How is everyone doing? Mine looks ok so far; actually had Dayton over Ohio State and Harvard beating Cincy.

Heels take the court tomorrow.

I've got the Heat over the Wizzards

Lost faith in Syracuse already?

Didn't do brackets but Wisconsin destroyed it today.

I'm keeping the faith. Boeheim focuses on the big dance but you can never tell with those guys. Been a long season with a big target on their back.

Those damn Suckeyes - gives me another reason to hate them. At least I only lost two rounds with them . . .

Bracket was blown on first game....

Anyone else notice how drastically the officiating changes from the regular season to the tournament and then continues to change the farther into the tournament we get? By the time the final four rolls around, knives and brass knuckles are allowed whenever play gets under the rim. The teams that regularly appear in the later rounds are the ones that understand this and take advantage of it.

Saw some of that game.

Should a foul been called on that last play?

I didn't have Harvard.

I did five brackets on ESPN. Bracket number two I'm 8 for 8 right now.

The billion dollar one isn't going so good, though.

For tonight anyway!!!

Go Terriers!!

Pains me to pull for Wofford, but looks like I'll have to do it. Have to pull for the SoCon.

I liked the no call at the end of the Dayton/OSU game. Could have gone either way, but in the tournament, you can't have the stripes decide a final possession.

In other words, anything goes?

They will make it to elite 8

I got Meeechigan on right now. God if they only had Mitch McGary back.........

At 10 minutes into the first half, I bet that moving double-team D would have been called!

But, upsets are good for ratings.

Only guy who had Harvard was a Harvard homer.

Wolfpack looked good for the first 17 minutes of the first half. Will be interesting to see how they come out in the 2nd.

Dang if Wofford could just get a few of the easy shots to drop they would be leading this game.

NDSU is taking it to Oklahoma.

Up by 8 at half.

Michigan will win this one but they sure don't look like a number 2 seed.

They haven't all year long.

The only sport they play in the Big Ten is hockey

NDSU is becoming a player in all NCAA sports. I bet it's a fun University to attend as well.

Yeah, I'm not sure what exactly what constitutes a foul anymore. The season started with declarations from the NCAA that they were going to call all fouls that impeded an offensive player.

Looks like that all went out the window. I think a lot of it is because it's mainly veteran officials in the tourney, and they aren't going to be told how to call a ball game. And the vets err on the side of no blood no foul.

Some of these games today have had non calls that were really bad. And then the next trip they call a touch foul.

Wolfpack is doing their best job to blow this

No kidding. They had it!!

15 missed free throws.

Well, the Wolfpack deserved to lose that game. Can't miss that many free throws at the end. You can't go giving up 16 point leads either.

WOW!!!

Nailbiter!

Yowza. Lots of missed opportunities for the Sooners on that possession.

OT baby.

Braun is beat to heck. A definite baller!

That foot to the head was deliberate.

OHIO ST. LOSES TO DAYTON

Go Gators!

Mercer just beat Duke 78-71! Lololol.

Down goes Dook. It's a great day for America.

do I believe any of these purported upset comments...?

Coack K at Duke ran his mouth earlier saying how great his conference was and now he gets bounced by a #13 seed. Kind of a hit to his credibility. I love it.

Coach K would have to do a lot more than that to take a real hit to his credibility.

Dude can flat out COACH. He and Izzo.

and Donovan. Don't lose sight of Billy and the Gators

Kentucky basketball has turned into a nervous breakdown watch for Calipari.

Hollerin'est coach in division one.

I'm expectin' him to plop on the floor and do the Curly the stooge spin every game.

If Bob McKillop could ever get a fraction of the talent that even an average, big-time program got, he would be unstoppable.

I'm beginning to think Tom Crean at IU is very over-rated.

IU could defeat a one legged basketball team and their fans would rush the court.

Um, I had Harvard. Tommy Amaker used to coach at Michigan. They're a good team, but the Spartoons will bring them back to reality.

Had to google Mercer and Woofred. Apparently giving degrees out in underwater basketweaving qualifies as an NCAA school for the tourney.

Not a big fan of Calipari but he does not get to keep good players very long. miles

This.

This.

Never been impressed with Crean.

Ohio St. And now Duke. Bwaaaahaaaahaaaahaaa. It don't get any better.......

Eastern Kentucky is bringing it to Kansas.

Just turned it on.....

It got away from the Colonels in the last 2 minutes.

GW-Memphis....Good match-up.

Tarheels ain't exactly spanking Prov. Can Carolina lighting strike twice in one day??

Never had high hopes for the Heels this season. As long as they make it farther than Duke I'll be happy.

Nothing brings people closer together than Duke losing

Watching UNC vs Providence, this kid Bryce Cotton for providence is playing out if his mind. 36 points, he pretty much carried his team.

VCU-SFA---good stuff!

Why is it always the 12s over the 5s?

Seems like it happens a lot every year...

Upsets are best thing to watch, other than your team winning...

Coastal Carolina up by 5 over Virginia at the half. That was unexpected!!!

Looks like there could still be basketball in Durham. NC Central hanging in there with Iowa State.

Yup!

In the real Carolina... Chanticleers seem to believe they deserve to there and can win this game. Cav's best watch out.

Thems fightin words...

Isn't it baseball season down there anyway?

I can run faster than you can fight!

Baseball. Oh Yeah!!

RANK SCHOOL RECORD PREVIOUS
1 Florida State 17-2 2
2 South Carolina 18-1 1
3 Virginia 15-3 3
4 Oregon State 18-3 4
5 Vanderbilt 18-3 5
6 LSU 17-4 6
7 Louisville 15-4 10
8 Louisiana-Lafayette 17-2 11
9 Oregon 14-5 9
10 Cal Poly 17-3 12
11 NC State 14-5 7
12 Cal State Fullerton 10-7 8
13 North Carolina 14-5 13
14 UCLA 8-7 15
15 Mississippi 17-4 14
16 Rice 15-6 18
17 Clemson 12-6 17 BOOOO!!!
18 Mississippi State 15-8 20
19 Texas 15-6 16
20 Oklahoma State 14-6 19
21 Tennessee 17-2 26
22 Sam Houston State 16-4 24
23 Houston 15-3 30
24 TCU 12-7 27
25 San Diego 14-4 NR
26 Texas A&M 14-7 23
27 Kentucky 14-6 21
28 Alabama 12-6 NR
29 Texas Tech 16-5 25
30 Oklahoma 15-5 NR

Coastal Carlina played O defense in second half. Left #11 open, over and over, and he made them pay.

