well you can't spell SUCK without the K & the U

man, my bracket is fucking dead.

My Only Real Thought About March Madness Opening Week

Big East = Most Overrated or Mostest Overrated?

more random day 1 college b-ball tourney thoughts

-other than Kentucky, not a single team I saw today looks like a contender.
-speaking of Kentucky...is it safe to say they have the best group of freshmen since the Fab 5?
-damn, Georgetown got thugged on. After watching them get murdered and then seeing Nova barely beat a 15 I think the Big East is looking pretty overrated so far.
-all these lower seeds winning means 1 of 2 things: that college basketball has finally eroded to the level where anyone can beat anyone...or this is just a really bad year. Probably both.
-this is the worst first day I have ever had in any tournament ever. I have a feeling my bracket will be nuked by tomorrow and then I can just ignore this tourney that I honestly don't even give a shit about.

Random thoughts about day 1 of march madness (part 1)

-I've watched about 3 college basketball games all year. This is the least I have ever known or been prepared about my tourney bracket....which should automatically make this my must likely one to win my pool.
-what the hell happened to Luke Wilson? Remember when he was an actor and not a cellphone salesman?
-with half the country out of work i'd have to guess this is gonna be the highest rated March Madness ever.
-BYU has to the be the only team in college basketball that starts 5 white guys. I feel like I am watching Hoosiers.
-Ummm. Is Villanova trying to ruin my life?
-too much pizza......
-I would rather be at SXSW than watching this
-i guess white boys can play. BYU looks like the kinda scary team that may just fuck my bracket up big time.
-Villinova is 100% lucky to have won that game. i hope next time their coach wants to make a pointless "teaching lesson" he does it in a meaningless regular season game. i can't believe i picked those turds to make it to the final four.

It's Gotta be the Shoes

here's a really lame story i came across on ESPN.com about adidas ending their contract with Central Florida because Michael Jordan's son, Marcus wore a pair of Air Jordans during an exhibition game.

obviously NIKE should jump on this and i'm sure they will, but seriously...how fucking ridiculous is that?

Don't Hold Your Breath USC Haters

Looks like the NCAA is combining their investigations of OJ Mayo and Reggie Bush into one giant probe of the entire athletic department at USC...nothing is going to come of this, you know it...i know it....i don't even know why i bothered bringing it up.

my Twitter buddy Pete Carroll hasn't tweeted shit about this, but he did say, "The Fray.... yeah, good stuff....." so i found at least one mighty flaw in College football's reigning king.

random thoughts about the NCAA championship game

This was the worst final four ever. None of the games were close. None of these players are stars.

Who couldn't see this blowout coming? This is exactly what happened the last time these teams played.

Playing final four games in football stadiums sucks.

Magic and Jordan should suit up and play an old timers game of HORSE...that would be far more entertaining than this murder of the Spartans.

All of this is just making the city of Detroit even more depressed...that and all the crack.

It better not snow tonight.

I'm glad the Yankees lost today.

It probably has to do with growing up in Augusta, but I fucking hate the Masters.

I'm gonna watch a movie...this is pointless.

who?

Georgia hired some guy I've never even heard of before to coach their basketball team. Mark Fox is your man now Dawgs. He won a lot of games at Nevada, so that's good...but yeah, not the BIG SPLASH that UGA was hoping for. Of course most Bulldog fans just said, "when's football season start?" And that pretty much sums up UGA basketball. Anything is better than what Georgia had before, and hey...its not like your top tier football team ran their highly successful coach out of town and hired a guy whose only won 5 games in 2 years...cuz that would be really insane....

Ain't Nobody Wanna Coach Your Shitty Basketball Team

So Mizzou head coach Mike Anderson told the Bulldogs no thanks and took less money to stay with the Tigers. I guess battling Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma seemed more appealing than having to rebuild the worst team in the SEC. Most Georgia fans just said, "We have a basketball team?"

I feel bad for the Dawgs because Anderson was the only big name out there that they had a shot at and living here in Athens I admit that I was a little excited about the prospect of Georgia becoming an entertaining, high flying, dunkathon...but it is not to be.

Bracket Now 100% Busted

Oh Louisville, why you gotta let me down so bad?

In life there are 3 guarantees; death, taxes, and failing to win my NCAA bracket pool. 2009 is no exception, delivering the usual brand of disappointment and proving that I know nothing about college basketball or gambling. Another planned trip to Athens' finest gentleman's club, Toppers, to spend all my tournament winnings is ruined. Fucking basketball...why you always gotta do me like that?

