Whenever I fill out my otherwise pathetic bracket that won’t win, there’s always that one upset I’ve chosen that fills me with great confidence & pride. I will marvel at my stroke of brilliance & feel like a gambling savant of some kind — one who has boldly gone against the grain (and all of society, for that matter).
#12 Cornell over #5 Temple?!?! No, that is unwise. What kind of drug-crazed madman would take such a risk?! OH, THE GALL!! And yet, it DOES seem oddly plausible. If not probable. YES! Indeed, Cornell has the scrappiness & guard-play to pull off such a feat!! They will be victorious!! I AM BRILLIANT & FEARLESS!! NOBODY ELSE HAS THE STONES FOR SUCH AN AUDACIOUS MOVE!!! KNEEL BEFORE ME!!!
Of course, the truth is that EVERYONE has chosen Cornell over Temple — because everyone knows that God hates 5-seeds & smites them often. But no matter. That will not curtail my misguided pride. Nor my obnoxious gloating when I’m inevitably proven right.
Consider this your our own NCAA Tourney forum for overly obnoxious gloating. And commiserating. And whining. And joyous, wonderful Duke-bashing. And expressing tales of grave property damage when one of your Final Four teams loses in the 2nd Round. And otherwise basking in the Glory of March Madness.
The (hardwood) floor is yours. Amen.
By Roy Hobbson, March 18, 2010 @ 10:10 am
Whoops. Forgot …
MY FINAL FOUR TEAMS: Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor & Kentucky
I apologize to all fans of these schools. (Except Kentucky.) You’re certainly doomed now, and you’ll probably get e. coli within the next 20 minutes.
By Bob, March 18, 2010 @ 10:11 am
Final Four – Kansas, Kentucky, Pitt, Villanova. I don’t know how Pitt does it, but they are there. Temple beats Cornell. How? Temple scores more points before time runs out.
By Riss, March 18, 2010 @ 10:52 am
Kansas, Syracuse, Kentucky, Baylor. Kentucky over Syracuse in the title game. My moment of sheer unadulterated genius: 11 seed Washington makes a run to the elite 8. Y’all can thank me now.
By BP, March 18, 2010 @ 10:54 am
I will roll with Kansas, Syracuse, West Virginia and Baylor heading to Indianapolis in two and a half weeks.
The South Region will be full of carnage, similar to what unfolded in Indianapolis 4 years ago, when God himself tried to stop John Mellencamp’s concert, but could not.
This time, I see a Duke meltdown against Louisville, to which I will do a jig and forget that I ever owned a Bobby Hurley jersey.
By Roy Hobbson, March 18, 2010 @ 2:52 pm
Publicly, I’m excited for Sam Houston State & exhibiting all the signs of that. Inside, I’m shitting my pants & wondering why I thought Baylor didn’t SUCK HORRIBLY and/or was capable of going to the Final Four. BLAST!!!
A TRIANGLE-AND-2 CONFUSES YOU?!?!?! REALLY?!?!? WHAT ELSE CONFUSES YOU??? CROSSWALKS?? ENVELOPES??? DO ENVELOPES CONFUSE YOU, BAYLOR??? BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY SEEMS SO, YOU DUMB HILLJACKS!!!!! GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS!!!
*end venting*
By lazlo, March 18, 2010 @ 4:04 pm
Wayward bracket – Kansas, UK, Orange, Baylor
Things I need to know…
Why don’t more people acknowledge the genius that is Michio Kaku? Are his brackets also in 10 dimensions?
Where can I get a good price on a flat screen? [I just emptied a clip of hollow points into my old one when Baylor was down early]
By Bickelmom, March 18, 2010 @ 4:42 pm
Ohio State, Kansas State, Kentucky, and Duke! BAM!
And I need a minute to say, I HAD THE MURRAY STATE UPSET! I’m very proud. Granted, I’ve gotten it wrong for three of the other four games so far. But I don’t care! Suck it, Trebek!
I think I’ve had too much diet coke today…
By H.B. Donnelly, March 18, 2010 @ 4:50 pm
Ohio State, Syracuse, Kentucky, Villanova; Syracuse over Kentucky in the title game.
