2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

Non-Phish General
#48

Yeah, so far so good on my sweet sixteen picks…at least what’s left of them…

Strangely I wasn’t very sure on many picks but I knew that Louisville would take down Tennessee. In the Pitino/Pearl coaching matchup, it’s not even close. That wasn’t the most exciting basketball, but it was sure fun to watch. Although, it was kind of creepy how it was close the whole game until the final five minutes then Tennessee couldn’t hit the side of a barn and before I know it, they’re cutting away to show UCLA.

Great Xavier/WVU game though…that Duncan kid is an absolute MONSTER in the low post…it seems he gets every rebound, no one stops him in the low post and hits his free throws. Only problem is he’s been in foul trouble in practically every game.

Anyway, I’m hitting the bar right after work tonight to get read for the Spartan game. It’s going to be total frickin chaos. Last time the Spartans made the Sweet Sixteen they beat #1 Duke in one of the coolest games I’ve ever been able to watch…I saw it at the bar and I was POUNDING beers and was so bloody happy that we finally took Coach K. I still think back on that game with found memories. It’ll be tough, but maybe they can do it again…with the great and powerful Izzo, anything is possible.


GO STATE!!

Stevo

#49

Since I have no vested interest in that game, I will be rooting for MSU because they’re a Big 10 school and I’ve always like Izzo.

#50

Dear Lord…what a collosal beatdown in the first half of that game. Memphis was totally and completely on fire for that entire half…everything they threw in the air went in…I felt like I was watching the Alex English Denver Nuggets of the 80’s where they always shot within ten seconds of the shot clock and scored massive amounts of points.

Even worse, the Spartans went on like a 19-4 run in the second half and it didn’t even matter!!

Of course, the worst was that the Kansas game was just as bad so it’s not like I could start watching that game. In fact, basically all the games last night ended up as total duds but it was fun as hell watching that piece of crap Bo Ryan get totally owned by Stephen Curry. That dude’s a frickin machine…he can’t be stopped!!! He can’t miss!!! He’s a monster!!! At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if he threw down 50 points on Kansas to get to the Final Four. I really wouldn’t. If he could own the Wisconsin and Georgetown defenses like that, then who knows what he can do.

Plus he spells his name the same as mine…us Stephens have to stick together.

Stevo

#51

Yeah, but he’s an un, you’re an een.

#52

Look for me and the Alabama Jama in the bleachers at Ford Field tomorrow!

#53

Will you be holding the “Fluffhead” sign?

#54

No, i’ll be holding the Davison sign only to be singled ouy by a Davidson fan telling me that i spelled Davidson wrong. At which time i will kick him in the balls and yell “GO DAVISON”!

#55

Even better!!

UCLA looked awfully tough tonight.

#56

Damn checked the standings today and I’m in last place. Pathetic. I can’t believe that all 4 #1 seeds made the final four. Actually I can’t believe this has never happened before. Is that statistic right? It’s just hard to belive. There has been alot of tournaments.

Actually I think it is, but they are going by when the tournamnet was expanded to 64.

#57

Au contraire, mon frere…you are in 10th, I am in 11th by a considerable margin.

Ugh.

You have 8 more points than me and 6 more correct picks!

#58

Hurray! I’m not in last anymore. Of course I had Stanford losing in the Finals so we’ll see how long that lasts.

Seriously, Texas had the exact same issues that MSU did against Memphis. Texas don’t win without their guards and they had loads of trouble against Memphis’ huge guards. Oh well.

Awww poor Davidson…I was pulling for them and they almost did it. Even better, Gus Johnson finally got to let loose at the end and we had some classic Gus screams during some of those final three attempts. Good times.

Sadly, I’ll probably miss a majority of the Final Four games on Saturday since I have to be at a wedding. Ug. I guess that’s one good thing about the Spartans not making it since I would have had to disappear from the wedding for three hours which wouldn’t have gone over well.

Stevo

#59

I will be victorious!

#60

Here’s how the bracket would have panned out had wins been based on the median income of each school’s graduates:

http://www.payscale.com/2008-march-madness-predictions.htm?basketball

#61

::starting to think he should have went to Stanford::

#62

when was the last time all number 1 seeds where in the final four?

#63

^Never

#64

Interesting bracket if the tournament were actually set up by geographic regions:

http://bp1.blogger.com/_3BaJMgGKAmE/R_OGg2KxC6I/AAAAAAAADWQ/W-59jmUQWUU/s1600-h/ncaa+tourny+field.PNG

We’d probably have the same results we have now in the Final Four, but you never know.

#65

So according to the little scenario generator thing, I won the bracket. All kneel before me!

That was fun though, I’m glad someone invited me to their bracket this year.

#66

Congrats.

Should be a fantastic game. Memphis is favored by 1.5 points.

I see overtime!!

#67

There has only been one good game since the Sweet 16 and it was Davidson against Kansas. This tournament has been quite the disappointment. Hopefully tonight’s game is at least close…overtime would def make up for a shitty final four.