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Beckett_laughing_tiny by nightbluefruit on Comment 458 comments

There's nothing quite like the soothing voice of Jim Nantz to get me in the tournament mood. I realize that at this point I should have purchased DirecTV so I can pick my announcing poison, but I am a poor grad school student living in New York City, so I suffer with the rest of us.

I will take this thread down, by the way,  if a similar one goes up on the main page, but I would like to share my idiotic bracket choices with the community: that is, if you'll have me.

Star-divide

First Update: Memphis looking like a pretty boneheaded final four pick.

Second Update: Gatorade has been replaced courtside by Vitamin Water--hair will now receive much needed lustre after getting dunked in victory. Oh, and Memphis still can't stop high screen dribble penetration.

Third Update: Greg Gumble looking smart in matching tie and pocket square. Wait, did I say "smart"? I meant "foppish." A&M with convincing halftime lead. Memphis struggling, LSU and Butler are close.

Fourth Update: The backup halftime team asks "What does Northridge have to do to keep the pressure on Memphis?" The answer? "If you're the coach of CS-Northridge, you've got to figure out what works, and keep doing it!"

Wow.

Fifth Update: CS-Northridge player, going after a loose ball, pushes a Memphis guard to the floor. Refs swallow their whistles. Needless to say, they are "letting them play" a little bit...

Sixth Update: CSNR and Memphis is obvious game of the morning. All the Memphis players look like Zach Braff right after he found out he was being punk*d and was threatening to kill a twelve year old on camera. My stomach hurts.

Seventh Update: Studio break includes the following quote: "BYU cannot protect the paint or guard against jumpshots." I assume their defense is geared around stopping half-court shots, then?

Eighth Update: Miller Lite commercial begins with "When you're enjoying a refreshing Miller Lite..." in hopes that customers will forget they've never enjoyed a Miller Lite.

Ninth Update: It's time for Elton John to rewrite one of his hits for CS-Northridge, Butler, and BYU. They all played like candles in the wind. Never knowing who to pass to, when the trap-press came in. Up next: two number one seeds and the Maryland/Cal game.

Tenth Update: Rose Garden is EMPTY for N. Iowa/Purdue. You guys couldn't get fired up for the historic matchup of Kwadzo Ahelegbe and 35-year-old Chris Kramer?

Eleventh Update: Northern Iowa sure knows how to lay down and play dead.

Twelfth Update: N. iowa/Purdue is a battle of ugly white balding power forwards. I think these games should be referred to as "Brian Cardinal Deathmatches," and shall be typified by their high number of turnovers and unnecessary diving out of bounds.

Thirteenth Update: CSI: Miami promos include a ninja. MIND=BLOWN

Fourteenth Update: Mocs have run off the rails on a crazy train. Cal/Maryland however, are pretty close in a kind of borzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Fifteenth Update: N. Iowa, like Jason before them, have risen from the dead to give Purdue a run for their money. There is a lot of sweat on those receding hairlines. Meanwhile, Mocs and Radford are sunk, while Cal and Maryland stage battle of who will throw up more ill-advised shots.

Sixteenth Update: I click on the link to watch the UNC-Radford game. The screen tells me there's "a problem with that video" and asks if I'd like to "consider another game?" The CBS server is protecting me from bad basketball.

Seventeenth Update: N. Iowa officially sent packing, Chatt. and Radford are mathematically eliminated. Only Cal/Maryland is still interesting, and half of my interest is in Bill Raftery.

Eighteenth Update: Announcer bemoans a Cal player getting his fourth foul "just as he was getting lathered up on the other end." I didn't make that up. Meanwhile Cal is shooting themselves in the foot (feet?) and I have to go to the gym. No more updates for a while. Thanks to everyone for the conversation--I'll be back for late games.

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LSU is looking dangerous, already. It’s too bad I didn’t have enough faith in them to even pick them to beat Butler, who I had never seen and picked, I think, based on the aesthetic quality of the name “Butler.”

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 9:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I picked along the lines of Dickie V, so Louisville and NC

Although I wish neither NC nor Duke would get to the finals, but I doubt it. I think I also have Memphis reaching the final four, though just as well it could be UConn. Will check back later in the day.

by Norsktroll on Mar 19, 2009 10:05 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I don’t like UConn at all. They look tired or something. Maybe they’ll have a little more energy when the tournament starts

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I also picked Memphis for the Final Four

They’ll be ok. This first round games are usually close between the high and low seeds until about the 10 minute mark of the second half. I’d be willing to bet Memphis wins this by 15+.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 10:05 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

CSN is running a really simple high pick-and-roll/triangle offense, and are having great success getting into the paint with regularity. Usually these high seeds have trouble with princeton-style back-cut offenses, but surely they should have seen this kind of thing before, right?

