NCAA tournament 2011 — running thread

[holy bull]

My boat only has a 12-horse. It is one of those two-pontoon party boats, though, built to go all day. Trying to get in the office by 7 a.m. on Friday. Good luck with that.

 

[imjustagirl]

Ha! I don't know when I work tomorrow yet. So I plan on living it up today. No boat, however. Just an old, soft couch and a ****ty TV. So I need the beer. :)

 

[JackReacher]

I'm hoping to be in Cleveland by 9 p.m. tonight. I'm guessing the locals will be all kinds of rowdy by then, which is good. Rowdy will work this weekend.

 

[farmerjerome]

The executive who decided to put games on TruTV should be shot.

**** that ****. Best decision ever. [/Turneremployee]

I was so pissed about the quality of the opening round games on Tuesday that I called Time Warner to complain yesterday. TruTV HD is on 884 for Time Warner customers by Friday.

And IJAG, you aren't drunk yet?

 

[rtse11]

Awesome start. 5 minutes into the pregame, Barkley to Greg Anthony: "First of all, you've already been wrong twice."

 

[Mizzougrad96]

The executive who decided to put games on TruTV should be shot.

Why? Because it's too much of a hassle to take 5 seconds to find the channel on your TV?

I'm assuming most, if not all, cable companies get TruTV, so if you don't, ignore.

We don't get it here. I don't have the most expensive Dish Network channel package, but the one I have is far from the cheapest.

TBS and TNT? Fine. More than fine. TruTV? Idiotic.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Actually, my cable system Verizon FioS, which is so much better than Comcast in almost every way, does not appear to have TruTV.

And I'm sure plenty of people are calling/e-mailing Verizon and demanding it add TruTV, which I'm sure was what Turner wanted. TruTV has a temporary HD feed on DirecTV for anybody interested. It's on 246-1.

 

[imjustagirl]

Not drunk yet.

Working on it.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm Blue Moon Spring Blonde Wheat Ale.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Not drunk yet.

Working on it.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm Blue Moon Spring Blonde Wheat Ale.

Hopefully you're not drinking alone.

 

[JayFarrar]

David Aldridge reporting and Barkley talking about gambling.

This is going to be a good day.

 

[KP]

Technical foul on KP. Only one Pepsi at his disposal. Now here's where the staggered starts hurts. Past years suck it up and deal with it for the first set of games and go at the start of the second games. Now... friggin games will be ending throughout the day.

Ahhh

 

[imjustagirl]

Of course I'm drinking alone. Do you know me at all?

I don't want anyone distracting from the games. Or the beer.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Of course I'm drinking alone. Do you know me at all?

I don't want anyone distracting from the games. Or the beer.

Wow. Disturbing. Enjoy your day.

 

[NickMordo]

WVU is ****ting the bed...THE MADNESS!

 

[imjustagirl]

I'm not going anywhere. I hate bars for stuff I'm trying to watch. Can't hear anything, can't see it as well.

I'm sitting on my couch, enjoying basketball and a few beers. Not driving, not going out. I see no problem.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

You're not hurting anybody else. There's no problem.

 

[I Should Coco]

No cable TV here ... so this opening Thursday will be a little bit different. I'm hoping they will at least show plenty o' highlights from other games on CBS.

Don't care about Clemson-WVa. that much, so I'll skip most of that one and tune in for the finish.

Next is Princeton-Kentucky. Now we're talkin. I like an Ivy League upset here. At the very least, a close game.

Third game of the day is BYU-Wofford. Over/under should be on Jimmer's points, not total points. I'd place that number at 35, and take the over.

Finally, Gonzaga-St. John's. All us old, cheap bastards would have stormed the local CBS station had they not shown this one on freebee TV here. Go Zags.

Enjoy the pizza and cold beer, everyone!

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Why'd I pick WVU? I forgot Huggins was the coach.

 

[NickMordo]

I'm not going anywhere. I hate bars for stuff I'm trying to watch. Can't hear anything, can't see it as well.

I'm sitting on my couch, enjoying basketball and a few beers. Not driving, not going out. I see no problem.

What do you need to hear (unless it's Gus Johnson)? I got a DD, well, more of a DD than me, so I will enjoy. My team plays at 9:30 PM ET so I am pumped. Perfect time slot.

 

[imjustagirl]

I don't know most of these teams. If you can't see the names, and you don't know the players, it's good to learn something.