Virginia did turn up the D.....

I can see at least one Cinderella team in the final 4.

Bison maybe?? I like their chances.

They could prolly take the 76 ers......

I will be watching Meeeechigan/Texas today. Should be a good one.

I'm expecting Mich. St. to manhandle Harvard, but you never know. They are great at playing down to their competition in non-rival games..........

Yeah, they do sometimes, but they didn't on Tuesday......maybe they've finally got a chip on their shoulder; they absolutely DESTROYED WI & U-M in the Big 10 tourney.

Virginia will be a really tough challenge, but I think MSU has turned the corner...........maybe not a NC team but pretty well rounded right now & fairly deep by the necessity of playing so many people during all the injuries.

MM

Florida means business. They're going to be tough to beat.

Maybe Louisville.

Tough to bet against Izzo, Donovan, or even freaking Pitino.

I've latched on to this upstart NDSU club. They play at 5:00 central on TBS. Go Bison.

Yup! I'm on-board with the Bison as well. Those guys looked like they had been in a war last game.

Got a place in my heart for Virginia as well.

Funny. I am a fan of the Bison football team.

I think Michigan's coach Beilein may be the most under-rated coach out there. Dude is impressive.

He takes them to finals last year, loses Tre Burke (the best player in the country), then loses his 1st team All-America center to injury this year, changes the whole team's gameplan/philosophy, and still wins the Big 10 by 2 games, beating Michigan St. twice......

Ky will beat Witcha tommorrow

I don't think so. State is playing on all cylinders right now. And they are fast as can be.

I see them in the final 8.

Plus KY's been pretty inconsistent over the season.

not this year. Gators played a solid game today.

Florida relies too much one one player. Take him out, they aren't all that. All it takes is somebody good enough to defend him, and they can be beat, IMO.

I totally forgot the kid's name

Ky will come together for this game. Ky 73 Whitcha 65

The more I watch Louisville, the more I like Michigan's chances of a final 4 appearance.....

But. I guess we need to beat Texas first....

St. Louis now leading....

Watching Red Wing hockey also. They are leading at Minnesota 3-2.

It truly appears there are more Wings fans in stands than Wild fans......

Yup. 'vulles best get in this game.

St Louis could just start fouling like they did against NC State.

Florida looked good earlier.

Looking forward to UK/Wichita. Definitely pulling for the Shockers there.

Hope UVA can get it back together. They looked way to shaky to me last night.

STL fell apart.

Red Wings won, now I can concentrate on watching Meeeechigan.

May even have a nip of bourbon now

Gotta go to a dinner...no bourbon for me...

Its not just for breakfast, you know

Michigan looks good....

Destroying Texas 32-14

43-26.

Wolverines offense is definitely clickin'. Texas looks a bit overwhelmed right now....

NDSU is about to start on tbs.

Braun can shoot.

Good Bison crowd for this game.

Yeah their fans will travel.

Nothin else going on in Fargo this time of year...

LOL. not a chance.

If I had to predict another big upset right now, it would be Dayton over Syracuse...........

NDSU game is fugly at this point. Neither team is shooting well.

I'll be surprised if UK can get 50 pts.

yeah but there's some pretty serious two-way defense going on. Figured this one to be a slug fest. Especially, in the paint.

Braun is getting beat up again! Lolol

Just like duke was gonna beat Mercer

by this time, in this tournament, it should be clear that there are few, if any, absolutes.

Except for the Gators, of course.

Can you say "Texas Toast"?

I knew you could.....grin

I remember always being told that it was never spring until the Heels lost in the ncaa tournament

I'm going to turn on my "upset pick" game next. I could be nuts, but I like #11 Dayton over #3 Syracuse.....

Dang it. I knew I shoulda picked my Wolverines to go all the way. I'm so ashamed.

Bison best find their hot handed shooter fast!

If Michigan had MCGary healthy, they could go all the way. Losing a 6'10" All-America center hurts----badly.....

Syracuse put up 18 pts in first half!!

But Dayton only put up 20........

Syracuse needs to score defense is never a problem

Bison players are crushed but they should be proud as heck for what they accomplished.

I like everything about that school.

Not sure if you know or not, but they just won 3 FCS football championships in a row......

http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/fcs

http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/a...ee-national-title-trophies-go-tour-state

Yeah, that's probably true. Likely they might even have been the favorite to win it all.

MM

Beilein really has done a great job this year IMO. Today was win #700......

Oh yeah, for sure. Sister was born in the Dakota's. I was young but I remember enough to follow the geo. It was our landing spot with my Dad's return from Italy and as he called it the Service.

Bison produced a great ESPN Gameday experience this past season as well. Memory lane even though I was very young.

Just a great part of the USA!

I figured you knew.

This Syracuse game is a train wreck. Close though.

I may have to watch MSU demolish Harvard.....

I was working in the yard and didn't see all of the MI-TX game but the highlights I just saw showed a very good MI team. You guys should turn one of those 3 point shooters into a QB.

Nice win.

Wisconsin is in real trouble at the half against Oregon. 49-37

Very surprising.

Hey thanks, I think.

Wisconsin is a slow methodical team, Oregon likes to run. Somtimes Wisconsin looks great, other times they just don't score....

Dayton is up 3 with only 1:40 left......

Harvard is hanging tough with a bunch of 3 pointers so far.

MM

Bunch of lawyers playing a bunch of defendants

Hey Dan. You okay bud? Has to be longest 30 seconds as of late for you. Comon Orange.

Harvard don't look like typical lawyers & State's been real clean for a while now.

You're right about Belien though........he's done a good job, both last year & this year too.

You workin' local now or still remote?

MM

I worked in Toledo, Ohio most of year. Bouncing back between GM and Jeep plants.

I have a couple weeks off right now, then 18 month job at GM Powertain in Romulus....

I think Dan is doing some nail biting....

I know he is now! WOW!

Why didn't he go for the bucket and foul?

Orange can't shoot worth a shiiit.....

Dayton Wins! As predicted right here

Boeheim is probably most over-rated NCAA coach ever. Don't like his style....

Syracuse couldn't make a jumper to save their life...Ennis only one who came to play

Anti-gun commie.

Good, always nice to sleep in your own bed.

State's strength is beginning to show but Harvard is a decent team.

MM

Yes, i'll be local for a while now.

Let me know if you are going to be around. I will take younout to Washtenaw Sportsmans club. Really nice range there.

Michigan may just have 2 teams in Elite 8 this year.....

Don't know about that but he's surely dropped the ball with this year's team.

