Day Two NCAA Tournament Open Thread
by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
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PrintIts going to take a Arkansas-Pine Bluff upset over Duke to match The Craziest Day in NCAA Tournament history yesterday. There is no way you're going to be productive at work today, so spend the day with us and leave your comments below. Once again you can select the game of your choice below, or there is a pop-up option here. 
Remember to root like hell for our BIG EAST brethen Louisville, Pitt, West Virginia, and Syracuse. You should probably root for Utah State too, just for the fact that they will break this chant out on Texas A&M
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I wanna root for the Big East, but man we collectively wet ourselves yesterday.
Then, this happened:
YOU ARE THE ONE THAT IS STUPID
NOBODY DISRESPECTS KEYBOARD CAT, NOBODY
"It's good to have a little cushion. But it's not going to be easy."
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
The only stupid thing i've done recently
is taking Colin Cowherds bracket advice (’don’t be the idiot who picks a 12 to beat a 4’)
by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 19, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Its science
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Obviously, CC has never filled out a bracket
That guy is annoying, I’d rather listen to a whoopee cushion next to a microphone for 4 hours. They don’t even have to periodically inflate it, the initial fart noise > Colin Cowherd
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
It's either him or
Jim Rome on the radio where I live, so send out that whoopee cushion and i’ll give it a try.
by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 19, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I like Dan Patrick
But Ron and Ian make me want to murder stuff.
by staplemaniac on Mar 23, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Ron and Ian are ok
Keep it on 1010am for most of the day
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 25, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not a fan of USF, but you guys come highly recommended, it would be an honor to say stupid things with you today
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 11:43 AM EDT reply actions
This should be fun
Its better than me and Voodoo 5 just rambling to ourselves yesterday
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
LET'S GO CUUUUUSE
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
You have sex with your mother
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't tell me you're rooting for Vermont
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Good one
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
12 drink minimum, no fat chicks, and racism must be covert not overt
You know, the standard.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
That pretty much covers it
Just don’t go above and beyond the call of duty.
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Call me tater NUTS?
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
We didn't exist that long before making the switch to SBN
So I don’t blame you
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Ken... I might have mentioned to the DRaysBay people
that you’re a Red Sox fan. So that might come up at some point.
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by Jamie DeVriend on Mar 19, 2010 12:08 PM EDT reply actions
Seth Davis has a misshaped head
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:11 PM EDT reply actions
Gus is calling the games in Buffalo today
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by Jamie DeVriend on Mar 19, 2010 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
This is according to Wikipedia
which we all know is NEVER, EVER WRONG.
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by Jamie DeVriend on Mar 19, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
And it starts
Morgan State up 3-0
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Game over
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Now 10-0
WVU is screwed
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Beautiful
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Let's go Wildcats, beat the Wildcats
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:15 PM EDT reply actions
About this bad
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by FreeZorilla on Mar 19, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Morgan state plays like a bunch of scrappers hopped up on adderall
They’re all over the place and it works, but I wonder how they will go once they lose some energy.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:26 PM EDT reply actions
At home for the next hour
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
And it kills my internet cause I have 2 games running on it and these threads
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I'm getting Cornell and Temple
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Enjoy the race to 60
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
TEMPLE OWLS ARE THE REAL DEAL
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:31 PM EDT reply actions
Ralph Sampson III looks like Ralph Sampson II
Except the great at basketball part. Following Patrick Ewing Jr. and Michael Jordan’s kids.
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I hear they consider themselves expert gamblers, however.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope Gus got it all out in the first 15 minutes
WVU about to take the lead
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Fran "Dildo" Dunphy has to be the awesomest looking coach ever.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:40 PM EDT reply actions
Fairfield's coach is up there as well.
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Cornell looking pretty solid
A lot of folks up here were saying to look out and I passed it off as homerism or rooting for a local underdog, but they’re looking good against Temple.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:46 PM EDT reply actions
.
http://www.voodoofive.com/2010/3/19/1380775/day-two-ncaa-tournament-open-thread#32853392
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Watching them play they are all hustle
Jacking up bad shots from everywhere, panicking on offense, defense isn’t bad, but that’s a product of hustle, once they get a little tired they will get buried
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Tim Tearbow's upset about that too
Good thing he’s got Snuggies and Urban Mayer to keep him warm.
by kericr on Mar 19, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
That is fantastic
Best comment of the week so far.
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
THE DREAM IS DEAD
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by Jamie DeVriend on Mar 19, 2010 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
From someone who hasnt watched much NCAA BB this year
Is Cornell a realistic threat to Temple, or is this just a fluke so far?
What he wants, he gets
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think he could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Tommy Boy/Dan Rather reference
try to keep up
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
It's been applied for.
BULB in the interim.
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by Jamie DeVriend on Mar 19, 2010 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
BYOB
Stupid word suggestion on the iPhone.
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by Jamie DeVriend on Mar 19, 2010 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds dirty
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by Jamie DeVriend on Mar 19, 2010 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
What did President Johnson ever do to you?
Can't we all just get along?
by St Longo Drew on Mar 19, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
He makes more in one day than you will in your entire year
Dude can do whatever he wants.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
So are most people that draw the envy of the masses
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
What'd he do now tip at 16% instead of 20%?
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
No they just mentioned him when talking about the Xavier player that dunked on him.
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My picks looking good so far today.
Can't we all just get along?
by St Longo Drew on Mar 19, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Thats what you get for taking a Philly team
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Not screech owls
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by St Longo Drew on Mar 19, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep looking good as well.
