vs. (8) UNLV
  • 7:15 PM (16) East Tennessee State vs. (1) Kentucky
  • 7:20 PM (11) Washington vs. (6) Marquette
  • 7:25 PM (14) Ohio vs. (3) Georgetown
  • 9:30 PM (16) Lehigh vs. (1) Kansas
  • 9:35 PM (9) Wake Forest vs. (8) Texas
  • 9:40 PM (14) Montana vs. (3) New Mexico
  • 9:45 PM (11) San Diego State vs. (6) Tennessee

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best day of the year

really glad to be kicking off the Dance this year with a taste of macklin

I have them winning today

Not sure why

I'm not sure why either.

But if they do, I have BYU getting crushed by K State, so it won’t cost me too much.

I’m really concerned about that happening with every first road game though…

ive never been big on Brigham Young

they never ever win games in the tourney, b/c they are a bunch of whiteys who play no one tough all year round, and have an amazing home court advantage that vanishes when they play in the tourney.

That said I couldnt pick the upset in this bracket, Florida just doesnt seem like a very strong team. But I think peeps who have BYU beating KSU are drinking the crazy sauce.

Anybody know

What the regional action will be on CBS in DC?

here

http://www.wusa9.com/sports/story.aspx?amp;catid=25&storyid=79440

so I don't have to worry about CBS breaking from a non-competitive Gtown game

do I?

What's the excepted protocol

For rooting for Big East teams in the early rounds? Would we rather see the BE go far again like last year or see Lehigh and Robert Morris celebrating at center court today?

cheer for all BE except cuse
Exactly!
does anyone else have a bad feeling about the BE?

Nova, Marquette, Louisville, ND, even Syracuse with the injury to AO, seems like they could be upset early.

I'm feeling this too.

I don’t have Marquette or ND coming out of this weekend. And my Louisville beating Duke is only because I think you have to truly believe in something if you want it to come true.

And my Louisville beating Duke is only because I think you have to truly believe in something if you want it to come true.

same here – i must have put this upset in about 12 brackets already

BE...

I too have a bad feeling about the BE in the tourney. Then we get to hear about how overrated the conference is.

But hey, let's be positive.

Marquette COULD light up New Mexico.
Notre Dame COULD keep their weird new game rolling through Baylor.
Louisville COULD beat Duke (I especially think this because I think Samuels can give their bigs trouble like Greg did, just not as well)

And if those three things happen, bam, eight BE teams in the Sweet Sixteen. At which point, they’d have to go down to a) each other or b) another Sweet Sixteen team, which makes the overrated argument much harder to make.

Not impossible…they’d still make it…but it would sound dumb.

I think the conference will have...

at least 5 in the sweet 16. Either way, this is the best weekend of the year.

thank you, Esteban d'Amur
No problem...

Casual. Did your open thread yesterday put that one behind you?

it was a cathartic exercise

never realized how close the hoyas came to winning that game.

down 4 with 2:30 left, that killer jeff green charge shifted momentum back to OSU and that was it.

stunning no-shows by green and summers in that game. too bad, really, since ohio state didn’t exactly bring its A game either.

frustrating loss, but onward and upward.

Cheer for Cuse

i dont often think that, but wouldn’t we rather face Cuse in the Semi-Finals? I really enjoyed the Revenge Tour, but would love to add INSULT to INJURY by beating them later!!!

I can’t spell…..by the way

Screw it

I want Nova going down RIGHT NOW.

BE putting up a poor showing in the NIT.

GMT

One of the benefits of living in London is being 4 hours (usually 5) ahead of EST…..therefore, instead of MMOD, it is far easier to find my way to the Sports cafe or Bodean’s for the madness. Regional CBS feed in lodnon is

4.00pm #15 Robert Morris vs #2 Villanova – 1st Round (Flex-feed from Providence) – College Basketball
The Northeast Conference Champions and 15th-seeded Colonials of Robert Morris open up March Madness with South Region action when they take on Scottie Reynolds and No. 2 seed Villanova, who come into the tournament having lost five of their last seven games.

