another day another OGT…I’ll be in and out…headed to the Denver St. Patricks Day parade to get my celebration started. Hold it down for me while I’m gone and only one more day until selection Sunday

Binghamton 36 UMBC 27

Only one game on, though, to greet my sleepy eyes.

UMBC is the 6-seed, by the way, in the America East. Would be a monstrous upset.

Could be a good finish.

I’m here.

Binghamton just won, so there’s that.

And Memphis is absolutely demolishing Tulsa. So, boo.

The SEC/ACC/Big 10/11 semis need to be the shit, or this morning was a complete waste.

If you care about reading on Binghamton, at all, there was an interesting piece in the NY Times about that. Lots of scandal has surrounded the program since moving up from D-3 to their current place in D-1.

I thought it was interesting, at least — Link.

On the chance I’m not around tomorrow, can we get some rooting mojo going for SFA? They’ve never been to the big dance and I would kill to see the Lumberjacks make it.

I missed that happening and then when I got home last night, still wired, I tried to make some comments on the OGT, too bad it was the day’s before OGT, now I understand all the Subway comments

When are we getting a Roll Call for that day? You wanna talk about monster numbers….

I bet Denver probably had 500 comments that day lol.

And considering how crappy of a game it is, that is saying something.

Jay Bilas is the man, though

Just no one is talking about them because they play in the sucky SEC, which is only in line for 2 bids, currently.

Auburn could as well.

So could USC in the Pac 10, and obviously Baylor in the Big 12. Bid-stealing is abound!

when do real games start?

Binghampton starts with the letter “B.”

Hey guys.

What team would you most like to face in the first round (likely 13-16 seed), for any reason?

I’ll go with Cornell. I know a douchebag that went there, and I’d love to absolutely destroy them just to shove it in his pretentious Ivy League a-hole face. Jerk.

that just seems so unlikely to me

If you read my seeding post, this is good news. So, regrettably, go Tar Heels. Today, at least.

Memphis does not deserve a 1 seed….they haven’t lost since Dec. 20th because they play nobody in conference

But, gone again. Apparently my mom doesn’t understand the importance of March Madness, and she wants the bathroom re-tiled. And, of course, it has to be done NOW, while there are games on every station, all day long. Don’t have too much fun without me, and stop talking about me when I’m not here :D

FSU now up 4, 2:30 minutes in

Mississippi State up 8 on LSU. If Auburn wins later on, then that is a bid guaranteed to be stolen.

Moving on to the ACC and Big 10/11 games…

FSU-UNC is turning into a really, really good game.

Wow. That pretty much solves the 1-seed debate: congratulations, Louisville.

Let the players play.

Mike Patrick, you’re just wrong.

Even though it might end up hurting KU if FSU wins tomorrow (and even then, we could still be ahead…who knows) I am definitely cheering for the Noles.

I just can’t root for Hansbrough and UNC.

They have to be the weirdest team in the country.

They are a lot like Baylor, actually, just play in a much easier conference, making it easier to stack up enough W’s to become an NCAA team. WEll, that and they are more talented.

Dick Vitale gets to call the ACC nightcap.

here’s to a 3-seed

Go Baylor!

I’m one parade and eight black and tans in and ready for some basketball…oh yeah and Boulevard Beer is now being served in Colorado so I got me one of those too.

Anything newsworthy today??

Go Maryland.

Go Purdue.

Go Conference Championship games in a half-hour!!!

a) they would shrink the bubble, probably knocking Arizona out, giving us the longest active streak of tournament appearances.
b) I would root for Nazis if they were playing Missouri.

just played the legend of Zelda theme.

make anybody else’s ears bleed?

Starting in oh, about 5 minutes, all of them are Championship games.

The real stuff.

I can’t wait.

Lunardi’s latest bracketology has us as a #2….

do we even have an argument…I just don’t see it.

As soon as these already-over games can actually end, we can get to the two bid-stealers.

And I love bid-stealing. And, honestly, both Baylor and USC are much, much better teams than Maryland. Much. They just don’t always play “hard”, or whatever.

Seriously, though, I hope both teams win. Really, really hope they both win.

A-10 game on ESPN2.

Duquesne-Temple, with whoever wins stealing a bid.

Will Maryland get in?

Once they start to hit the shots, they should be fine.

feels like whoever finally starts knocking down shots could run away with it…Baylor can’t make shit from outside so far though and Missouri isn’t getting a whole lot of good looks against that zone

Dunn hasn’t really cooled since he torched us Thursday.

Baylor’s legs have finally fallen off. They look slow, and they are playing very lazy right now.

No? Dang.

Come on, Tweety!

LOVE that!

Baylor better realize Mizzou is going to hang 40-50 in the second half if aBaylor continues to play like this.

USC down 10. Boo. I want bids stolen, dammit!

This game appears to be the same as last night’s Missouri game. They come out cold, toy around with the opponent, but Baylor/Oklahoma State can’t quite pull away. In fact, the Tigers are actually winning.

Then Missouri comes out and beats you in the second. Game over.

watching Missouri I’m impressed with how quickly they recover in any situation…they may not be the most talented but they put out one of the best efforts from whistle to whistle of anyone. That allows them to overcome a lot and has made them into the legit opponent they are.

Mizzou 88 – Baylor 71…watch out it’s coming

For the FBB League, do we want to do a regular draft, or an auction? I’m assuming just regular since we have a few either new, or inexperienced players…

Misery is going to win this.

Flipping as much as I am, I don’t have time to come over here and charm all of you.

USC is cutting it close, Duquesne is making a late run, which are both positive. On the negative side, Missouri is running away.

Missed a three, that went in-and-out, then Lace Dunn just missed a layup. He did get his own rebound and got fouled, so it’s all the same in the end, though.

If Baylor can get one more stop, then come back and hit a big shot it’s an entirely different ball game.

And, by the sound of it, I hear A LOT of Baylor fans. A lot of ’em.

It’s the closest to the end, and only a 6-point game.

So it wins.

Then, I’ll go back to constantly flipping between CBS and ESPN.

Temple looks to be pulling away, up 6 with a minute+ left and shooting FT’s.

On to the Big 12, just to see Demarre Carroll hit a back-breaking three.

That will probably do it, folks.

If you’re not watching, you should be.

USC down 1, with the ball after a charge, under a minute to go.

It was a 50/50 call as to it was out on, so before the ball landed he jumped to touch it and hit it off of James Harden.

USC ball.

Outstanding call.

But if USC can hold on, up 2 with 2.4 seconds left, that bid IS stolen.

Bye bye Creighton? Penn State? Minnesota? St. Mary’s?

And now, we move into the less exciting Conference Championships.

Mountain West and MEAC are currently at half, MAC started 10 minutes ago on ESPN2.

Big East upcoming at 8 PM, CDT, on ESPN.

Big East final and Syracuse is down 9 with 4 minutes left. I could L’ville winning this by 20 in the end. Cuse just gives up once they realize, it is over.

And damn, where the hell is everybody?