MARCH MADNESS (NCAA Tournament)

[puckin_A]

Great time to be working from home!! Can sit here and watch the games! :D

GO UNC!!!
GO UCLA!!


:D

[Guyute]

Texas A&M gave me a little bit of a scare today, until they got their game together in the 2nd. Took a bit of a chance and picked them to go all the way... out in the 1st round would've done me in. :)

Looking forward to a great tourny!

[goalie33]

Duke is out. Carolina almost went out after allowing EKU a 35-7 scoring run among other things (great coaching, Huckleberry Hound!). Hopefully Carolina and Maryland will be out on Saturday.

[SoCalcaniac]

Nice to see the Jumbotron folks' obsessing over Duke all night last night in their matchup that it appeared my UCLA Bruins were stuck on the same score every time they updated the Duke score. They can at least pretend to care about the other teams. :lol:


So my boys from Westwood beat up on Weber State, 70-42. Woo!

U-C-L-A GO BRUINS!

[nccanes]

Y'all "willing to call XM" folks need to do so today after 6pm and talk to Boomer. He was talking about the NCAA tourney last night and how he just loves the electricity of it. Sadly it was lost on Dan Blakely who (admittedly) just isn't into college hoops. Boomer claims he's the only hockey/college b-ball fan.

He'd be thrilled to hear from someone else that is a fan of both. What better people to call than someone from here.

[Solracer]

Hopefully Carolina and Maryland will be out on Saturday.


So your hopeing other acc teams do bad in the torunament? I mean even me being the evil resident duke fan hopes that Someone in the ACC can with the whole thing if my Team can't, heck I hope NCState and Florida State do well in the NIT. It only makes the NCCA look better when teams do well in the tourney.

[dakuwan]

So your hopeing other acc teams do bad in the torunament? I mean even me being the evil resident duke fan hopes that Someone in the ACC can with the whole thing if my Team can't, heck I hope NCState and Florida State do well in the NIT. It only makes the NCCA look better when teams do well in the tourney.
? I dont know about anyone else but to me thats the same as asking to pull for the Sabres if they were in the finals because they're in the Eastern Conference with us.

In my brackets I had Duke out first round and also Maryland in the first cause I dont think they're that good. I freaking hate Carolina but because of their gifted #1 seed I had to put them going through the bracket till Texas knocks them off.

Edited to Clarify: I dont care about Duke or Maryland, they dont matter to me. I just dont think they're good this year. I pick based on what will win me money in my pool. Ill only write a team down cause it makes financial sense, but Ill never pull for anyone other than State or the team playing Carolina to win.

[Solracer]

? I dont know about anyone else but to me thats the same as asking to pull for the Sabres if they were in the finals because they're in the Eastern Conference with us..

I see it completley differnt when it comes to college athletics. For example more or less teams can be in the NCAA Tournemanent based on how your conference does in the tournament. So say this year all of the acc teams loose in the first weekend. So come next year say State is the 7th team in the ACC, well becuase of our pour showing the NCAA Tournament last year on the first weekend, they may only take 6 teams in this year when they took 7 last year.

In my mind anything that makes the ACC look better as a conference to the NCAA is a good thing for my favorite team.

[dakuwan]

The teams getting into the tournament, to my understanding, is more of a reflection of the conference matchups and non conference matchups during the year with a slight look at the conference tourneys. Its that strength of schedule that determines who gets in and who doesnt and not the quota of how many teams from the conference made the tournament the year before.

I wouldnt want 7 ACC teams in, even with State number 7, if there werent the records to support that many. If that were the case Id have made a much bigger argument on State's behalf after the tourney when they showed they were playing the best out of all the ACC teams and improved their conference record to, if I remember right, match Duke's. The regular season record didnt support getting in though.

[SoCalcaniac]

So your hopeing other acc teams do bad in the torunament? I mean even me being the evil resident duke fan hopes that Someone in the ACC can with the whole thing if my Team can't

? I dont know about anyone else but to me thats the same as asking to pull for the Sabres if they were in the finals because they're in the Eastern Conference with us.


EXACTLY, dak. That's my only take on that. and your analogy is PERFECT.

