Raise It Again, Man: NCAA Day 2 Asks, ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!
by CardsFan922 on Mar 19, 2010 11:39 AM EDT
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PrintSo, that happened. For the first time in recent memory, the first day of March Madness lived up to the hype, excitement, anticipation and overall cultural significance that the NCAA tournament has reached. According to ESPN, only 56 people out of more than 4 million entries picked all 16 games correctly yesterday. Mike and Yahoo! are safe from having to pay one of you people $1 million, as Clay ("Derwin Webb") leads the CardChronicle bracket challenge picking 14 games correctly.
How great of a day was yesterday? SEVEN games were decided by 3 or fewer points, including three games that went to OT, one of which was double overtime! There is literally no way today's games could top yesterdays....right?
The biggest story for our little corner of the world was the poor performance by our Big East brethren. Notre Dame, Marquette and Georgetown went down (maybe not the best idea to make the Catholic schools play the day after St. Patrick's Day?) and Nova barely survived in OT against a 15 seed with the help of some, shall we say, Big East-level officiating. Put another way, those refs sucked and Robert Morris should get a sponsors exemption in the next three tourneys after the way they lost yesterday.*
So now we wait. And wait. And wait. With a 9:55 PM (and likely after 10 PM) tip-off, we are the last game of the night. I don't think yesterday's Big East results should worry us - in fact, they hopefully serve as a wake-up call to the team that you have to bring it, no matter what conference you played in, because this is March.
Early games tip-off at 12:15 as WVU tries to right the Big East ship. Minnesota/Xavier and Cornell/Temple should be close games.
Nothing better in sports, folks. Enjoy it.
For those at work, link to watch games online is here:
*Yes, hothot made that joke at least once on Twitter and in the blog, but I think it needed to be said here too.
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Also, I think...
….having two references like that in the headline is a little much, but this is March Madness people!!
wow
those low seed are really hungry this year. Maybe there adrenaline will run out by second half. Would love to see Huggins and WVU have a good run in that region.
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
by kentuckybred on Mar 19, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
their, not there
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
by kentuckybred on Mar 19, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Arrgh.....
….both my CBS channels just turned away from WVU, so now I’ve got Xavier/MN and Cornell/Temple.
CBS sucks with their coverage
they need to open up additional channels for this three weeks so every game is avaiable. I can’t stand the jumping from game to game. Let me do that with my remote.
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
by kentuckybred on Mar 19, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
This would work better on NBC's family of networks
except all the games would be on 3 hour tape delay so they could re-package the madness.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 19, 2010 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
and instead of being American-centric, they could be ACC centric (specifically Duke)
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
by kentuckybred on Mar 19, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
ESPN and CBS Should Split it up
CBS gets first choice, EPSN gets second and ESPN2 gets third. Then they wouldn’t have to worry with this switching back and forth bullshit.
by REALISTICCARDSFAN on Mar 19, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
seriously
i could care less about Minnesota/xavier CBS, god i hate you
by itsALLintheCARDS on Mar 19, 2010 12:41 PM EDT reply actions
no Tubby love?
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
by kentuckybred on Mar 19, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
well hes great in all
but i mean the team thats going to end UK’s run is playing
by itsALLintheCARDS on Mar 19, 2010 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Cornell > UK
Would probably be the most famous game in NCAA history.
by CardsFan922 on Mar 19, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
scared to death
not really. Local sports talk radio out here were throwing his name out for Oregon job. I think those just not plausible scenarios
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
by kentuckybred on Mar 19, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
nah not serious at all
I think we only got Rick for a couple more years anyway, he looks tired
by itsALLintheCARDS on Mar 19, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
jay bilas
might be right about something
by itsALLintheCARDS on Mar 19, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of which....
…how was Ohio a 14? They had a losing record in their conference – are the 15s and 16s really that bad?
WVU rolling
4 hour meeting at work on Friday of NCAA tournament and heading to Florida tomorrow. My computer is keeping me focused on what is important today.
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
I dont even consider
this Cornel shellacking of Temple an upset. The Committee had a brainfart on that seeding. Cornell is clearly just the better team all around.
Tubby...
…pulling a John L. Smith. Announcers talking about the Auburn job in the middle of their NCAA tourney game!
does Auburn have a basketball team
or even care? Not since Barkley and that was a lucky pick up for them.