MM

He has now made it past sweet 16 only 5 times in 37 years.

And yes, he gave a big anti-gun speech after his 900th win.....

Didn't know that about him, but (sigh), I guess I'm not surprised.

MM

Hey I just remembered Tommy Amaker coaches Harvard. I did carpentry work in his office when he first arrived at Michigan. MOF, I actually talked to Bo Shembechler in the parking lot then. Then he got into a Lincoln Navigator and drove off......

Good for Dayton. I always liked Archie Miller.

Not sure what happened with Syracuse at the end of this season...

Great match-up and nice comeback!

This is a good game. Go bajjahss!!

That was different!

Shockers in the Final Four! (Right bob?) LOL!

Watching Wisconsin vs. Ohio St. hockey game right now also.

Go Badgers....

Harvard looking really good.

MSU is $hitting the bed. Izzo is livid......

State is tryin' real hard to give it away, 55-53.

MM

I'll say.

They were too relaxed when they should have been pouring it on.

Now we gotta ballgame.....

They have not finished well in a lot of games all year... some of them they lost.

They're the better team for surem but they just quit running & let the other teams up off the floor too much......no killer instinct.

MM

way to go Ducks. Nice finish.

They sure do hate when they lose huh?

Congrats Bajjahs!!

Never seen so many fans with ties and pocket protectors

Good to see Badgers win....

Gary Harris is damm good....

Does anyone like Doug Gottlieb?

NO!

He has his moments...........been some games & sometimes when he's stone azz cold, though.

MM

I can't stand him. Right up there with Billy Packer.

Sparty has decided to show up again in the past 2 minutes.

Going to the buzzer.......bad call on Payne.

MM

Yep, weak.

MSU has 4 legitimate pro draft picks on their team. But don't play like a team. If they did, this wouldn't even be a game.

Kudos to Harvard. They got grit....

Harvard ain't bad for sure............Harris is a 19 year old true soph, was Indiana Mr. B-ball 2 years ago, but he's just to young to go to the NBA, IMO.

MM

He could be, but he is already like a top 7 rated pro prospect....

is this the pro obamas care ... promoters teams ?

Mercer 69 Tenn 65

I know it's meaningless but Go Clemson!! That's for the other side of the house divided and Claude.

NCAA hockey selection series are on ESPNU now. They're making this very difficult.

Hockey - ALWAYS go hockey.

Minnesota, Boston College, Union and Wisconsin are expected to be the No. 1 seeds for the NCAAs.

Wichita/Kentucky should be a good one. Winner to play Louisville, which will also be a good one.

Meeechigan to play Mercer/Tenn winner, so I need to check that one out.....

And yes, I still like hockey better.

I think Minnesota plays Red Wings again today........

Jayhawks are getting a Stanford spanking!

The Cardinal looks good.

Wow did that dude just take a dive..........

Big guys are going to start fouling out now.

If hawks will just press they can take the ball every time.

Tight one, too close to call.

okay I gotta' ask. None of the Cardinal have tattoos. Is that a rule at Stanford?

Bye Bye Jayhawks...............

Wow, lame last effort!

Yep....

Stanford, is in serious need of a point guard.

Some panic set in, it appeared.

Exactly, what is a Shocker??

I like this team. They play smart.

Nice! "Two in the Pink one in the stink" Not sure if that is what he was talking about.

Cleanthony Early of Wichita played HS ball in my town, Pine Bush NY (a small farming community in the foothills of the Catskills). He's played well so far. Nice dunk toward the end of the 1/2.

Just a guess, but as Wichita is in wheat country, it may come from shocking wheat.

Give that man a prize........

I wish someone would give Clark Kellogg a Ham sandwich so he'll shut the %^&* up....

#30 on Kentucky is a beast.......

Thanks Mike. I'll give that one a whirl Andrew. I'm likely the one who gets shocked afterwards.

Wildcats starting to look like those of old.

Good game.

Damm good game here....

Well, smack my ass and call me Shirley,..

Kentucky got past Wichita State.

Congrats Shirley.......

Louisville vs. Kentucky should be good a one.........

Yup. Figured KY would hang around this thing. Too bad for the Shockers. They played well and beat several tournament teams in regular season.

Carolina game is about to turn into a barn burner.

Tennessee already has Mercer on their heels. They appear much quicker. The 3 pointer is only thing keeping Mercer in game right now....

I actually had to Google Mercer. Had no idea where they were from. Hard to believe a school that size beat Duke, but I still like it.....

Every small town in the Carolina's and Georgia has a college of some sort. Mercer falls into that bucket. One of the oldest in the country as well.

To your point, however I didn't even know they had a basketball program.

Yes it is! Tied up with under 2 minutes left....

81-81 with 50 seconds left. Another good one....

Game over. The clock started way late.

I've never seen one end that way....

Wow no Carolina, Duke, or Kansas, or Syracuse in Sweet 16.
Wonder when was last time that heppened? Maybe never?

Very strange but accurately called, I believe. I thought the game was one of the better officiated games I've seen this tournament.

UCLA is good. I expect them to win and give Florida all they want....

Agreed on both counts....

They had time to go in for a shot, too bad.

Yup. Putting my SEC allegiance aside I have one final wagon in this train.

Wahooooooooos!!! Go Virginia!

BTW good call on the KY game cutNshoot. I predict tomorrow will happen.

If Cavs win they play Sparty...that would be a good one....

The SEC took a beating verbally about being weak, now all 3 teams in the tourney are in the Sweet 16...

I picked KY over Wichita in my bracket. I didn't have TN going this deep though.

I had KY too, but for biased reasons.

Once they got on the floor, it was an eye opener. KY was bigger, faster and more athletic. They're still kids though. The run is almost over. A more experienced team will spank them and exploit their weaknesses....as bad as I hate to say it.

Tennessee is showing some scrap!

Well, it's always tough to see the Heels lose. Was an interesting season for them; couldn't have expected more than a Sweet 16 anyway.

but, the Stripers will be running soon and turkey season is upon us.

oh, Go Hoos!

Yup. Congrats to KY. That was a good game and much higher score than I expected.

I did call WSU. Now I know how Bob feels all fall!!

I watched AZ pound the Zags last night. They are for real...

I have Iowa St and Michigan going to the show.

I did not win Buffet's challenge but if Iowa St and Michigan inch closer, I'll definitely make up for some early losses.

Well, more than some.

Iowa State's chances took a big hit when they lost Georges.

I hear you but it's too late for me to change the pick.

Their win over NC revived my hopes a bit.

I really wish I would have consulted LPE on my bracket.

