UCLA not only has their 12th banner's fate in their hands, lots of people who pre-paid for flights and hotels in San Antonio await their arrival next week.

I like Verne Lundquist in just about any sport, and Bill Raftery is just crazy enough for me to enjoy as well.

My rooting interest this evening is for Xavier, Washington State, UCLA, and Tennessee.

I would prefer if there could be no winner to the Louisville/Tennessee game.

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Other than the terrorists, of course.

3 Are you watching the game at home?

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Yeah.

You?

These first two games are nearly meaningless to my bracket, so for the next two hours I will be a WVU and Wash St fan.

I feel awkward here, a fly on the wall in some UCLA mixer. :)

Man, I really hope Wazzu wins.

To clarify, Tennessee's men's program has never advanced very far. The women, on the other hand...I think Pat Summit's team is looking for its seventh title this year.

If you want a Hawai'i connection, WSU's Derrick Low went to a private high school out here.

7 Not sure, I mean they should win and it might be fun to be out with some folks watching but it is nice to have the peace and quiet of watching it at home.

Also, if they win, I know I won't be able to watch the game Saturday (or it will be in a bar near the Coliseum), so perhaps I should just watch it at home.

I think Washington State has little or no chance of winning. Sadly Washington State always seems to come out on the short end of the stick when they do well in a major sport.

Speaking as someone who has seen Washington State play in the Rose Bowl. North Carolina's players are a lot more talented and I can't imagine that Wazzu's defensive system is going to disrupt North Carolina's offense that much.

But I've been wrong before.

I'm online only, so what is West Virginia's problem tonight? Or is Xavier just playing really well?

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Stop crushing my dreams Bob! If WSU wins, along with UCLA, Tennessee, and Xavier, then I will stand alone atop the Griddle leaderboard, if only for one day.

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Bob Huggins' shirt isn't helping.

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Only got to watch game briefly, but Xavier was just being dominant. Nailing all their threes and getting inside pretty easily.

If the four higher seeds win tonight, Kevin Lewis will be the leader.

If the four lower seeds win tonight, Sam DC takes the lead.

Don't see the crazy one miss two free throws in a row often.

Friggin Danny Green.

15 LA Times reporting Davon Jefferson will return for his sophomore season at USC.

But did anybody listen to the entire Everly Brothers song I linked above? It's really painful.

I know Taj Gibson said he was coming back too. I remain skeptical. Want to get to the NBA before your age starts to become a real issue.

23 Hey it didn't hurt Chris Weinke (sp.), did it?

Helped him in college. The NFL, not so much.

That huge Xavier league certainly is not much now.

*lead

What a brain fart.

One of those patented Cougar second half runs would be nice right about now.

Um, another Pac-10 team's gonna bite the dust today, it appears. Hopefully that'll be the only one biting the dust today.

Not overtime again!

Free basketball in Phoenix!

Say it again Bob.

31 Oh, you just did.

Sad to see a good group of Cougars careers come to an end. Definitely respected that team.

Weaver should be a valuable role player in the NBA.

Timmermann's Law of Overtimes in effect!

Timmermann's Law is being severely tested.

34 I think when you say "a group of cougars" here Nate's ears perk up.

3-way tie for first in the contest at the moment.

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I am still upset I have not gone to a cougar bar myself.

And Ham Fighter Nation takes the lead. If Tennessee defeats Louisville, Kevin Lewis will lead at the end of the evening.

40- First of all, thanks and honor to Ch-i.

Second, quit trying to think of scenarios where I lose!

I bet Bob can explain what happened there better than the booth did.

Jay Bilas is on Indiana Jon's payroll.
"Tennessee was playing a Butler team that was underseeded..."

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The Tennessee player hit the ball before it started coming down.

Weirdly, the bracket I did "with" my g/f for her company's pool - we were near the bottom, moved up a little but still below the middle, but I ran the scenario generators and saw that there's still a chance to win the whole thing! If we basically win every possible game from here on out. I'll be happy just to finish in the top half.