I've only lived here 10 years so I don't get to speak from the "local" aspect of the if-my-ACC Team-gets-tossed-I-root-for-the-other team phenomenon, but as an outsider, it's just the most hilarious thing to me. Pls forgive me if I sound like I'm making light of it, but since I got here and only casually have followed the goings on with the schools and the rivalries, it never ceased to amaze me that if (insert ACC school here) beat out (insert other ACC school- I'm not stupid I'm not gonna make up the two schools cause there'd be hell to pay lol) then you root for the other ACC school(s) to do well for the good of the conference. :crazy: I'm probably speaking out of turn, but it really is quite funny from an outsider's perspective, cause IMO college sports whether it's Football, B-ball, even college hockey- you root for the school you went to- the rivalries affect that rooting interest, and the loyalty to "your school" fuel it more.

I can only say, as an alum of a Pac-10 school, it will be a cold day in He-double hockey sticks, before I actively root for (gag) USC, Stanford, Cal, or Arizona et al; if/when my Bruins get knocked out of any tournament, etc. You might as well ship me off to Buffalo and put border patrol around the surrounding areas that prevent me from leaving. It would be my own personal version of hell/prison. ;)

This time of the year doesn't hold that 'magic' for me like it does others; I just love hockey too much. But it is neat to talk about......

[Solracer]

The teams getting into the tournament, to my understanding, is more of a reflection of the conference matchups and non conference matchups during the year with a slight look at the conference tourneys. Its that strength of schedule that determines who gets in and who doesnt and not the quota of how many teams from the conference made the tournament the year before.

I wouldnt want 7 ACC teams in, even with State number 7, if there werent the records to support that many. If that were the case Id have made a much bigger argument on State's behalf after the tourney when they showed they were playing the best out of all the ACC teams and improved their conference record to, if I remember right, match Duke's. The regular season record didnt support getting in though.

Actually Tournamanet Perfomance and Stregnth of scedule are both part of the consideration process.

I am not asking anyone to Cheer for a team you don't like I just think it silly to hope for teams you don't like to perform bad on a national stage when it can reflect badly on the conference in general.

[Caniac]

I will never, repeat, never root for Carolina in anything. They could be in the final game of a national championship in badminton and I would root for Southern Harkers Island Tech to win.

The rest of the ACC I don't care as much, but I'm not going to actively root for them, although Duke losing in the first round did bring a slight smile to my face.

[Scottie2hottie]

I know it's crazy, but I have UNC & Wisconsin going all the way and I have Wisconsin taking it all! :D So far, I'm doing awesome with my bracket!

[puck_it]

So your hopeing other acc teams do bad in the torunament? I mean even me being the evil resident duke fan hopes that Someone in the ACC can with the whole thing if my Team can't, heck I hope NCState and Florida State do well in the NIT. It only makes the NCCA look better when teams do well in the tourney.

again, to hark on what g33 said... manufactured rivalry versus pure hatred.

the manufactured rivalry has no true hate, where as me and carolina.... the browns have a better chance of winning the superbowl.

[goalie33]

The ACC has been the best basketball league (from a team and competition perspective) in the country, if not the world, for decades. Year-to-year performance in the tournament itself has absolutely no bearing on the number of teams that get into the tournament in any given year. With that said, I don't think that the ACC should get teams in that don't deserve to be in just because they're in this conference. I knew full well going into the ACC tournament that State would have to win it to get in the dance. They didn't win, and they didn't get in, and with 15 losses I'm perfectly okay with that.

I don't have a problem with an ACC team doing well, but it can't be Duke/Wake/Maryland or especially Carolina. I'm really indifferent about all the rest. At the same time, there is certainly a part of me that would be glad to see State as the only team left in postseason play at the end of this weekend, even if it is in the NIT.

[livinthedream]

Sorta on-topic:

Another bracketologist in the making

Many of the Hurricanes treat the ongoing mania over the NCAA basketball tournament with an air of bemusement, if not indifference. A few of them, however, are not immune to the charms of making Final Four proclamations, including winger Chad LaRose, who did not hesitate to offer his tournament picks.

North Carolina was one of his Final Four picks, he admitted with some fear of offending the Raleigh faithful.

"Sorry for any N.C. State fans," he said. "And I've got Florida winning it all. I've got Pittsburgh actually as my underdog going to the Final Four, but don't listen to me, anybody."

Ohio State rounds out LaRose's Final Four, giving him a fairly conservative three No. 1 seeds. But he does allow for some upsets.

"You know who's going to win a couple?" he said. "Winthrop. Mark it down." :lol:


Posted at 01:02 am by Lorenzo Perez in General (http://blogs.newsobserver.com/canes/index.php/canes?cat=285)

[dakuwan]

Actually Tournamanet Perfomance and Stregnth of scedule are both part of the consideration process.

