Picks for tomorrow, before I wrap up my three hour workday and head to Verizon. And another picture for Whit.(6)Oklahoma/(11)St. Joe's - I believe Oklahoma has lost games this year scoring 45 (twice) and 49 points. That's bad folks. St. Joe's beat Xavier twice...I love Xavier...therefore St. Joe's wins. Keep it simple stupid.
(3)Louisville/(14)Boise St - Siena thumped Boise by 20 during BracketBusters. I would have to believe Pitino and the boys win by at least that.
(7)Butler/(10)South Alabama - Butler got hosed with a 7 seed. And they might not escape this game because of it. Wait, 30 seconds of research...and I'm going South Alabama. We'll call it the Ronnie Arrow Redemption Story.
(2)Tennessee/(15)American - Some clarification please - it's not American coach Jeff Jones that pummeled the colon of Melissa Stark, right? Tennessee scores 100 in this one.
(2)Texas/(15)Austin Peay - Texas is good. Austin Peay has a funny name.
(7)Miami/(10)St. Mary's - I know absolutely nothing about these two teams. So we'll take the so-called mid-major. Plus, I need at least one WCC team to advance.
(8)Mississippi St/(9)Oregon - I believe it was Seth Davis who said this is more like a 6/11 game. We here at G:TB are big fans of Miss St. sophomore Jarvis Varnado, who averages 4.6 blocks a game. The SEC might, like the Ukraine, be weak, but I'm still trying to figure out how Ernie Kent's squad got into the Dance.
(1)Memphis/(16)Texas-Arlington - There are 328 teams in Division 1. Memphis is ranked 326th in free throw shooting. As a team, they shoot an abysmal 59.6% from the line. Obviously, it won't hurt them here, but sooner or later...
(5)Clemson/(12)Villanova - As I mentioned in the comments the other day, I was impressed by the veteran guard play of the Tigers, as well as the athleticism of the big men. And screw Villanofun - they forced my beloved Cuse to the NIT.
(5)Drake/(12)Western Kentucky - I like Drake's story. Don't hate the Drake, people.
(4)UConn/(13)San Diego - Hasheem Thabeet is also a G:TB fav. San Diego's star guard is apparently the grandson of crazy jungle juice drinkin' Jim Jones, so I'm not backing him and his crazy cult lineage.
(7)Gonzaga/(10)Davidson - Davidson was 20-0 in conference play. I don't care what conference you're in, posting a 20-0 is damn impressive. As is the backcourt of Stephen Curry (the well-known star) and Jason Richards (the underrated PG)...Richards just happened to lead the country with 8.0 APG. Right, I'm not talking about the Zags at all...no need to, they're out.
(2)Georgetown/(15)UMBC - For our boy Geoff, Roy will go 22, 15 and 5 in this game against a UMBC frontline with no one taller than 6'8".
(1)UNC/(16)Mt. St. Mary's - Moving on...
(8)Indiana/(9)Arkansas - Ugh, I don't want to pick the Hoosiers, but I kinda have to.
(4)Vanderbilt/(13)Siena - I saved the best for last. Since the beginning of the season I told anyone who would listen that Siena would win the MAAC, AND would win their 1st round tourney game. So far, so good...now we just need the Saints to find a way to outscore a very balanced 'Dores squad led by Shan Foster and Aussie big man A.J. Ogilvy. Go Saints.
Dennis is going to be so bitter - I just pointed Danny Ferry in the direction of the nearest brew.
ReplyDeleteAccording Rick Vaughn, high school classmate of Danny Ferry, he's the type of guy who's probably looking for a Coors Light.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's the same Jeff Jones.
ReplyDeleteAlso known for leaving his wife for the team manager while he was UVA head coach. The team manager was, in fact, female. And best friends with my high school girlfriend. They were occasional patrons of Arlington's Cowboy Cafe (North) for a while in the late 90's, if only on half-priced burger Tuesdays.
Oh, and he's known in some circles for playing and coaching basketball. But that stuff you can find in the media guide.
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ReplyDeleteTJ, before the festivities begin today, I had to ask if you named your bracket "More OJ, No Mayo" ?
ReplyDeleteI went with "No the (D.J.) White Phone" instead.