 

6.30pm #10 St. Mary’s vs #7 Richmond – 1st Round (Flex-feed from Providence) – College Basketball
The 65 best college basketball teams fight for the right to be crowned the 2009 NCAA Champions.

 

9.00pm #12 UTEP vs #5 Butler – 1st Round (Flex-feed from San Jose) – College Basketball
The 65 best college basketball teams fight for the right to be crowned the 2009 NCAA Champions.

 

11.00pm #16 East Tenn. St. vs #1 Kentucky – 1st Round (Flex-feed from New Orleans) – College Basketball
The 65 best college basketball teams fight for the right to be crowned the 2009 NCAA Champions.

 

1.30am #9 Wake Forest vs #8 Texas – 1st Round (Flex-feed from New Orleans) – College Basketball
The 65 best college basketball teams fight for the right to be crowned the 2009 NCAA Champions.

yeah but the bars close at 11pm
not necessarily

as you know full well, in every town there is always somewhere open

no comment
well played

38 minutes to tip-off

Down Goes Cuse?

As someone with a fair number of Hoya friends and a lot of time to read this blog, I’ve been exposed to 4 days of complaining about Georgetown’s draw in the tournament. I feel for you, but take a moment to consider the huge shaft that my beloved Vermont Catamounts received this year by the selection "committee."

Vermont is being sent to the gulag of New York State to face Syracuse in their backyard. I’d like to sit here and pretend the NCAA intended this as a grudge match for the beat down Vermont put on Syracuse in the opening round of the 2004/2005 tournament (also known as the greatest day in the history of the state of Vermont…not yet a state holiday, however). Or maybe CBS paid them off so they could spend the entire pregame overhyping the Jo Bros match up – Maurice Joseph (VT) and Kris Joseph (SYR). Whatever the reason, it’s complete crap.

We’ve never seen a 16 seed beat a 1 seed. Eventually it will happen. And ESPN will spend the next decade analyzing it and showing the game on ESPN Classic. But it’s probably not going to happen this year, or could it…


Here’s why it could happen:

Vermont is pissed. I don’t mean just the team. The entire state is upset. I haven’t seen this many angry white people since Ben & Jerry’s was sold to the multi-national corporate conglomerate Unilever. That was a sad day, but I digress. Their 16 seed is insulting. Yes, they play in a weak division, but they’ve been to the NCAA tourney 3 times since the 2002/2003 season, been to the NIT once, and been within 1 and 2 wins of an NCAA bid twice. This isn’t some upstart mid-major who got lucky. They have a decent program and should have been rewarded for it. And you better believe they’re unhappy about this.

Vermont shot 57% from outside the arc in the America East title game — almost double their season average. If guards Nick Vier and Garvey Young can stay hot, that just might make it interesting.

Syracuse lost 3 of their last 7 games. They haven’t played since they got handled by the Hoyas in their first game of the BET. They might be cold and Onuaku may not play. That would free up 261 pounds in the middle for Marcus Blakely to have the game of his life. Vermont is coming in relatively lukewarm, with only one loss in their last 12. Granted they play in the America East Conference (I promise it exists, Google it), but they’ve taken care of business by winning their conference tourney.
 

Here’s why it probably will not happen:

It’s Vermont. They lost to New Hampshire. By 19 points.

If it does happen, remember you heard it here first.

From your keyboard to God's ears
It could happen

Losing to Vermont in the postseason would be a perfect bookend to a season that began with a preseason loss to Div. II LeMoyne.

I would buy a Vermont Sweatshirt.

Same offer stands to Arkansas Pine Bluff, East Tennessee State and Lehigh.

Vermont or UAPB, though, I think I’d have to donate a paycheck or something.

...to makes matters worse....

they lost to Binghamton this year too. Thanks for the opening HH.

look, yes UVM pulled off the great upset a few years back, but as an America Beast follower, this is not your Tom Brennan Catamounts….that team was stacked with faux wanna-be NBA talent not good enough for the NBDL. this team while good does not have 3 pro potebtial players like that UVM squad.

Interesting

Nova benching its stars

Internet. Will. Not. Load.
wtf...

my bracket picks REQUIRE that those boys have the best damn games of their lives over the coming days. jayyyyy…

A "minor teaching lesson"?

