Posted by Sam

Good Danny Ford, what a terrible weekend for everyone’s bracket except the lone person who picked Connecticut to win it all. Basically, if UConn does not win the whole thing then AParker has this thing wrapped up, but if UConn does win the title, then (the awesomely named) 190 lbs of Bitchassness is our champion. Here are the standings heading into the Final Four:

Rank	Bracket	1	2	3	4	Semis	Finals	Points	Possible Pts
1	AParker	22	20	20	8	-	Duke	70	71
2	Lord De La Warr	24	22	8	8	-	Pittsburgh	62	62
3	Steve Spurrier has man boobs	25	16	20	0	-	Duke	61	62
4	TolleyJenkins	23	16	12	8	-	No Pick	59	60
4	sheenus envy	23	16	12	8	-	Kansas	59	60
6	Major League Yabbos	25	16	8	8	-	Ohio St.	57	58
6	Brownlee’s Bustin’ Brackets	23	18	8	8	-	Ohio St.	57	57
8	Braap Madness	22	22	12	0	-	North Carolina	56	57
9	AllIn4Win	24	18	12	0	-	Duke	54	55
9	NoleCC Doesn’t Watch Hoops	22	16	16	0	-	North Carolina	54	54
11	HeadLikeAnOrange	23	18	12	0	-	Kansas	53	53
11	Tom’s Bracket	25	16	12	0	-	Kansas	53	54
13	CUVince’s WINNING picks	20	16	8	8	-	Ohio St.	52	52
13	Shot in the Dark	22	18	12	0	-	Duke	52	55
15	I Can’t Dance	21	22	8	0	-	Ohio St.	51	52
15	190 lbs of Bitchassness	23	16	4	8	-	Connecticut	51	100
15	AndrewTheTerrible	23	20	8	0	-	Ohio St.	51	52
15	get to second round	23	16	12	0	-	Kansas	51	52
19	tigers_bracket1	18	16	8	8	-	Ohio St.	50	51
20	K-nuts9	21	20	8	0	-	Duke	49	50
20	RedfernRobber	19	18	12	0	-	Ohio St.	49	50
22	Flurf Durfingtons	23	16	8	0	-	Duke	47	48
22	Milt’s Fifth Star	21	18	8	0	-	Kansas	47	48
22	Sambo *	21	18	8	0	-	Kansas	47	48
25	born to be wild	24	14	8	0	-	Notre Dame	46	53
26	Johns Junk	20	12	12	0	-	Duke	44	47
27	Dey Pickin’ Errybody Out Here	23	12	8	0	-	Duke	43	46
27	We have a basketball team?	21	14	8	0	-	Kansas	43	46
27	Wet the Biscuit	21	14	8	0	-	Kansas	43	43
30	Iwonlastyear	24	14	4	0	-	Notre Dame	42	43
30	trollface.jpg	22	16	4	0	-	Ohio St.	42	45
32	orange14	19	14	8	0	-	Pittsburgh	41	44
32	The TigerSACK	23	14	4	0	-	Texas	41	41
34	Special K’s Bracket Buster	22	14	4	0	-	Kansas	40	41
34	Bimerman51	22	14	4	0	-	Kansas	40	41
36	I suck at this…	18	14	4	0	-	Louisville	36	37
36	Charlotte 1	22	10	4	0	-	Kansas	36	36

 

Posted by Sam

Here are the Standings for our March Madness Pick’em Pool after the 2nd Round (and yes, I know it’s technically the 3rd Round, but we all know that those first four games didn’t count and shouldn’t be constituted to have their own round, and yes, I also know that Clemson played in that round, but at least they won and can be counted as having played in the real tournament and not as a play-in game loser).  So far, only four people have lost their National Championship winner and one of those teams lost in the 1st Round, so if you think your picks are sucking, you can thank the guy who picked Louisville to win it all and had his hopes dashed during one of the early games on Thursday.  Also, if President Obama was in our league, he would be winning by 3 points.  Seriously, he freaking owned the Round of 64 (check it out), but did about the same as everybody else in the 2nd Round.  Oh yeah, the standings:

