1 WEST BY GOD VIRGINIA!

2

3 Southeastern Conference:  The Really Big Twelve

4 FUBAR may faint when he sees there is a basketball thread.

5 WEST BY GOD VIRGINIA!

Stand when you say that!

6 How many points is Jerry West going to score?

7

>> FUBAR may faint when he sees there is a basketball thread.

Hah. No, his point was valid, if pissy. I was late with an update on the basketball pickers.

I was pissy too.

 

It happens. *shrug*

8 I wonder if the St. Mary's vs. Baylor game qualifies as sectarian violence?

9 How many points is Jerry West going to score?

He's dead Jim.

10 How many points is Jerry West going to score? He's dead Jim. Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 27, 2010 10:35 AM (yQWNf) Actually I don't think he is

11 So it looks like wunderkruat is going to be the winner.

DUKE!  Son is STILL there, Fuqua!

http://TinyURL.com/yzen4vx

12 How many points is Jerry West going to score?

He's dead Jim.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 27, 2010 10:35 AM (yQWNf)

Actually I don't think he is

He's alive and well.

13 I've never understood all the Duke hate. Yea, they have been good for a long time but so has Kentucky and yet no one hates Kentucky quite like they hate Duke. In fact during their highest point I would take Coach K as a better human being than Pitino any day. As far as I know Coack K never cheated on his wife and then paid for his mistress to get an abortion.

14 He's alive and well.

I'm sorry.  I was thinking of Pete Marovich.

15 " . . . yet no one hates Kentucky quite like they hate Duke."

Have you been to Knoxville lately?

16 Truck Monkey, the Mountaineers have their work cut out for them with Truck Bryant out of the game. But DaÂ’Sean Butler, Kevin Jones and Devin Ebanks make up a terrific trio of forwards.

17 In fact during their highest point I would take Coach K as a better human being than Pitino any day. As far as I know Coack K never cheated on his wife and then paid for his mistress to get an abortion. Posted by: hueydiamondpooty at March 27, 2010 10:41 AM (4tTaI) Picky Picky Picky. Actually I hate them because I am a UNC fan.

18 I'm sorry. I was thinking of Pete Marovich. Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 27, 2010 10:42 AM (yQWNf) OK and I know for a fact the Pistol Pete is still scoring anyway.

19

We hate Duke because of the cocksuckers in the faculty there. There are probably as many cocksuckers in most of academia, but the Duke eighty (or whatever the hell they called themselves) were particularly egregious.

 

Go Baylor Baptist Bears--kick some Blue Devil ass.

20 You gotta' give the Boilers credit.  They hung tough last night, but losing Hummel really killed their offense. 

21 However, Kentucky is a good team but a little immature. A switch up in the Mountaineers game might throw them for a loop. West Virginia has a good coach in Bob Huggins. They've hopefully improved since playing Washington.

22 Kentucky will beat WVU,but I see them going no farther than today. I say this as a Kentucky fan,also.

23 I'm rooting for WVU because a.  Huggins is awesome and b.  it's the only hope for any of my brackets not to completely go to hell.

24 So... this is basketball, right?  Or is it football?  Well, whatever.  I'm rooting for the team with the... thing.  You know, that thing with the guy.  I'll think of it in a minute. 

25 If  Pure Concentrated Evil wins this weekend, I vault from 73rd to 42nd. If Almost Heaven does likewise, I end the weekend in 22nd.

And if Evil goes all the way, I finish somewhere between 3rd and 6th.

Meanwhile, there's six Kansas zombies clogging up the top ten with nowhere to go but down, and 48 dead men in the top 72.

Am I crazy, or do the points escalate too fast as you go up the bracket? It all hinges on your champion pick, and the first four rounds are one long, almost-meaningless tiebreaker.

I wouldn't prefer a simple one point per win, but the redoubling in each round is too much. Maybe 1-2-3-4-8-12? Keeps things more exciting.

26

I'm just glad Teh 0ne's bracket got busted.

I wonder if I can bet against him next year and make some good coin?

27 Duke hate? I never cared that much, but when I spent some time in Chapel Hill, I wound up skating for UNC against Duke in a summer club league... scored 2 goals and had an assist before I realized everyone else was more concerned with... er... other aspects of the game, shall we say? Of course, that was hockey...

28 I wonder if I can bet against him next year and make some good coin? Posted by: logprof at March 27, 2010 11:15 AM (Mmw0q) I guess you didn't hear about the VAT on gambling winnings ha?

29 I dislike Kentucky just as much despise Duke. And K-State's coach looks like he's killed a few people.

30

Well, got nothing to do here in KS until the game comes on. Trouble is it's gray and rainy here. It was also gray (and snowy) last Sat. when KU lost, so that may portend K States chances.

