Last day of games until next Thursday when the Sweet Sixteen begin.
North Carolina v Arkansas--No contest, yet again. North Carolina blows through Raleigh with back-to-back 100 point efforts. Final score--UNC 108, Arkansas 77. My pick--UNC, 1-0.
Louisville v Oklahoma--Louisville ran all over Oklahoma. They played so well that Rick Pitino just sat on the bench and watched with delight. Louisville scored 44 points in the first half---Oklahoma scored 48 for the game. Final score--Louisville 78, Oklahoma 48. My pick--Louisville, 2-0.
Tennessee v Butler--Butler should have won this game. Close game throughout with several lead changes. Tennessee hit some late free throws to ice it. Final score--Tennessee 76, Butler 70. My pick--Tennessee, 3-0.
Villanova v Xavier--'Nova took it to the Saints and kept them at bay the whole game. Siena tried to make a small comeback in the second half, but Villanova never let them mount any thing substantial. Final score--Villanova 84, Siena 72. My pick--Clemson, 3-1.
Georgetown v Davidson--Awesome baby, Awesome!!! Stephen Curry is the player of the tournament so far. 70 points in two games. Again, he decided to wait until the second half to start playing, but it didn't matter. G'Town is a great defensive team, they also shot 63% from the field, but they couldn't stop the Curry Express. Davidson forced 20 turnovers and committed just four. Final score--Davidson 74, G'Town 70. My pick--Davidson(I changed this about 1 hour after I saved my original bracket), 4-1.
Western Kentucky v San Diego--The other 12 v 13 battle(Villanova and Siena was the other). Western Kentucky use 29 points from Courtney Lee to earn their first Sweet Sixteen appearance in 15 years. Final score--WKY 72, San Diego 63. My pick--Drake, 4-2.
Texas v Miami--Miami staged a great comeback effort. They were down by 17 with just over 4 minutes left in the game. Poor ball-handling and bad shooting down the stretch almost cost Texas a Sweet Sixteen appearance. They hit a few clutch free throws to hold of the Hurricanes. Final score--Texas 75, Miami 72. My pick--Texas, 5-2.
Memphis v Mississippi State--Memphis should have been the first #1 seed to fall and almost cost themselves the game. Mississippi State scored five quick points to pull within 3 with about 20 seconds to go. Poor free throw shooting almost did Memphis in (they shot a pathetic 47% from the charity stripe). They held on to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Final score--Memphis 77, Mississippi State 74. My pick--Memphis, 6-2.
Another good round for me. 6-2 on the day and 35-13 for the tournament.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Round 2 Action--Saturday
So round one had some huge upsets and some teams plugging along like these games are just more games in the season. Let s see how I did this day.
Washington State v Notre Dame--Washington State was clearly the better team today. The Fighting Irish didn't put up much fight in this game. Harangody was horrible and looked nothing like the Big East POY, which is the major reason the Irish were never in this game. Final score--Wash St 61, Notre Dame 41. My pick--Wash St, 1-0 today.
Kansas v UNLV--UNLV kept it close until halftime and only trailed by five going into the second half. KU stopped toying with the Runnin' Rebels and put this game out of reach early in the second half. Of course UNLV made it easier with tow of it's 10 players fouling out with around 9 minutes left in the game. Final score--KU 75, UNLV 56. My pick--Kansas, 2-0 today.
Wisconsin v Kansas State--Michael Beasley did his best to keep K-State in this game. He scored 23 of the Wildcats 55 points. Too bad Wisconsin scored 72. K-State never really got into this game as the Badger D kept them out of rhythm the whole game. Final score--Wisconsin 72, K-State 55. My pick--USC, 2-1 today.
I would have picked K-State if I had picked them to win the first round game.
West Virginia v Duke--Duke was way over-seeded in this tournament. They had a good year, but they should have been a 4-5 seed, where they probably would have been upset in the first round the way they played. WVU had no trouble sending Duke back to North Carolina to watch the rest of the tournament from their couches. Final score--WVU 73, Duke 67. My pick--WVU, 3-1 today.
Xavier v Purdue--Good close game throughout. Xavier hit some clutch free throws and shot 54% from the field for the game to edge the Boilermakers. Final score--Xavier 85, Purdue 78. My pick--Xavier, 4-1 today.
UCLA v Texas A&M--The Bruins survive their second round match-up and I do mean survive. They trailed by three at halftime and had to rely on a key block to keep the Aggies from sending the game into OT. A&M almost beat the number one seed despite shooting only 43% from the charity stripe and having their shots blocked eleven times. UCLA's Kevin Love had 7 blocks on the game, many coming towards the end of the game. Final score--UCLA 51, Texas A&M 49. My pick--UCLA, 5-1 today.