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would expect Memphis

to tighten the defense a little and also make sharper passes. CSN will eventually wear down and get tired. Calipari is too good a coach to not make the adjustments.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I grew up close to Northridge

but if they win, they will ruin my bracket. I have Memphis losing to UConn in the regional finals. – Elgin

Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards

by 22baylor on Mar 19, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you think he's good, wait for John Wall
  1. high school player looking to maybe go to Memphis next year after Evans bolts to the NBA.

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

USC grad?

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

a 10 seed?

that would be awesome – Elgin

Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards

by 22baylor on Mar 19, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’d be on board. Everyone’s brackets are busted.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really? I have them in the final four, but only by default.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have them winning it all

only because of my Blair mancrush.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Mar 19, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did I hear Obama right when he said “he’s a man”?

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, sorry. Obama filled out a bracket on ESPN. I’ve had about a hundred friends email me the video link. Do you want to see it? It’s just a video of a guy filling out a bracket, the only interesting part to me is what I mentioned above, where I’m pretty sure he says, “he’s a man” about Dejuan Blair.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no way

if Blair gets in foul trouble they are done.

UCLA comes out of that bracket

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

nah

if VCU was playing any other team I’d say they make it to the sweet 16.

UCLA is the worst possible matchup for them

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I tend to agree. VCU is the cosmopolitan upset choice, and cosmopolitan upset choices always lose.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

any other team and I'd probably pick them to win in the first round

but UCLA has a ton of tourney experience, a great senior guard (and defender), tough man to man D…

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They have experience upsetting teams

plus they aren’t that far from home. UCLA had to go cross country. Plus, I heard Collison isn’t a hundred percent.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You’re probably right. Whoever I choose always loses.

OT: your little avatar, when it’s small, looks like a painting of Luigi with a lobster on his hat. This only makes it all the more hilarious when I see the larger one.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

UCLA will defeat VCU but will not get past Villanova,

Their travel draws are brutal, Nova will destroy them.

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, home game for Nova, and their ballhandlers are really skilled.

In b4 sexual readings of the preceding sentence.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

heh heh

hey beavis he said ball handlers

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A&M is really beating up on a group of 26 year old white kids.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:17 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

But they’re so worldly!

Hey, true story: my Mormon friend (BYU grad) got assigned to do his mission in…Moab, Utah. No joke.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, he still does an impression of it:

“So, can I talk to you about the book of Mormon?…Oh, you are…well, that’s good…no, this isn’t a joke.”

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have Memphis winning the whole thing :/

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:22 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

me too.

in one bracket. in the other i have MSU. i don’t feel really confident

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He was probably crushed under the weight of all those dimes he refuses to give back.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My nose is bleeding

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:27 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ooooooh, THAT’S why my keyboard is all red?

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love it how they time these things so that all games go to halftime simultaneously. Great job, guys.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:29 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I filled my bracket out

as I want it to turn out this year. I hate filling it out and then having to root against teams that I like.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Mar 19, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Homer Bracket

Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards

by 22baylor on Mar 19, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In the finals?

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

do you mean Gonzaga?

UNC doesn’t play UDub unless it’s in the national title.

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anybody just see their first masters commercial

Now its march. those damn ads all tourny loong

Ducks Go!
Already miss you MB

by trumpetduck on Mar 19, 2009 10:32 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Between Masters and Coach K visa commercials.

I dont know which is more ingrained in my head. Like that Save By The Bell episode where they learn about subliminal messages……By the final four I want to paint my self blue and well “Get in the hole” all the time.

Give 'Em The Chump!

by kpfor3 on Mar 19, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

well = yell

Give 'Em The Chump!

by kpfor3 on Mar 19, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

NBA > NCAA: Exhibit F

LSU player drops a hook shot off the side of the backboard

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:33 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

In comedy, though:

NCAA > NBA

Same exhibit

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

True, true…

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Butler’s offense is mind-numbingly boring. I like NCAA games where neither team has any discipline and they just chuck outlet passes half the court after every missed lay-up.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:36 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

But that Howard guy has decent post moves.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dwight?

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, the white one.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dig the white dudes with the t-shirts under their jerseys

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

All of them?

