"I Think It's His Ankle..."

"Yea, it's the right angle their looking at...". Obviously, they couldn't see the newly formed elbow approximately 1/2 way up his shin. And yes, Bryan, I agree that wasn't a shotgun going off. I can't believe it was that loud. Ahhh, sports injuries...

Monday Afternoon Bracketology

Fantasy Football is almost over so now March Madness can have my full attention.

1 seed vs 16 seed
Kansas vs Prairie View/Long Island
Kentucky vs Morgan State
Texas vs Stony Brook
Purdue vs Army

2 seed vs 15 seed
Duke vs College of Charleston
West Virginia vs Montana State
Syracuse vs Pacific
Villanova vs Coastal Carolina

3 seed vs 14 seed
North Carolina vs Denver
Michigan State vs UWGB
Connecticut vs IUPUI
Georgetown vs Belmont

4 seed vs 13 seed
Clemson vs Murray State
Tennessee vs Akron
Washington vs Sam Houston State
Florida State vs Lousiana Tech

5 seed vs 12 seed
New Mexico vs Old Dominion
Mississippi vs Cornell
Georgia Tech vs UNLV
Ohio State vs Northern Iowa

6 seed vs 11 seed
California vs Siena
Mississippi State vs Illinois
Texas A&M vs St. John's
Kansas State vs Oklahoma State

7 seed vs 10 seed
Florida vs Temple
Butler vs Louisville
Maryland vs Gonzaga
Texas Tech vs Pittsburgh

8 seed vs 9 seed
Wisconsin vs Memphis
UAB vs Dayton
Miami vs BYU
Rhode Island vs Minnesota

Last Four Out
Marquette
Xavier
Cincinnati
Missouri State

Next Four Out
Seton Hall
Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
Northwestern

Also Considered
William & Mary
VCU
Richmond
Missouri
St. Mary's
San Diego State
USC
Wake Forest
Portland
Vanderbilt
South Carolina
North Carolina State
Washington State
Alabama
Nevada
Niagara
Charlotte
Tulsa
Marshall
Baylor
Wright State
Witchita State
South Florida
Arizona State
Oklahoma
Boston College
Iowa State
Illinois State
Houston
UTEP
Utah State
Michigan

Daaaammmmnnnn

That's just plain nasty. I'm pretty sure you can hear the snap at 0.22, for the gruesome in all of you. you dont want to, but you'll give it a listen just to see if I'm right.

Hope you had a good Xmas Ben. See you in approx 3 months.

And to keep this real on the college Bball, Marquette knocks of Presbyterian. How's that for holiday spirit?

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone. I miss you all and I hope you have a safe, happy holiday.

Go Duke.

That Might Be Broken.

Wait for it...0.42 mark

Roy Williams Explanation

It’s strange that it has gotten a heck of a lot attention, but the good news is that I haven’t had to pay too much attention to it. I haven’t heard it, but people are telling me about it. It was unfortunate. Just to tell you in my opinion what happened… Let me give you some background first. In New York City, when we played Ohio State, it was the absolute worst scenario that I’ve ever had to put up with.

“A couple of guys about 10 feet from our bench screamed and yelled at us all night long. Yelled at our players and would say, ‘Deon Thompson – you stink.’ But they didn’t use the word ‘stink.’ Or ‘Dexter Strickland – you stink,’ but they didn’t use the word ‘stink.’ We had to listen to that garbage all night long and we had two different parents that sort of got a little disappointed, a little upset, could have gotten into a confrontation. The security guards did absolutely nothing and it really ticked me off. So I said, ‘I know we have to put up with that on the road, let’s just go.’ We didn’t say anything. Joe Holladay was sitting two or three feet from the guy, but we didn’t say anything whatsoever.

“Saturday night, all of a sudden, some guy stands up and starts yelling at Deon and it came from behind our bench. And you know how when some things happen, you instantly think of something? My first thought was, ‘Now our parents are having to listen to somebody else, and it’s in our own building.’ And so I turned around and I said, ‘Who said that?’ And about 40-50-60-70-80 people started pointing up at this guy. The guy gets up and starts gyrating with his arms and everything like, ‘Yeah, it was me,’ and that kind of thing. And it really did tick me off. I turned and said something to the ushers behind the bench and they started up through there, and I turned around and coached the game. I have no idea what happened. I never turned around to the guy again.