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
by kentuckybred on Mar 19, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we beat that
Auburn team with Barkley on it in the Elite Eight during our ’86 NC run. Or was that Chuck Person?
I think Barkley
was gone a year or so before that.
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
by kentuckybred on Mar 19, 2010 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
left in '84
after his junior year
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
by kentuckybred on Mar 19, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Just visited their campus last month; they are building a new basketball arena
Purposefully put less seats (9,600) in it than the old one (10,500) which I thought was funny/sad.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 19, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn..
….warning, turn it down a little at the beginning, even if you think you can’t hear it. Trust me, you’ll be able to hear it.
"we're still dancing"
They put this audio track on one of the ESPN highlight packages last night. Imagine yesterday’s games + Gus Johnson.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 19, 2010 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Bubble teams...
…Florida and Minnesota so far have fallen flat.
Remind me why 90% of the coverage in the three weeks leading up to the tourney are about the Last Four In?
Yeah
know let’s expand this already bloated tournament to 96. Makes perfect sense.
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
by kentuckybred on Mar 19, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
now, not know
what’s wrong with me.
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
by kentuckybred on Mar 19, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Florida didn't fall flat
If going to double overtime is falling flat, I wonder what you think success is
Don't look now Derwin Webb...
…or Clay…whatever….the point is you have three brackets nipping at your heels (me and two others, which is why I am pointing this out).
Although, since I have us winning it all, this is a short-lived glory. Why I’m milking it for everything it is worth.
Look
what they’re doing to Purdue now. Have them completely out of their game. Siena’s reminding me of Cornell. Way underseeded.
Go Big Red!
If they play like they did today, they would be UK
by Chris Redman is my hero on Mar 19, 2010 2:49 PM EDT reply actions
Upperclassmen vs. Lowclassmen (& Patterson)
Skulls vs. Elbows
Ivy vs. Bluegrass
Big Red vs. Big Blue
Ok too much coffee. I’ve officially drank more coffee than alcohol so far in Vegas. My Day 1 sports picks = sobering.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 19, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
So glad I stayed home today instead of going to work
We really need to have this be a national holiday
by Chris Redman is my hero on Mar 19, 2010 3:22 PM EDT reply actions
Gus Johnson + this game = awesome so far
Those rims sounds extra-tinny today.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 19, 2010 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
who doesn't love that sound
sounds like tournament basketball
by Chris Redman is my hero on Mar 19, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Siena really has no showed this half
Also heard a “segment” reference in this game. Bob Valvano=trendsetter
by Chris Redman is my hero on Mar 19, 2010 4:00 PM EDT reply actions
Nevermind- did some googling, and realized that a lot happens on CC between April and November (when I’m not paying as much attention) :
http://www.cardchronicle.com/2009/7/9/944012/no-more-ari-wolfe-why-not
it's not a 1 pt game
not impressed
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 19, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Go Missouri
Preserve a little of my sportsbook dignity
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 19, 2010 4:28 PM EDT reply actions
I should've never picked Oliver Purnell
what was I thinking
by Chris Redman is my hero on Mar 19, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Whoever made the slight at Wofford's seeding earlier, take it back
Next year the committee should just pick seed #’s out of a hat at random for #3-15.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 19, 2010 4:43 PM EDT reply actions
Boring early games....
….just woke up from a nice nap.
Going to try to do other things until games start again at 7. Maybe even go for a walk, it’s such a nice day.
Beats sitting here staring at the clock. Since I have watched basically every game so far and will watch every game tonight, maybe I’ll be less nervous/excited when ours starts?
Doubt it.
Better than tied for 104th
14 for 23. Wooooo
by Chris Redman is my hero on Mar 19, 2010 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm a solid
tied for 24th. He says without an ounce of hope because he picked GTown and Marquette to go 2 more rounds.
I wish we had Gus on our game tonight
Also I wish someone could play the OOOOHHHHHH every time something good happened to me.
by Chris Redman is my hero on Mar 19, 2010 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
The one guy kind of sounds a little like Mark Wahlberg
And Jared Swopshire gives us an advantage on the boards?
by Chris Redman is my hero on Mar 19, 2010 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
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