Pittsburgh v Michigan State--DAMMIT!!!!! Son of a bitch. Michigan State out rebounded the Panthers and help Pitt to a dismal 12% shooting from behind the arc and just 33% from 2-point land. Neitzel couldn't be stopped in the closing minutes as he helped the Spartans hold off a late Panther rush. Final score--Michigan State 65, Pitt 54. My pick--Pittsburgh, 5-2 today.
DAMMIT all to hell!!!! I had Pitt going all the way to the finals. Nothing like having one of your favorites lose early to fuck up your bracket.
Stanford v Marquette--The Cardinal rallied to force OT then waited until the last second to finish off a tough Marquette team. Brook Lopez finished off an amazing night by hitting the go ahead jumper from the baseline with about 1 second to go. Trailing by 6 at the half and without their coach for the second half and OT, the Cardinal climbed aboard the Lopez train and rode it to the finish. Final score--Stanford 82, Marquette 81. My pick--Stanford, 6-2 today.
Aside from the Pittsburgh debacle I did rather well today. 6-2 today and 29-11 overall.
Washington State v Notre Dame--Washington State was clearly the better team today. The Fighting Irish didn't put up much fight in this game. Harangody was horrible and looked nothing like the Big East POY, which is the major reason the Irish were never in this game. Final score--Wash St 61, Notre Dame 41. My pick--Wash St, 1-0 today.
Kansas v UNLV--UNLV kept it close until halftime and only trailed by five going into the second half. KU stopped toying with the Runnin' Rebels and put this game out of reach early in the second half. Of course UNLV made it easier with tow of it's 10 players fouling out with around 9 minutes left in the game. Final score--KU 75, UNLV 56. My pick--Kansas, 2-0 today.
Wisconsin v Kansas State--Michael Beasley did his best to keep K-State in this game. He scored 23 of the Wildcats 55 points. Too bad Wisconsin scored 72. K-State never really got into this game as the Badger D kept them out of rhythm the whole game. Final score--Wisconsin 72, K-State 55. My pick--USC, 2-1 today.
I would have picked K-State if I had picked them to win the first round game.
West Virginia v Duke--Duke was way over-seeded in this tournament. They had a good year, but they should have been a 4-5 seed, where they probably would have been upset in the first round the way they played. WVU had no trouble sending Duke back to North Carolina to watch the rest of the tournament from their couches. Final score--WVU 73, Duke 67. My pick--WVU, 3-1 today.
Xavier v Purdue--Good close game throughout. Xavier hit some clutch free throws and shot 54% from the field for the game to edge the Boilermakers. Final score--Xavier 85, Purdue 78. My pick--Xavier, 4-1 today.
UCLA v Texas A&M--The Bruins survive their second round match-up and I do mean survive. They trailed by three at halftime and had to rely on a key block to keep the Aggies from sending the game into OT. A&M almost beat the number one seed despite shooting only 43% from the charity stripe and having their shots blocked eleven times. UCLA's Kevin Love had 7 blocks on the game, many coming towards the end of the game. Final score--UCLA 51, Texas A&M 49. My pick--UCLA, 5-1 today.
Pittsburgh v Michigan State--DAMMIT!!!!! Son of a bitch. Michigan State out rebounded the Panthers and help Pitt to a dismal 12% shooting from behind the arc and just 33% from 2-point land. Neitzel couldn't be stopped in the closing minutes as he helped the Spartans hold off a late Panther rush. Final score--Michigan State 65, Pitt 54. My pick--Pittsburgh, 5-2 today.
DAMMIT all to hell!!!! I had Pitt going all the way to the finals. Nothing like having one of your favorites lose early to fuck up your bracket.
Stanford v Marquette--The Cardinal rallied to force OT then waited until the last second to finish off a tough Marquette team. Brook Lopez finished off an amazing night by hitting the go ahead jumper from the baseline with about 1 second to go. Trailing by 6 at the half and without their coach for the second half and OT, the Cardinal climbed aboard the Lopez train and rode it to the finish. Final score--Stanford 82, Marquette 81. My pick--Stanford, 6-2 today.
Aside from the Pittsburgh debacle I did rather well today. 6-2 today and 29-11 overall.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Round 1 Action--Second Day
Day 2 provided some good games and some bad ones. Lets see how the games turned out.