ReplyDeleteGeorgia...
ReplyDeleteall right, all right, all right.
ReplyDeletecan't wait to see what google searches bring people our way after teejay's latest.
What's all this about Melissa Stark's colon? Is it at all related to John Starks' testicle?
ReplyDeletegives a whole new meaning to the old snl skit about colon blow cereal.
ReplyDeleteportland state is killing my bracket.
ReplyDeletetough time for deadspin's server to crash.
ReplyDeleteSundiata - not a name.
ReplyDeleteNo one told me Jimmy Kimmel coached Xavier.
ReplyDeletesean miller: a few years from becoming rick majerus.
ReplyDeleteDennis says Miller has a better metabolism.
ReplyDeleteI'm out from the bunker finally. It just dawned on me that I don't have to work tomorrow, meaning I have the whole day to drink scotch, watch basketball and drink beer.
ReplyDeleteI'm dying to talk about my big upset pick in the first round, but the karma gods will punish me. Or so said Gregg Easterbrook, before he went to stare through the window of his local high school's ladies room and masturbate.
One last comment - that girl in the Wheelhouse photo with Bruce Pearl is phenomenal. It looks like Bruce Pearl waxes his chest, but it's hard to rip on the guy after that shot. You kinda admire him in the same way you admire Joe Francis. And you KNOW Bruce did more than put his arm around that girl. I bet it's good to be loved at Rocky Top.
I think there's a similar photo of Coach Shaver with his arm around a Tribal Dancer. Except she was wearing a turtleneck. And he couldn't really get his arm all the way around her rolls of flesh. Go Tribe.
are we beyond the subprime crisis? can i go spend profligately on risky ventures like peep porn once again?
ReplyDeleteWe'll be back with more "Comments on Gheorghe About Pictures Posted on the Wheelhouse" after this message from Munsignwear.
ReplyDeleteThere's been remarkable progress in my hate for Georgia this year. I mean, first the cocktail party and now they're gonna Xavier out of the tourney this early? Fuck, fuck, fuck.
ReplyDeleteThere we go fellas...
ReplyDeletenice reverse jinx, mark. well played.
ReplyDeleteteejay would be on the edge of his seat, but it's likely he's already passed out underneath it.
gotta confess that i'm a little worried about being able to stay awake for the 9:50 pm mason/notre dame tip. really makes me wish i hadn't quit my coke habit.
ReplyDeleteDo what TJ does...wait til your wife goes to bed and then drink 9 vodka red bulls out of oversized red wine glasses.
ReplyDeleteI'm betting TJ just made some stranger uncomfortable after that second 3 in a row for Xavier.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic game.
ReplyDeleteAnd Geoff, she doesn't have to be asleep...
I punched Dennis very hard in the ribs.
ReplyDeleteWoooooow
ReplyDeleteFurther thoughts on mustaches:
ReplyDeletehttp://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?series=2&id=3301695&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab3pos2
Sundiata Gainese just needs to start shaving his head.
ReplyDeleteGame on bitches...game on.
ReplyDeleteSomebody named Carter Blackburn is announcing the Marquette-Kentucky game. Who has names like this?
ReplyDeleteSo that was a damn satisfying game.
ReplyDeleteThe suprise suite spirits didn't hurt.
Geoff's high school friends.
ReplyDeleteChase, Carter, Reed, Bryce, Chadwell, Hewlett...to the Hamptons!
ReplyDeleteIs it true that Geoff was born Jeff Burgdorf and changed his name to fit in with that gang?
ReplyDeleteI like to say that I always root for the underdog, and that's a lie. Georgia was a huge underdog, and it would've been an exciting story -- fans of other SEC schools notwithstanding. I couldn't bring myself to root for them because a Xavier loss would've really screwed up my pool(s). It's personally disappointing, and next year I am picking the underdog in each and every game. Which may hurt my chances.
ReplyDeleteUnderdogs are overrated.
ReplyDeleteIt puts the lotion in the basket...
ReplyDeleteor it gets the hose again...
ReplyDeletebaylor, killing the dream.
ReplyDeletevegas, wow. didn't see that coming.
ReplyDeleteOral Roberts just went on television and proclaimed that unless he gets 65 second half points, the Lord is going to call him home.
