Rob tackled Thursday's Sweet 16 games, I thought I'd give Friday's games a shot. On with the show, as they say...on with the show, indeed.7:10 PM ET - Detroit Rock City (10)Davidson (28-6, 20-0 Southern) vs. (3)Wisconsin (31-4, 16-2 Big Ten)
For the record, his name is pronounced like this guy (Edberg), though mom and pop Curry went with the traditional spelling. I think Teej wanted a picture of Swedish tennis great Stefan Edberg here, but I'm too lazy to go find one. G:TB is really torn, given our concomitant love for both Bo Ryan specifically and the underdog generally. We didn't give Curry a chance against Georgetown and that worked out poorly for us, but recent history has shown that reversal of opinion tends to lead to bad juju, so the pick here is Wisconsin by a healthy margin - lay the 4.5, Danny.
7:27 PM ET - Houston (3)Stanford (28-7, 13-5 Pac-10) vs. (2)Texas (30-6, 13-3 Big 12)
I hear the Lopez boys are dumb as bricks. But Connor Atchley is the love great-grandchild of Albert Einstein and Marie Curie. G:TB loves Cardinal(s) of all kinds - Stanford rolls and doesn't stop until they get to San Antonio.
9:40 PM ET - Detroit (12)Villanova (22-12, 9-9 Big East) vs. (1)Kansas (33-3, 13-3 Big 12)
This is like Lion-O vs. Snarf. Or Joey Dorsey vs. long division, a complete mismatch. After running Nova out of the gym, Lion-O is celebrating with a Cheetarah/She-Ra threesome. I don't have the first fucking clue what any of that means, but it sounds awesome - especially the part about the threesome. I think Teej likes Kansas here, but I'm confused about the Joey Dorsey inclusion. Also, this would make more sense if it were linked to the Memphis Tigers, what with all the big cat cartoon references. I like the Jayhawks to win, but unlike my oft-addled compadre, my Big East bias says the Wildcats beat the 12.5-point number.
9:57 PM ET - Houston (5)Michigan State (27-8, 12-6 Big Ten) vs. (1)Memphis (35-1, 16-0 C-USA)
Make. your. fucking. free throws. Indeed. There's just no way Drew Neitzel and Goran Suton can hang with CDR, Derrick Rose, the aforementioned Joey Dorsey, and the rest of Memphis' talented cast. Or is there? The relevant aspect of this game for those that think MSU has a chance: Tom Izzo > John Calipari by quite a wide margin. I don't know who has the broadcast of this one, but expect Dick Vitale to burst a capillary in the pregame sputtering on about Italian delicacies. I'd give a month's salary to see Bob Knight pull a Neil Reed on Dickie V mid-rant. G:TB is taking Sparty to win, with full knowledge that we'll regret it.
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Bump, set...
It's like Rob climbed right in my head, which is actually possible given his diminutive stature.
Lil' Dennis' picks (from post below):
Without hesitating, he went with strong bangs of the 1 Cup on the Memphis, Wisconsin, and Kansas games...and then switched to the 1/4 Cup for the Stanford game. Might have had something to do with the tall "Mexican fellas" that look alike.
Mark it zero, Donnie.
Joey Dorsey would make a great Panthro.
Or paperweight.
i just realized that i'm quite nicely (and quite unintentionally) hedged in my two tournament bracket-style wagers.
louisville and stanford make the final four, awesome in one. carolina and texas do so, bully for me in the other. a pox on memphis.
i haven't paid a lot of attention to the lebron/gisele/"hey, that's racist"/"no, it isn't" contretemps, but this is at least a fucked up coincidence:
http://thebiglead.com/?p=5187
I can't believe you made a Thundercats reference, or that I got the Thundercats reference.
davidson/wisconsin bringing the goods.
gus johnson, too, is bringing it.
the whole davidson team can shoot, and wisconsin's acting like they don't want to believe it. they'll keep giving open jumpers at their own peril.
gtb's boy bo ryan's gonna break something at halftime.
You mean like the Soulja Boy?
Anyone remember the article I found a few months back about blow washing up on the shores of Brazil (or Chile or whatever) where it mentioned that the locals referred to it as "White Lobster"? Well, if you do, you're really enjoying Gus Johnson continually calling that one Davidson sub the White Lobster.
Gus Johnson...driving me to drug use.
stanford's guards might think about joining the action before it's too late.
tiaa cref is stealing the best song ever written. bastards.
Mitch Johnson is poop.
Wisconsin is playing uncharacteristically impatient and dumb.
davidson made georgetown do the same thing. i'm starting to think these guys may be well-coached.
refs trying to even out the number of fouls now. this half may take 2 hours.
curry is sick. he's toying with them.