What does that mean? What did they do?

My guess

Spilling ranch dipping sauce on one of those fine suits.

Probably called King a pussy
teach them how to lose a tourny game to Bob Morris
I can think of three things....

One would include some ice cubes and a nine iron. Two would include a buffalo, live or stuffed, preferably stuffed for safety’s sake, and three brings back the ice cubes but brings it down to a pitching wedge.

That's alright

Its Scotty Reynolds 13th NCAA tournament as a Wildcat, he’ll adjust

what time is it?

time for that one shining moment

vernon macklin

still has that unstoppable hook shot

Simmons live blog

Gonna be hard for me to focus on Casual

tried to get simmons to join the blog

failed

Is Simmons confused

as to why these players seem to care about what’s happening before the last 2 minutes of the game?

Is he frustrated that the quarters are 20 minutes long and 2 of them are missing?

Has he made

Two dozen Karate Kid and/or Teen Wolf references?

hahaha just looked at Lord Nick's bracket

Wake Forest over Georgia Tech lol

also JGD has AR Pine Bluff going to the Final Four lol
It may be a long shot

But they looked great against Winthrop

Anyone have the time to count

which teams are in the brackets as champions and by how many people?

I assume Gtown is every entry's champion
Nope

I already know some folks who have offended my sensibilities by picking John Calipari and his team of academic all-americans.

we must put their names in a sidebar on CasualHoya.com!
either way

it should be an instant disqualification from the yahoo group

they might turn out to be right, but who would accept such blood money

if you click on standings you can see who everyone picked..

interestingly, Jim Boeheim did not pick Syracuse to win it all

tandy can probably fire up

a program for the purpose

god bless

cbs showing the games online

SLOW YOUR ROLL FLORIDA

I have you losing this game.

Macklin has his second foul

Now thats the Vernon Macklin I remember

I have Florida winning

I AM THE SMARTEST MAN ALIVE

NOVA GETTING KILLED BY ROBERT MORRIS

11-9 w 14

Jay Wright:

“Jesus Christ! Alright, boys, you’ve learned enough! Get out there!”

Scottie entered at the 16 min mark
Robert Morris

with the 2 pt lead over ’nova

0-3 on the day

If these early scores hold.

1-2 here...

I have ND taking whoever they’re playing

Old Dominion

ND is handling them better than we did

can't wait for my bracket to be utterly busted

by 3pm on the first day

Hahaha

Last Play: 12:46 Offensive Foul turnover on Scottie Reynolds (NOVA)

why would you be watching on ESPN when you can stream it live?
You vastly overestimate my internet connection
Nova with an impressive 11 points in 10 mins againt Bobby Morris
And

Morris on pace for close to 40 turnovers

You know it's bad when...

Mouph is leading the team with 4pts/3rebs

Why Nova got a 2 seed is beyond anything I can understand
I was just thinking that... if anything embarrasses the committee, that will be it.
They lost 5 of their last 7!
nova has 11 points in over 14 minutes

trailing 19-11 w 6

if you're a nova fan, how mad are you at Jay Wright right now for benching Reynolds?

..Billy Raf calling the game too, which means we’ll get him tonight for the Ohio game

i'm mad at the whole team

they need to lose to us in the final.

ugh, step it up guys

the only upside

from nova losing this (while there would be some satisfaction from seeing our nemesis suffer, this would not reflect well on the conference and would decimate many brackets) is that it would suck media oxygen away from our own humiliation this evening.

eatthatbox09 was right

Who knew the hapless, fouling Taylor King would be missed so much?

He's playing...

Don’t know why he’s not in the game

too bad i listened to a certain someone

and filled my bracket with nova anyway

And what have you learned?

I should barely be in charge of my own life.

So happy..

I switched to Baylor in the Final Four last minute

i swtiched

last minute to nova…. funny thing is, i wouldnt mind if they lost, because next year our chant during the game would be a nice “Rob-ert Mor-ris!”