ReplyDeletecompelling games this session. glad i left work for this.
ReplyDeleteThe guy next to me has Care Bear gummi bears.
ReplyDeleteSwint, get excited.
Yeah, the guy with the care bears just emailed me this:
ReplyDeleteThe guy next to me keeps blogging on his blackberry, laughing silently yet uncontrollably for no apparent reason, has consumed 17 coors lights and mistook the pebbles in the centerpiece for jelly beans...twice.
I still don't understand what Melissa Stark's colon (or her stay-puft goodness -- or her mallowy sweetness) has to do with any of this.
ReplyDeleteIs dominic James the dumbest player in America? I say yes.
ReplyDeletethere is evidence to back you up, mark.
ReplyDeletewhy do the mottrams keep giving those dead tree crew douchenozzles free publicity?
ReplyDeleteSo, Oral Roberts..bad.
ReplyDeleteI worry about Chris sometimes
ReplyDeleteoverdogs are underrated
ReplyDeletebill walker has a thing or two to say about his friend's press clippings.
ReplyDeleteIf there is a dearth of upsets, do we congratulate the committee on a job well done?
ReplyDelete(I hope not.)
Which friend Rob, Mayo or Beasley?
ReplyDeleteAlso, TJ has got to be really, really enjoying Duke's struggles with Belmont.
USC doesn't look interested in playing basketball.
ReplyDeleteTim Floyd's the Norv Turner of the Pac 10.
ReplyDeleteI don't even know what that means...does he have an awful complexion?
ReplyDeletei was thinking mayo, but beasley works, too.
ReplyDeleteTim Floyd is the Robert Palmer of coaching.
ReplyDeleteBelmont...
ReplyDeleteJerry emerges from underneath hs pile of Apple Skoal cans...
ReplyDeleteEven Serge Zwikker thinks brian Zoubek is a stiff.
ReplyDeleteGreg Koubek hates him.
ReplyDeleteGreg Koubek has Thomas Hill's bird is his mouth right now but nodded in agreement.
ReplyDeleteIs Vince Gill really a big enough celebrity to warrant this much air time?
ReplyDeleteI really hate Washington State.
Evidently not, my gf just said that's not Vince Gill. Of course, I said, "um yeah, thats Vince Gill, you know, the country singer".
ReplyDeleteTo which she replied, "Oh, I was thinking of Johnny Gill."
So was Swint
ReplyDeleteJust got paid....Friday Night....
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell do you have against (the late, very good? Robert Palmer? Just because he had a lot of success with other people's tunes? He did just fine with his own songs as well, which is more than a little fellow named Elvis Presley could say. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteMan, quick guards with questionable jumpers sure give Duke a lot of trouble...
ReplyDeleteSomeone go check on Dennis.
ReplyDeleteKevin Harlan has used "laser" as a verb at least 5 times in this K-State game.
ReplyDeleteI keep thinking USC's gonna take over the lead but everytime they get close KSU goes on a 5-6 point run.
ReplyDeleteThey did have to travel all the way to Washington.
ReplyDeleteSuck it Greg! K-State 69. USC 58.
ReplyDeleteMichael. Beasley.
ReplyDeleteBEEEEEEEESLEY!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWinthrop gonna crack 40?
ReplyDeleteOJ Mayo's better than he gets credit for but he wastes so much time either dribblign or holding the ball out top.
ReplyDeleteAnd Beasley nails a three...fuck me.
If you're not rooting for Belmont, well, you're the devil.
ReplyDeleteMayo's game seems to be different than his personality and I think that confuses people.
ReplyDeleteA school that's named after a horse race...
ReplyDeleteI had to have the day games...
ReplyDeleteGood point.
ReplyDeleteIs Geoff at the late games tonight in DC? If so, nice timing on his part.
If Duke played D like that all game, they'd be in the locker room already.
ReplyDeleteTake a charge for christ's sake. Henderson went 90 feet straight up the floor.
ReplyDeleteA lob under the basket is the best play you have in that situation? Duke's not the biggest or most athletic squad but I'm pretty sure they get the nod over Belmont.
ReplyDeleteIs Vitale the time keeper in this game?
ReplyDeletebeat me to it.