Will I ever learn my lesson? Probably not. Well now that I'm toast I can stop wasting my valuable time watching guys who will never be any good in the NBA bore the hell out me in one of the worst NCAA tournaments that I've seen in years. Spring Football, you now have my undivided attention.

Billy Packer hates everything you like

Sometimes I forget that I hate Billy Packer...probably cuz I don't watch much college basketball anymore, but yesterday he showed up on ESPN to remind me that in fact I still hate him very very much. Outside the Line's did a special about the 30th anniversary of the Michigan State vs Indiana State national title game...aka the beginning of Magic vs. Bird and how it helped explode the popularity of basketball in this country. Now Packer being the thoughtful old curmudgeon that he is spent nearly the entire broadcast shitting all over this statement saying that it wasn't even a good basketball game (this is true) and that he didn't think that Magic and Bird's impact on the game helped make college or NBA basketball any more poplar than it would have been and that the whole thing was being overrated. Now usually I would agree with the fact that if ESPN was hyping something then naturally that thing would be overrated, but when you consider that the Indiana State/Mich State final is the highest rated college basketball game of all time and that Bird and Magic are 2 of the most popular basketball players ever who took over the NBA in the 1980s and who can be credited (with Jordan, of course) for turning basketball from a national game into a global game. I'm willing to side with the WWL on this one.

Listening to Packer talk about how he wasn't that impressed with Larry Bird as a college basketball player and never thought he would have been a good pro and that he thought Magic's biggest accomplishment ever was that he played center his rookie year when Kareem got hurt was completely mindnumbing. Sometimes I wonder if Billy Packer has ever loved anything in his life. He also took the opurtunity to take a couple of shots at mid major teams (noting that even though Indiana State was undefeated going into the championship game, that they hadn't played anyone) I often imagine the only satisfaction that Packer ever gets from life is the rare oppurtunity he gets to kick a puppy or choke a hobo to death. What a dick.

And My Bracket Slowly But Surely Is Falling Apart

Well Memphis has the honor of being my 1st Final Four team to fail me as they got out ran, out hustled, and out crunked by the high flying Mizzou Tigers (a team I'll be rooting hard to take out UConn). And so it goes for Memphis, I fall in love with them every year and every year they let me down a game or so too soon.

The far more enjoyable and acceptable red slash my bracket took was the complete and total annihilation of the Duke Blue Devils at the hands of Villanova. Right now you've got to say that the Wildcats are one of the most impressive looking teams in the tourney after destroying UCLA and Duke. I really am wishing id picked them as my Final Four darkhorse instead of Memphis. I think they're elite 8 matchup with Pitt should be one of this tournament's best. As for Duke.....hahahahahahahahahaha, thanks for the comedic asswhipping. Maybe coach K should get less floor slappers and floppers and more dudes who might actually play in the NBA someday. Hey, I think Paulus just missed another 3!

So Much For That Whole Basketball Thing

Well that was fun while it lasted. but Auburn goes down to Baylor tonight 74-72, thereby ending the Tigers season...and just a game short of New York. In the football offseason it's nice to have this kind of curious distraction, but at the end of the day all Auburn fans really care about is the damn football team.

And here's to Vot Barber the double double rebounding beast of the plains. Its doubtful that the NBA is in your future kid, but head east...no more East, aka Europe...they've got money to spend and hot chicks who don't speak your language. Good luck.

Auburn B-Ball Updates

pour out a 40 for the Lady Tigers basketball team that got fucking annihilated by Rutgers in the NCAA tourney....not that Rutgers didn't have a huge fucking advantage of getting to play the game on their home court. (seriously how does a 7 seed get to host an NCAA tourney game?) still when you get spanked 80-52, home court doesn't even matter anymore. oh well, the men's team takes on Baylor tonight and is just one win away from a trip to New York for the NIT Final Four...so that's cool.

but let's all be honest, Auburn fans don't care about any of this basketball nonsense anymore CUZ SPRING PRACTICE GETS STARTED TODAY!!!!!