I am not asking anyone to Cheer for a team you don't like I just think it silly to hope for teams you don't like to perform bad on a national stage when it can reflect badly on the conference in general.

That was my point. Tournament Performance and Strength of schedule are part of the consideration process, not how many teams from a conference made it in the pass. I guess I wasnt clear the way I wrote it.

I want the teams I dont like to perform badly on any stage, from horseshoes to basketball, when one person is watching or millions are watching. Thats what a rivalry is, its not a rivalry of convenience...*cough*Duke/Carolina*cough*.

I dont see where/when a team loses once they make the tournament as reflecting badly on the conference, it reflects badly on the team. How many teams a conference gets in reflects on that conference, once they're in they are on their own.

[Guyute]

hah, that's funny.
I'm a Florida supporter (several cousins went there, always follow them)... but they're too much of a wildcard. If they're on, they can beat anyone. A lot of times they're not on though. Their record came from a not-so-tough schedule, so it's a bit inflated, imo.

I think they're going to have some serious trouble with a very physical Arizona team.

My 4 are:
Wisconsin, UCLA, Georgetown and Texas A&M (winning)

[dakuwan]

... I'm really indifferent about all the rest. At the same time, there is certainly a part of me that would be glad to see State as the only team left in postseason play at the end of this weekend, even if it is in the NIT.

Amen to that brotha! :beer:

[Guyute]

Well, GT is out, largely due to some Horrible play in the last 2 minutes. One UNLV possession got them 3 shots (GT couldn't get a rebound to save their lives), and then got the ball back when it was going out and a UNLV guy bounced it off a GT guy. To use up like 40 seconds of clock time at that point in the game... in a Tied game... is ridiculous.
(yes, as you can probably tell... I had GT in that game. lol)

[dakuwan]

I had GT going Elite 8 and Maryland out yesterday. There goes my bracket this year :huh:

[RangersCanesFan]

Nothing wacky has happened yet. dook getting beat was not really an upset. VCU is a good team in an underrated conference, and dook was overseeded.

A 2,3, or 4 has gone down in the first round every year. So, is the big upset coming tonight?

Actually, outside of the dook game, there haven't been that many competitve games.

[Guyute]

Yeah, luckily I had GT one and done, so it didn't hurt too badly.

[Guyute]

A 2,3, or 4 has gone down in the first round every year. So, is the big upset coming tonight?

Holy Cross over Southern Illinois. :)

[RangersCanesFan]

Does anyone else think "The Committee" went out of their way to screw mid-major schools?

Only 6 got in as at-larges. They have 4 mid-majors playing each other in the first round (Butler-ODU and Nevada-Creighton).

For all the good that George Mason did for the "little guy" last year, blowhards like Billy Packer would rather see s**k a** "big conference" teams like Stanford steal spots from deserving schools like Drexel, Air Force, etc.

[Guyute]

Yup, I can go with the big conf thing. Stanford getting in was a joke. Total waste of a spot.

[puck_it]

mid majors sucked this year. that said, some major schools got in that didnt deserve it, and others who did deserve it did not.

[Guyute]

well.... 10-0 to start the Texas A&M CC vs Wisconsin game. /gasp

[puck_it]

hahaha thats awesome. i have a friend that palys softball for TAMUCC she said when they got their bid the place went nuts.

[Guyute]

48-32 Winthrop over ND.... and looking TOUGH. Glad I picked em. :)
(29-6 run)

[dakuwan]

If Wisconsin can get knocked off and Winthrop pulls through (like i picked) it will go a long way to repairing my bracket against other people's picks.

[Guyute]

Winthrop wins! (yay me).
But yeah, if Wisconsin loses, I'm done. Horrible 1st half, they need to wake up.

[dakuwan]

Winthrop wins! (yay me).
But yeah, if Wisconsin loses, I'm done. Horrible 1st half, they need to wake up.
Sorry Guy, I need Wisconsin to go down after losing GT since everyone else in my pool picked W and I was the only GT. We'd all be screwed then. :evil:

[Scottie2hottie]

Ouch... :cry:

[Guyute]

Lead is down to 9... Wisconsin is starting to look like a team.

[Guyute]

..aaaaaand.... tie ball game, with a lot of time left. few 3's in a row (Wisc is 6/10 in 2nd half) helped.