I guess we shouldn't be surprised by Curry anymore, but damn is he crafty or what?
jesus.
everybody in michigan knew he was gonna take that, and he still got it off against a great defender.
"young fella!"
This game has to break some sort of unofficial record for least amount of total tattoos in the Sweet 16 over the past decade.
Good God this kid is ridiculous...
That was also a hell of lefty pass off the dribble from Richards.
this is a woodshedding.
richards is really good.
Indeed he is
nice little sequence for stanford: give up a tip-in, 7-footer blows a bunny, retarded turnover leads to a lay-up. tight.
where has the cbssports.com on demand been my whole life? i'm watching both games right now. it's like i was blind and now i can see.
stanford appears to be playing something other than basketball.
The on demand thing's been around for at least 3 or 4 years now...
yes, well, it's new to me.
Somebody explain to me why CBS just sent me back to this Davidson game...
they knew texas would eventually blow out stanford, and figure the davidson celebration will be cool.
curry outscored wisconsin in the second half.
kansas slaughters them with malice aforethought, right?
what the fuck was i thinking with stanford?
They have to...they just have to...unless Davidson is George Mason and Kansas is UConn.
Admit it, I just blew your mind.
Everyone else who picked Stanford to the Final 4 is saying the same thing.
yeah. you did. and curry's way better than anyone on that mason team (which is saying something, because they had some players). richards may be, too. and davidson shoots better as a team from deep than that mason team did.
Yeah, Davidson's not as good inside though and that was a key to them being able to beat UConn. However, Kansas is similar to UConn in that they're deep and athletic yet somewhat shaky and lacking in a true go-to guy.
Some Davidson students are going to get a rude awakening 9or stabbing) when they head out into downtown Detroit to celebrate tonight as I'm guessing its probably a little rougher than downtown Charlotte...
where was that game, the palace? that's nowhere near downtown, if so, which is good for their preppy asses.
bit of a men against boys thing happening here in detroit.
if kansas makes it to the final four, they'll have beaten the 16, 8, 12, and 10 seeds to get there. could be the easiest route in history.
ah, no - it's ford field. they're fucked.
Yep. Ford Field, I hate when they have the regionals in enormous stadiums. I think the games in Houston are going on at Reliant too.
i'm looking good to go 0-4 tonight after going 4-0 last night. dennis' kid looks like 3-1. whippersnapper.
So Memphis is still the weekest #1 seed?
Or weakest?
i don't even have anything snarky to say about memphis. they're playing perfectly. they played like this against georgetown in the regular season, too. this is impressive.
Was I shitfaced cockmaster, or did Davidson fucking do it again?
And now Dennis and I have to drive a fucking hour to Fredericksburg for a N.L.-only draft...dagger.
And Joey Dorsey would be a great Panthro
i don't think you being a shit-faced cockmaster and davidson are mutually exclusive events. i'd quite bet that both were true last night.
We broke the bathroom door off its hinges at the Outer Banks Brewing Station last night in an attempt to stick a 6'3" guy's head in the toilet on his 40th birthday.
Maturity . . . it's not right around the bend, I'd say.
by your use of the term 'attempt', i'm guessing it didn't end well.
man, ucla just went 0 to 60 in seconds.
I really need Louisville to win this game...
carolina just looks inevitable.
jesus, louisville, get a fucking rebound.
Rick, wake these guys up...
hi teejay! did you get ryan braun?
terrence williams. boing!
Elijah Dukes baby
you and 11 women in south florida.
We have three wife beaters on the squad - Dukes, Brett Myers and Jorge Cantu.
jorge cantu freaks me out. he tucks his ears under his cap. i may have to post on that one of these days.
Play some fucking defense
cripes, i hope tomorrow's games are at least entertaining.
"oh, they love the tar heels in charlotte"
i'll take unintentional indictments of the ncaa for 300, alex.
And I'll take "The Rapists" for 500
it says it right there, trebek.
sox/dodgers at the coliseum is on nesn. strangest field configuration i've seen since the last rock 'n jock softball game.
the dodgers are playing with 5 infielders. absurd.
"oh, my, a four-point game"
followed by that spaz hansbrough not getting boxed out.
And a short fielder to cut off Pierre's throws
Come on fuckers
did pitino change suits at haftime?
David Padgett has horrendous teeth
The Rock's father and grandfather are being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame tonight...it's on USA Network.
clark knows how the traveling rule works, yes?
hansbrough's just beating on padgett. can we get a whistle here?
I hate Danny Green
Make the fucking free throws please
"and that's a reacharound on hansbrough"
ewww.
alex cora just fielded a liner off the wall in left. he's playing shortstop.
So it's jai alai?
lawson. dagger.
Earl Clark is a beast
here. catch this.
Williams is killing me
andre ethier just tried to throw mike lowell out at first on a liner to left-center. this. is. absurd.
