Let's go, HORNS!!!

What the FUCK is Craig wearing today??? Lawd, he look like a human gatdam Easter egg. DAMN!

Wow, these games have been hella competitive, cept for Duke's

Three Big East teams gone, got dammit!

Damn, UTSA got their asses ripped to tha bone

Sunday, Mar 20

SCNDLS said:

Sunday, Mar 20

12:15 PM	(7) Washington vs. (2) North Carolina*	CBS			Tickets
2:45 PM	(8) Michigan vs. (1) Duke*	CBS			Tickets
5:15 PM	(8) George Mason vs. (1) Ohio State*	CBS			Tickets
6:10 PM	(5) Arizona vs. (4) Texas*	TNT			Tickets
7:10 PM	(11) Virginia Commonwealth vs. (3) Purdue*	TBS			Tickets
7:45 PM	(11) Marquette vs. (3) Syracuse*	truTV			Tickets
8:40 PM	(9) Illinois vs. (1) Kansas*	TNT			Tickets
9:40 PM	(10) Florida State vs. (2) Notre Dame*	TBS

Washington

Duke

Ohio St.

Arizona

Purdue

Syracuse

Illinois

Notre Dame

GO! GO! GO!

SCNDLS said:

Wow, these games have been hella competitive, cept for Duke's

Texas just isn't all that.

Oakland gave them all they could handle the last 4 min.

I actually picked Oakland.

I need Texas to exit now . . . . . .

SUPRMAN said:

SCNDLS said:

Wow, these games have been hella competitive, cept for Duke's

Texas just isn't all that.

Oakland gave them all they could handle the last 4 min.

I actually picked Oakland.

I need Texas to exit now . . . . . .

But you're right. They showed their weaknesses when they were up by like 15 and allowed them to get back in it. Not a good sign for the future.

While it might be cool to work in the White House, be glad President Obama isn’t in your office pool.

Barack Obama picked 29 of the 32 games so far correctly on his bracket.
(Evan Vucci/AP)

He just went a blistering 29-3 in the first round.

While millions of Americans have had their brackets busted, Obama’s is almost perfectly intact after two days of play.

His only mistakes? Not foreseeing Morehead State besting Louisville,UCLA defeating Michigan State and VCU stunning Georgetown.

Other than that, he has ridden a wave of success from favorites that have mostly robbed the vaunted tournament of its signature small-school upsets but proven money for those, such as Obama, who picked few upsets.

Obama’s score would rank him in the top 1 percent of the masses who played the Yahoo! Tournament Pick’em Game. No one is 32-0, and just three players are 31-1. Obama would be tied for 160th place.

The President’s bracket is in terrific shape as the tournament advances. Fifteen of his Sweet Sixteen selections are alive (all but Louisville), and he still could place all eight teams in the regional finals. He appears capable of scoring higher than any player on Yahoo! and perhaps any of the other bracket contests on the Internet.

Obama is a basketball fan. As President, he has taken in college games in person and expressed that he regularly watches on TV. Participating in the filling out of a bracket would seem to be a typical political maneuver to bolster a connection with millions of Americans.

Showing such proficiency at picking the teams, though, may not be what the White House hoped. Just how much college basketball has the President been watching? Newt Gingrich criticized Obama this week for his “fixation” on the Final Four in lieu of other issues.

Actually, Obama’s selections may suggest he isn’t that devout a fan. His picks were overwhelmingly for name programs and favorites – simply following the seedings of the selection committee.

He actually chose, well, conservatively.

Obama’s selection, revealed to ESPN earlier this week, was at the time criticized by fans of all political stripes because it appeared to lack creativity and guts. He even selected the tournament’s four No. 1 seeds –Duke, Kansas, Ohio State and Pittsburgh – to reach the national semifinals. That has happened only once, in 2008, when Kansas, Memphis,North Carolina and UCLA did it.

Turns out his picks were mostly correct.