[dakuwan]

..aaaaaand.... tie ball game, with a lot of time left. few 3's in a row (Wisc is 6/10 in 2nd half) helped.

Dont worry Corpus Christie will pull it out. :D There has to be an upset today.

[Guyute]

it's possible... but umm.... Wisc has hit 6 of their last 7 Threes. Yes, really. amazing.

[Scottie2hottie]

*sings* On Wisconsin! On Wisconsin! Pep that team of yours! :D :nanner: :nanner:

What a come-from-behind win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dakuwan]

Well I had Wisconsin losing next round anyway, but it would've been nice to see them gone today instead. They'll lose next round. :D

[Scottie2hottie]

No they won't! They're goin' all the way baby! :)

[dakuwan]

No they won't! They're goin' all the way baby! :)

Nothing personal against Wisconsin but I had them losing to GT and I was the only one in my pool, everyone else has Wisconsin. Hence I need them knocked off sooner than later.

[Solracer]

again, to hark on what g33 said... manufactured rivalry versus pure hatred.

the manufactured rivalry has no true hate, where as me and carolina.... the browns have a better chance of winning the superbowl.

You state fans are soo funny, you know the only people I have ever heard talk about the UNC/Duke rivalry being manufactured are state fans, must be some sort of infeority complex or a Desire to prove that thier rivalry with carolina is the greatest of all time. I just not the type of fan to hate or wish bad things on other teams when it comes to college sports.

I am also an Ohio State so I hope the can roll into the Final Four. I can't belive how bad Stanford got punded yesterday.

[Guyute]

Illinois vs VA Tech was a pretty tight game. VAT got pretty lucky with finally hitting some buckets late... they were not looking good.

Texas is also having some trouble with NM St. That's would cause some problems.

[dakuwan]

You state fans are soo funny, you know the only people I have ever heard talk about the UNC/Duke rivalry being manufactured are state fans, must be some sort of infeority complex or a Desire to prove that thier rivalry with carolina is the greatest of all time. I just not the type of fan to hate or wish bad things on other teams when it comes to college sports.
I counter that the only ones who dont think its manufactured are the walmart fans and the media. Anyone who gone to the schools, meaning Duke, State, or UNC, with an open mind or graduated before the media decided to create Duke vs UNC will agree/have agreed its a manufacured rivalry.

Ive never met someone who doesnt agree its manufactured from any school when Ive had this same discussion. Actually until I moved to the triangle from eastern NC, at about 26, I had never met a Duke fan and in six years I've only met a dozen or so Duke fans, actual graduates can be counted on one hand. What a heated rivalry when you cant find the fans for one of the schools.

The only inferiority complex I see is the Carolina one to Duke, evidenced by their 1924 "championship" banner that was put up only to stay ahead of Duke's legitimate NCAA championship banners rather than tied prior to 2005.

For a post that states not to want to wish bad things or hatred its odd that its on such an inflamatory subject and baiting to State fans. I say only baiting to State fans because we've gone through this over and over and it seems to be the majority here.

Edited to add: This probably should be a thread on its own cause it ends up hijacking the thread each time it comes up. I know im guilty too :angel:

[Solracer]

For a post that states not to want to wish bad things or hatred its odd that its on such an inflamatory subject and baiting to State fans. I say only baiting to State fans because we've gone through this over and over and it seems to be the majority here.

Edited to add: This probably should be a thread on its own cause it ends up hijacking the thread each time it comes up. I know im guilty too :angel:


I would say what would be baiting would be bringing that carolina/duke is a manufactured rialvary in the first place. You are probably correct in this really is not the thread to discuss this, however I am sure part of the reason the majority here feel that the Carolina/duke rivalry is manufacture is because there are a majority of state fans on this board.

[Solracer]

I can't belive butler beat Maryland, I figured they were posed to make a run, and Ohio State to overtime... wow, but they did pull it out!

[Shell]

Please keep this thread on the topic of March madness and not walmart fans or manufactured rivals.. I believe there is another thread chock full of that stuff should you need it.

[VandyCane]

I'll bring it back Shell--;)

Woo-hoo, Vandy in the Sweet Sixteen! :nanner: It certainly was a nail biter. My dad went to Butler, so we're all happy in the VC household.

[Guyute]

Maryland going out in the 2nd hurt me. Some Reeeally close calls today too. Texas A&M nearly gave me a heart attack. whew.
Vandy winning helped me out.
let's go VCU!

