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The Select Six becomes the Final Four today and then we wait around until Saturday.
Again just two games on the agenda:
11:40 AM PT - #3 Oregon vs #1 Florida in the Midwest Regional in St. Louis - The Ducks are the only team not seeded first or second to make it this far. And the Ducks have been hot lately, winning nine straight. They will unleash their four guard attack with lots of three point attempts against the defending champion Gators. Some people think that Joakim Noah is the most hated man in college basketball. Apparently, people have short memories and have forgotten J.J. Redick. And just think about what Christian Laettner would have had heaped upon him if he played just a few years later?
Remember. An Oregon win makes me take a one-week trip to that state. Travel agents are standing by.
2:05 PM PT - #2 Georgetown vs #1 North Carolina in the East Regional in East Rutherford - I will miss a good chunk of this game. So I will leave you to ponder things like this. Or maybe this. Expect CBS to show lots and lots and lots of highlights of Michael Jordan and James Worthy. And Patrick Ewing. And Patrick Ewing, Jr. And John Thompson III, who something like John Thompson, Jr. Just don't expect Fred Brown to show up and cheer for the Hoyas.
As for the contest, it is explained in excrutiating detail here.
And for your viewing pleasure, the ending of yesterday's Division II championship. The announcers are Ian Eagle and Dan Bonner. Unless Viacom gets upset:
www.si.com/dodgersvote
I've never seen anything like that. I can't think of anything comparable. Comparing something like Duke-Kentucky to this is like comparing Edgar Guest to Wilfred Owen.
Thanks, Bob. I've got hours of grading to do and I really, really needed that. Great stuff.
But inertia kept me watching.
And then...
I can't believe I'm saying this, but go tarheels.
Let the players decide? Then why have officials at all?
I've always hated Georgetown in the past, but I like pretty much everything about this particular team. They play hard, they play defense, they've got an extremely intelligent coach and it shows in the basketball smarts their players display. They never take a dumb shot or make a dumb pass. They've got one of the all-around best players in the country who doesn't really get any pub. They play an innovative style that's never before been seen in major college hoops. What's not to like?
Anthony Atkinson outscored the opposition 10-1 in the last 45 seconds. With no three point shots.
I would have just heaved the ball up with two seconds left from 30 feet out.
But guys like Atkinson or Tyus Edney somehow can keep track of the clock in their head.
Anyone ever hear Hoyas announcer Rick Chvotkin call a game? He's a faculty member (psych I think) and he's been calling the team forever. He's a total homer, but it doesn't bother me in a college team like it does a pro team. And he's wonderfully good at calling for radio -- he really paints the complete picture and makes it easy to follow the game.
Not a faculty member; he works at what looks to be a separate psychiatric facility.
That's who I will be listening to in place of Nantz and the other guy.
In an area like DC, is there a lot of competition for radio slots for the college teams. I would imagine that Maryland and Georgetown have relatively high profiles. Does GW appear on any station of consequence or are they DC's equivalent of Loyola Marymount or Pepperdine?
If not, that would make for very confusing sports watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGcD_SalyxE
It's a very novel thing for DC to be adjusting to, I'd say, the idea that GW is worth paying attention to re sports.
I think most of them are just broadcast over the web. There's not a big demand for people to want to listen to CSUN on their car radio. There's also not a lot of demand for people to see CSUN play in person at the Matadome.
The Matadome looks a lot like a regular gym.
If you create a metro area of L.A., Orange, San Berdoo, and Riverside Counties, you end up with the following schools that play D-I basketball:
UCLA, USC, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Cal State Northridge.
I will just have to reconcile them to see which delays are tolerable. I have one TV which just gets analog cable so that has less of a delay.
There are 16 entries that can win.
Go fight Ducks.
-6. I want Bob to see Crater Lake.
Oregon fans are rather pessimistic it seems.
The regional FINAL record is 47 by Duke over UConn in 1964.
I don't think anyone considers Florida as good as the 1967 UCLA team unless except for JoeyP.
In other game today, North Carolina has 32 national championships and Georgetown has 1.
UCLA has 99 and Ohio State has 21.
In 2002 they gave up 104 points to Kansas.
In 2002 they gave up 104 points to Kansas.
Yikes
That's winning basketball!
42!
Notre Dame against Tennessee Tech in 1958.
The Irish had 86 rebounds in the game.
Players missed a lot of shots back then.
Just terrible.
Right before they went to the studio, Oregon's band was playing.
The lighting at the Edward Jones Dome creates a glare on midcourt.
Perhaps this will be obviated when I get an HDTV.
And then Greg says "spurtability" in the studio. This is getting ridiculous.
And I'm not even a professional net-putter-onner!
Does that work outside of Disney movies?
Quackety Quack Quack Quack!
Vishal
Sam DC
"Grassy Schmoll"
Hytholoday
If Oregon wins, the following entries would be eliminated:
"It goes up to 65"
"Fatwa on Florida"
ToyCannon
Confucius
Not that I care. I'm just suprised I'm in that good of shape and can't win the thing.
What is Tajuan Porter doing playing basketball? His real talent lies in being shot out of a cannon at a circus. (reverse jinx)
Joakim Noah is the French Alonzo Mourning minus the steroids.
Center for the Phoenix Suns.
They get Atlanta's pick as long as it is not in top 3 and Noah is made for their system.
Gilbert Arenas models his game after Taurean Green's.
That would be quite an accomplishment.
No.
I don't know about that one.
Worst. Quarterback. Ever.
Someone should tell James Brown that "big" is an adjective and not a noun. I don't think he knows.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Tajuan Porter chucks poo at the rim.
It was nice while it lasted, Ducks.
I HATE THIS DAMNED GAME
Most coaches don't countenance such jerkness.
Wow, and with four fouls, they call that.
Florida is already better than Oregon; they don't need homer refereeing.
Interesting perspective since he's watching the game in real time as opposed to me.
Good job. Take a bow. Give praise to The Lord for your outstanding effort.
Pat Summit would have told Porter to stop shooting.
Finally!
I guess it's up to the Bruins to end this nightmare. Hopefully, it will be like when Duke beat UNLV in the Final Four the year after UNLV destroyed them in the title game.
The music died.
You are a pack of asses. Each and every one of you.
Yours in loathing,
Everybody in the World
Never.
Vishal
Sam DC
"Grassy Schmoll"
Hytholoday
Interior passing!
Hoya Saxa!
Trojan Ron
"It Goes up To 65"
ToyCannon
"maligNED and beLITTLEd"
"Grassy Schmoll"
If Georgetown wins, the following entries are eliminated:
Diane Firstman
El Lay Dave
Trainwreck
"Bama Yankee"
I also left out that the Confucius entry was eliminated with Oregon's loss.
Catch up with everybody in the second half I hope. I have to go read scholarship applications from overachieving high school seniors.
I am indifferent to Georgetown.
I want to see Georgetown demolish UNC.
11-0 run...Grrr
Really. Feel free to make a close shot.
They get the Hawks pick, as long as it is not in the top 3. Unless a lot of players do not declare for the draft, Noah will not be the top pick.
Oden, Durant, Horford, and both Wrights (Kansas/UNC) will go ahead of him.
Not necessarily saying it's bad officiating, but it is really unusual.
I'll bet not very much.
In 1975, UCLA wore blue.
In 1973, UCLA wore blue.
In 1972, UCLA wore white.
More to come as Timmermann's Law of Overtimes is in play.
S A X A !!
I have a feeling they alteranted colors by region back before there was seeding.
Roy Williams needs Mommy to buy him a Coke right about now.
If Georgetown wins the championship, "It Goes Up to 65" wins. That's the only person left with two chances.
The other six options:
Florida-Georgetown-Floria: ToyCannon
Florida-Ohio State-Florida: Suffering Bruin
Florida-Ohio State-Ohio State: Trojan Ron
UCLA-Ohio State-UCLA: Dodgergabe
UCLA-Ohio State-Ohio State: Sonic Death Monkey
UCLA-Georgetown-UCLA: maligNED and beLITTLEd
1967 - blue (first championship in uniforms with current style)
1965 - white (the uniforms said "Bruins")
1964 - white (also with uniforms that said "Bruins")
Which means he'll pick Florida over UCLA in the semifinal.
Consistency has never been his strong suit.
You can't make this stuff up.
Go eat some wings and stare at waitresses breasts you clown!
Ohio State does not need to bring dark uniforms.
Georgetown does not need to bring white uniforms.
But no pick. Weird.
Considering how deep they say this draft is I've been less then impressed with everyone except the big two. Some nice players but no other franchise changers.
Goodness gracious, that dude can bomb some threes.
Georgetown does not need to bring white uniforms."
The main reasons being that Ohio State does not have dark uniforms and Georgetown does not have white ones.
Too bad, though, the Georgetown home grays and the Ohio State road grays are two of the sharpest-looking uniforms in college hoops. They might make for a confusing matchup, however, if Georgetown had been seeded higher.
NBA scouts are too obsessed with potential and not production. There are a lot of prospects with great potential, but I think a lot of these players need to be in college longer.
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