Last Night’s Carnage

There’s moreĀ  fire than this one, but this is the only one that deserves special mention. Just to recap:

I picked Utah over Arizona. Despite their win, my opinion that Arizona should not have even been in the tournament remains unchanged. Results in the tournament can’t be allowed to validate a bad decision to allow [...]

Well, I Lost A Coin Flip

The pick was a coin flip anyway, so I’m not too broken up about Tennessee not getting the honor of losing to Pittsburgh.
I mean, really, which do you pick? An Oklahoma State team that was streaky and inconsistent in a fairly weak conference? Or a Tennessee team that was streaky and inconsistent in a fairly [...]

I actually had a post rattling around about how sad Illinois is. How their basketball band plays the long, boring song at halftime that Chief NCAABannedMe would dance around to, despite the Chief’s NCAA-mandated vacation.
After last night’s basketball performance, what’s sad is how they play basketball. And if Chief NCAABannedMe watched the game, he’s probably [...]

What the Hell Was I Thinking?

Minnesota? Really? I thought that Minnesota was going to win a game in the NCAA tournament? Even if it was against a Texas team that I thought was coming into the tournament slightly overrated. I had the “pleasure” of watching Minnesota get rolled in the Big Ten Tournament, and somehow, I still decided to click [...]

Butler Turns Ball Over, Shockingly Loses

Well, now I have the wrong team losing to Tyler Hansbrough.
Butler, apparently misinformed of the start time of their game, arrived at the arena at 11:22 to play their first round game. The only problem with that was that their game actually started at 11:20, and by then, the LSU Tigers had scored 9 points. [...]