I pissed away the $5 I put in on this one....

I took some early beatings,though. I need Mich and Iowa St to get to the Final 4 to even remotely have a chance at winning our local gig for 1500 bucks.

as long as I beat �bama's baracket....

A team against a mascot really isn't fair - they should let the Michigan State players take the floor as well.

The mascot has always been referred to as Sparty.

I don't know why all of the MSU teams are often referred to as "Sparty"...recent development. Don't know who started it.

Rather proud of what Bennett is doing at Virginia. He was an amazing player here in Green Bay and while he didn't light up the NBA - at least he made it there from a small town school in a small city.

I remember that when he was picked in the draft, there were stories that the Bulls had worked him out prior. 1992 - the Bulls won their third in a row, were NBA kings and they were interested in a sub 6 foot guard from UW-Green Bay.

Always been a fan of the Bennetts

My point exactly. Calling the team "Sparty" is just as stupid as calling the Colorado team "Ralphie", the Texas team "Bevo", Kansas State "Willie", and on down the line.

Yup! Bennett is bringing in developmental players and getting around this one and gone crap. He will be a force to be reckoned with. Especially, next season.

va went thru to many bad years but they are knockin them off this year.i used to play ball back in the late 70's early 80's. i thought ralph sampson would take them farther than he did. we played pickup games with sampson almost every week when he was in high school in harrisonburg va. the whole team can shoot this year. if those top seeds keep droppin out va has a shot at it.

My brackets took a beating but I still have 11 left in the Sweet 16.

Tonight's pics:

Stanford over Dayton
Arizona over SD St.
Wisconsin over Baylor
UCLA over Florida

I would like SD St. and Dayton to win, just don't think they will.

Gators/Bruins has potential to be a great game. Both teams very good and it could go either way IMO.....

Lol. Insane pick.

Man - really hope Wisco gets past tonight but I just don't know....

This is the type of game they drop.

Wisconsin wins tonight IMO...but it's an interesting matchup to say the least.

How are Deckers teeth?

Maybe, but I gotta make one or ain't no fun. I did pick Dayton over Syracuse, which some thought insane also.

UCLA can be awesome at times. Game will match great offense vs. great defense, basically.

UCLA is probably best offense Florida has seen all year......

Stanford best stop by the local high school and grab a point guard. If Dayton presses them hard it will be a long night for The Cardinal.

Yes but Stanford is a bigger team also.

I'd rather see Dayton win....

Got Red Wings /Canadiens on right now.......

Dayton looks good. 30-23

They were SO sloppy last game I kinda jumped off that bandwagon. Couldn't shoot from field or line. I hope they win, though....

Yup! Thinking all the Stanford starters could foul out. This could get away from them real fast.

Bears wearing some fugly unis. Go Bajjahs'

Is Wisconsin on ANYWHERE?!

I'm pissed. Wanted to watch that game!

TBS

Awesome. Thank you!

Badgers look good. Been watching them and hockey....

Badgers look great 23-11.

why is Baylor even here? That is one strange looking team. A little of everything.

GO BADGERS!

Dayton is just flat out flying to the basket! Their passing and finish is exceptional.

Stanford played pathetically soft and did not use their size at all. Let Dayton drive the lane way too much. I'm glad Dayton won.

Baylor game is a beat down. Badgers way too much for them....

Flyers looked good.

Congrats Dayton.

Gators - Bruins is turning into a barn burner.

I suspect that favors Gators!

it just started...???

could be a blow out, too...sports center will let me know

AR/SDSU Live Stream

+ 100

Too bad UCLA is so soft on defense. They are making Florida look a lot better offensively than they usually are.....

Having watched the Pac 12 I was thinking UCLA is doing pretty well...lol

Bruins are toast. No defense ......

Didn't say they were going to pull it off...just that I thought Fl would toast em. They put up a good game...nothing to be ashamed of

Good team and capable of winning, but too lame on defense. Florida had too many open looks...

Arizona has come alive....

With Ashley, I would have bet the bank on them. Free throws may be their demise

of course, it's another Gator win!

Most entertaining game of the evening,..Kentucky/Louisville.

I'm gonna go nuts if Calipari continues to run the offense through his perimeter players tonight. That's pretty much all he's done all year except for occasional spin moves and "drive lefts" from Randall.

He's got 2 legitimate 7 footers on the team, and he's running his offense through his perimeter players.

They know 2 things.

Chunk up a rock from 3 point range,... and miss it,...or drive the basket and throw up a rock,..then miss it and fall down.

,..then miss their free throws.

He plays the team this way because in the NBA,..everybody shoots or drives,..even the 7 footers,...and he wants to keep the impression alive that he's preparing players for the NBA,..so he can recruit.

Fug that, I say.

He's got a classic back to the basket, 7' post man in Dakari Johnson.

He needs to put him in the post,..have the perimeter players feed him the ball,..and let old big boy go one on one with whoever feels like taking him on.

Johnson is a freshman and is still a bit green, but he has the potential to be a killer old school center,...and he's got a big heart.

If Joe B. Hall was still the coach, he'd be working that 7' big body center to death.

hooooooooos!!!!

Good games today. Much better than yesterday......

B-

Are you making an LPE pick on the Caintuk vs Loovull game?

I'm picking both Michigan clubs tonight.

lol,..no.

It's going to be a "heart" game.

It's going to be interesting, though.

Kentucky has the potential to put together a nice game,...but they often don't live up to their potential.

On the other hand,...Pitino is known for having teams that peak in March.

Say what you want about the man,..but he knows how to develop players.

I saw what he could do when he was coaching Kentucky.

I don't know.

It's a weird year for Kentucky.

Usually, you have a good idea of where they are by this time of the year,...but this team has been riding the see-saw since day one.

I will say this,..

Kentucky has often came out cold as eskimo ass this year.

If they don't hit the floor runnin',..Pitino will eat them alive.

Pitino will start the game with a full court press,...

,...count on it.

2 Michigan teams and 3 Big 10 teams in Elite 8 would be awesome....

It looks to be a good game!

4 great games tonight.

Where's your money Bob?

Mich, Iowa St, Lou and UVA.

Yeah it would. When you're from Minny, you have to live vicariously through the rest of the Big 10.

please don't pick UT!

I'll root for you!

I wouldn't be too quick to write off Virginia. Bennett has built something really special there and his players are believers. There's quite the buzz on campus and alum that I've not seen since I took some classes there. Might not happen this year but watch out if it does tonight.

Just sayin'....

Gooo Meeeechigan......

