College Basketball Thread

“Yadda, Yadda, Yadda.

Crow while you are on top, cause aint nobody gonna listen when you are on the bottom.”

“Let's get some chatter going.

Cuse upsets UConn. Is that enough to get them in the dance?

Temple over Geo Wash. What seed should Geo Wash get?”

“A coworker is convinced that UConn threw the game in order to get another Big East team into the Big Dance. We'll test that tonight. If Villanova loses to Rutgers, he may be onto something.”

“If they get caught doing that they would be bared from playing if post season tournments from now until eternity.

I saw the UConn game, pretty good and yes, they get in.

Michigan got knocked out.”

“I think Michigan just needed to win this Minnesota game and their ticket would have been punched. They couldn't get it done though, so it's looking like they are NIT bound.

With Syracuse playing their way in and with the A10 getting 2 teams now, the number of at large bids for the bubble teams is dwindling.

It would be funny to see Minny run the table and steal a spot to preserve a representation by the big 10 of seven teams.”

“It would be funny. I could see Penn State doing it before Minn.

Look out Big East, Rutgers is right behing Nova at half.”

“feh.”

“Yep, they went down in flames in the 2nd half.”

“Duke is getting everything they can handle from Miami right now. Same thing in the Big Ten between P. State and O. State.”

“Texas Tech has caught up to Texas and is giving them a run! WOW! I wish I would have taken today off as well. Good hoops!”

“Dook squeaked that one out. They came close to finishing the season with three straight losses.

Typical OSU. They started bombing 3's when their back was against the wall. It sounds like PSU just ran out of steam.”

“UT bites the dust =(”

“%&*^&&$%!!@HY%^$&&^&H&UI!!!*&HY*()*&U&&*T^U&9z0) *(&& **89df0f I((NM^$#@%&n *()()^&02-34 &%^%*

I HATE BASKETBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IHATE IT HATE HATE HATE IT”

“Hyway, can you stop being so mealymouthed about your feelings. Personally I feel a bit more strongly (LOL)”

“The first 12th seed in ACC tourney history just stomped the crap out of my Wolfpack less than a week after they cleaned our clocks in the last regular season game.”

“That game was ugly. Don't worry, they will still be dancing.”

“I wake up in the morning
And I raise my weary head
I got an old coat for a pillow
And the earth was last night’s bed
I don’t know where I’m going
Only God knows where I’ve been
I’m a devil on the run
A six gun lover
A candle in the wind
When you’re brought into this world
They say you’re born in sin
Well at least they gave me something
I didn’t have to steal or have to win
Well they tell me that I’m wanted
Yeah I’m a wanted man
I’m colt in your stable
I’m what cain was to abel
Mister catch me if you can
I’m going down in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
I’m going down in a blaze of glory
Lord I never drew first
But I drew first blood
I’m no one’s son
Call me young gun
You ask about my consience
And I offer you my soul
You ask if I’ll grow to be a wise man
Well I ask if I’ll grow old
You ask me if I known love
And what it’s like to sing songs in the rain
Well,I’ve seen love come
And I’ve seen it shot down
I’ve seen it die in vain
Shot down in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
’cause I’m going down in a blaze of glory
Lord I never drew first
But I drew first blood
I’m the devil’s son
Call me young gun
Each night I go to bed
I pray the lord my soul to keep
No I ain’t looking for forgiveness
But before I’m six foot deep
Lord,i got to ask a favor
And I’ll hope you’ll understand
’cause I’ve lived life to the fullest
Let the boy die like a man
Staring down the bullet
Let me make my final stand
Shot down in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
I’m going out in a blaze of glory
Lord I never drew first
But I drew first blood
And I’m no one’s son
Call me young gun
I’m a young gun”

“I L L - I N I

(I hope, need a comeback right now.)”

“The bracketts are set! Are we submitting our picks for bragging rights?”

“From the "Laugh to Keep From Crying" department I give you this thread: http://mb17.scout.com/fnorthcarolinastatefrm1.showMessage?topicID=54395.topic”

“I'm rooting for Oral to take the whole thing.”

“I have Hampton winning it all!”

“Oops.

I see my post is on the wrong thread.”

“Well chili... I don't know which is harder to believe - the Lady Vols being a #2 seed or the Lady Knights being a #3. We got one hell of a tough bracket. The eventual champ is somewhere in there.

I'll be taking my middle daughter to round one on Sunday. I doubt I'll travel any further.”

“The Lady Vols always get tough at tourny time.

It should be a wide open hell bent for leather kind of tournament. Women's basketball isn't just limited to a handfull of teams anymore. There are several legitimate contenders. Good luck.”

“Speaking of Vols and #2 seeds whats up with the men getting a #2 seed.”

“Are we doing the basketball god thing?”

“I have my picks.”

“Bruce Pearl Reports Tennessee’s Entire Side of the Bracket for NCAA Violations

Tennessee head basketball coach Bruce Pearl ratted out all 31 teams on the Volunteers’ side of the NCAA Tournament bracket today, a bold step he hopes will ease his team’s path to championship game April 3rd in Indianapolis.

