The creator of this blog (rob) sent me his picks this week, so what the hell, I'm gonna run with these and attempt to guess the rationale behind each...UCLA at Arizona
UCLA. Rob has manlove for Aaron Afflalo. I am not here to judge his picks, but if there is one game on this list where I would switch choices, it's this one. HOWEVAH, it's his show, and it says here the return to health of Darren Collison leads the Bruins to victory. Barely.
Washington at Pittsburgh
Pitt. Rob has manlove for Aaron Gray. Pitt was absolutely embarrassed by Louisville at home last week, where they never lose (78-7 since the Petersen Events Center opened in 2002). Plus, Washington is traveling 3,000 miles for this game and you see where that got UCLA last weekend. The Huskies also play no defense, so that could be a problem for Lorenzo Romar's bunch.
Southern Illinois at Butler
Butler. Rob has manlove for...all right, enough of this. Butler is good, but they're not even in first place in their conference. SIU, however, leads the very tough MVC. Not sure how Rob got this one, perhaps he was swayed by Butler's 6-0 home record?
Memphis at Gonzaga
Memphis. Despite the lengthy travel, Tigers by 10+. Conquering Conference USA is akin to taking Australia in Risk - sure, you've conquered a continent and get the two extra armies, feeling good about yourself in the process, but really what did you gain? False optimism, that's what. Rob is too "high"brow for the lame drug reference here. But obviously I'm not.
Northern Iowa at Nevada
Nevada. I have manlove for Nick Fazekas. Early in the year it looked like NIU could vie for the MVC title, but a recent 4 game losing streak has ended those dreams. My love for Nevada is only barely topped by the VCU love, so this is a relatively easy pick. Question - Which current NBA whitey does Fazekas remind you of most? And yes Dennis, Euro whiteys are allowed in this conversation.
North Carolina at Boston College
UNC. Rob is expecting back-to-back lame efforts from the Eagles I guess. Carolina will be out to prove something after the home loss to Va Tech, and Rob obviously assumes BC will lay down again for a big time opponent (Duke owned them the other night). UNC and their deep, talented roster wear down BC, and Al Skinner finger paints during the entire second half.
UConn at Syracuse
Cuse. Now I think he's just kissing up...might be an at-large elimination game the way these two have played this year. Cuse has struggled with consistency all year, but will turn it on in front of the Carrier Dome faithful this weekend, pushing Jim Calhoun's Huskies to the brink of NIT-dom. Here's hoping you caught Demetris Nichols one-man show last week against St. John's (37 and 10)...it's much better than Bruce Vilanch's "Almost Famous".
Georgetown at Villanova
Georgetown. Hottest team in college hoops right now. Easiest pick on this list. 8 game winning streak in which they aren't just winning, they're crushing teams. I'm still having trouble processing the November version of this team vs. the February version...polar opposites. Hoyas could have 10 game win streak when they host Pitt for Big East regular season title Febraury 24 at the MCI (nee Verizon) Center.
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I'm thinking of going to that Gtown/Pitt game if anyone wants in...it's a 2pm tip on that Saturday.
okay, let's break it down.
for starters, that squirrel picture is now my desktop background. kudos to teejay.
ucla - i actually have manloathe for lute olsen. arizona's just not very good, and ucla is very, very good.
pitt - wvu showed ucla how tough it is to travel east for a single game. uw ain't no ucla, and pitt's both better than wvu, and pissed off at losing to louisville. this one's a no-brainer.
butler - teejay missed the manlove for a.j. graves (y'know - diminutive white guys need to stick together), but the homecourt status is the factor here.
memphis - tough one here, but gonzaga's reeling with the suspension to heytvelt, and memphis needs a decent ooc win for seeding purposes.
nevada - i've seen uni play, and i've seen nevada play, and nevada's just better. and they're at home.
unc - boston college is doing it with smoke and mirrors. carolina has loads more talent, and will run the eagles off the court in a matchup of 2 ticked off teams.
cuse - uconn's simply not a very good team.
georgetown - despite their recent run, this one wasn't the no-brainer teej might believe. in the end, hibbert and green are playing ridiculously well together right now, which frees up the perimeter players, which makes the hoyas a really tough beat, even on the road.
Someone mentioned this the other night (maybe Bilas), but it's entirely conceivable BC will go from 1st in the ACC to 5th in the span of 2 weeks...and if you want a lock to lose in the 1st Round, it's the Eagles.
Please...please...please fire him:
Is ESPN on the verge of cutting ties with NFL analyst Michael Irvin? One industry source believes the decision has already been made, and that some at the network view the outspoken Irvin as a ticking time bomb, ready to explode into a public-relations nightmare. ESPN did not confirm or deny the report, but issued a statement, saying: "We are currently in the process of discussing studio assignments for next season." There is speculation that newly retired Bill Parcells could end up at the network, but there is no indication that a deal is imminent.
Ticking time bomb because of a comment he might make or an outside-the-studio episode? (Or both.)
With every Georgetown win the Big Blue from ODU gets a few ticks up in the SOS category. Go Hoyas, you're helping the CAA.
Oh, and it finally just registered what the title of this post was from ... and it's in my Top 10 of all time. Duh.
I want you to get this fuck where he breathes! I want you to find this nancy-boy Eliot Ness, I want him DEAD! I want his family DEAD! I want his house burned to the GROUND! I wanna go there in the middle of the night and I wanna PISS ON HIS ASHES!
For the record, there are 26 movies in Whitney's All time Top 10.
Hmmm... I might have to come up with a list, fearing that Geoff is right.
this is shaping up as a fantastic day of college basketball. hoyas/nova has been fantastic - down to the last tv timeout separated by 1.
georgetown's a really well-coached team. no panic, even when hibbert was rendered a non-factor on the offensive end. really efficient on offense and on the defensive boards. big road win today despite not playing their best game.
pitt, on the other hand, looks like they're still asleep.
hey, teej. i think i'm in for that gtown/pitt game.
tribe with 13 points at halftime against fairfield. nice.
and hofstra's trying to lose to holy cross.
Horrendous effort being put forth by the Tribe against the 11-17 Stags...
16-point loss to the 6th place team in the maac. the rest of the caa is giving the tribe the stinkeye right now. same old sorry-ass tribe: 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
tough bracket buster saturday for the caa - 5-7, with tough losses for vcu and mason, and a loss to iona. vcu's probably got to win the conference tourney to get an at large, though hofstra and odu may be able to get in as at-larges.
Congrats on the 7-1 week Robert...let's see what Whit can deliver next week.
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