[Shell]

I'll bring it back Shell--;)

Woo-hoo, Vandy in the Sweet Sixteen! :nanner: It certainly was a nail biter. My dad went to Butler, so we're all happy in the VC household.

Thanks, and sorry I was rooting against your Vandy team! :lol: I had VCU too so not a good last hour on my bracket!

[mister vandycane]

The ACC has been the best basketball league (from a team and competition perspective) in the country, if not the world, for decades.
Being in the area where the conference has 25% of its teams, and TV offers an overabundance of its games, most folks here tend to inflate the worth of all the ACC. And this historical view skews both preseason rankings as well as the tournament selection of ACC schools unfairly in their favor (how many schools was Coach K lobbying for? Nine?!). I would love for the ACC to play the SEC in an early season challenge, rather than the Big Televen, to test this assertion.

The best thing about rooting for one's conference is that you can do it negatively: when Tennessee played poorly today it was heartwarming to yell "you suck! and "play like your women!"

[Guyute]

Some rough games today. Wisconsin going out about killed me. If TX A&M runs it, then I'll be ok, because not many people picked that. Otherwise, losing 1/4 of your bracket is pretty much lights out.

Brackets aside.... some Stellar games today. And big props to the Runnin' Rebs, even though they killed me.

[puckin_A]

USC beat TEXAS today to advance to the Sweet Sixteen to play UNC!!!


GO UNC!!......

[livinthedream]

I've been running the bracket pool for my office for the last 10 years. This is the freakiest year I've seen so far in terms of no upsets. All the top seeds are advancing. There is no team below a 7 seed left is there?

[Guyute]

I don't know that I'd say a 7 beating a 2 wasn't an upset.. certainly killed a lot of midwest brackets in the 2 pools I'm in.... but yeah, nothing horribly severe.

Not that it matters, still love this time of year whether I have a busted bracket or not :)

[livinthedream]

Yeah you're right, I guess what I really meant was that the number of upsets seems lower. Usually you see quite a few 7-10 or 5-12 upsets but not a lot of 6-11s, this year was the opposite (too bad my bracket wasn't).

I saw on Sportsline (?) that this is the first time since 1995 that a team ranked 10th or below hasn't made it to the Sweet 16.

[RangersCanesFan]

This has been a "freaky" year. I think the only two "upsets" in the first round were 11's over 6's, and those 11's were actually underseeded against overseeded teams. VCU was on the cusp of a Top 25 ranking all year, and Winthrop was ranked #22.

I do think "The Committee" set up the tournament this year to eliminate almost any chance of a George Mason type run by a mid-major, outside of the ones people have "heard" of (Butler and S. Illinois). Having Butler play Old Dominion and Nevada play Creighton in the first round were set-ups and disgusting as far as I'm concerned. And, if anyone watched Oregon-Winthrop yesterday, it was OBVIOUS that Winthrop wasn't going to win that game, even if Oregon had an off-day.

There were too many "influential" people that complained about George Mason last year, and what the potential impact of a George Mason getting to the Final Four each year would be. It's going to take a MIRACLE for a mid-major that doesn't get exposure from the beginning of the season to ever sniff a Final Four for at least a generation. Never underestimate the power of the "BCS Conferences".

Actually, I think the only real upset so far is USC beating Texas.

Wisconsin getting beat isn't surprising. Big 10 style basketball usually doesn't do well in the NCAA Tournament, as talent usually overcomes brawn. If Kammron Taylor didn't get hot in the second half--Texas A&M-Corpus Christi would have pulled off the upset. Ohio State got lucky, as Xavier choked.

[agentpreppie]

Ohio State got lucky, as Xavier choked.

More like Ohio State (specifically Oden) choked Xavier

[SoCalcaniac]

My one and only honk for my alma matter ('87). As rich a tradition my school has in the tournament, I am far more interested in the Frozen Four and my school has no hockey team to root for there, so I'll just be a good alum and cheer for the kids who play b-ball.

Go Bruins!



http://members.tripod.com/ucla_hoops/images/ucla_bruins_logo_3.gif

[Guyute]

Aggies going out pretty much wiped my pools. Now I'm just looking for great games and maybe some upsets for fun :)

[goalie33]

Last night was choke central.

[VandyCane]

Stupid Tennessee! I had them winning and they go and choke at the end. Serves a Vandy fan right for picking "the enemy". I did the old, "at least it's an SEC team" thing. Argh. Big night tonight--Vandy and Butler both play. Here's to the underdogs!