Rk	Bracket	1	2	3	4	Semis	Finals	Points	Possible Pts
1	Lord De La Warr	24	22	-	-	-	Pittsburgh	46	106
2	Braap Madness	22	22	-	-	-	North Carolina	44	140
3	I Can’t Dance	21	22	-	-	-	Ohio St.	43	163
3	AndrewTheTerrible	23	20	-	-	-	Ohio St.	43	151
5	AllIn4Win	24	18	-	-	-	Duke	42	150
5	AParker	22	20	-	-	-	Duke	42	162
7	Major League Yabbos	25	16	-	-	-	Ohio St.	41	125
7	K-nuts9	21	20	-	-	-	Duke	41	153
7	HeadLikeAnOrange	23	18	-	-	-	Kansas	41	149
7	Steve Spurrier has man boobs	25	16	-	-	-	Duke	41	153
7	Tom’s Bracket	25	16	-	-	-	Kansas	41	149
7	Brownlee’s Bustin’ Brackets	23	18	-	-	-	Ohio St.	41	157
13	Shot in the Dark	22	18	-	-	-	Duke	40	152
14	TolleyJenkins	23	16	-	-	-	No Pick	39	87
14	Flurf Durfingtons	23	16	-	-	-	Duke	39	123
14	Milt’s Fifth Star	21	18	-	-	-	Kansas	39	155
14	190 lbs of Bitchassness	23	16	-	-	-	Connecticut	39	119
14	Sambo *	21	18	-	-	-	Kansas	39	143
14	get to second round	23	16	-	-	-	Kansas	39	139
14	sheenus envy	23	16	-	-	-	Kansas	39	123
21	born to be wild	24	14	-	-	-	Notre Dame	38	50
21	NoleCC Doesn’t Watch Hoops	22	16	-	-	-	North Carolina	38	146
21	Iwonlastyear	24	14	-	-	-	Notre Dame	38	82
21	trollface.jpg	22	16	-	-	-	Ohio St.	38	114
25	The TigerSACK	23	14	-	-	-	Texas	37	57
25	RedfernRobber	19	18	-	-	-	Ohio St.	37	121
27	Special K’s Bracket Buster	22	14	-	-	-	Kansas	36	128
27	CUVince’s WINNING picks	20	16	-	-	-	Ohio St.	36	140
27	Bimerman51	22	14	-	-	-	Kansas	36	116
30	Dey Pickin’ Errybody Out Here	23	12	-	-	-	Duke	35	139
30	We have a basketball team?	21	14	-	-	-	Kansas	35	131
30	Wet the Biscuit	21	14	-	-	-	Kansas	35	151
33	tigers_bracket1	18	16	-	-	-	Ohio St.	34	142
34	orange14	19	14	-	-	-	Pittsburgh	33	81
35	I suck at this…	18	14	-	-	-	Louisville	32	92
35	Johns Junk	20	12	-	-	-	Duke	32	144
35	Charlotte 1	22	10	-	-	-	Kansas	32	124

 

Posted by Sam

West Virginia 84, Clemson 76

I think Andy Staples from SI.com sums it up best for the Tigers’ season ended.  Take it away, Andy:

“The injustice perpetrated on Clemson this week cannot be excused and should not be forgotten. Because NCAA television partners CBS and Turner Sports (Turner Sports is in partnership with SI.com and runs the site’s business operations) — which will pay the GNP of a small island nation to televise this tournament — wanted two name-brand programs (Michigan State and UCLA) playing a potentially competitive game in primetime, 12th-seeded Clemson got stuck with a 12:15 p.m. ET tip Thursday. The Tigers faced West Virginia a little more than 36 hours after it beat UAB in Dayton, Ohio, in a new made-for-TV play-in game foisted on the viewing public and the playing teams this year.

Those television executives should have been forced to sit along the back wall of Clemson’s locker room as five Tigers buried their heads in their hands and cried after their 84-76 loss. Some network bigwig in a suit should have had to fetch a paper towel so Clemson star Demontez Stitt could blow his nose.

“It stinks,” said forward Bryan Narcisse, one of the few Tigers composed enough to speak.

The Tigers’ legs failed them in the second half. They raced to a lead early, but they couldn’t hold on. It might be a factor that they arrived in Tampa at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday and slept until 11:30 a.m. Then they went to the St. Pete Times Forum for a brief shootaround that served as their only practice for the fifth-seeded Mountaineers.”

Needless to say, Clemson just couldn’t put anything together in the 2nd half and made a small run to get within three points with under 2 minutes to go, but the fatigue was just too much to make that final push.  But still, we congratulate Coach Brownell and his team on their successful season.  Now, it’s officially Spring Practice season (if it wasn’t already).

“At least Bobo will back next season.  (Sigh)”

 

Posted by Chili

Clemson 70, UAB 52
Clemson dominated the paint and completely outmatched a UAB team that had people wondering how they even got an at-large bid. Jerai Grant led the way with 22 points and 8 boards. Clemson started out on a 25-7 lead and seldom looked back. The Tigers will now have to turn around and play the West Virginia Mountaineers Thursday at noon. The game was marred, unfortunately, but the severe injury to UAB point guard Aaron Johnson, who broke his leg.

ESPN Recap.

Posted by Chili

I’ve always been a huge proponent of saxophone appropriateness awareness. What’s that mean? It means being able to differentiate between upbeat, Weather Channel style day-sax, or “watercolors” as we’ll call it in the old XM Radio parlance, and the unbridled sexiness of night-sax. Oh, and yakkity-sax. There’s that too. But here’s this.