Bill James on 60 Minutes tomorrow night
aaand, ballgame. g'nite teejay. g'nite johnboy.
Earl...
Fucking spaz
Jay, give it a rest
Whoa...with that camera angle and Wakefield throwing 65 it looks like a rock'n jock game. That is weird. 201 feet?
"Whatis dat? A laddah?"
Is Bill Bellamy involved?
Yeah, I think he's the umpire.
No, I think that's Kurt Loder behind the plate.
Adam Curry is manning the bullpen phone.
OK, apparently if you ever want to fly out of Dulles, do it at 10am on a Sunday. This place is dead...and I am quite obviously bored.
Go Davidson
Who's excited for the start of baseball season? I know I am...
Hey TJ!
Hi Mark!
I'm being told to turn off my portable electronic device now...miss ya buddy.
where you going, teej?
i was excited for the opening of baseball season. now that it's already happened, it feels a little anticlimactic.
Robert, I'm in Boston...
And games in Japan don't count for Opening Day. Sorry.
yes, i know. i'm still a bit nonplussed by the whole japan thing. i like my opening day to happen in the afternoon and on american soil. i'm jingoistic that way.
you gotta see the goal pretty boy cristiano ronaldo scored against aston villa yesterday.
http://deadspin.com/373828/i-cant-even-think-about-doing-this-without-falling-down
And I hope your Sox have a better April after the Japan trip than los Jankees had a few years back.
Well, no, I don't hope, but you should.
i'll take the same result at the end of the regular season.
Maybe I did know this and forgot (entirely possible), but new Oriole uber rookie Adam Jones is black?
not that there's anything wrong with that.
when is the first g:tb staff pilgrimage to nationals park?
Just passed Fenway...
gave you goosebumps, didn't it?
Yeah, something like that.
well, that's a kick in the ass. i thought the memphis/texas game started at 2:40. missed the first 5 minutes. neat.
I was really anticipating the Augustin-Rose individual matchup. Thus far, its been decidely one-sided.
I know this shouldn't bother me, or even matter, but I find it very odd that Chris Douglas-Roberts wore a t-shirt under his jersey for the entirety of his career prior to this year's NCAA tourney.
Boys I have no TV access for this TX/MEM game...can I get the cliff notes version of the first half pls?
Boring.
Ronaldo is playing at an outrageously high level.
And the streak continues. Another year of earning zero cash from pools.
What's more awkward than a TV interview with a college kid sitting between his parents?
So, we either get George Mason Part Deux or four #1 seeds making the Final Four for the first time...
Go Davidson.
Hmmm, not a lot of offense so far...
Oh man, the thought of Gus Johnson calling a Curry game winner is too much to handle
Whoa whoa whoa - Burger King sells tater tots filled with cheese?
OK, that Subway five dollar foot long ad is creepy
Damn you Hackman how much money do you make?????
I'm a little disappointed that TJs such a late arrival to the Cheesy Tots party.
The White Lobster!
Hey...I'm just repeating Gus Johnson now...The White Lobster is cooking!
SASHAKAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHNNNNNNN
Damn.
If Curry could knock down open 3s in the 2nd half then Davidson is winning this.
Curry still had a good game today, but they needed him to be awesome. The amount of attention he's receiving is absurd, but he had to hit one of those last 2.
Well...there he goes again...
Where did Sasha Kaun play his high school ball?
In Melbourne.
That was pretty impressive
Fine play you designed there Self...
I like how Gus Johnson calls him Steph Curry, like they're old friends.
Dagger.
i suppose i owe bilas and the rest of the espn guys who picked all the number ones into the final four an apology. i'll be dashing off a quick note first thing in the morning.
I'm pretty excited about the Final Four. Those 4 teams were clearly amongst the top 5 throughout the season's entirety. I expect all 3games to be tightly contested.
BC just scored an unbelievable OT goal to advance to the Frozen Four.
i grudgingly agree, mark. as much as i was pulling for every single one of those number ones to lose in the elite 8, this could be an epic final 4. for all the foofaraw around the cinderellas, i bet cbs' ratings are through the roof next weekend.
nats have this park scouted cold.
who had cristian guzman in the first hit in the new park pool? even leading off, he'd have been my 8th or 9th choice.
president bush seems like a good guy to watch a ballgame with. so that should balance everything out.
Any chance we can dust off Bonnie Bernstein to do the pregame coaches' interviews before Carolina/Kansas?
pretty cool way to break in the new park in dc.
opening day! who's excited?
I thought we covered this yesterday?
yesterday was theoretical excitement. today is actually opening day! can you feel it?!?!
Yes I can.
Or it's gas.
Yep, it's gas.
The Yankees game is looking like a rain-out. Combine that with the day off tomorrow and I have a big fat shitburger to eat as I get ready for the new season.
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