But can anyone explain how I can get my Firefox browser to give me back the old font I used? There are no serifs! And this was after turning my computer back on when I got home from work.

But can anyone explain how I can get my Firefox browser to give me back the old font I used? There are no serifs! And this was after turning my computer back on when I got home from work.

Butler was so close. They were my shot to win this thing.

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Just go to Tools. Then Options. Then under content it should allow you to change font.

47- Have you tried alt-O (oh; you're one of those Mac people. Um, Tools>Options) and then bringing up the Content tab. The font settings are all there.

Right. What trainwreck said. Alternatively, my preferred method of fixing anything in Firefox is to backup my bookmarks, extensions, and search plugins, then uninstall the thing, delete the hidden user files, and re-install it. I end up doing that every few months. It keeps things fresh.

I have two brackets in the 92.3 percentile on ESPN. Both have an unblemished elite 8. Yet there is likely no chance I can win. Why do I even bother?

Actually the font settings are under "preferences", but there are only two fonts available:
Microsoft sans serif
And something in Japanese.

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How do I back up the bookmarks, extensions and plugins?

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Your Firefox is very different from mine.

54- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2109

What version are you running?

I wish my name were Zelton Steed.

Just keep feeding it to Love.

Bob, when in doubt, reinstall firefox.

UCLA needs to stop missing.

Anybody want to trade jobs with me? During last week's tournament games I had to write a 6-page paper due last Friday and then a 25 page grant proposal due Tuesday. Today I'm working on a 10-page paper due tomorrow.

Bob, any openings at the library?

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All the openings have been filled by MI-5.

FEBE doesn't work. I'm told that I have to open chmod 75370 or something like that.

OK, I got FEBE to work. Then I uninstalled Firefox, reinstalled it. FEBE loaded my old settings back in and I ended up with the same font problems.

43 He's not on my payroll. I though it was common knowledge that Butler should have been a 5 seed at worst and that Drake didn't deserve to be a 5 seed.

65- Did you delete the hidden user files? This should be directions to them, but I can't vouch for it.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Mac

OK, in the words of Ralph Lawler, "BINGO!!!"

The Great Serif Crisis of 2008 is over.

Know who you are Luc!

Actually this wasn't a serif crisis as my preferred font was Verdana. But I couldn't get the browser to use it. But now it can. And I'm happier now than a pig in slop.

This game is the way I like it.

I think UCLA is just getting all the breaks from the refs tonight.

Oh, and also playing extremely good defense. I guess James Keefe ate his Wheaties this morning.

I take it all you UCLA fans are pretty happy right now.

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All UCLA fans are happy because all of them simultaneously solved the problem of the missing Verdana fonts in their Firefox browser.

It's funny that you said I should switch to a Mac because at this moment I have THREE Mac notebooks in my home. I'm selling one of them tomorrow.

I am waiting for Shimmin to eat his crow about Keefe.

If Xavier goes to the Final Four, they would be the first school that goes by a name that starts with an X to make the Final.

There are four other letters that have not made the Final Four. Which ones?

Luc should never touch the ball on offense unless he is within 5 feet of the basket.

I guess UCLA is going to try to go the rest of the game without using any guards.

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Q, A, E, and Z?

Actually, I want J in there.

Well this is setting up for disaster.

Arkansas is angry at your guess.

Q, E, and Z are right.

Oh yeah, that should have been obvious.

If not J then H.

Nevermind, I forgot about Houston.

Holy Cross has won a national championship.

B?

This is ridiculous.

Y?

This is so terrible.

Looks like I will be out of the running after this game. Tennessee has looked horrible.

Bad news for Bruins fans, with Tenn out, my second pick is UCLA. Teams I pick never win.

Y is correct. Yale is the only Y school to make the tournament. The Bs in the Final Four have been Baylor and Bradley.

The J was Jacksonville.

Quinnipiac in the Northeast is the only Q in Division I.

I forgot about BYU, they probably have made a Final Four.