Robert Morris

Arguably doing better than their Best Case Scenario:

“Best Case: The vertically challenged Colonials feel comfortable playing the fellow shorties from Villanova. With Nova playing well below its early-season level, Robert Morris gains confidence as the game progresses and wins it on two Karon Abraham free throws in the final seconds. The nation has 48 more hours to figure out who Robert Morris was and where his namesake university is located. "

comeback

appears to be on

relax

wan’t it Nova who was getting drilled last year by American and won by double digits?

It's foul trouble that will end this game for Rob Morris

Double bonus already…. and we thought Nova was bad with the hacking

Someone watching...

want to tell me if these fouls are due to Nova jumping into defenders?

I wish, I wish, with all of my heart…that at some point in this tournament, Scottie jumps toward a defender and the defender moves aside for a primetime Scottie faceplant.

Actually

Yes. There was an “offensive foul” that Scotty drew that was a ridiculous flop, and there were some other questionable calls, too.

Good news for Robert Morris: No player has more than 2 fouls.
Bad news for Robert Morris: five of ten players to see the floor have 2 fouls.

if nova

could make their damn free throws

no chance we lose to ohio on this court

i like the colors

or any NCAA court.

My owner (Jason Clark) gets confused when the NBA line is painted on and tends to shoot way further back then he needs to. So we’re all set and the Hoyas will win the whole damn thing.

Your owner also makes those an astonishing amount of the time
scottie reynolds

is still scottie reynolds. no way he loses an opening round tournament game his senior year.

this is kind of absurd though

i just realized it’s almost halftime…

which is why it won't last

scottie is too irritating to have another half where he goes 0-5 from the floor. we know him too well.

Taylor King is playing?
and is a moron
ODU

coming back on Notre Dame

Nova losing at halftime

Please let this happen.

Just got back from...

lunch. Dear god does my ’Nova team look awful. The way this team plays baffles me.

I feel for you...

In the sense that I feel very good about this.

I wish..

I had a witty rejoinder. I do not.

Maybe Nova will use halftime

to recruit the Ivan Brothers…

Maybe...

I can’t watch at work. I have to check the scoreboard on espn or something every two minutes. This is not going to be a fun afternoon. Plus you guys will not show mercy.

VERNON MACKLIN IS UNSTOPPABLE
Um - is Macklin 4-4

plus 1-1 from FT??

yea,

I said to myself, no way he makes this FT. Damnit macklin

Harangody is 0-4 does anyone think this guy will be a good pro?
is hansborough a good pro?
he plays with Roy

I wonder if he still cries every time he sees him

Notre Dame is so much better without him

So much better. During the WVA ND Big East Semi I was begging Brey to bench him. He’s a plodding, no defense, useless human. They are so much better when they get out in transition and let Hansbrough and Abromitis run the show

0-6 now, including a 3 point shot
wow

Florida has passed it to BYU guys a ton – i thought we had turnover issues…wow

Florida is not a good team

even though BYU is completely overrated. I’ve seen so called experts predicting them to go to the Final Four

Jimmer Fredette is apparently scandalously good...

another 1 man wonder team

I don't trust a man named Jimmer
they couldnt even beat cuse!
if pitt leaves the big east

I think we should try for ODU. I love how physical they play.

then we could play them at McDonough every year

joy

NO WAY

need football school too

whats up guys..

not paying attention yet.. I actually need to do some work.. any upsets brewing?

nova down 8 to robert morris at the half
nova down by 2
with 17 left, this will not be an upset
thanks... I still can't believe Nova got our 2 seed..
well that is certainly less exciting than my update
BYU

That escalated quickly

never underestimate the power of

not consuming caffeine or… um… whatever else the Mormons do

during halftime

BYU did convert by proxy of entire FL team – really messing with their heads

Notre Dame is so boring to watch...

here’s hoping they get knocked out soon

anyone up in Providence for tonight's game?
no, but I have gotten ten emails that tickets are available for the game

note to Ticket office: this would have been good info to get two days ago

agree RepublicansWearNikes2..

I just got an email from the ticket office about tonight’s pregame party at the Trinity Brewhouse up in Providence.. effing work always gets in the way of fun..