North Carolina v Mount St Mary's--North Carolina eeked out a close one here. Final Score--North Carlina 113, Mount St. Mary's 74. My Pick--North Carolina, 1-0 on the day.
Indiana v Arkansas--Sampsonless Hoosiers were no match for the Razorbacks who ran all over them. Final Score--Arkansas 86, Indiana 72. My Pick--Arkansas, 2-0 today.
Oklahoma v St Joseph's--I thought this was going to be a better game. OU ended up being too much for St Joseph's. Godbold picked this game to start becoming a force. Final Score--OU 72, St Joe's 64. My pick--St. Joe's, 2-1 today.
Louisville v Boise State--Louisville looked better than they have all year in this rout of Boise State. A deep bench will put Louisville far into the tournament. Final score--Louisville 79, Boise State 61. My pick--Louisville, 3-1 today.
Butler v South Alabama--This game was a blowout from the beginning. Butler never let South Alabama get into a rhythm and moved on to the second round. I thought this game would have been closer. Final Score--Butler 81, South Alabama 61. My pick--South Alabama, 3-2 today.
Tennessee v American--American was trying to pull off the huge upset. They actually had a chance in this game and were down only one with around 4 minutes to go. Then they just disappeared. I hate to see these underdog teams play great for about 35 minutes then turn to shit the final 5 and let the score get out of hand. This game was a lot closer than the score indicates. Final Score--Tennessee 72, American 57. My pick--Tennessee, 4-2 today.
Clemson v Villanova--What can I say upsets were in the air in Tampa. 'Nova ends the nightmare for the higher seeded teams by beating Clemson and becoming the fourth lower seed to win in Tampa on the day. Final score--'Nova 75, Clemson 69. My pick--Clemson, 4-3 today.
Vanderbilt v Siena--Siena destroyed Vanderbilt. The Saints led from start to finish and proved that the Commodores can't shoot away from their home arena. Final score--Siena 83, Vanderbilt 62. My pick--Siena, 5-3 today.
Gonzaga v Davidson--Stephen Curry baited the Bulldogs into thinking he was just going to have a mediocre game, he had 10 points at halftime. He exploded for 30 fuckin' points in the second half. He was raining three's and any other shot he took in the second half and helped Davidson pull off the mild upset over Gonzaga. Final Score--Davidson 82, Gonzaga 76. My pick--Davidson, 6-3 today.
Georgetown v UMBC--UMBC had thoughts of an upset and actually led in the game about 5 minutes in. Then they realized they were playing a 2-seed and started playing like a typical 15-seed. Georgetown pulled away from there and won. Final Score--G'Town 66, UMBC 47. My pick--G'Town, 7-3 today.
Memphis v TX Arlington--Another one seed blowout. Final score--Memphis 87, TX Arlington 63. My pick--Memphis, 8-3 today.
Mississippi St v Oregon--This game could have gone either way. Oregon blew their chance to advance to the second round by not playing defense in the second half. The Ducks had a 10-point halftime lead and let the Bulldogs outscore them by 17 in the second half. Final score--Mississippi State 76, Oregon 69. My pick--Mississippi State, 9-3 today.
Miami (FL) v St. Mary's--St. Mary's led by 5 at the half. They decided they didn't need to play any defense in the second half and let Miami drop 51 points on their ass in the second half. They lost. Final Score--Miami 78, St Mary's 64. My pick--St. Mary's, 9-4 today.
Texas v Austin Peay--Blowout city. Texas led from start to finish. Final Score--Texas 74, Austin Peay 54. My pick--Texas, 10-4 today.
Drake v Western Kentucky-- Un-fucking-believable. Western Kentucky pulls the huge upset over 5-seed Drake. Drake fought back from a 16-point deficit to force overtime. They had a 1-point lead with 2 seconds on the clock. How the hell do you let a team get the ball all the way down the damn court to just outside the arc? Ty Rogers hits the game winning three to give WKU the dramatic win in OT. Final Score--WKU 101, Drake 99. My pick--Drake, 10-5 today.
UConn v San Diego--You have got to love the underdog. Tampa saw all four underdog team win their games. San Diego was the second team to take out a higher seed on the day. They followed Western Kentucky's win over Drake with their own shocker. UConn forced OT and De'Jon Jackson gave the upstart Torero's a upset win at the buzzer in OT. Final score--San Diego 70, UConn 69. My pick--San Diego (another pick I changed at the last minute), 11-5 today.
11-5 on the day and 23-9 for the first two days. Not bad, but it is far from first in my bracket league. The UConn loss helped since at least one person had them in the finals.
North Carolina v Mount St Mary's--North Carolina eeked out a close one here. Final Score--North Carlina 113, Mount St. Mary's 74. My Pick--North Carolina, 1-0 on the day.
Indiana v Arkansas--Sampsonless Hoosiers were no match for the Razorbacks who ran all over them. Final Score--Arkansas 86, Indiana 72. My Pick--Arkansas, 2-0 today.
Oklahoma v St Joseph's--I thought this was going to be a better game. OU ended up being too much for St Joseph's. Godbold picked this game to start becoming a force. Final Score--OU 72, St Joe's 64. My pick--St. Joe's, 2-1 today.
Louisville v Boise State--Louisville looked better than they have all year in this rout of Boise State. A deep bench will put Louisville far into the tournament. Final score--Louisville 79, Boise State 61. My pick--Louisville, 3-1 today.
Butler v South Alabama--This game was a blowout from the beginning. Butler never let South Alabama get into a rhythm and moved on to the second round. I thought this game would have been closer. Final Score--Butler 81, South Alabama 61. My pick--South Alabama, 3-2 today.
Tennessee v American--American was trying to pull off the huge upset. They actually had a chance in this game and were down only one with around 4 minutes to go. Then they just disappeared. I hate to see these underdog teams play great for about 35 minutes then turn to shit the final 5 and let the score get out of hand. This game was a lot closer than the score indicates. Final Score--Tennessee 72, American 57. My pick--Tennessee, 4-2 today.
Clemson v Villanova--What can I say upsets were in the air in Tampa. 'Nova ends the nightmare for the higher seeded teams by beating Clemson and becoming the fourth lower seed to win in Tampa on the day. Final score--'Nova 75, Clemson 69. My pick--Clemson, 4-3 today.
Vanderbilt v Siena--Siena destroyed Vanderbilt. The Saints led from start to finish and proved that the Commodores can't shoot away from their home arena. Final score--Siena 83, Vanderbilt 62. My pick--Siena, 5-3 today.
Gonzaga v Davidson--Stephen Curry baited the Bulldogs into thinking he was just going to have a mediocre game, he had 10 points at halftime. He exploded for 30 fuckin' points in the second half. He was raining three's and any other shot he took in the second half and helped Davidson pull off the mild upset over Gonzaga. Final Score--Davidson 82, Gonzaga 76. My pick--Davidson, 6-3 today.
Georgetown v UMBC--UMBC had thoughts of an upset and actually led in the game about 5 minutes in. Then they realized they were playing a 2-seed and started playing like a typical 15-seed. Georgetown pulled away from there and won. Final Score--G'Town 66, UMBC 47. My pick--G'Town, 7-3 today.
Memphis v TX Arlington--Another one seed blowout. Final score--Memphis 87, TX Arlington 63. My pick--Memphis, 8-3 today.
Mississippi St v Oregon--This game could have gone either way. Oregon blew their chance to advance to the second round by not playing defense in the second half. The Ducks had a 10-point halftime lead and let the Bulldogs outscore them by 17 in the second half. Final score--Mississippi State 76, Oregon 69. My pick--Mississippi State, 9-3 today.
Miami (FL) v St. Mary's--St. Mary's led by 5 at the half. They decided they didn't need to play any defense in the second half and let Miami drop 51 points on their ass in the second half. They lost. Final Score--Miami 78, St Mary's 64. My pick--St. Mary's, 9-4 today.
Texas v Austin Peay--Blowout city. Texas led from start to finish. Final Score--Texas 74, Austin Peay 54. My pick--Texas, 10-4 today.
Drake v Western Kentucky-- Un-fucking-believable. Western Kentucky pulls the huge upset over 5-seed Drake. Drake fought back from a 16-point deficit to force overtime. They had a 1-point lead with 2 seconds on the clock. How the hell do you let a team get the ball all the way down the damn court to just outside the arc? Ty Rogers hits the game winning three to give WKU the dramatic win in OT. Final Score--WKU 101, Drake 99. My pick--Drake, 10-5 today.
UConn v San Diego--You have got to love the underdog. Tampa saw all four underdog team win their games. San Diego was the second team to take out a higher seed on the day. They followed Western Kentucky's win over Drake with their own shocker. UConn forced OT and De'Jon Jackson gave the upstart Torero's a upset win at the buzzer in OT. Final score--San Diego 70, UConn 69. My pick--San Diego (another pick I changed at the last minute), 11-5 today.
11-5 on the day and 23-9 for the first two days. Not bad, but it is far from first in my bracket league. The UConn loss helped since at least one person had them in the finals.
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