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty much, yeah

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Covers the bacne

Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards

by 22baylor on Mar 19, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As an experienced female, you speak the truth.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I feel like Jeff Green did at G’Town last year

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dang! Butler to within one! With a nice fast-break, too. Proving me wrong.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:37 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

How do you feel about Utah State?

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

beating Marquette sans James

and losing to Missouri in the 2nd round.

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No way they get past Marquette

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Marquette has lost 5 out of 6

their only win was against st Johns

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but they have awesome unis. Those are some sweet sixteen unis right there.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Same

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

John Cougar Chevy commercials are cruel and unusual punishment. I’m taking this to the highest court.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

John Cougar Chevycommercial

is an affront to society. – Elgin

Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards

by 22baylor on Mar 19, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Things are getting chippy in that game. Those Matadors don’t back down!

Well, I mean, Matadors back down, obviously, but not the basketball team.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Matadors step aside

And then stab

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Flamboyantly.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still think Memphis wins by double digits

The turning point is coming soon. About 5 or 6 (game) minutes

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Butler will win.

Book it fatty

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 10:41 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm watching games on the free internet feed

and they wont’ let me switch between games at commercials. darn their money making ways!

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 10:44 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

their streams are great

why can’t the NBA make them that good?

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The problem with brackets is that they force you to root against exciting upsets

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:44 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Nah, I figure a fifteen seed victory was worth my money.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

unless you didn't pick the 2 seed to make it very far

and other people in your pool picked them to go to the final four…

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Unfortunately, I’m the “other people in your pool” in that scenario

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I picked them to make it to the final four too lol

just providing an example of where it’s OK to root for the high seed

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gotcha

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

nope

I did pick PSU over Xavier though. So I guess that means maybe I just have one big stone instead of two?

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought about both of those

I didn’t have either Xavier or Kansas going very far anyways, so I wouldn’t mind seeing those upsets.

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

CS Northridge is ruining it for Portland State right now

Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards

by 22baylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I picked Memphis to take it all

Am I foolish?

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 10:46 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

At this point yes.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OH MY! What a follow dunk by CSNR!

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:47 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

“Just take it to the rack…don’t look back”

I love announcers

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:47 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

best call ever

Bautista with the CAAAAAAATCH

and then he makes that ungodly sound, which in turn makes Morrison cry

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

AAAAAUUUUUUUGGGHHHHHHH—AAAAAAAAUUUUUU

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

We have a winner…

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that killed me.

I had Gonzaga in the finals that year. I loved that team. One of my all time favorite NCAA teams with the Kansas squad that lost to Melo in 2003.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

those were great games

the UCLA comeback was amazing.

and then the Warrick block where he came out of nowhere to stuff Hinrich.

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sometimes…note the fourth update in the main post.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh lord.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Memphis AIRBALL??? Why did I pick these guys in the final four?

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:51 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i did

and now I have to kind of root against northridge.

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Blast you.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's ok

I’m sure my bracket will absolutely implode in a few hours.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Mar 19, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i almost did

but I changed it at the last minute.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Mar 19, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You pick UConn?

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I went with UW over UConn in the sweet sixteen

I really don’t like Thabeet.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Mar 19, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love these games where there is a huge upset bid

and all of the fans start rooting for the underdog lol

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:55 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Please stand by

for the 12-0 Memphis run

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmm..

i think my feed is a little behind you guys. plus, i might be a huge idiot.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh my.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:57 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

CSNR’s defense is really a beautiful thing to behold. They are challenging every shot.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 10:57 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That’s like saying “any points yet?”

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Northridge doesn't even have their leader and their best player?
Such faith in one another would be required, Braswell told his players, after Deon Tresvant, his team’s best player, was suspended as a result of his arrest in a shoplifting case in early January, and Josh Jenkins, the squad’s emotional weathervane, was lost for the season after being injured in a car accident on Valentine’s Day.

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

another 3 by CSN

are you freaking kidding me?

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 10:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Biggie smalls in the building.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Memphis starting to play their game offensively, but still can’t stop CSN off the dribble.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:00 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

memphis couldn't guard a bridge at this point

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

this is what i get for watching ESPN

I fell in love with Memphis’ long winning streak.

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Memphis is settling for too many 3’s, Evans needs to attack the basket

And, as I say that, Anderson gets a slam

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 11:08 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That pull-up 3 by CSN was stupid…you can’t be going for daggers with 9 minutes left

My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(

Let LaMarcus keep the headband!

by inroywetrust on Mar 19, 2009 11:09 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

when you're a 15 seed

I’m fine with that shot. Wild crest of momentum, might as well see if you can sink it.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Mar 19, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No joke! Somebody already mentioned it, but it bears repeating, the quality of the NCAA feed blows the NBA out of the water.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Memphis starting to get whiny now…this is not good.

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:11 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm still holding to my double digit win prediction....

but i’m glad I didn’t put any money down on brackets this year.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

At least I have A&M coming through.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You were going with age and experience rather than height and athleticism. It’s understandable.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wide open elbow jumper: if they don’t hit that, they’re cooked.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LSU is leading, but they’re starting to play Butler’s game. I’m not convinced they’re going to pull this out.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:17 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Memphis starting to manufacture some distance. And it’s about time.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:18 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Northridge getting reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal sloppy.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow memphis is so lazy

not even getting back on D

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:19 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Where did this come from?

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

common sense

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by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You’ve made an ass of me. Kudos.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it are fact

I know because of my learnings

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by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm starting to not feel

like so much of an idiot now with my prediction

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 11:20 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Northridge is cooked. Their defensive intensity is null.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:22 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Butler done, too.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah quite.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Totally quite

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

maybe i am not so foolish now

make me proud, tigers!

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by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Northridge put up a fight

for much longer than I thought. Good game from them. But they’re just joining the script that happens every year. Seems like the 2-15 games always go this way. Except when Bucknell won

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 11:25 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

for sure.

besides, we have the PSU and VCU upsets to look forward to. Watch W.Kentucky also.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cleveland State as well.

and VCU is not going to win.

also can you call the Arizona game an upset if they win?

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think you could.

AZ was one of the last teams in. St. Mary’s probably should have gotten their place. I don’t see Wake losing. They have too much seasoning from a tough ACC season. VCU, I’m telling you. And they’ll give Nova a tough time too.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

3/3! Things looking good for my picks.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I will never trust the Mormons again

*no offense intended to any mormons who may be reading this

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i stopped trusting them after the whole "golden tablets" thing

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by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

2/3 in the important bracket that I am watching

The Butler let me down. – Elgin

Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards

by 22baylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I stopped trusting them after I worked with this guy at a bakery named Matt (Mormon), who would disappear to take a dump in the employee bathroom every night when it was time to clean the place up. If you’re on here, Matt, I still haven’t forgiven you.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you ever see the South Park called

“All about the Mormons?” That was a pretty funny episode.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I really liked the point they made at the end. I mean, the Mormons take a lot of crap for the history of their faith, but if they’ve crafted an ideology where people are happy and treat each other with respect, what’s the problem?

I’ll tell you what the problem is: Lazy Matt and his fortuitous closing poops! MATT YOU WILL PAY!!!

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the problem?

no beer for one lol

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is my current concern.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anyobody take N. Iowa?

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:34 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

nope. and I have Purdue beating UConn

in one of my brackets before losing to Memphis.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have Purdue falling to the Huskies

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by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

me too

I also have UDub making it to the elite 8 in another bracket.

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

thought about it

I decided I had too many upsets as it is so I picked Purdue

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Should be some at the Purdue game now, right?

Just my luck the NCAA’s come to Portland in the year I move to NYC.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t even have that on TV. The next I could watch is Maryland – California.

by Norsktroll on Mar 19, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i know some people

but A) the tickets were such a hassle to get if i remembered correctly

B) I’m a poor college student

C) I miss out on all of the other games if i go

D) I have a final today

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You have finals past wednesday? How did that happen?

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, my finals aren’t until April, but I’m assuming this guy goes to PSU, and PSU finals are always M-W this week.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There you go.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How is Corvallis these days?

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, same in NYC.

Last time I was in Corvallis, everything smelled like vomit. But, in the city’s defense, it was Halloween.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol

I don’t remember it smelling like vomit. Then again I don’t remember much from Halloween…

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I showed up late in the night—too late to be drunk enough to ignore the smell. But I caught up quick.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

have you Met A Black Guy yet?

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by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Northern Iowa is playing like a team of guys who just met one another.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:41 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

or a bunch of grocery baggers

Like their hero and great NIU alumnus, Kurt Warner.

Also they’re all white, which is a distinct disadvantage. They should consider forced bussing.

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by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

playing similarly to how the NBA team

with Purple and Yellow jerseys play in the Rose Garden

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ooooh

burn

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by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love if when college players take shots that have no way to go in

If I was the coach, I would probably look at some of those guys in the next timeout and say “you really thought that was a good shot?”.

by Norsktroll on Mar 19, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe the coach should do some “get to know” everyone drills in the huddle. Like, you know, two truths and a lie.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm 3 for 3 so far and Purdue has ugly cheerleaders

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by tominhawaii on Mar 19, 2009 11:45 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I picked their cheerleaders to get upset in the first round.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The guy masquerading as a center for Ohio was almost comical in the tournament finals

I wonder how often his coach wishes Greg had remained in college for the whole 4 years.

by Norsktroll on Mar 19, 2009 11:49 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

BJ Mullens?

Yeah he is a stiff in the Shawn Bradley mold

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by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Supposedly Matta wore out Greg’s knee on account of the fact he knew Greg wouldn’t be there more than a year—although this may be a conspiracy theory.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nah

Matta has Club Trillion blogger Mark Titus to carry the team. He doesn’t need Greg.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Mar 19, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's so weird seeing the Rose Garden so empty

this is the first time in awhile it’s not full

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:54 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You know what?

Chicken butt!

For real ya’all.
Look where Portland State will be playing.
Taco Bell Arena (Boise, ID)
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/teams/pbe

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by tominhawaii on Mar 19, 2009 11:55 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That’s my alma mater. I hope they put up a fight. If they pull a N. Iowa I’m gonna be pissed.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that game will be close

Xavier hasn’t played well in a long time

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aren't they playing in Portland?

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by tominhawaii on Mar 19, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Their best player is shorter than me, and I’m a girl, so, there you go.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, he’s good. For sure.

But still.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OMG

I LOVE Taco Bell. I hope that arena is shaped like a giant taco salad shell.

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by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Taco Bell is one of those unique restaurants

for whatever reason, the later the night gets, the better the food tastes

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What else goes in that category? Popeyes?

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chipotle is open in Corvallis until 2 in the morning

it gets better as the night goes on too.

Popeyes maybe.

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Popeyes here in Wash. Heights is open way late. Stumbling off the 1 train coming back from the bars I can smell the Louisiana seasonings. That restaurant is the reason I go to the gym every day.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I feel like I’m watching Raging Bull fight scenes. PAINTER! CALL THEM OFF! CALL THEM OFF!

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:55 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

that's a great movie.

which fight was a better scene: LaMotta vs Robinson when he just kinda gave up against the ropes or LaMotta vs jail brick wall?

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Latter

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the shot of the blood dripping off the rope

in the former kind of puts that one over the top for me.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Latter just makes you beg Scorcese to cut the scene, though. The way he just lets the camera linger is genius. Too bad he died soon after that film, though.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, the Scorcese that made decisions like that is surely dead. Some other Scorcese is making love films to Leo today.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmm.

Maybe that Scorsese died after Goodfellas? And I actually like the Scorsese-DiCaprio partnership. Gangs of New York is really underrated I think, despite the Oscar nominations. The Aviator and The Departed are both really good too I think.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, but those movies are polished. He stopped making any tough decisions.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gangs of New York would like to have a word with you sir

That movie was a love letter to Daniel Day-Lewis, not Leo.

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by RDreamer on Mar 19, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My apologies.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

speaking of Scorcese

I want to see his newest love film to Leo, Shutter Island.

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep.

highly anticipated

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

0 if he’s smart

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Signs of life from the Bobcats! Will they put up a fight or continue their deer-in-the-headlights routine?

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 11:58 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

There’s a pretty rabid Maryland grad who wanders these parts occasionally, so I’m totally ready for the backlash here, but the Terrapins are almost always overrated.

That said, I think they’ll at least give Cal a run for their money. I picked the terps.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I picked Maryland.

don’t know why. I like Gary Williams.

by DrivetheLane on Mar 19, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I picked Maryland

I mean, Cal lost to Oregon State. I love the Beavs, but they didn’t win many games on teh road this year.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Mar 19, 2009 12:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but I think the ACC was a little more competitive than the Pac-10 this year

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The ACC was better, at least at the top of the conference

but I’d argue that the battle for the conference title was more competitive in the Pac-10

by cloudydays on Mar 19, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Go Mocs! I’ve got them in the elite eight.

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 12:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Mocs win the first three and a half minutes! UPSET ALERT!

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by nightbluefruit on Mar 19, 2009 12:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs