come on ILL

3/20/2009 12:28:55 AM

come on WKU

3/20/2009 12:29:12 AM

come on WKU

3/20/2009 12:29:29 AM

come on WKUV WKU

[Edited on March 20, 2009 at 12:30 AM. Reason : V WKU is out. They used them all on Herbesque inbounds plays.]

3/20/2009 12:29:34 AM

i thought they said illinois was out of timeouts

^,^^,^^^ agreed

3/20/2009 12:29:42 AM

I'm already tired of the commercials, but at least it's not the la bamba cow diving board chick fil a fiasco of '05

3/20/2009 12:30:03 AM

go gonzaga

"I wish this game would never end. Hey, send it into overtime."

3/20/2009 12:30:10 AM

thats what i heard

3/20/2009 12:30:13 AM

Definitely called WKU, I already almost had a bracket implosion with UCLA, don't do this to me again

3/20/2009 12:30:20 AM

THE FOULING BEGINS

3/20/2009 12:31:15 AM

THE MISSING OF FREE THROWS BEGINS

3/20/2009 12:32:06 AM

WKU was the easy pick, not even close

3/20/2009 12:32:51 AM

hell no set the clock back to 1.5 you fag ass ref

3/20/2009 12:33:02 AM

someone added a minute to the clock

3/20/2009 12:33:06 AM

woot.

3/20/2009 12:34:14 AM

day 1
14 right, 2 wrong
sweet 16 still 100% intact

3/20/2009 12:34:14 AM

Dammit Illinois

Two great games at the end, though

3/20/2009 12:34:22 AM

i could've done without that scare, that would've just ruined my whole day

3/20/2009 12:34:29 AM

meh 12/16 aint bad. cant wait for 13/16 tomorrow

3/20/2009 12:35:25 AM

still 100% with sweet 16 as well

3/20/2009 12:36:03 AM

Go Siena, Arizona, Boston College

all the others are locks

3/20/2009 12:37:18 AM

14/16 here best I've done for day one in years

3/20/2009 12:38:16 AM

Quote :

"Go Siena, Arizona, Boston College"

More like go home!

Because I picked all three to lose!

F your bracket!

3/20/2009 12:39:03 AM

11/16, and my sweet picks are still fresh.

I'm glad I stayed up tonight. Not a lot of excitement outside of this evening.

Goodnight, TWW!

3/20/2009 12:39:16 AM

i dont see how anybody had at least half of the teams right last year

3/20/2009 12:39:44 AM

12/16. missing 1 from my sweet 16.

i've got a few more upsets picked tomorrow too.

[Edited on March 20, 2009 at 12:41 AM. Reason : jd]

3/20/2009 12:40:57 AM

^^^^haha you're gonna do horribly then, i got march madness skills (as long as state doesnt make the tourney)

also Go Tennessee, Arizona State, and Florida State

[Edited on March 20, 2009 at 12:43 AM. Reason : .]

3/20/2009 12:41:31 AM

lol i got ASU playing UNC in the elite 8

3/20/2009 12:53:47 AM

Ha, of your six picks, Twista, I have one of them (ASU)

Like most things, we seem to disagree on bracketology

3/20/2009 12:55:47 AM

w00t for only one wrong on day 1 (butler)

3/20/2009 1:19:47 AM

Quote :

"i dont see how anybody had at least half of the teams right last year"

Uhh it wasn't that hard. All one seeds made it.

I had 3/4 with Louisville in over UNC. I had Memphis beating Kansas. Chalmers cost me some cash.

3/20/2009 1:24:10 AM

^^ same here, butler fucked me, shouldve known better tho

3/20/2009 1:27:19 AM

anybody have a link for what games will be at what time on saturday

3/20/2009 2:21:32 AM

15 out of 16 in the first day for me -- only miss I had was the Clemson game.... I don't know why I felt like I could pick them, especially when the game was being played in Michigan.

Uggg, horrible.

My Final Four is L'ville, Missouri, UNC and PITT, L'ville v. Pitt in the final, flipped a coin to win it all (L'ville)

I have Missouri taking out Memphis and Washington taking out a hurting UCONN team, then Mizzou beating Washington to get to the FF.

[Edited on March 20, 2009 at 4:43 AM. Reason : .]

3/20/2009 4:43:00 AM

^http://www.ncaa.com

3/20/2009 4:55:38 AM

Illinois

3/20/2009 6:52:01 AM

yes im angry at illinois too... i went 15/16 but lost illinois and them as a sweet 16. not good, and this happens to me a lot, i have a feeling i will lose more sweet 16's today b/c of this, and b/c that always happens to me

anyone else always triumph in the first round and then have that yearly implosion in the latter rounds?

that's me every year

3/20/2009 7:44:15 AM

14/16, sweet sixteen still intact. Clemson and BYU let me down.

3/20/2009 8:19:07 AM

13/16, -1 sweet sixteen team

i don't know why i picked clemson

3/20/2009 8:28:04 AM

today will be a lot of TWWers' first time watching the Sun Devils play

I really hope they don't shit the bed

i'm really thin-skinned and I don't know if I can handle the flamage that would ensue

3/20/2009 8:30:37 AM

Quote :

"CAN'T HANDLE FLAMAGE"

go sun-devils

3/20/2009 8:31:45 AM

12/16 Sweet Sixteen intact. I however knew Clemson was going to meltdown. Why, oh why, did I pick BYU and Butler? Ahhh, well.

3/20/2009 8:36:23 AM

cursed butler.

oh well

geaux tigers

3/20/2009 8:47:00 AM

One of the most interesting dynamics of the NCAA tournament to me is how crowds at different locations react. With the new pod systems we often times see two teams from the same conferences in the same venue. Obviously this doesn't apply to archrivals like Duke and UNC, but it is a generic pattern.

ACC fans seem to really rally behind other ACC teams. I was at the State-UConn game in DC Hodge's frosh year. The arena was 75% Terps fans and we know there is no love lost between us and the Terps (even back then) but they were fully behind us and rooting for us. In other venues I've seen ACC fans back other ACC teams even chanting "ACC! ACC!" when they win. I've always wondered what to attribute this too? Southern hospitality? Conference pride? I don't know...

Then you look at Big East teams. Syracuse fans, Villanova fans, Georgetown fans and on down the line NEVER root for conference teams in the tourney. In fact, 'Nova fans were BOOING UConn like it was their job.

My idea is that these are most urban fanbases with the pro mentality. I'm pretty sure Yankees fans don't root for the Red Sox for "AL East pride" and that carries over in to college sports.

3/20/2009 11:22:48 AM

^Well I think other ACC fans might boo UNC and Duke in the NCAA tournament. So maybe the rest of the Big East fans have that same mentality towards UConn.

Just a guess though.

3/20/2009 11:29:16 AM

There were no shortage of boos for Duke by UNC fans last nite

3/20/2009 11:38:06 AM

LOL at the Syracuse game. They're like twice the size of the SFA dudes.

3/20/2009 12:22:08 PM

devendorf is a bigger tool than vasquez

3/20/2009 12:30:07 PM

This Tennessee Oklahoma State game is pretty good, maybe the only time I'll ever pull for Tennessee

3/20/2009 12:51:17 PM

I picked OSU, total toss up for me

3/20/2009 12:55:36 PM