“But my feeling was immediately that our parents who sit right behind our bench have to put up with that stuff again in our own building. So that was it. And after the game, they told me that they had escorted the young man out. Supposedly what had happened was they had asked him for his ticket and he didn’t have a ticket or wasn’t supposed to be sitting in that seat. Supposedly, and I want to emphasis the word supposedly, he didn’t cooperate as much as they wanted, and they chose to take him out.

“Am I disappointed in the whole thing? Yeah, I’m disappointed that it happened. I’m disappointed that I even reacted to it. But again, in our own building, I don’t think that parents ought to have to listen to somebody chastising their son. And whether that’s right or wrong, that’s the way I am. If it’s wrong, it’s wrong. I hate that it happened. I wish that it never happened. Evidently, people have been getting after us all day [on Monday] or getting after me all day. But I tell you what, if that’s the only thing they’ve got to get after me about, I’m a happy young man… If I’m wrong, then that’s good, but I’m not apologizing.”



What freaking planet is this guy from? Players shouldn't have to listen to negative fans? There are negative fans at little league games much less a UNC game. Man Roy Williams is a tool. Whoops, I shouldn't chastise a coach on the internet either according to him. D-Bagger

News Flash: Roy Williams is a Douche

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/unc/story/6611583/

And Louisville sucks this year.

That is all.

Monday Afternoon Bracketology

1 seed vs 16 seed
Kansas vs Jackson State/Morgan State
Kentucky vs Mount St. Mary's
Purdue vs Boston
Texas vs Jacksonville

2 seed vs 15 seed
Villanova vs Holy Cross
North Carolina vs Weber State
Michigan State vs UC-Santa Barbara
Duke vs Radford

3 seed vs 14 seed
West Virginia vs Murray State
Syracuse vs Cornell
Tennessee vs Oakland
Georgetown vs Sam Houston State

4 seed vs 13 seed
Florida vs Akron
Connecticut vs College of Charleston
Washington vs Western Kentucky
Georgia Tech vs Nevada

5 seed vs 12 seed
Florida State vs VCU
Butler vs Siena
Clemson vs Missouri State
Gonzaga vs Northern Iowa

6 seed vs 11 seed
Ohio State vs Mississippi State
Maryland vs BYU
Illinois vs Oklahoma
Dayton vs Louisville

7 seed vs 10 seed
California vs Pittsburgh
Mississippi vs UNLV
Oklahoma State vs New Mexico
Xavier vs Memphis

8 seed vs 9 seed
Wisconsin vs South Carolina
Cincinnati vs Tulsa
Texas A&M vs Kansas State
Texas Tech vs Minnesota

Last Four Out
Wake Forest
Seton Hall
Baylor
Notre Dame

Next Four Out
Vanderbilt
Illinois State
San Diego State
Northwestern

Also Considered
UCLA
Duquesne
Winthorp
George Mason
Old Dominion
UTEP
Wright State
Niagara
Northern Illinois
Houston
Arizona
Portland
Alabama
Washington State
Louisiana Tech
Richmond
Oregon State
Creighton
Michigan
Missouri
Miami
Virginia Tech
Utah State
Arkansas
Northeastern
Witchita State
Charlotte
Rhode Island
Temple
UAB
Marshall
Arizona State
St. Mary's

Amal McCaskill

since i went there in the previous post, I had to look it up:

After a four-year career at Marquette University, McCaskill was selected by the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic with the 49th pick (2nd round) of the 1996 NBA Draft. He appeared in 4 seasons with as many teams: 1996-97 with Orlando, 2001-02 with the San Antonio Spurs, 2002-03 with the Atlanta Hawks and 2003-04 with the Philadelphia 76ers.

After his release from Orlando in 1997 (and Philadelphia in 2004), McCaskill played as an import in Greece, Spain, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Italy and Lebanon. In the United States, McCaskill also appeared for the CBA's Fort Wayne Fury in 1997-98, and the Albany Patroons (2007-08).