Speaking of the rain. Has there been any dust-storms anywhere that anyone is aware of? For some reason the rain seems to have dirt in it. My car was some-what muddy, and I just noticed that my out-door chairs have muddy water on them. And the pool cover now has the same.

Weird...

31

Brackets be damned!

I have enjoyed the hell out of this tournament. Can't wait to watch the Bulldogs tonight!!

32 I've never understood all the Duke hate. Yea, they have been good for a long time but so has Kentucky and yet no one hates Kentucky quite like they hate Duke.

In fact during their highest point I would take Coach K as a better human being than Pitino any day. As far as I know Coack K never cheated on his wife and then paid for his mistress to get an abortion.

Posted by: hueydiamondpooty at March 27, 2010 10:41 AM (4tTaI)

--I still can't stand Duke (full disclosure: Maryland alum here) but never had the hate for Coach K.  Still, like many legacy BCS teams, they get pimped every year coasting on reputation.  For example they did not deserve the #1 seed this year.

33 Fugatabout Patino (who is a sleeze). What about John Calipari?? He's a total dirtbag. You don't hear these things about Coach K. Despite how much people have hatred (irrational?) of Duke, they run a clean program. Can't say the same about how Calipari ran Memphis.

34 15 I've never understood all the Duke hate. Yea, they have been good for a long time but so has Kentucky and yet no one hates Kentucky quite like they hate Duke.

I'll have to say Duke kids are great.  But, the professors all think they should be at Harvard, or that they are at Harvard and it's been renamed Duke and has a basketball team.

Dukies have an attitude, that's for sure.  Duke costs about $45,000 a year vs UNC, $6,000.

I never realized how small Duke is until son went there. Only about 6,000 undergrads.  60% are in Frats or Sororities.  Since 20-30% are foreign students, that means most all the kids party.  Compare that to UNC, 30,000 students, over half female, and most of the males think they are too, aka, they're gay.  Dukies love UNC girls, although talking to a brick is a little hard.

I don't know how Coach K recruits.  There are not many easy classes and some of the professors are openly anti-jock, aka the "88".

You might notice something else about the Duke team, I can't seem to put my figure on it, but they can jump!

35 Wow. Closest I ever got to firsties and I posted a blank line. Idiot.

36
Hahaaa my bracket may suck but I was actually at the regional last night.  WOOHOOO bring your own whiskey!

37 38 I see your regional game and raise you the Final Four next Sat!!

38
Really lacey?  Niiiiiice.  We get it next year,  assuming society hasn't completely collapsed.

39

My loathing of Duke goes back to the days of Dean Smith coaching at UNC and Krsysnki**  (whatever) coaching at Dook. K's minions were always inciting some kind of trash talk about UNC or its players.  No class.  Duke may not be pure evil, but they do sorta turn my stomach.

My loathingof UK goes back to the days of Adolph Rupp coaching there (before the days of NCAA recruiting rules), and goes through the days of various other coaches  (especially liked the tournament that Georgetown, led  by Patrick Ewing, dismantled UK). Everything about the UK basketball program smells of payoffs and being elitist, from the "Basketball Lodge" where the players live to all the other perks involved.  A lot of programs do the same sort of things, but UK basketball is praised in Kentucky for that sort of thing..

Smell. Bad.

PS. John Wall is a very talented athlete, but is not ready for the NBA.

40 Anyone who doesn't understand Duke hate has obviously never met one of the assholes that go to Duke. Coach K is worse than Hitler. If Duke played the University of Al-Qaeda I would be wearing a turban for the game.

41
Dukefan is awful.    Reliant was crawling with them last night, blech.

42
Oh, and if Duke brings that shiat game against Baylor those pasty candyasses are going to get their asses handed back to them.  

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40 Yup. I have an ex that works at the NCAA.

Why it's important to never burn bridges!

More than likely will have to deal with a litany of hilljack UK fans (as they all are) but eh, waddya going to do? Like hell I'm passing up those tickets.

44 I got fourth all by myself, boys and girls!  Whoohoo!

45 Take my bracket name and put it into the Google Earth search field.  Then go down to about 500 feet.  Tell me whatchu see.

46

Joe B. Hall after his team lost to Georgetown (1984?): "I slept like a baby... I cried all night."    Weiner.

Eddie Sutton: Crooked recruiter

Pitino: cheated on his wife

Tubby Smith: Nice guy they ran out of town. Figures.

Calipari: Crooked like Sutton.

Adolph Rupp used to recruit all the good basketball players in Kentucky (back in the '50's) , so sometimes he had 25  scholarship athletes on the team, to prevent competition in state.

The Baron.  Crooked.

Pattern to all this?  It's UK basketball!

47 Tried to tell y'all Baylor was underrated.

Yes a 3 beating up a 10 is a huge upset.  I know, I know, St. Mary's was underseeded, but they were hyped up too.  Btw, did anyone see the pic of Omar Samhan that yahoo sports had up yesterday next to the game link?  They used one where he looked like Cartman in the epi where he gets into the special Olympics (and I'm not exaggerating).