[puckin_A]

I don't how, but UNC pulled it off and beat USC. Unbelievable resilience in that team. USC was all over them.

GOING TO THE ELITE EIGHT!!!

Can't believe UNC is the only ACC team left.


YEA~ UNC!!

GO UCLA~ beat Kansas tonight!!

[Guyute]

Big reason how UNC made that run is that Gibson took 3 quick fouls (up to #4) halfway through the 2nd half. Game completely changed with him out, they were able to do whatever they wanted. He is really something else.

Great win for UNC though, their depth continues to amaze me. So many weapons, so many different ways to match up to the other team.
UNC/G-Town is one of the matchups I was really wanting to see (even if I didn't pick it). Can't wait to see it!

[SoCalcaniac]

http://members.tripod.com/ucla_hoops/images/ucla_bruins_logo_3.gif



WOO! Great win yesterday.... Go Bruins............................

[SouthernHockeyChick]

:D I'll let people decide for themselves what that's for. :D

(BTW, it's not just UNC hate. I've loved Georgetown since high school. Plus, it's also the coolest story ever with Ewing's son and Thompson the III there. Poetic justice.)

[Guyute]

G-town was one of my favorite teams in high school too. Along with UNLV (and the Larry Johnson era). Was really hoping I'd get to see both of them go really deep.
UNC led that entire game... then somehow fell appart at the end. My recording ended before OT, so I only saw bits and pieces from the MMOD archive... but man, only 3 pts in OT (to G-town's 15)... unreal.

They REALLY should've gone after Hibbert harder in the 2nd. I really don't know why they weren't pushing him. Gotta get that 7'2" monster out of the paint.
Looking like a good Final Four though.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

UNC got scared. Seriously....you could feel it. They call two timeouts in the last few minutes....when they're still leading? Georgetown smelled blood and that just gave them life.

The refs were letting a lot go in the portion we watched but, it seemed very equal to me. I don't think either team got screwed on calls.

(and yes, I still hate basketball but, we had this game on the second tuner and when we saw the final, we had to go back and watch the last 10 minutes and OT)

[dakuwan]

Way to go Georgetown!!! :beer::nanner::nanner:

[puck_it]

that overtime was fricken awesome. my roommate and i were laughing at all the THUD sounds :D

[Solracer]

I can't belive UNC lost, as a Duke Fan I thought Last year we really blew a chance to win it all with players and depth we had. I felt Carolina had the best chance to of all the acc teams to do it this year. If only a few players leave UNC this year for hte NBA they will be pretty strong, but if a lot leaves the could be in the same situation duke was this year.

[puckin_A]

that overtime WASN'T awesome! :p

anyway congrats to G-town. They got their revenge after all these years...

The UNC boys are young.....they did very well this year considering.....


I still have a team left! GO UCLA!!!

[Solracer]

This really Sucks though..

Bedside vigil held for UNC mascot
http://rdu.news14.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=102332

Really puts it all in perspective..

[Guyute]

Yeah, that's really really horrible. :(

[RangersCanesFan]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/specials/ncaa_tourney/2007/03/26/bc.bkc.northcarolinamas.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

Unfortunately, the worst happened. :(

[Guyute]

Yeah, I had just heard. Absolutely tragic. It's a small comfort, but at least his family was able to get up there to say goodbye.
As Jerry used to sing... "Goes to show, you don't ever know..."

Terrible that a run up the street to a 7-11 was the end.
Thoughts and prayers to his family.

[SoCalcaniac]

I've been away from the computer- just heard on the news. Absolutely tragic. They were showing some of his friends and people who knew him so well- he obviously was well liked, was graduating in May and already had a job offer in Raleigh.Just so sad.

I echo Guy, thoughts and prayers.....

[caniac369]

I hadn't even heard about this... I have no words. :(

[car3hur]

USC beat TEXAS today to advance to the Sweet Sixteen to play UNC!!!


GO UNC!!......

Go Hoyas! ;)

[car3hur]

My one and only honk for my alma matter ('87). As rich a tradition my school has in the tournament, I am far more interested in the Frozen Four and my school has no hockey team to root for there, so I'll just be a good alum and cheer for the kids who play b-ball.

Go Bruins!



http://members.tripod.com/ucla_hoops/images/ucla_bruins_logo_3.gif

Speaking of Bruins...whatever happened to Toby Bailey?? I loved that guy!

[dakuwan]

And from the women's tourney.

Way to go Tennessee! :beer: