Running NCAA men's tournament thread 2012

Bruiser Flint is looking for another hobo to kill tonight.

 

No, because he is tall.

And let me get one more - I promise - thing I hate about the NCAA Tournament and Final Four in particular (if you've ever covered one) is "sweatsuit guy" - which is the inconsequential idiots who travel with teams (trainers, low level assitants, GA's, broadcaster, SID...) that all walk around wearing their official team sweat suits as if they are really important and a part of something.

I went to the Consol to watch some of the open practices today and there were sweatsuit guys all over town and all over the place and they all have this in common - they are nerds and nobody gives a shit about their sweat suits.......

 

And I see California is making sure those of us East of the Mississippi get to see just how bad the Pac 12 really was this year.

 

That being said, I can see South Florida is into its late game "let's try and blow a lead" routine with idiotic passes, bad shots and lazy defense.

 

Greg Oden is l
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or so I've heard.

 

Yeah, it was nice of Cal to finally show up at about the five minute mark of the second half ... after they were down 30.

 

Completely and totally disagree. He's not tall by NBA standards. He's long, though. His wingspan is enormous for a person of his height. It's one of his most important attributes. Calling Evans tall would just make people scratch their heads. He's average height for a shooting guard and bordering on short in the overall NBA context.

 

Today begins the greatest four-day weekend of the year

 

It's funny. I used to think that, too, and maybe I'll find myself captivated by the end of the weekend, especially by the Saturday and Sunday games. But I have trouble getting into the first round these days. It used to feel like the most epic thing in the world to me when Valparaiso would beat Ole Miss or Creighton would beat Florida or Hampton would beat Iowa State. But the older I get, the more I realize that that shit happens every single year.

It makes me feel almost un-American, but I look forward to the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight when it gets down to mostly chalk.

 

I thought it was a great call for CBS to interview Paul Hornung before Happy Hour began.

 

Communist!

I'm still all about it. A bunch of us used to take all four days off. We used to get up early, have a great lunch with mimosas to feel all classy and drink for the day games. We took a quick nap before the night games and started all over again.

Now people moved away or got day jobs and I'm the only one who can watch the whole four days. It kind of sucks, but at least Dr. J gets out at 6 p.m and has tomorrow off. I'll spend all day on Teh Twitter talking about nothing.