Oh, and side note…I’ll be watching those teams IN PERSON! BOW DOWN BEFORE MY FINAL FOUR AND CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS!!!
now excuse me while I go eat ramen for the rest of my life because those tickets slaughtered my bank account…
By cappy, March 18, 2010 @ 5:34 pm
Shalvin Mack is the new Harold Arceneaux. Go Dawgs!
By Rothrock, March 18, 2010 @ 8:17 pm
Obama made that same pick. Cornell over Temple. He has stones too….
By Roy Hobbson, March 18, 2010 @ 8:26 pm
Goodnight, Northern Iow – WHAAAAAATT!?!?! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!
[lights garage on fire]
By lazlo, March 18, 2010 @ 8:38 pm
Down goes Georgetown, down goes Georgetown.
That one just cost me all the way to the Elite 8.
Damn you Hoyas.
By Bickelmom, March 19, 2010 @ 10:21 am
I had Gtown falling to Ohio, but I had Notre Dame going to the Elite 8. Stupid loyalty to all things Indiana…
By The Speedgeek, March 19, 2010 @ 12:07 pm
Hang on. “Fervently opposed to…Erudite Southerners”? Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new salvo fired in the Great Oilpressure/Pagoda War of 2010!
Oh, wait. George called you the equivalent of “frequently chemically altered” today, didn’t he, Hobbson? I, for one, can not wait to see where this goes. Somebody is going to wind up naked and hogtied in the Coke Lot.
By Roy Hobbson, March 19, 2010 @ 1:10 pm
Holy crap — I just noticed that the Cornell mascot looks like Crazy Alaskan Hockey Bear!!!! You know, w/o the sunglasses. Or the “I just blew up Earth” smug look on his face. Fascinating.
As you were.
By Rothrock, March 19, 2010 @ 5:32 pm
Solid pick by Hobbs on Cornell. Any thoughts about St. Pete?
By Christopher Leone, March 20, 2010 @ 10:32 am
Crazy bears are generally unbeatable in sports. Unless you’re the Boston Bruins this year.
By lazlo, March 20, 2010 @ 7:06 pm
Kansas out! Bracket sheet spontaneously combusts. Very cool.
By Catie, March 20, 2010 @ 7:12 pm
At this point, I proudly declare that I am from the Hawkeye State and that one of our teams could screw up so many brackets.
By Roy Hobbson, March 20, 2010 @ 7:36 pm
Having just discussed the matter w/ other renowned basketball minds, we’ve come to a unanimous conclusion:
That Northern Iowa kid’s pull-up 3 was the single ballsiest shot in the history of basketball. That’s not hyperbole.
To wit: taking that SAME SHOT during a dumb Tuesday night Rec-League game would be utterly preposterous, and your friends would think you’ve gone mad. Or drunk. But to shoot it against the #1 seed? With 30 seconds still on the shot clock??? Under THOSE conditions — in THAT setting?? It’s unfathomable. It truly is. That took onions the size of grain silos.
Anyway, tough break, Jayhawk believers. Suckers. MY BRACKET REMAINS STRONG LIKE BULL!!! (Kansas St./Kentucky in the Finals.)
By Ron Ford, March 22, 2010 @ 9:39 am
I am a transplanted Hoosier from the famed Frankfort, Sedalia, Rossville triangle now living near Milwaukee (the city with no damn race this year), so I am familiar with and understanding of the intense Hoosier interest in globular things that bounce, which coincidentally seem to be the same color as Jack Arute’s face. Having said that, could all you Hoosiers, Hoosierettes, and other round-ball fans at least work in some small reference to IndyCar racing for the remainder of the week??!! “Maraes draws fifth foul for charging” Something, anything-please!
By Christopher Leone, March 22, 2010 @ 12:58 pm
Here you go, Ron:
A competitive NCAA tournament game on Sunday will dive-bomb IndyCar’s ratings at St. Pete like Takuma Sato in a hairpin.
By Ron Ford, March 22, 2010 @ 2:21 pm
May the IndyCar Gods smile on you Christopher:) Just what I was looking for and quite well done. I have to go now. The six year old kid next door is coming over to help me wire up some stuff so I can watch both events. If that doesn’t work, I can substitute Ms Duno for globular things that bounce.