There is something magical about Tampa and the St Pete Times Forum. Last year in the ACCT the four lower seeds won on thursday. Now, just over a year later, all four lower seeds win in the first round of the NCAAT. Lots of great finishes and overtimes as well.

3/21/2008 11:25:16 PM

Final first round conference standings: ()-winners

Big East: 7-1 (ND, L'Ville, 'Nova, GTown, Pitt, Marq., WVU)
Big 12: 5-1 (KU, K St, OU, Texas, A&M)
ACC: 3-1 (Duke, UNC, Miami)
Big 10: 3-1 (Wisc, Mich St, Purdue)
Pac 10: 3-3 (UCLA, Wazzou, Stan.)
SEC: 3-3 (Ark., Tenn., Miss. St)
Southern: 1-0 (Davidson)
Horizon: 1-0 (Butler)
MAAC: 1-0 (Siena)
C-USA: 1-0 (Memphis)
Mtn West: 1-1 (UNLV)
A 10: 1-1 (Xavier)
Sun Belt: 1-1 (W Ky)
WCC: 1-2 (SD)

3/21/2008 11:38:32 PM

Quote :

"classic clempson choke job "

3/22/2008 12:54:05 AM

Saturday:
2:10 pm - West Virginia #7 / Duke #2
4:20 pm - Kansas State #11 / Wisconsin #3
Approx 4:40 pm - Purdue #6 / Xavier #3
6:40 pm - Notre Dame #5 / Washington State #4
6:45 pm - Marquette #6 / Stanford #3
Approx 6:50 pm - UNLV #8 / Kansas #1
Approx 9:10 pm - Michigan State #5 / Pittsburgh #4
Approx 9:15 pm - Texas A&M #9 / UCLA #1

Sunday:
12:10 pm - Siena #13 / Villanova #12
2:15 pm - Miami (Fla.) #7 / Texas #2
2:30 pm - Butler #7 / Tennessee #2
2:50 pm - Davidson #10 / Georgetown #2
Approx 2:50 pm - San Diego #13 / Western Kentucky #12
Approx 4:45 pm - Mississippi State #8 / Memphis #1
Approx 5:00 pm - Oklahoma #6 / Louisville #3
Approx 5:15 pm - Arkansas #9 / North Carolina #1

3/22/2008 10:34:28 AM

This is who I need to win:

Duke
KSU
Purdue
Wazzu
Stanford
KU
MSU
UCLA

gah damn Clemson and Vandy
Texas
Tennessee
G'town
gah damn Drake and UConn
Memphis
Louisville
UNC

3/22/2008 10:57:10 AM

My bracket is so fucked I don't even care about it anymore.

Go Big East and upsets!

btw, I picked Clemson but somewhere on TWW I said that I thought Villanova could easily win that game... Jay Wright is great at getting his teams prepared to play and Scottie Reynold is really good...

The most interesting games of the day are Stanford-Marquette and Duke-WVU. The former because they are two totally contrasting style of play and the latter because I think Joe Alexander is a freak and a nightmare matchup for Duke.

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 11:27 AM. Reason : x]

3/22/2008 11:26:00 AM

you would think bands like explosions in the sky and sigur ros would be millionaires just off of the feel good stories they show during the pregame show alone

3/22/2008 12:48:20 PM

Stripes looking to break the spirit of the 'Eers early this game. They really came to play.

3/22/2008 1:19:13 PM

Christ, a "real" foul? that motherfucker Scheyer jumped into Alexander

I hate Duke so fucking much, they cant straight up win a game, they have to flop their way to the line

3/22/2008 1:29:38 PM

I love that the announcers called that a "hard foul" on Singler when the replay clearly showed literally no contact at all...

3/22/2008 1:30:35 PM

what say you now after the "foul" on singler

3/22/2008 1:30:39 PM

oh noes

3/22/2008 1:31:28 PM

that was 190% ball

3/22/2008 1:31:29 PM

phantom foul against duke? no way.

3/22/2008 2:34:52 PM

Joe Alexander is $$$$... I think he is only a soph too...

WVU in MAJOR foul trouble though...

3/22/2008 2:40:31 PM

i don't know what happened to this duke team

3/22/2008 2:43:58 PM

Just think, KSU hired Huggins the same year we got stuck with Lowe. How could we not land him?

3/22/2008 2:46:09 PM

please

just go away

3/22/2008 2:46:35 PM

Gawd I h8 dook

GO WVU

3/22/2008 2:47:37 PM

what has happened to demarcus nelson? other than probably steroids.

3/22/2008 2:54:07 PM

I think they mentioned he has the flu the other night...

He is one of the few Dookies I like (Henderson too) so it sucks that he is fucking up down the stretch of his career..

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 2:56 PM. Reason : holy shit.. THAT is a screen...]

3/22/2008 2:54:52 PM

thomas is a douche.

3/22/2008 2:56:53 PM

this is a pretty physical game and they are calling every little thing

3/22/2008 2:57:11 PM

another example of how fucking dirty Duke actually is. should have been a tech on thomas.


(btw, has anyone else noticed that the music in the nike commercial, the one with the bells ringing, sounds exactly like the scene in Boogie Nights where Dirk is getting beat up by the gay bashers and rollergirl is getting raped in the limo?)

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 3:00 PM. Reason : .]

3/22/2008 2:58:25 PM

that wasn't intentional

same thing happened the other way with paulus earlier in the game

he just stood his ground and the guy ran into him
he didn't mean anything bad by it

3/22/2008 2:59:12 PM

once again, duke sucks if they don't get a blowjob from the refs

3/22/2008 2:59:13 PM

Quote :

"another example of how fucking dirty Duke actually is. should have been a tech on thomas."

how in the hell can you call that dirty?

is this your first time ever watching basketball?

3/22/2008 3:00:41 PM

It wasn't dirty at all but it was DUMB. You don't set a screen moving sideways... that is downright dangerous and will be called EVERY time.

3/22/2008 3:01:39 PM

Quote :

"should have been a tech on thomas."

not at all.

3/22/2008 3:01:40 PM

one thing to set a screen but lunging into him is dirty

3/22/2008 3:02:00 PM

hahaha he did not lunge into him
i saw the same replay you guys did

he stood there, did not lunge

3/22/2008 3:02:48 PM

well lucky for everyone involved that he didn't lunge into him then, yeah?

3/22/2008 3:03:10 PM

I love it everytime duke throws up a 3 and bricks it

3/22/2008 3:03:12 PM

Quote :

"another example of how fucking dirty Duke actually is. should have been a tech on thomas. "

Stop crying

3/22/2008 3:04:44 PM

bwahaha live and die by the 3

3/22/2008 3:06:59 PM

look at nelson almost airball that free throw and then get burned to hell backdoor.

i almost feel bad for the guy =[

3/22/2008 3:08:46 PM

god, can "the media" be anymore anti-duke?!?!

3/22/2008 3:09:05 PM

stfu

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 3:09 PM. Reason : STAFOO]

3/22/2008 3:09:41 PM

whatever. fuck my bracket.

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 3:10 PM. Reason : IF TENNESSEE DOESN'T BEAT CAROLINA JAYBEE, I'M COMING FOR YOU M'FUCKER]

3/22/2008 3:10:14 PM

I mean its sickening, just exploding every time WV does anything


^ HA, they arent going to beat Butler

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 3:10 PM. Reason : d]

3/22/2008 3:10:37 PM

yeah my bracket is done at this point


GO UNDERDOGS GO

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 3:11 PM. Reason : ^i don't think most people thought it was the media, i always thought it was ESPN]

3/22/2008 3:10:44 PM

i'll be at 13 sweet 16 teams left if duke loses

3/22/2008 3:11:42 PM

^^ and the N&O and the polls, and and and

3/22/2008 3:12:40 PM

i have never seen duke miss so many 3 pointers

guess that's what happens when you live and die by the 3

3/22/2008 3:13:12 PM

alright, two announcers, whoopty fucking doo

3/22/2008 3:13:33 PM

i hope they get some good shots of crying duke fans

3/22/2008 3:14:11 PM

the announcers seriously are sucking WVU's dick. they explode every time they make a shot.

i guess they deserve it though. duke really sucks

3/22/2008 3:15:15 PM

Quote :

"i'll be at 13 sweet 16 teams left if duke loses"

same.

and 7 elite 8 teams

3/22/2008 3:15:26 PM

Quote :

"bwahaha live and die by the 3"

3/22/2008 3:17:09 PM

i still have all my elite 8 teams

3/22/2008 3:17:20 PM