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
That's what I'm hoping.
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by St Longo Drew on Mar 19, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Hope so
Got the Saints going to the Sweet 16
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Is that any good?
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it's fun, both it and the sequel have some technical issues though.
Story and gameplay are universally rediculous, which makes it enjoyable.
MW2 has kind of bogged down for me since it's impossible to climb the ladder the way that some people are constantly playing
One of my proudest moments in gaming history is beating San Andreas without using a single cheat code.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
You're literally the only person I know that doesn't like it
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
It's not that I don't like it, I just think it's an ok game
not epic like many people think.
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I also don't know anyone that would claim it's epic
It’s an upgrade over MW which was a game that I thoroughly enjoyed. Once some more maps come out I’m sure my enthusiasm will be revived.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
A lot of the annoying stuff about it has been fixed
Namely grenades blowing up everything within a square block of where they landed.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
It's still a bleh game.
I’m sick of just mindless shooters. Give me some strategy and teamwork!!!
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They nerfed that.
You can still akimbo it but they aren’t as strong according to my friend
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And I'm sure tons of people just whined about it.
For a game that claims to have realistic guns with realistic damage modeling, range, etc, it’s patently stupid that the mere concept of akimbo shotguns got past the idea stage. It shouldn’t have been nerfed, it should have been outright removed.
One thing I don't like, and it probably encompasses most of your beef,
is that instead of doing a beta, they put the game out and let people pay to beta the game. They have fixed just about all of the major flaws, but I don’t like having to pay to beta something, it should be the other way around.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes that was really dumb.
The maps also are bleh IMO and I’m just sick of the run and gun game play I’d like to slow it down ya dig?
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If you competently build your classes, you can slow it down or speed it up
work at range or up close, anytime that you are playing other humans you’re going to have people that prefer CQC over ranged combat, good luck punting that from a game.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't prefer range I just like slower style games like Rainbow 6
for my shooters. Even Halo I tolerate more.
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I'm not sure if Rainbow 6 ever had online play
I would think it’s people that are the problem not the game. Same with nuke boosters in MW2, people bitch about the designers, but it’s people that cheat the game.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes Rainbow 6 did.
And no it’s a game problem because you can’t play it slow with the running fast and stuff. It’s just a quick shooter. Also designers should find a way to make it harder/not able to cheat. It’s not hard to boost in that game at all.
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If Gerard Butler "acts" in one more shitty rom-com I will boycott the next film that Guy Ritchie makes.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:15 PM EDT reply actions
Everybody on the Big Red can handle the ball, it's crazy.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:17 PM EDT reply actions
Minnesota Hits a Three to get within seven
Crown mehs in delight.
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FEEL THE INDIFFERENCE
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by Jamie DeVriend on Mar 19, 2010 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
No idea
Back at the office, and about to switch over to Siena-Purdue
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Nothing was going to compare to yesterday
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
If you all had been here yesterday
we could have gone 2000 comments, easy. It’s all your fault.
/never take responsibility
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by Jamie DeVriend on Mar 19, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow.
So, LeBron’s in a state farm commercial where he’s playing with a bunch of imaginary players from the past in a college game, taking the final shot to win it. Anybody else see what’s wrong here?
His high school's mascot was the Irish
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
"I'm so angry I could poop"
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
As in the school that he played at in HS
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
link?
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
You guys need to get some new jobs, I didn't see much of a problem with that
Other than the black bar over the “victim’s” eyes
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Working from home is the shizz
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice dunk by Siena
Best game of the day so far. I feel bad for whoever is about to be forced to watch Wofford/Wisconsin
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Siena is heating up
Purdue isn’t hitting anything right now.
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
This has been a really good game so far, I hope it stays tight, but Siena is looking solid
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Impressive.
Kid didn’t even try to break the backboard
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
That rim was weak sauce
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Most high school rims are
They make the worn-out Sun Done baskets look state-of-the-art.
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by Jamie DeVriend on Mar 19, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
What the hell is Siena's mascot?
Dog? Rabbit? Manbearpig?
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Oh really? He's usually so calm and quiet.
Can't we all just get along?
by St Longo Drew on Mar 19, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
We don't curse on this site.
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Day late and a dollar short
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by St Longo Drew on Mar 19, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Bring back David Lee
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
No I liked the pick
Hated him in college but I thought he would be a good center, plays good defense handles ball well. Just is a clown. He pissed me off going into last season in horrible shape, weed, but he is doing well when healthy. Love his hustle
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Let's go Tigers, beat the, Tigers
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 3:25 PM EDT reply actions
This game is the reason they sent Gus to Buffalo
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
And I thought launching over NCAA Opening Weekend would hurt traffic...
Thanks to all of you for being here today!! I’m the Vegas local around here, so off to watch the games at the sports book. Hope to see all of you check back often as we get it started around here.
Ah crap
Just look up and they are down 10.
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by Ken DeCelles on Mar 19, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Is there any doubt
that this Clemson/Missouri game ends up 83-82 and Gus Johnson has an orgasm on live TV?
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I was thinking his head explodes one way or another.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Mar 19, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Purdue wins.
Might be the first time brackets have been busted because a 13 seed LOST a game.
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So down to 13 for my Sweet 16
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by St Longo Drew on Mar 19, 2010 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Time to watch my Texas A&M alum co-worker agonize for 2 hours.
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Pitt Carries The Mantle!
I’ll take boring and stable winning at this point. The last thing the BE needs now is drama.
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