Jacksonville?!

BYU is one behind Missouri for most NCAA tournament appearances without making it to the Final Four.

Yes, Jacksonville. Artis Gilmore went there and they lost to UCLA in the 1969 final

Wow. This is unbelievable.

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Ahh youth...

Stuff like this happens.

So who would be the next guard in if Westbrook or Shipp foul out? Stanback?

Ham Fighter Nation will be the leader at the end of the night.

I don't know if Howland trusts Stanback or Abdul-Hamid at all in this situation. He would just load the team up with forwards.

Foul?

There was a foul on Keefe on the last basket.

Apparently, Josh Shipp can teleport.

Did all those crazy time issues happen with anyone else?

I suppose they didn't because I have no idea what you're talking about.

I got to see UCLA's gold C on their uniforms. I feel relevant now.

Crazy Bay Area coverage. They showed Josh Shipp dribbling at the bottom of the court and then all of a sudden he was on the other side. The commentary went silent and more of those weird time skips were happening.

I think they cut to the feed without the delay.

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It's quite a sight isn't it. UCLA would only wear their blue uniforms if they faced North Carolina in the National Semis or Memphis in the Final.

So will UCLA-Xavier be the early or late game Saturday?

UCLA-Xavier tip off at 3:40 pm.

I am guessing the early game, since more people will care about UNC/Louisville.

If everything continues to go my way, I'll finish in third at best, with Sesame Chicken getting first.

At least, I got one Elite 8 bracket correct.

75- I went for a walk and so missed whatever it was you were talking about. And, therefore, don't believe it ever happened.

If Xavier's athletic bigs can get Bogut into foul trouble, its going to be a long day on Saturday for UCLA.

58 points allowed in the 2nd half to Western Kentucky.

West Virginia I think would have been a much easier opponent.

116 UCLA went 0-2 vs. WVU in the last two years.

Just saying....

116 If Darren Collison scores only 4 points and fouls out again, then UCLA will be in trouble.

Fortunately, he tends to rebound pretty well, I think he was focused on getting Shipp and Love the ball tonight.

117 Yeah, I was more worried about that also their big guy is pretty good.

Finally, both Louisville and Xavier will be playing against hostile crowds as Carolina is already playing less than 40 miles from Chapel Hill and UCLA fans have staked out this regional final for over a year.

Hey BH, what do you think of UCLA barely squeaking past their opponents during the last 10 games or so (with the exception of MVSU)?

Hopefully tonight is only a case of losing focus after building a big lead, but it's beginning to worry me as they go deeper and face stronger opponents.

So which "10" will be better: Atlantic or Pacific?

The Atlantic 10 has 14 teams however.

Love and Keefe were amazing tonight. Not only did both play well, but both played smart. They did a great job of protecting the ball and not committing silly fouls like everyone else on the team. I know they didn't want to get into a running game, but they should've attacked the basket more. They just kept passing the ball around the perimiter until the shot clock nearly ran out then threw up a prayer that Love would rebound and put in. They should've been setting more screens and then driving to the hoop. There were almost no pick and rolls or high screens on the overly aggressive W.Kentucky gaurds. I hope they (Love and Keefe excused) play better on saturday while I am at the Fan Fest. I assume they won't have a big screen at the Coliseum to watch the game on. vr, Xei

... and does anybody get the feeling that Bobby Knight doesn't like UCLA and really wants them to lose. I know he picked them to lose to first round loser Pittsburgh... But I can't be too down on him, since UCLA hasn't exactly been all that impressive so far. vr, Xei

I doubt Xavier will be facing a "hostile" crowd. Phoenix doesnt exactly have a soft spot for LA teams.

Plus, most crowds will get behind the underdog.

Random info maybe already covered: Robin Lopez is dating Michelle Wie per yahoo.com

UNC has won its first three games by an average winning margin of 33.7 points. The tournament record is 23.75 by UCLA in 1967 followed by Loyola of Chicago's 23.0 margin in 1963.