I have tickets for Saturday

that I hope i don’t have to sell

wonder if Harangody has money on ODU in this game
shut out???

how is that even possible

i hate when players try to distract FT shooters

that’s your fans’ job.

what chance

two members of the All-BE 1st team flame out today with craptastic performances? Let’s hope that particular piece of rot stops this afternoon.

i think I was alone a week or two ago

in saying DeSean Butler should have been BE POY

THESE GAMES ARE AWESOME
was that said in your Dickie V voice?
that would require insertion of a ball gag
robert morris

ate their wheaties today

what the balls?

4 point play?

I really wish CBS

would show the Robert Morris-Nova game over the ODU-ND one. Norfolk isn’t really any closer than Philly.

the "Boss Button"

on cbs sportsline is just fantastic technology…

wow what a shot by robert morris
ODU owns the Big East...
are ND and Nova

taking cash from the committee in order to make Duke’s path EVEN MORE LUDICROUSLY EASY THANK IT ALREADY WAS??

THAT SHOULD BE OUR 2 SEED
Picture it

After a great relationship in the early season, Georgetown and the 2 seed broke up. To be fair, it was Georgetown’s fault. A 2 seed like that has high expectations and Georgetown just didn’t realize what it had. Both parties made some mistakes. The 2 seed began spending time with that asshole Duke while Georgetown rebounded lower and lower, eventually waking up next to the bottom of the polls.

But then, Georgetown shaped up. It remembered how great things with the 2-seed were and it wanted them back. So it did what it could, made a grand gesture in the Big East Tournament and for a few days, Georgetown and the 2-seed began flirting again. Little glances from across the room. It was a long shot: 2-seed still remembered being hurt. But Georgetown looked different; 2-seed thought things might have actually changed.

At the last minute, though, 2-seed got cold feet and went with someone else, someone that probably wasn’t good enough by a long shot. Georgetown knew it from the very beginning and spent long days looking across the quad while “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” played on his iPod in an endless loop. And Georgetown knows it now, as he watches Villanova fail to treat the 2-seed like she should be treated.

very good

though you’ve now gotten that song stuck in my head the rest of the afternoon. thanks.

Now that's a layup
with 12 seconds left

Gody decides to hit a basket

bracket utterly ruined

hoyajoker07 is never to be trusted again

likewise

on the verge of 0-3 and one final four gone

What would you prefer?

A good bracket or Nova losing?

no love for nova

but apart from cuse, I gotta back BE as much as possible. We all get tarred.

I also won’t be able to gloat too much until we take care of business ourselves today.

actually maybe he bet the other way

laughing all the way to the bank

(not that I followed his picks)

I'm not that devious...

…or smart.

but you are that crazy
I have Florida and ODU
yes but you also have AR Pinebluff
Watch my friend
Macklin Free Throws

So delicious

wow.. why would you take the tip in when you are down by 3??
Nice work, Gody

Way to hit that 2 with the clock running out when you’re down by 3. Give that man an NBA contract

guy is a complete moron.

and a bigtime advertisement for abortion.

His mom wishes he was a blow job
I can't believe Harangody is going out shooting 2-9

Hilarious.

ODU

is legit, but nd really sucks

wish they'd have pipped WVU on Friday

last week’s hoyas would have made mincemeat of them

scottie will actually go nutso and kill jay wright

blood all over his pristine suit

Big East..

not performing very well in the NCAA or the NIT… get ready for those “the Big East is overrated” conversations..

ND should never have been a 6 seed, and Nova should never have been a 2…

I would rather see Jay Wright cry.

Because it would be like watching an angel weep.

my mom told me that

angels cry tears of cufflinks

A Dilemma

Would I rather see Scottie Reynolds cry on national TV or have my brackets remain intact?

Scottie cry

No one has Nova losing.

its like the stock market

as long as everyone is down 20% you can say you are even

Scottie 1-12

Harangody 2-9

WHY ISN’T AUSTIN FREEMAN ON THE FIRST TEAM BIG EAST

It's one bad shooting game for Reynolds...
Isn't that the margin of victory for Villanova?

I’m not being a dick. Scottie rarely has those games, so it rarely matters.

most nights yes..

This just horrible. Looks like Wright lost this team. Too much of sense of entilement. No work ethic on the defensive end and woeful offense down the stretch. This is a major setback.