I'm actually kinda torn about Duke; I hate the faculty (and c'mon it's Duke), but kinda rooting for them in honor of the Lacrosse team, and I like Coach K.

No more Pac-10 or St. Mary's, what to do, what to do.  Drink?  Ah....

48 Hey, you know the difference between a Duke fan and a Carolina fan?

The Duke fan went to Duke.

Here all day.

By the way Dean Smith and Roy Williams are a liberal ass kissing Democrats that held fundraisers for "The One"

Coach K?  A proud Republican, so for all you liberal ass Carolina fans, good luck in the NIT Tuesday.

49 44
Oh, and if Duke brings that shiat game against Baylor those pasty candyasses are going to get their asses handed back to them.  

Want a bet?

50 Really, blaming the Duke ATHLETES for the Group of 88 douchebags? See, the 88 hated the athletes precisely because they were athletes - and white. It was as blatant a case of racism and classism as you will ever see. But it was the acceptable - no, even better, ENCOURAGED - kind of racism and classism. It was against mostly white and supposedly rich 19-22 year old males.

So you are going to hate on the Duke athletes because of the Group of 88 that are notorious left (and commie-level left) asshats ALSO hate the Duke athletes?

Yeah, that makes sense.

51 48.  Pitino cheated on his wife while coach of Louisville. 

Smith was a nice guy who left on his own because he did not want the pressure associated with UK basketball.  He went to Minnesota and had the same sort of success he had at UK, which is fine for them, but not for UK.  Again, he left on his own.

Calipari is crooked like Sutton?  Really?  When did Calipari ship cash by Emery?  So, relying on the NCAA to clear a player, which they did, and playing that player, then having the NCAA declare the player ineligible, is Calipari's fault?  A player takes money from an agent and the Calipari is found to not know about the exchange by the NCAA and he is responsible? If you actually had the intelligence to read and understand what happened at UMass and Memphis, you would see that Calipari was not found guilty of any violations by the NCAA.

The drivel you list about Rupp sounds remarkably similar to what Bear Bryant did at Alabama.  Rule 15.5.9.1 of the NCAA rulebook says that a multi-sport participant who plays football must count toward the football scholarship limit.  
Rule 15.5.9.1: In football, a counter who was recruited and/or offered financial aid to participate in football and who participates (practices or competes) in football and one or more sports (including basketball) shall be counted in football. A counter who was not recruited and/or offered financial aid to participate in football and who competes in football and one or more sports (including basketball) shall be counted infootball. (Revised: 1/10/95 effective 8/1/95, 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)

I think that before you spout more ignorance, you should pull your head out of your ass and brush your teeth, because your breath smells like crap.  Oh, yeah.  Suck it!  Go Cats!!!

52 41.Wall is not ready for the NBA?  Really?  Are you an NBA scout?  An qualifications beyond having a computer with Internet access and the ability to type?  Given that the people that comment on the NBA for a living and the people that draft players for a living have Wall as a top ten, if not the top pick in the upcoming draft, your opinion has the no merit in comparison to those that actually know something about pro basketball.  Let go of your ankles and breathe fresh air.

53

Shhhhh,

Just about game time.

Now ya'll be quiet for the next hour or so.

Well, maybe that's just asking too much...

54 Well, that's gonna fuck things up.

55 Oh, didn't change anything.  Seems no one picked Butler.

56

Well, there is that then. Congrats to Butler. Hey, they outplayed Kansas.

_Asshats.

57 Wrong again.  Some anklebiter from the back had Butler.  Aye carumba.  Got 5th place now.

58

That 5th will turn into 4th again when Kentucky wins.  Butler boy has WV in the final four.

Where the hell is Bulter, anyway? 

59 Where the hell is Bulter, anyway?

Indiana

60

Where the hell is Bulter, anyway?

Sigh. 

Indianapolis. Which makes next week even more awesome!!! This really is fantastic. I know the NCAA is just shitting itself that some pissant mid-major team is in their Precious Final Four.

/Indianapolis girl presentn and accounted for!

61

I know the farting NCAA is just shitting itself that some pissant mid-major crap team is pissing in their shit-covered, Precious Final Four Toilet.

FIFY

62 Oh, no.  Kentucky fried chickens.

63 I know the players can never say die, but can the announcers stop telling us the game's not over yet. 7 points in 11 seconds? Seriously?

64 Great Dick Endberg line during the Kentucky - West Virginia game today:
"There's Wall on the fly..."

65

My Final 4 picks were Butler, WV, Dook and Georgetown. If G'town hadn't choked in the first frickin' round...

1st prize: Sarah Palin Fathead

2nd prize: Set of steak-knives

3rd prize: You're fired

66 Nice shooting, Wednesday. 

67 abc