Michigan
UConn
Mich St.
Louisville

Michigan lookin solid. 45-34

Iowa State has it's work cut out, all good teams here.

Greg Anthony is an IDIOT. Dude just said why he thinks Michigan is better WITHOUT Mitch McGary.

Yeah, all teams are usually better WITHOUT 6'10" first team All-America centers.

What a total dumbas$......

Now he just said a freshman named Irvin might be a better shooter than Nik Stauskas, one of the best shooters in the nation and maybe THE best.

Greg Anthony is a GEM......

Barkley ain't no Einstein either.

Chuck is fried! Too many biscuits or something but fried.

He and Holtz need to move on.

But at least he's funny and can golf better n me.

Barkley puts his foot in his mouth on a regular basis. Gets a free pass more than anyone I've ever seen, in that regard.

He does have an entertainment factor to him though, and is not afraid to speak his mind...

Michigan fixin to blow it?

look out BIG boys---here comes the SEC again! This could be a very interesting finish!

Very interesting...

Nailbiter.....

michigan sucks

Nope....

Michigan has had a pretty easy bracket.......vs an 11 seed to get to the Elite 8.

Their next opponent (KY or Louisville) will be the only real quality team they've faced so far in their bracket.

But if they don't lose a lot of players, they will be great next year too.

MM

They would be a whole different team with McGary. Love his physical style/ game.

Louisville is more of a problem than Kentucky, for Michigan. They press and Michigan don't like it......

I need Virginia and Louisville to come through tonite....good games so far

i predict louisville...

MSU/Virginia Live Streaming

looking good, it's early tho

There's some tough 2 way defense in the VA-MSU game.

These guys are into it.

Michigan St. Is a physical team. Virginia better be ready to bang....

That's the piece that's lacking from Bennett's program right now. You'll see that next year from this same exact team. So yeah, hoping they ate their spinach for lunch!

yer a riot, pork belly...

Thanks Parkay!

Sez The Margarine Man!

You're "nothing butt" trouble Mister!

lol............

"nothing but"

State has played into Virginia's hand by getting into a slow down half-court game.

If they run & keep the tempo up they win easily; if not Virginia can keep it close & maybe win.

MM

Yeah I think that's right.

Cavs have the number 1 defense but they need to be a little tougher and physical like State. Next year!!

But I say again. They win tonight and look out.

Right Parkay?

(i will not respond)

Dang! This a clinic on defense by both teams. Good stuff!

State is just making bad play after bad play.

MM

Lazy passes.

Virginia defense is very impressive though...

Up three.

Izzo factor.

Yeah, they're tough.

MM

Payne is a baller. The man can flat out roll to the basket and finish strong.

Dawson is a horse too, when he wants to play.

Gotta keep feeding Payne & Dawson.

MM

Rafferty is drunk off his ass.

C'mon Wildcats.....

I think so...

Wildcats!

Yeah baby. Louisville going down.....

VA-MSU = one heck of a game. Payne is an animal. Virginia will be a team to reckon with next year.

Congrats Sparty fans!

Virginia screwed the pooch not contending inbound passes and simply letting State get possession, then fouling them.....

Great game on both sides.

MM

Every team whom I wanted to win this evening, did....

I think the Champ is going to be Florida or Arizona-

UConn is one team left I never hear anybody say a word about.....

Kentucky/Louisville,...best game of the tourney so far.

Michigan St. And Wisconsin will play them tough, guaranteed.....

watch it wind up being Dayton-Wisconsin!

And Wisco has already beaten Florida AND Michigan St this year. (also beat Virginia)

Wisconsin CAN win against AZ, will win is another story but if Wisconsin beats AZ - they have the ability to beat anyone left in the tourney.

Wisconsin is a very good team, fully capable of beating Arizona.

If Dayton or UConn won I would be shocked......

It's all a crap shoot at this point but I'm going with the gut -

Kimber7man hooked me up with tickets tonight in Indy! The game was awesome. My son (6 years old) was so nervous the last two minutes I thought he was going to puke! He shook non-stop until the buzzer!

WI & MSU should win, but neither Dayton or U-Conn will go down easy........I'm impressed with both of them.

MM

oh ye of little faith. It will be FL/KY.

Actually, I think it will be MSU vs KY.

If MSU beats U-Conn & plays FL, & runs, instead of being drawn into a slow down game, they will win & I think they are deeper than FL as well.

But if Dayton doesn't fold, FL will also have their hands full there as well.

But, then again, I'm biased, as we all are.

MM

Willie Cauley Stein is hurt for Kentucky.

That could be a major issue for them against Michigan as well as guarding 3 point shooters.

It will be an issue...

He alters a lot of shots inside. His absence was noticed last night too. UL got a few easy layups that would have been contested. He provides some offensive spark at times that will be missed as well.

It can't be good for any team to lose an athletic 7-footer..

Sam--Morning! I already told you several times that you do NOT want to play Kentucky a 4th time. Especially, in the tourney.

Warned you pards about Kentucky way back up there!

Would love that...KY is bi-polar...

Yeah,..Willie will be missed,..but on a positive note, 7 foot freshman Dakari Johnson scored 15 points and grabbed 6 rebounds last night.

Today's picks:

Gatas
Badjas

Stein is listed as doubtful. That's not a definite won't play.

Div II Champ game is a great one.

Go Mules!

Don't forget that when Florida played them Wilbekin was suspended and they had a couple out with injuries (that was during both of their losses)

Ky is playing tournament ball. LookOUT!!!!

I guess I'm officially hating not being home for the KY-MI game Sunday, but Darrik's kids will yell louder than me.

Interesting to watch all these freshmen from KY figure their way in the first half and then take over the game in the last 8 minutes...

Dayton is just plain ole throwing this one away. They had a chance. Several, in fact.

Gatorbites best step things up in the remaining tourney play.

Gatorbait is to much for little Dayton.

Didn't even watch it, figured as much. MSU will not be so easy.

I will watch Wisconsin game, though. Could go either way IMO.....

damn David, listen to the gator. It WON'T be Dayton. lol

Wisconsin getting a beatdown so far. Surprising.

Not surprising at all. Expected.

I'll give ya' this Sam. You've been right thus far. Good win today. Congrats!

Yes but they tend to be slow starters. They are a physical team that can wear a lot of teams out.....

Yup and they turn into a shooting machine late in the game.

I say bajjahs!

Az looks bad tonight

BAD call there Kaminski was planted....

Badgers got back into it 28-25.

Go Big 10!

They are a better second half team....