This tournament has lacked the Cinderella stories from little-known schools that made the event famous – and shred the best planned of brackets. Only Morehead State, from the foothills of the Appalachian mountains in Kentucky, could be called an unknown commodity. Virginia Commonwealthisn’t a big-name school, but it routinely has had success in the tournament.

The other “upsets” were No. 12 seed Richmond, No. 11 seeds Gonzaga andMarquette and No. 10 seed Florida State. Obama got them all correct.

It’s a chalk event thus far, easier to pick for the casual fan than the hardcore one who over-thinks things.

Or perhaps President Obama really knows his stuff.

For the record, he has Kansas beating Ohio State in the championship game.

Butler survives again, great game!

SavonOsco said:

Dammit Pittsburgh!!...the Big East is killing me...lol

Took the words out of my mouth. Not a good showing for the conference.

I've felt since Feburary that UCONN is the Big East's best shot to win the tourney, it looks like that may be the case. It's gonna be tough though, I still feel that Duke is the best team in the country, I'm not souled on Ohio St. or Kansas yet.

Goodbye Longhorns.

Good game though.

Lady Longhorns ousted yesterday by Marquette.

That point guard for Texas took WAY too long to get a shot up at the end of that Arizona game. He's slow dribbling up the court like he has twenty seconds instead only the nine seconds that he had.

Thursday, Mar 24

Friday, Mar 25

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Yay, Arizona! Suck it, Duke!!!!

I guess Duke wasn't the best team in the country after all

Why do I enjoy a Duke loss so much?

Graycap23 said:

Why do I enjoy a Duke loss so much?

Because it shuts up their annoying, obnoxious, arrogant dickhead fans for another year. They're the Dallas Cowboys of college basketball.

uPtoWnNY said:

Graycap23 said:

Why do I enjoy a Duke loss so much?

Because it shuts up their annoying, obnoxious, arrogant dickhead fans for another year. They're the Dallas Cowboys of college basketball.

What me an Kat do every year is good natured ribbing, but this right here is just ugly IMO. I've never understood anyone having to resort to namecalling on any level especially on the basis of the sports team who someone supports cuz it ain't even that serious. But good to know you feel this way.

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Kansas taken out....Ohio taken out.....

I have screwed my bracket!

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And for the record...I dont see the heels moving past much further. I LOVE them boys...but I could be wrong. Tyler Zeller has REALLY improved from his injury two years back. They are definitely recovering from 2009's draft loss.

Graycap23 said:

Why do I enjoy a Duke loss so much?

Because I went to UNC!

So much for your Blue Devils!!!! That's what you get!!!! SUCK IT DUKE!!!!

I might actually win my bracket pool this year. Pretty sure I'm the only one that has UCONN winning it all. Most everyone else's champion picks are gone already. I think there was one vote for Kentucky.

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SCNDLS said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Because it shuts up their annoying, obnoxious, arrogant dickhead fans for another year. They're the Dallas Cowboys of college basketball.

What me an Kat do every year is good natured ribbing, but this right here is just ugly IMO. I've never understood anyone having to resort to namecalling on any level especially on the basis of the sports team who someone supports cuz it ain't even that serious. But good to know you feel this way.

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It's not ugly, it's called "passion". That's how we roll in NYC. We have no love for our hated rivals or their fans, particularly the Cowboys, Eagles, Celtics, Bulls and Red Sox. With some teams it's personal.

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UCONN still getting it done for me. I think I've already won the pool at this point.

FauxReal said:

UCONN still getting it done for me. I think I've already won the pool at this point.

Why I didnt pick my alum in the ORG pool is beyond me..but I did it my office pools and thats money in my pocket..lol

CONGRATS HUSKIES!!!!!!!

Party in Stoors!!!!

Congrats, UConn.

My son went to the game. It will be interesting to see what he thought.

BTW, going to a Final Four championship game is the easiest ticket in the world. Half the fans' teams lost Saturday, so there are literally THOUSANDS of tickets available.