“Our first game is Thursday afternoon against Winthrop,” said Pearl, “but if everything goes to plan, we’ll win by forfeit because they won’t even show up due to being suspended by the NCAA.”

Pearl sent NCAA president Myles Brand an e-mail this morning detailing “grievous violations” committed by every team in the Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis regions, from boosters giving recruits money to more outlandish claims, such as players being given gifts of unicorns and magical flying carpets.



“Admittedly, some of the claims in my report are a bit absurd,” said Pearl, “but it was hard to make up 31 different fictional charges, so I started to run out of ideas by the end. Hopefully the NCAA will buy it all. But even if not, I’m hoping that by the time they realize everything is a bunch of bull, all of the teams will have been suspended and we’ll be playing in the national championship game.”

Pearl, of course, has a proud history of being a rat. As an assistant coach at Iowa in 1989 he lost out on a prized recruit to Illinois and proceeded to try to get the Illinois program busted on recruiting charges – going as far as to secretly record phone conversations with the recruit – but the allegations were never upheld.

“When I fail at something it’s my natural instinct to whine and cry and blame other people and make stuff up to protect my self,” said Pearl. “That’s just how I operate. And now I’m in charge of the most undeserving, if not the worst, No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament history. We have no possible chance of success in this tournament by playing it straight. So that’s why I’m reverting to old form and trying to help myself out by ratting on other people. It’s the only shot I’ve got.”

Pearl urged Brand and the NCAA to act quickly in suspending the teams on Tennessee’s side of the bracket: “don’t reward these cheaters by allowing them to participate in the NCAA Tournament,” wrote Pearl. “Act swiftly by suspending them all and send a strong message that cheating will not be tolerated in college basketball.”

“Usually our investigations into possible violations take a year or more to conduct,” said Brand. “But these allegations are so egregious that I may need to suspend them all right away. For instance, Pearl not only claims that the No. 3 team in his bracket, North Carolina, requires its players to practice cannibalism, but that the No. 1 seed, UConn, allows its players to steal laptops and that the players on the No. 1 seed in Minneapolis, Villanova, steal pre-paid phone cards. I hope this stuff isn’t true, but Bruce Pearl has always struck me as a sincere person, so I’m going to have to take his word for it.””

“My god!”

“hahaha, don't you just love rivals.”

“damn it man, i want updates...anybody not trapped in a cube that can let us office dwellers know what's going on?”

“Way to go little guys!

- Wichita State beats Seton Hall
- Wisc-Milwaulkee beats Oklahoma
- Pacific and Boston College are going to overtime

Oh, and a bomb sniffing dog caused the San Diego arena to be evacuated. Looks like I will be watching the Illini a little later than planned.”

“stupid dogs ;)”

“Pacific and BC are going to a second overtime.

What a way to start the dance!”

“Oklahoma is not really going to hurt me. I had them getting beat by Florida in the next round.

If BC looses, it will kill me.”

“BC pulled away in the 2nd overtime to win by 11”

“If nobody objects, I'll post my picks on April 4th.”

“Hampton will win it all!”

“I have both Witchita St and UW-Milwaulkee winning two games. Same with BC, so I could have gone either way with them since a lot of people have them in the F4. Actually, I would have liked to see another Big East team go down to a mid-major. Pacific put up a good fight though.
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“I was pulling for Pacific even though it would have screwed me up a little.”

“BC isn't big east. They are ACC”

“Round 1
Duke
GW
Syracuse
LSU
WVA
Iowa
Cal
Texas
Memphis
Bucknell
Pitt
Kansas
Indiana
Gonzaga
Marquette
UCLA
UConn
UAB
Utah St
Illinois
Mich St
UNC
Wichita St
Winthrop
Villanova
Wisky
Nevada
BC
Wis-M
Georgtown
OSU

Round 2
Duke
LSU
Iowa
Texas
Memphis
Pitt
Gonzaga
UCLA
UConn
Illinois
Mich St
Wichita St
Villanova
BC
Wis-M
OSU

3rd Round
LSU
Texas
Pitt
UCLA
UConn
Mich St
Villanova
OSU

4th Round
Texas
Pitt
UConn
Villanova

UConn beats Texas for the championship”

“oops, you're right Hyway.”

“Round 1
Duke
GW
Syracuse
LSU
WVA
Iowa
Cal
Texas
Memphis
Arkansas
Pitt
Kansas
SD State
Gonzaga
Marquette
UCLA
UConn
UAB
Utah St
Illinois
Mich St
UNC
Wichita St
Tenn
Villanova
Zona
Nevada
BC
Oklahoma
Flordia
N. Iowa
OSU

Round Two
Duke
Syracuse
W. Virginia
Texas
Memphis
Kansas
Gonzaga
UCLA
UConn
Illinois
NC
Tenn
Nova
BC
Flordia
OSU

Third Round
Duke
W. Virginia
Kansas
UCLA
UConn
NC
Villanova
Flordia

Final Four
Duke
Kansas
Uconn
Nova

Championship Game
Duke v. Uconn

Winner
Duke”

“Winthrop - 46
Tenn - 50”

“Winthrop - 49
Tenn - 50”

“Winthrop - 46
Tenn - 50”

“winthrop leads by 1”