Let's all hope Az is too...glad to see everyone is of the opinion to

BEAR DOWN ARIZONA

Per ESPN Stats - Wisconsin has outscored its opponents 131-77 in 2nd half in the tourney entering tonight.

Bodes well but I hate that they have to rely on that. Glad I'm not watching the game.

AND here they come. Right out of the gate. Lookout!

Az shoots free throws like I curl...poor at best

I definitely want the white guys to win. I am not a racist. I am very proud of my color and I'd love to see a bunch of white kids win it all in a game for the most part dominated by Blacks..

Go Badgers!

Turning into a real barnburner.

That crowd is insane!

No kidding.

I realized today that these past few Saturdays I've gone to bed completely exhausted. Lots going on this time of year and they have it all televised.

I haven't watched a basketball game in years, but I'm watching this one. Come on ZONA!

Just don't trust Bo. Guy can coach and he does well - RIGHT up until Wisconsin's either looking to go to a final 4 (never been under Bo) or if they're ranked in the top 7 or so. Then they'll lose 4 in a row to schools whose primary degree path involves "computers" or "video game design".

Marv Albert literally looks embalmed.

yes, he does.

Thinking the bajjahs are fixin' to walk the dog!

What a fantastic ballgame.

Both these teams are damn good!

Yup...and the officials seem to be finally getting it right.

Poor call at the end won the game for the Badgers.

Man, the put backs on both sides were unreal.

Congrats Badgers!

Bummer. Good game.

One free throw...said it would eventually be the demise of Az after the loss of Ashley. ..oh well

Nah, Arizona got a gift at the very end as well and didn't convert.

Fantastic, exciting game.

Great game. I just knew it was gonna be tight. Two great teams...

? The Wildcats got the ball on the reversal.

Yeah. What?

He's talking about the charge call at the end of regulation.

Tough call, but so was the bullshit reversal call at the end of OT against the Badgers.

OT but it kind of blows that the lady Gamecocks and Tarheels have to play in Palo Alto for their extension. Sucks for the fans.

But glad to be in the hunt.

I knew he was - it was a good call. I am tired of the accepted practice being that any time the offense wants to drive to the basket as time runs out, the defense must just stand aside and let them go.

I just HATE instant replay calls, in any sport.

The powers that be are ruining every sport with that crap.

There are waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many blocking calls being called when the correct call is charging..........the benefit of the doubt is ALWAYS being given to the offensive player & that is just plain wrong in half the cases.

MM

There were a lot of curious calls in the Badger/Arizona game.

Would love to see a couple teams from MI join the Badgers in TX!

Decker's last inbound pass. I wasn't watching the game but I heard he had some trouble.

This might be why:

Wisconsin seemed to get screwed out of a couple good defensive plays, I thought. That charge at the end was less of a charge than a couple of the other non-calls, I thought.

2 Michigan teams in the F4 would be WAY cool.......

Michigan State-UConn ready to start. Should be fun.

If Payne shows up like he did against Virginia then Sparties are for real throughout.

I wonder if Raftery is drunk yet?

buwahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

He did appear hammered that night.

Yikes, Michigan State are getting their asses handed to em.

I hope both Michigan teams go down. So likely they will both win.

There are two things I can say with complete faith that every college basketball fan will agree with:

1. This has been a fantastic tournament. I think it's because the seeding was horrible, but whatever the reason it's been a very exciting tournament to watch.

2. The officiating has been atrocious. What's a foul one place isn't another, they call the game differently depending on he game situation, etc. it's always been this way, but it has seemed really bad this year. Post players can use knives on each other with no call, but if you touch a wing player or guard it's a foul. Just call the game as the rules are written and stop trying to change the number of points scored with officiating.

HERE COMES THE GREEN!!!!!

defense kept green in that half.

I'll say up front, I had very little expectations for Kentucky in the tournament this year. I doubted that they would get past the second round, and a first round exit was a distinct possibility.

They've had games all season where they just flat fell on their faces.

But they've built a trainload of momentum and confidence with their wins over Wichita State and Louisville,..and I've given up making any predictions about where they'll end up.

They're playing to win it all now.

That doesn't mean that they will. From here on out it's going to be very tough.

But I don't expect to see them lay down.

They're going to play a 40 minute game.

It should be fun to watch.

Regardless of what happens, I can't continue to mean mouth Calipari.

He's taken them farther than I expected.

I expect to see Cal lean heavy on my man, Dakari (Big) Johnson, from here on out.

Willie's out,..and the twins and Young have shown limited production from the perimeter all year long,...and this last game had post man Johnson scoring 15 points and grabbing 6 rebounds.

Those aren't killer numbers,...but Big Johnson has a big heart and he wants to contribute.

He's due to have a breakout game soon.

I'd like to see it happen today.

Cal's going to have to let some offense flow through the post for it to happen, however.

We'll see, I guess.

+1 I would hate to play them next year if those first year guys return.

Mich St. Looks like AS$. Win or lose, terrible performance by them today.......

State deserves to lose but the officiating is about the worst I've seen..........Payne is getting hacked to death inside.

MM

I think you'll be fine if they win.

They are a turnover machine. Many of them unforced. Can't shoot, and getting out hustled......

Appling sucks. Fouls him from beyond the arc with 30 seconds left and down 3 points. Good way to end his college career, with his head STILL up his as$.

This one's over.....

Florida just got a free pass to finals. I honestly think MSU overlooked UConn, because they flat out didn't show up.

Gators will kill UConn.....

Dreadful performance by MSU.

Horrible......

Man, I dunno. UC is a team that should never be underestimated when it comes to Bball. Just like Kentucky.

UConn was the last team to beat Florida this year...30 games ago.

No, they ain't Kentucky, talent wise. I don't wanna take away from their win today, but MSU beat themselves today, IMO. They were uninspired and lifeless.....

Mich St. Is a strange team, famous for such let downs. Talent-wise, only Kentucky can match them right now, IMO.

Problem is, they don't seem to ever have a game plan/style of their own, like some teams do. They kinda play street ball, and seem to change things up with each opponent.

Syracuse has looked like Syracuse for 30 years. Same team, different names. Michigan plays a consistent type of ball every game. So does Louisville.

MSU seems to just do "whatever" and get by with talent alone, most days.

JMO.....

I hope so. UConn beat Florida earlier this year with a last second buzzer beater, after Fla lead most of the game. We owe 'em.

Anyhooo---enough about State. I'm ready to watch Meeeeechigan and hope they can shoot the lights out.

Good thing about this is, I have been a Kentucky fan since I was a kid. Have friends/family there. And I like Wisconsin also. Spent lots of time in both states. So at least somebody that I like will be in final no matter what.