Vernon Macklin will not be denied
Why is it he got decent after he left?

He used to botch dunks with regularity.

And making free throws??

who is this macklin guy

Scottie Reynolds = Choke City

1-13 seriously? think J.Wright is still glad he benched his two best guys?

Those are DaJuan Summers Numbers!
i know

i saw it last night

big east is terrible
disagree

its very competitive… everyone is pretty flat.

PLEASE NO DOUBLE OT UF/BYU

I want to see Scottie Reynolds SHINE!

you got your wish

oh wait no you got your nightmare

Jay Wright looks pale and ugly

Never thought I’d see the day

just think of all the money he's out

buying a tourney’s worth of suits

if the vandy/murry st score holds

0-4 on the day. Best time of the year…

The referees have decided to not let Nova lose.

 It’s what, 3 fouls in the last minute on Robert Morris?

late charge?
what a horrible florida shot
flashbacks to esherick and riley
DO IT NOVA!

NUT UP OR SHUT UP!

Scottie has been to the line on every single one of the last 4 possessions
And by my estimation, has nailed all 8
I don't care.

Let OSU be the 2-seed to lose.

I want Nova to lose

Sorry Esteban

Don't apologize....

I understand.

I really like you
esteban d'amur

must have died/be dying of a heart attack right now…

best wishes for our fav blog fanboy in this moment of difficulty

COMON COMON BOBBY MOOOOOOOOOO

DONT CHOKE THIS

DAMMITT

DAMMITTT

did anyones mmod feed just die

nova game just went blank

mine did too
yup
thank god, i was worried my office blocked it
yeah me too

AGONY

i can watch BYU but when i try to shift to nova

screen goes blank

if this happens for gtown

my laptop may not survive the evening

come on robert morris!
et tu Casual? et tu?
a nova loss would really clear things up for duke in that brutal south bracket
games over

FUCK

58-56 with a minute to play

Wow

Mouphtao Yarou will be good

Mark my words

He was supposed to be good.

He was ranked 10 on Rivals.com and 18 on DraftExpress.com.

He’ll improve his college stats, sure, but he’s hardly a diamond in the rough.

HERE COMES REYNOLDS!
i know this has been said already but this game just demonstrates how BS it was

to give Nova a #2 seed

All of Philadelphia is going to have a heart attack.
No..

Philly hates us.

Really? Why?
We are the rich kid school..

they are blue collar.

who do they hate more

you or penn?

US by far...

Penn is well liked. It also has to do with us going to the BE.

CHOKE
Block counts?

OT will be awful for RM with fouls

My guess there was that Reynolds thought the rim was going to move to its right abotu 3 feet
fuck me

I forget how little i actually work i get done this time of the month

oof

jay wright drew up a pretty little play there

I have not done an ounce of work between 9-5 for 2 straight weeks
what are your thoughts on vandy - murray state?
Is this really going to be

the closest first round ever?

JESUS.

can't wait

to get me some 6OT.com magic in the dance

VANDY ALL THE WAY
you seem to really like vandy

WHY?

If you need a reason, JGD

I like people who go to Vandy for undergrad and then graduation school are called a Double ’Dores

GRADUATE School is where you get advanced degrees

Graduation school is where you go to be able to play college hoops

We have an accord.
I'm in a lecture

Nova ot?

Yes, Nova putting the hurt on
starting to pull away in ot by 4
R Morris is running out of players

lots of foul issues

At least BYU's closing it out
oddly enough

the one upset I avoided picking was purdue v siena… feel like that was the one people were too focused on

also the rationale was

sineea did it last year… no mention of thier current year team seemed like suspect reasoning

Jimmer Fredette with 37 points...

not too shabby

unlikely he celebrates with booze and loose women
Barry melrose endorsed him on sportscenter
If there were ever a time to give up the faith

Tonight is the night

good point... what a shame....
I picked ODU

But nova could end it all

ROBERT MORRIS WILL NOT GO AWAY
big shot

by scottie the doucher

Is Robert Morris to Pittsburgh...

what Ben Franklin is to Philly?