So How's Your Bracket?

actually the flames are a bit of an exaggeration, seeing as how all of my final 4 teams are still alive and of the people who picked Louisville to win it all in each of my pools, i'm in first place...so as long as the Cardinals win then i'm money. regardless all this chalk totally screwed up all my upset bids. for anyone who had Wake Forest in their Final Four...well what the heck were you thinking? so far this has been a descent NCAA tournament...other than the fact all the really good finishes seem to be happening at the exact same time and so you have to spend the final 3 minutes of games watching CBS cut in between 3 finishes. it's a little bit annoying.

top 3 teams that screwed me:

1. West Virginia (had them in the elite 8)
2. Wake Forest (had them in the elite 8)
3. Florida State (had them in the sweet 16)

1 Day Down and My Bracket Is Looking Good

12 seed Western Kentucky pulled off the biggest upset of day 1 by knocking off 5 Seed Illinois and i had it...of course earlier in the day Memphis had to pull their heads out of their asses to avoid being knocked out by a totally unconscious 15 seed. why i went with Clemson over Michigan is beyond me. everything else was kinda what it was supposed to be. all in all i'm 13 for 16 in my picks and sitting in the top half of my tourney challenge. the big fail is obviously coming tomorrow.

Let The Madness Begin

first off, shout out to the Tigers for holding off UT-Martin and winning last night. getting bounced from the first round of the NIT at home ain't exactly a great way to make a case that you got snubbed by the NCAAs.


also another shout out to my Alma-mater as the Augusta State Jaguars crushed USC-Aiken on their way to the Elite 8 in the Division II NCAA Tournament. last year the Jags got beat in the National Title game. this year i'm hoping they bring home the trophy.

and finally...the NCAA DI tournament is about the start. FUCK AND YES!!!!


Make me some money, bitches.

Obama's Bracket

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so Barry thinks it's UNC all the way. the President seems just as clueless about this year's tournament as i do. he must be distracted or something.

Breaking Down My Bracket of Fail...aka Setting Money On Fire In The Name Of Fun

here are my picks round by round, region by region. do yourself a favor and use this as your model of who NOT to pick in your own bracket as i have NEVER WON an NCAA Tourney Pool EVER in about 17 years of filling these things out.

MIDWEST REGION

2nd round matchups

Louisville
vs
Ohio State

Arizona
vs
Wake Forest

West Virginia
vs
Kansas

Boston College
vs
Michigan State

Sweet 16 Matchups

Louisville
vs
Wake Forest

Kansas
vs
Michigan State

Elite 8 Matchup

Louisville
vs
Kansas

Region Champ

Louisville


WEST REGION

2nd Round Matchups

UConn
vs
BYU

Purdue
vs
Washington

Utah State
vs
Missouri

Maryland
vs
Memphis

Sweet 16 Matchups

UCONN
vs
Washington

Missouri
vs
Memphis

Elite 8

UCONN
vs
Memphis

Region Champ

Memphis


EAST REGION

2nd Rd Matchups

Pitt
vs
Tennessee

FSU
vs
Portland State

VCU
vs
Villanova

Texas
vs
Duke

Sweet 16

Pitt
vs
FSU

Nova
vs
Duke

Elite 8

Pitt
vs
Duke

Region Champ

Pitt


SOUTH REGION

2nd Round

North Carolina
vs
Butler

Western Kentucky
vs
Gonzaga

Arizona State
vs
Syracuse

Clemson
vs
Oklahoma

Sweet 16

UNC
vs
Gonzaga

Syracuse
vs
Oklahoma

Elite 8

North Carolina
vs
Syracuse

Region Champ

North Carolina



FINAL FOUR

Me and The Prez are thinking the same way on our Final Fours. Obama's a baller, so i'm feeling good about this.


Louisville defeats Memphis

North Carolina defeats Pitt

North Carolina vs Louisville for the title

The Louisville Cardinals are your 2009 National Champions. and Kentucky fans shoot themselves in the face.

JRSUICIDE is Rich As Shit...or at least can afford his rent and bills for another month.

My Bracket Looks Full Of Fail

today i'm using Science to help make my NCAA Tourney picks...and by Science i mean i'm going to all the blogs and sites written by people who actually watch college basketball and seem to know what the hell is going on and then making my picks based on what they think. last year i fell in love with Memphis thanks to Derek Rose and rode them all the way to a 4th place finish in my gamblin' pool. this year i have no teams that i love and so i must do what all men who have no idea what the hell is going on during a certain situation that they blindly jumped into do, i'm gonna guess. might as well set my money on fire.