Oh yes, almost forgot. If Michigan can pull it off, I can make fun of State fans for another year. Given Michigan will have gotten further in tournament yet again.

A little Jim Beam Black coming up. Or should I say, going down.....

From what I've seen so far, Wisconsin has a real good shot at the title. Damn I love how they play.

Kentucky-Michigan is a toss-up.

Wisconsin looks like Michigan looked before they lost their center and had to change things up. Good inside and out. They are tough and well coached.

Really, Michigan just being here is an overachievement, to most. They lost best player in country to draft, plus Tim Hardaway Jr., then lose their all America center to injury. Beilein has done a better than good coaching job....

I considered everything above the 2nd round a bonus for Wisconsin. Glad to see them in the 4.

Bo actually has 3 DIII National Championships and worked his arse off to get to D-I school. Happy for the guy. Last guy that got WI to a round of 4 IIRC was Dick Bennett - another small school guy who got his chance in DI at Wisconsin.

I like their team Andrew. And Bo as well.

Everybody keeps talking about Kentucky being young. Has everyone forgotten that Michigan starters consist of 2 freshman and 2 sophomores?

Dakari is stepping up but he'll be exhausted halfway through the 2nd.

Here we go again with the bad calls.

Greg Anthony is flippin' terrible. He's a babbling idiot......

Michigan's only hope is to shoot the lights out. They can't hang on the boards with Kentucky. Just not big enough without McGary......

Yer crazy, they're up by 10.

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Are you watching the women's games? Michigan can't hang on the boards,huh? Offensive or defensive boards?

They ain't gonna have anybody flying through the air and stuffing put-backs on the offensive end, like Kentucky has already done 4-5 times now, is what I'm sayin'.....

Like that!

I see your point. Lolol

That Marcus Lee has all 10 of his points on put-backs, stuffin' the ball. He's 5-5.

Michigan no longer has that in their repertoire.....

It seems driving the lane is the thing to do this year. They almost NEVER call a charge, in any of the games. Except that big charge call last night.....

Good game!!

Hear what Beilein just said? They are way above rim, and Michigan can't get way above rim. My point exactly.....

Each team is scoring a different way. Pretty cool matchup....

Pretty sure I would leave Lee on the floor 'til he dropped. He doesn't even look winded.

Awesome game! SEC!!

Michigan can't hang with them in the middle.

Kentucky will win this one.

WOW!

+10

Kentucky Wins!!!!!!!!!



I'll call it early

the way this one is going I wouldn't even take that bet!

Awesome game.....

Ky got a good man in Lee

4 good teams left gonna be fun to the finish

If Michigan could keep their team together, or Kentucky, either could easily win it next year.

I gotta root for Wisconsin first now, and Kentucky if Badgers lose.....

Ky has the tools to win it all.

I'll say! Without him they don't win that game, and nobody even knows who he is.....

Unlike some, Kentucky, being an 8 seed, has had one he11 of a schedule, and just beat 3 quality teams in a row. That has to carry some weight, IMO......

Another great game. Kentucky sure looks like they're maturing at the right time. Next weekend should be a fun couple of games.

Mite have us a SEC match up for all the marbles.

Sucks - Big 10 had a chance to have 3/4 of the final four.

SEC is just a little better than big 10

Overall? Top to bottom? No way, not even close....

Even though I'm out of the pool,it's been a great tournament.

Bristoe hasn't posted for a while. No way he's out with the college kids lighting up the town.

WHO-DEY?

WHO-DEY?

WHO-DEY DAT GOAN BEAT DEM WILDCATS?

WHO-DEY?

You got any fingernails left?

You just may have some bragging rights next year, as well.

It shouldn't be,...but it is.

That's what makes Kentucky Kentucky.

Willie's replacement.

http://kentuckysportsradio.com/basketball-2/cal-told-lee-he-would-have-a-big-day/

Them cats can flat out play some BB .

http://kentuckysportsradio.com/basketball-2/the-team-says-they-won-it-for-willie/

SAS and I were chatting last weekend. UK is bigger, stronger and faster than any team they play. They just need to realize it...

CBS lays yet another egg.

http://kentuckysportsradio.com/basketball-2/no-cbs-no/

You fair weather fan, you

Where was Cal hidin' that kid all year?

I've been wanting to see Lee play all year.

Cal put a callous on his ass by sitting him on the bench,...finally puts him in during the tourney,..and the kid damn near gets a double-double.

How come Polson has been on the bench?

Huskies appear to have the hot hand. But never count a FLA team out.

Florida is going down.

Frankly, I'm shocked.

I am too -- but then the entire tourney has been a shocker.

Guess I'll be rooting for Mister pot roast and his freshman Wildcats!!

Me too. I thought they would get beat, eventually. But NOT by UConn again.

I guess I have vastly underestimated UConn. But I still think they will lose next game no matter who they play.....

Well I'm rooting for Wisconsin big time. I'm a Big 10 whore.

Minny won the NIT last night...the best of the worst.

THIS IS MY ONE TIME ALL OUT GIFT FOR BRISTOE.

Wisconsin is my 10 star lock pick of the weekend.

As an aside, so was UCONN.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

What are the odds of Donovan going to the NBA now? I believe fairly high.

You HAD to say that.....

GO Badgers.....

To the Knicks???

Got to believe he's smarter than that. However if they throw enough money at him.

While in school, my dad used that analogy around me being an average C student. As he said, -- it's okay if your goal is to be the best of the worst and the worst of the best. I bumped to a 4.0 the very next year.

If WI can find the shooting game they've shown lately they have a great shot at winning. Betting KY gets into foul trouble early.

When the field was still 64 at the start of the tourney, did you have Wisc or UConn to win it all, or at least in the Final 4?

Gee, B, Hussein Obama picked UConn this year..

Coincidence?

Looks like 3 TX boys on the floor for KY.

Calipari looks fat.... and rich.

Badgers are playing smart.

So far so good.

Why in the fugg did they get a complete homer like Rex Chapman to announce this?

Unbearable homerism.

Them white boys is shooters.

Comeback Cats in the second half

Look out! That's the WI shooting I was talking about earlier. That gets going and we have a barn burner.

UK is getting the benefit of a LOT of no touch/phantom foul calls & it's keeping them in the game.

MM

Play/decision of the game right there by Jackson. Wow!

And he misses the first one!!!???

Mean mouth Kentucky all ya want,...but they entered the tourney as an 8 seed and they're playing for the prize on Monday.

,...and it's because Aaron Harrison,..in three tournament games, has knocked down a "3" in the closing seconds to put Kentucky ahead.

It's crazy.

That kid has wrecking balls.

It's amazing that he can walk.

A #7 seed and a #8 seed - I love it!

well, that did not turn out like I wanted it to.

Maybe not,...but if you like basketball, that Kentucky/Wisconsin game was one of the best college games to come along in a long while.

Wisconsin played crazy good ball and was ahead most of the game.

Kentucky finally put a run on them about midway through the second half,...got up by 8,...but Wisconsin immediately came back and it ended up coming down to the wire, with Kentucky winning by one point with a 22' 3 point shot with 6 seconds left in the game.

*Great* basketball game.

+1

Was a good game.

Wisconsin should have spent less time at practice on the "draw fowls-fake fowls" drills. They are a great teem though other than that.

Pseudo-Chickens? I agree that the issue of "they aren't going to call charges, so we'll just drive and drive and make them call fouls" needs to be addressed.

Give the Cats some credit for weathering many storms in this tournament.

It's only an offensive foul if the defender has established his position and holds it before contact is made.

A defender has to be very quick to be able to do that.

Most of the time, a blocking foul is called when the defender is moving along with with the shooter and tries to alter his drive by slowing down or stopping in an attempt to move him off of his path.

It's a tough call to make sometimes, but a defender can't be running along beside the shooter then just stop in his path.

He's got to establish his position before the man driving the ball gets to it.

I think that KY is destined to win this yr but after losing to Fla three times this yr and seeing how Uconn dismantled them yesterday, I'm worried!

Who knows?

All I know is,..it'll be a hard played game.

They have tightened up the charge call to where it is almost impossible to achieve. In addition to being afraid that a defender might transfer a bit of sweat to the offensive player, in order to be granted the boon of a charge, the defender must now have established his position more or less before the offensive player has entered the game.

Kyabrams66: My "Cinderella team" was Gonzaga - they didn't go to far in the tournament though.
I was rooting for them but when they got bumped in the second round I also started rooting for another "under-dog", Kentucky!
One of my out of state Varmint Hunting friends played for Kentucky years ago before he became a DEA agent.
He is retired now and travels to Montana a couple times a year to Hunt and fish.
Great guy so I am rooting for his old alma mater to win.
So many of the games in this years tournament have been great contests to watch.
I hope Mondays game is another good one.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I'll say it once again. Never ever count out a basketball program like UConn or KY. In this case, I would say UC is the more dangerous of the 2.

Go SEC Wildcats!

My prediction Ky 68
UC 62

UConn is the more dangerous team but KY takes it unless they get into trouble early.
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Kentucky center Willie Cauley-Stein will miss Monday night's national title game against Connecticut because of a lingering ankle injury, while forward Alex Poythress plans to play after tweaking his knee during the Wildcats' semifinal celebration.

Cauley-Stein called it "heartbreaking" that he would have to watch the championship game from the bench. He hurt his right ankle in his NCAA tournament opener against Kansas State, played with pain in a victory over Wichita State and then aggravated the injury against Louisville.

It's amusing to me that you can get no SEC homer to acknowledge the fact that 3 of the starting 5 for UK are from Texas.

I sit third row center court at UCONN games. What is frustrating as hell is they don't play like they do in the tourney at home. This year I gave my buddy my tickets to the final four. I know he and his wife will have a blast either way. Hell he has called me already like ten times. I am not answering his calls tonight. Hopefully UCONN will repeat 2004 with the men and woman bringing home the titles!

I hate Calapari but I like UK so good luck to all you UK fans tonight.

HA! Yeah, but they elected not to stay in Texas!

Maybe now that TX has it's very own SEC representation that will change!!

What does that have to do with anything? UT has a solid program just come up short all the time. Remember in college basketball it is not who the best team is, it is the team that played the best in the tourney against their match ups. With one exception woman's basketball. But even then sometimes it still sneaks in there.

We continually hear the chants of SEC, SEC, SEC......all the while the majority of UK's players are from nowhere near Kentucky. I think that's rather comical, that's all.

Let me ask you Calipari azzkissers something:
1. What D1 schools has he coached at?
2. How many of those schools has wound up with troubles from the NCAA?

All I need to know about tonight's game:

Obama picked UConn.

I can't stand Kentucky, but tonight I root for them.

We'd tried a Texas coach,...Billy Gillispie.

He went wacky and they run him off after 2 years.

He went back to Texas to coach and they run him off too.

1. All of them?
2. All of them.

Calipari, the Escape Artist....

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1159464/index.htm

Tell me something I don't know. Didn't stop UK from getting those Texas high school players though did it? How is that working out for you?

Same here. I do like watching UK play.

Obama did not pick UCONN, and to be more clear UCONN busted his bracket.

Obama with the rest of the world picked the UCONN woman to win.

Very well, thank you.

Kentucky has the biggest fan base, the best support, great facilities, the best coach, and the players are treated like rock stars here.

We'll continue to get the best talent in the country for the foreseeable future.

Hey man - I'm SEC all the way to the end. BUT UConn has everything you just mentioned going for them as well. Gonna' be a great match-up for sure.

Go Wildcats!! But do NOT underestimate the round ball capabilities of UConn.

Well,..I'm not making any predictions on the outcome of the game, But no college basketball team has a fanbase the size of UK.

It's gargantuan,.."The Big Blue Nation".

My brother is at the game.

He says that the crowd is about 75% UK fans.

You're probably right about recruiting. Playing at JerryWorld will probably land UK some more top TX boys for sure. Let me ask you something. Do Kentucky basketball fans beat their chest and chant SEC, SEC, SEC when a SEC team wins the national title in football?

UConn's two guards are pretty salty and could cause problems for UK like they did for Florida. I do think though that UK has too much size and too much depth. Who knows though? Should be a great game to watch.

For a possible slam dunk -- I just think UK is facing one of the few teams they would rather not.

Huskies have a well and proven traveled fan base as well....and they have all the freaking money. Danged Liberals!

So Jim Nance gets to go right from tonight to the masters. Lucky dude.

Definitely, more Blue in the house.

Darius (SC SEC man) did a good job with the Anthem.

Best team bought and purchased in the country, Calipari still might [bleep] it up....Cool thing is those kids will make their money, and hopefully they'll keep most of it....Calipari will

Kids don't have to be paid to come to Kentucky and play for Calipari.

They just have to be good enough.

Payday comes after they go pro.

someone's gettin their butts whipped...

Adjustments had to be made.