In June 2008, McCaskill moved to the Philippine Basketball Association, as an import for the Magnolia Beverage Masters, helping it reach the semi-finals.[1]

In July 2009, he joined the KBL's Incheon ET Land Elephants, in South Korea.


I'll give the guy credit...that's dedication to a b-ball career. I'm not sure if I like the "Beverage Masters" or "Land Elephants" better!!

Ugh.

That sucked donkey di#$. Reminded me a lot of Duke-UW, Wisky jumped out early and never really looked back. Marquette needs a solid shooter.....and a big man. Where's Amal McCaskill when you need him?

I guess using the logic in the previous post, this makes UWGB the best team in the state. Go Team!

UW - Green Bay

Hmmm, UWGB beat Wisconsin who beat Duke. Therefore UWGB is better than Duke, right?

Monday Night Bracketology

1 seed vs 16 seed
Kansas vs Jackson State/Morgan State
Kentucky vs Mount St. Mary's
Villanova vs Boston
Purdue vs Jacksonville

2 seed vs 15 seed
Texas vs Holy Cross
North Carolina vs Weber State
Michigan State vs UC-Santa Barbara
Duke vs Radford

3 seed vs 14 seed
West Virginia vs Murray State
Tennessee vs Cornell
Syracuse vs Oakland
Connecticut vs Sam Houston State

4 seed vs 13 seed
Florida vs Akron
Georgetown vs College of Charleston
Ohio State vs Western Kentucky
Washington vs Nevada

5 seed vs 12 seed
Georgia Tech vs VCU
Florida State vs UNLV
Louisville vs Illinois State
Butler vs Northern Iowa

6 seed vs 11 seed
Clemson vs Texas Tech
Gonzaga vs BYU
Maryland vs Memphis
Xavier vs Pittsburgh

7 seed vs 10 seed
Illinois vs Siena
Dayton vs Michigan
Wisconsin vs South Carolina
California vs Kansas State

8 seed vs 9 seed
Texas A&M vs Notre Dame
Mississippi vs Tulsa
Oklahoma State vs Cincinnati
Minnesota vs Vanderbilt

Last Four Out
Northwestern
Wake Forest
Oklahoma
Mississippi State

Next Four Out
Creighton
Arizona State
Arizona
New Mexico

Also Considered
UCLA
Duquesne
Winthorp
George Mason
Old Dominion
UTEP
Wright State
Niagara
Northern Illinois
Houston
San Diego State
Portland
Alabama
Washington State
Louisiana Tech
Richmond
Oregon State
Seton Hall
Baylor
Missouri
Miami
Virginia Tech
Utah State
Arkansas
Northeastern
Witchita State

Update

Most of my updates are light hearted and fun. Unfortunately I have some sad news for our group. Those of you who have been coming to March Madness at my house for many years remember Chad Bordwell from Direct Supply who always makes opening Thursday. I found out today that he's been diagnosed with Brain Cancer. He's got a caring bridge site if you are interested in seeing how he's doing. Say a prayer for him.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/chadbordwell

Disagree

I think it would be much better for Duke to lose to Marquette than Wisconsin. But last time we tried that it didnt work out so hot. Lets boil it down....are you more pissed that our 6-9 white guys beat your 6-9 white guys, or that Coach K decided he didnt want to coach in the last minute of the game? (Already discussed with Brian at BW3's...)

Side note, Ben - you should get your hair cut like Hughes...it would make you more aerodynamic with those speed grooves on the neck.

Let's also have a moment of silence, as Umaga has passed:
A rep from the WWE tells TMZ their former superstar wrestler Umaga has died.

Umaga, whose real name was Eddie Fatu, was 36 years old.

The WWE has released a statement on their website saying, "The WWE would like to express its deepest condolences to Mr. Fatu's family, friends and fans on his tragic passing."

Dammit. Why must the good die so young?

Duke - Wisconsin

Here's my analysis on the game: Better to lose to Wisconsin then to Marquette.

F'ing F.

Damn. Glad I didn't waste money on an airline ticket for this crap.

I'm getting my hair cut like Travon Hughes.