Are there Robert Morris impersonators walking around?

how much is reynolds going to make in bulgaria next year?
Huge shot by Scottie
why do you like Vandy so much?
he always come through in the clutch

if you ignore all those time he hasnt

when hasn't he...
umm... gee

how about the last in regulation

all the good ones...

miss one (except for Jordan).

not desean
The Butler does deliver...

but I’m sure he has missed some.

West Virginia

Choked open three

wvu. march 6th.
I'd still take that Pitt shot from last year

Over any misses

It wouldn't have counted...

if why watch the replays. So once in his career he misses one?

that's fine

but your question was “when hasn’t he…”

and they named one.

awful call there

that looked like a jump ball

I want a Sleeping with the Enemy of My Enemy

With Robert Morris

WOW

this is so much more exciting than my work

wow is right....
What a steal....
WHAT THE FUCK
i guess you dont foul here right?
good foul by that midget
"He has stroked it admirably"

Heehee

ummmm
he has stroked it admirably
"strokin' it deep"
That says everything about Nova

Athletic wusses

huge block there...
Catch it while you can

Front page of si NCAA basketball

“No 2 seed Villanova on the rops late”

I feel like a blind guy on the Titanic asking "what's going on?"
The USS Nova has struck about 4-5 icebergs in 7 minutes
And if Rob Morris hits one more 3 they are tying Reggie to the mast
Use taylor kings forehead as a life boat
AMAZING

im loving this game

71 70 Nova with 11s to play
73-70, Robert Morris ball
why tyoe out 'robert morris' when RM would have done the trick?

AMATEUR HOUR

73-70 nova 9 secs, RM ball
i am never getting any work done again
GET THE BALL TO THAT 5'9" DUDE.

CAPS LOCK

redding...

what an idiot

I hate to keep harping on this...

but what was the commitee’s justification for giving Nova a 2 seed in the easiest region?

That's too bad

Just a poorly designed play

Didn't have enough time

He almost made it though.

That last shot brings back memories

of DaJuan, Braswell, etc…

nova wins

odd play at the end there. did someone on RM miss setting a screen?

that was an esherick like final possession...

except for the fact that they actually got a shot off…

I am frustrated right now

The way villanova played, only the bottom 5 teams in the tournament would have lost.

scottie...

2-15 from the field, 15-16 from the line… some game.. why do refs ALWAYS bail him out??

he'll have a hard time being bailed out by the refs in BULGARIA next year
Hey hey give him some credit...

it’ll be Estonia.

He's good at "selling"...

the foul.

Didn't you guys only beat Princeton...

50-49 one year as a one seed? These things happen, but Nova is not a two seed. Does not bode well for Saturday.

I was 3 when that happened, so no recollection

But the problem I have with Nova is their big men are garbage. They’ve been garbage, and they will be garbage. Cunningham graduating has killed them. Yet no one talks about it.

They talk about it

on the nova boards, which I have been known to peek at.

You are correct...

but Yarou is good. Losing DC has killed them.

agree JGD...

the loss of Cunningham has really hurt them..

that was my freshman year...

yes, I am an old man…

that game was frightening.. they set up a game watch in McDonough, and needless to say it was very tense…

Lordnick has correctly picked all 3 games thus far

THE APOCALYPSE IS UPON US

A blind squirrel finds a nut every now and again
too bad Varmint didn't do a bracket
If he ends up second place

does he have to pour the beer over his own head?

The Mean Green

A day late, and likely a few dollars short…

If only they played K State yesterday

Good Luck tonight..

gentlemen.

thank you, Esteban d'Amur
One of my final four teams is looking very poor right now

And i am nervous

all teams suck

this tourney sucks

NIT much more exciting

if baylor is a 3

And nova is a 2, we’d have to be about a minus 6 if we were in the south.

How did we lose to baylor last year? Oh wait..that was last year. They are terrible

vandy is terrible too
We would run through the South

Ugh I’m enraged

Duke will lose to Arkansas-Pine Bluff

It will be awesome.

can we get past ohio 1st?
North Texas

Apparently not in the Midwest. Note to self next time I write a preview.

is teddy taking Gtown -13.5 tonight?
Teddy retired

Not before quoting the “Do you know how easy this is for me?” Good Will Hunting speech verbatim.

