AnckSuNamun said:

A lot of genetics working on that Hoya team with Little John Thompson & Little Patrick Ewing.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

AnckSuNamun said:

Like I said before, the ONLY ONLY reason I'm pulling for the Gators is because they are out of the SEC....I am Purple and Gold thru and thru...LSU!!

...but seeing as though they couldn't pull it together this year.... I'll be happy to bandwagon with the Gators.....I think OSU is going to have their hands full with the Hoyas....and UCLA will give the Gators a much better game this year.....

...but my pick for the Championship game is UF vrs. G-town....and we already know who's gonna cut the nets and lift the trophy.....

KatSkrizzle said:

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

I am sticking with the Bruins all the way. It will be a grudge match with Florida for sure - but UCLA is a much better team this year with a fantastic defensive game. Do not underestimate them - they are the team to beat.

It's all about the Gators, chillun.

my bracket is in the toilet. it's over for me.

I've picked 3 of the 4 final 4 teams in my bracket! I just need it to be Ohio State UCLA in the final!

I jumped from bottom third to #3 in one of my pools. The #1 & #2 people have the same team winning as me, so it will come down to the other teams they picked. I have a slim, slim chance to win $100.

karmatornado said:

I don't see that happening.

karmatornado said:

Me too! Except I picked all 4 correctly. I need OSU to beat UCLA to have a shot at winning the $$.


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jone70 said:

Not gonna happen, my friend.

DiminutiveRocker said:

Especially since Florida and G-town are gonna fight it out for the trophy....

reneGade20 said:

We'll see...

reneGade20 said:

Big 10 to the end!

jone70 said:

theAudience said:

Yeah, kinda weird how that came to be. Tarheels deserved to lose to be honest.....missed the last 20 something shots.

The Tarheels mascot just died I knew he was struck by the car a few days ago, but I just saw where ESPN scrolled that he had died as a result of the injuries.

Student hit by car before UNC-USC game
ESPN.com news services

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The student who wears the North Carolina mascot uniform remained in critical condition Saturday after being hit by a car while walking on a highway shoulder outside a hotel.

Jayson K. Ray, a senior from Concord, N.C., was to have performed inside the Ram mascot costume during Friday night's East Regional semifinal between the Tar Heels and Southern California. He was injured while walking in the afternoon in Fort Lee, a few miles from the Meadowlands complex where the game was played.

Ray was taken to Hackensack Medical Center, the school said. His parents were en route to the hospital.

"We are deeply saddened by this tragic accident," North Carolina athletic director Dick Baddour said. "Our hearts go out to Jayson and his family and our prayers are with them."

According to the Newark Star-Ledger, Tar Heels coach Roy Williams addressed the incident before fielding questions in his postgame news conference Friday.

"I've just been told about mascot [prior to the post-game news conference], that he was hit by a car this afternoon, and our prayers go our and we hope that things look better than they look right now," said Williams, in the Newark Star-Ledger. "It sort of makes everything else pale in comparison to that -- a youngster to have something like that happen.

"I was just told that, so it's a little nerve-wracking right now to think about that."

The Fort Lee police said Ray was walking on the shoulder of Route 4 when he was hit by a 2006 Mercury Mountaineer driven by 51-year-old Gagik Hovsepyan of Paramus. Hovsepyan called the police and aided Ray, hit while returning to the Fort Lee Hilton after purchasing food at a convenience store.

The accident is under investigation and no charges have been filed. Police said Hovsepyan had a valid license and didn't appear to be under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.

Information from The Associated Press contributed to this story.

http://sports.espn.go.com...id=2810435

jone70 said:

wasn't that supposed to happen in football, too?

AnckSuNamun said:

This is an email that Bill Simmons (ESPN.com columnist) posted on his piece yesterday about the mascot....made me sad....

And one last e-mail from an anonymous reader in North Carolina ...



"I wanted to write you without my name or anything, just as a student of UNC. Our loss last night was tough -- some might say heartbreaking. But what's worse is that it may overshadow the death of a true Tar Heel. Jason Ray, our mascot, died this morning. He was the very first person I met at UNC. He was helping freshmen move into the dorms as a part of Intervarsity (a Christian ministry on campus). The elevators were all jammed up, so he helped me cart a refrigerator, futon, and all my other stuff (and girls have a lot of stuff) up NINE floors in the 100-degree heat. And he did it happily. We became friends and I spent a lot of time around him. He let me wear the ram head one time because I thought it'd be funny (even though I'm sure he wasn't supposed to). You've probably gotten a lot of e-mails about yesterday's game, but could you maybe mention Jason in your article, if only for a second. The world deserves to know who this person was. I don't just want him to be a 'UNC mascot dies' blurb on ESPN.com. He was such a good person. A true friend. What every Tar Heel should aspire to be."

reneGade20 said:

I don't think OSU could take another Gators beating. It's just not fair at this point. Three times in a year would be pretty damn sweet, though.

live4lust said:

positively delicious!!!

Reply to 'NCAA TOURNEY' Final Four

Goin for Georgetown.

It's gonna be UCLA who takes it all...

jone70 said:

Big 10 to the end!

AnckSuNamun said:

reneGade20 said:

Oh, you have no idea! One of my best friends is OSU all the way and talked mucho smack before the BCS game. He's been pretty quiet lately. Wonder why?

live4lust said:

Wouldn't be even lovlier if Oden wins Player of the Year and OSU loses to Florida if they happen to get past G-town? Heisman...I mean HISTORY...repeating itself....

reneGade20 said:

Too bad UCLA won't get the chance to trounce OSU in the finals...

reneGade20 said:

You are diabolical!