ReplyDeleteHow come John Wooden never talks about having somebody in the shadows who can illegally bankroll your talent in those insurance commercials/
Let's go you mormons.
ReplyDeleteAre these TV Timeouts longer than the regular season?
ReplyDeleteFucking Aggies.
ReplyDeleteHahaha Billy Gillipsie...
ReplyDeleteDamn. I picked the Mormons on all 3 brackets. It's all slipping away.
ReplyDeleteI just refused to believe that A&M could win. Why would I put that much trust in the damned Mountain West?
ReplyDeleteOh right, I'm racist.
Wow, the CAA and a realtors commercial? It's all coming together here.
ReplyDeleteTJ's overwhelming disdain for A+M seeped into my selections. I blame him.
ReplyDeleteDoes the CAA have any teams in that new loser tournament?
ReplyDeleteThe CBI? They've got to, you don't even have to be .500 to get in.
ReplyDeleteYep...ODU.
ReplyDeleteNope, I'm at home. Just going to the Saturday games. And I was rooting for Belmont...but I'm sure Dennis wasn't.
ReplyDeleteGeorge Mason is this year's. George Plimpton...dead on arrival.
And a hot plate!
ReplyDeleteFirst mention of William and Mary during a NCAA tournament game? Put it in the books.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't sound like the collective fan bases of Arizona and West Virgina have traveled in large numbers.
ReplyDeleteNobody cares about that game. These 7/10 and 8/9 games need a major vs. a mid-major to have juice.
ReplyDeleteWhat's getting lost in Mason's horrible play is ND's crappy performance.
ReplyDeleteUCLA's cheerleaders are a significantly more attractive than Kansas State's.
ReplyDeleteodu faces uva in the cbi quarterfinals. they'll be the last caa team standing.
ReplyDeletefolarin campbell looks like poop. mason has one guy that belongs on the floor with notre dame right now.
ReplyDeleteEverytime the Irish score Gus Johnson sounds bummed. He's clearly an alumnus of the Buckhantz Broadcast College (aka "the other BBC).
ReplyDeletejordan carter's been deeeep in larranaga's doghouse for weeks - coach is pulling out all the stops.
ReplyDeleteIt appears that Donovan McNabb is one of the Mason cheerleaders. Unexpected...
ReplyDeletei've been dangerously close to that girl (as has teejay). she could kick our collective asses.
ReplyDeleteI'm willing to bet there's not a single person who frequents G:TB or the 'House who picked Cal-State Fullerton...
ReplyDeleteAnyone who picked Cal State Fullerton is either from Fullertown, an asshole, or both.
ReplyDeleteIt's California Geoff, they're all assholes.
ReplyDeleteSeth Davis--who ever sold you that suit has a fantastic sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteYes, California is full of assholes. "Hey, look at me--I'm wearing a t-shirt to a meeting...but I'm fucking awesome cause the t-shirt cost me $400."
ReplyDeleteSad to see Huggins didn't choose to don his lapelled vest for the tourney again.
ReplyDeleteJim Nantz could make describing a gang rape sound schmaltzy.
ReplyDeleteBy the way...I've had a few...
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure that came off the way you were intending...
ReplyDeleteRarely a day goes by where I don't mistakenly implicate myself as a victim of gang rape...
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of gay...Chase Budinger is a poor man's Rudy Gay
ReplyDeleteGus Johnson on Luke Harangody:
ReplyDelete"Kid is a tremendous looking athlete...(pause) Man!
If I didn't shave my head, I'd look like Smalligan from West Virginia...
ReplyDeleteThank god you shave your head.
ReplyDeletePretty solid night in DC.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope this pattern of great games at Verizon Center keeps up thru Saturday.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, lets...
ReplyDeleteLorenzo Mata...Ugliest player in college basketball?
ReplyDeleteGod I hate you Hughes...
ReplyDeleteBy my count, Texas A+M is the highest seed to advance today...as a 9. Right?
ReplyDeleteYeah. Not the most earth shaking first day ever.
ReplyDeleteOn paprer, you've got a nice doubleheader on Saturday.
Or paper...
ReplyDeleteNevermind...the boys from the little apple were an #11.
ReplyDelete