Very impressive canine.

Sorry I missed that speech.. Teddy was a brilliant prognosticator...

he’s like the Barry Sanders of sports gambling.. he retired way too young.

he's waiting for mayweather to come at him
I am going to get fired today

And I do not care…

thats the spirit!

the economy is booming, jobs are opening up every where. youll land on your feet

was this mistakenly posted here

instead of at yesterday’s Gtown-OSU 2007 game thread????

I love Bill Raftery

There, I said it.

God that South region is attrocious
IT MAKES ME SO MAD

I would have rather been in Pine Bluff’s shoes than Georgetown’s current spot

if we were pine bluff

We would beat duke and then rest the starters until the final 4

we could give

Nikita significant playing time

murray state seems to be a pretty good team

or is it just that Vandy sucks?

I have no idea... but one of those is definitely true
Vandy

is terrible

a couple of daggers by Vandy...
with an answer by MS
Oops

Go to #10 in the slideshow. Monroe lookalike.

the cousins one is hilarious
AJ Ogilvy seems to have a very cheesy mustache...
Vandy operating the Gtown backdoor to perfection
wow... huge shot!
BOOM

thought the play was way too complicated but huge shot

WOWZAS
are you upset that Vandy lost?
MADNESS??

THIS IS MURRAY!!

when UTEP beats Butler..

we will have a 12 vs. 13 second round game.

I hope this happens

MURRAY STATE!

Well, that didn’t take long… first signature March Madness buzzer beater, all of four-plus hours into the Madness. And I don’t care that Vandy is the 2nd of my Sweet 16 teams to go down (ND). Bravo, Racers.

4 great games so far, 2 more in progress, and one stinker (K State, my sleeper pick to win it all cuz I didn’t want to jinx the Hoyas, up by 18). Gotta love it.

4/4 BITCHES

Let’s hope my other upsets predicted pan out: especially Tenn dropping it to S.D.

1st day of the tournament has ruled
and Baylor is struggling....

can the South region be any more pathetic?

awesome

1st four games decided by 12 points and beers are flowing….does it get any better than this?

yes.

1st four games decided by 12 points and beers are flowing….at ‘good guys’ when the ladies are using casual headbands as garters.

yeah but

I’d do the same but still haven’t seen my headband in the mail. Somehow I think this is lordnick’s fault

WHOA WHAT

You can get them mailed?

k-state

may win by a bigger margin than all the other games combined

It won't mean much

I’ve been to Denton, TX. I’m surprised they could find five guys to suit up who weren’t meth-heads.

Oh Great

More ammo for the NCAA to move to 96 teams…

I am having a mild heart attack

watch this Baylor game. They are one of my final four teams.

baylors overrated

and having stood in humiliation in in waco last year, im gonna dance on that grave when it happens

with ODU and murray state winning their games....

isn’t it about time for lordnick’s optimism for tonight???

why is Sam Houston State fouling so early?

other than the fact that they suck

four straight turnovers
later fellas..

my work productivity this afternoon has been non-existent…… it’s time to jump on a train and get home for the Hoya game… it’s been fun.. I’ll catch up with you tonight.

Go Hoyas!

I'm pretty sure

There’s a guy on St. Mary’s with grey socks on…

and he’s not my grandfather

Yep

looks like he is rocking the grey

i totally want

whatever mirror confirmed his initial inclination towards the grey

Is this the best first day of basketball ever?
lets talk about that after the GU game
Alright interesting games are over

Time for Gtown game thread

Butler UTEP should be good
Just when I thought the grey socks were the story

the St. Mary’s big man in low tops has completely snatched the spotlight..

scott howard
  1. on st marys, the dude with the funky mouthpiece is a dead ringer for michael j fox in Teen Wolf. He’s even made the same shot from diff camera angles over and over again
That mouthpiece

Looks like half of a black+white cookie got stuck in his teeth

Terrible call against Richmond

I hope that ref isn’t working our game later.

does that guy on SMC bench

look like a young obama or is it just me?

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