****** The NCAA Tournament is Okay ****** (Anyone watching?)

[fishwax]

The Sweet 16 starts today :woohoo:

Right now we have Purdue vs. UConn and Xavier vs. Pittsburgh.

The second set of games tonight has Missouri vs. Memphis and Villanova vs. Duke.

[taterguy]

1. A bunch of corporate whores

The gambling man is rich while the working man is poor

But damn it's intertaining

[fishwax]

3. but in getting rich, the gambling man helps to undermine the corporate overlords

productivity is always down during the first week of the NCAA tournament. It's a bit like an organized work slowdown, except instead of being for something like health care or better working conditions it's about something that's really important ...

[bigwillq]

2. Watching.

:bounce:

[fishwax]

4. Xavier has an eight-point lead over Pitt at the half

[fishwax]

5. two point lead for Xavier with a minute to go

On edit: UConn hit a three, so now Xavier has the ball down one with 47 seconds left ...

[BlooInBloo]

6. It's astonishing that Pitt's gonna win this. Astonishing.

[fishwax]

11. where did Xavier go?

they scored all of, what, four points in the first ten minutes of the second half? Missed their first 10 shots or so?

[BlooInBloo]

13. Pitt's been having problems with their team not showing up til the 2nd half...

It's gonna catch up to them sooner or later.

[elleng]

14. VERY close last 5 minutes or so.

.

[RoyGBiv]

7. I'm there ... or here ...

... or something.

:)

[fishwax]

8. What do you think about OU's chances tomorrow (and hopefully Sunday?)

Blake Griffin sure lived up to his hype last weekend. :wow:

[RoyGBiv]

15. They can take Syracuse ...

They should take Syracuse. I'm more worried about Sunday if NC makes it through, which I imagine they will.

It will, as usual, depend on Blake and whether he gets backup to help draw some of the pressure off him. Michigan was tough, and he's pretty beaten up, and Michigan was able to exploit that for awhile. They drew him into foul trouble late. If Syracuse, or anyone, can play off that and do it earlier in the game, it reduces his impact and makes him ineffective on defense.

[bigwillq]

16. But they won't!

Let's GO 'CUSE! :bounce:

[RoyGBiv]

17. Just use the karate flip method ...

Use it early on Blake, and you're gold.

Otherwise, prepare yourself. :)

[lizziegrace]

9. Hope I can stay awake to see the Memphis/MO game

Go Tigers!!

:)

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

10. Watching and getting nervous and shaky

my game tips off at 10:08, checking out the boards for my team and DU of course.

[Lex]

23. Duke is getting embarrassed

I hope your team was Nova.

[elleng]

12. Conn beat Purdue, Pitt beat Xavier;

Missouri and Memphis just began; Villa and Duke begin shortly,

AND Next to Last Episode of ER begins at 10:00 EDT!!!

[elleng]

18. MO 46 Memph 34 at the half.

.

[fishwax]

21. fun half to watch

and what a shot at the end :wow:

[RoyGBiv]

19. DAMN!

:wow:

:wow:

:wow:

[fishwax]

20. .

:wow:

[mvd]

22. Go Nova!

:bounce:

[fishwax]

24. A kick for tonight's games

Louisville vs. Arizona and Oklahoma vs. Syracuse are both underway; Michigan State vs. Kansas and North Carolina vs. Gonzaga play later tonight ...

[Ptah]

25. Arizona Wildcats are being hammered by Louisville.

:cry:

[fishwax]

26. d'oh! They had a good run, though

:toast:

[Ptah]

27. Well, at least the tourney apperances streak is still alive.

This interim coach Russ Pennell did a complete job here.

[pokerfan]

28. I have Louisville winning the whole thing

so no surprise there. Gonzaga and UNC is the game I'm looking forward to.

[Ptah]

29. I have UCLA as the new National Champions!

:blush:

I hope Gonzaga prevails.

I like Spokane.

I have a couple of cousins from there.

[bigwillq]

30. Sadly, yes.

My team is getting killed. :(

[RoyGBiv]

31. Shoulda used the karate chop.

:)

[bigwillq]

32. I guess so.

:) ;)

[bigwillq]

33. Congrats to the Sooners.

You guys played really well.


:(

[fishwax]

34. Your Orange had a great run, though, bigwillq

Tonight they had the misfortune to draw Tony Crocker with a hot hand--and when the Sooners have someone hitting threes to complement BG inside, they're very tough to beat.

Still, though, it's been a great run for Syracuse--a postseason to remember, for sure :toast:

[RoyGBiv]

35. I thought it would be closer ...

Your guys had the misfortune of running up against OU on the night they played their best ball since mid-season.

I expected this thing to go down to the wire.

As fishwax said, though, Syracuse had a great run.

[bigwillq]

36. I thought it would be closer too.

I thought 'Cuse failed to play with any passion at all. That bothers me more than the loss.

[fishwax]

37. Kansas ahead of Michigan State 36-29 at halftime

[MissMillie]

38. and the hockey NCAA is being totally ignored

but they're playing LPGA golf on the sports channel

I didn't think people played golf at night.

[RoyGBiv]

39. Golf?

GOLF!?

Okay, I'm not a huge hockey fan, mostly because I was never exposed to it until a few years ago when OKC got a minor league team. (I won season tickets at work and went every chance I got. It's awesome live.)

But GOLF!?

I've never really understood golf on television. Fun to play, not so much to watch.