2010/2011 College Basketball

[gunnar hendershow]

That game basically guaranteed Williams will be a top 5 pick.

[Meacon Keaton]

Duke losing makes me the happiest chap in the land. Now to beat Marquette tonight, and some double digit seeded team on Sunday, and we're off to the Final Four.

[phatman]

If UNC beats Marquette, they'll have to play the winner of Ohio State vs Kentucky... not a double digit seeded team...

Or have I read what you were implying wrong there Meac, sorry if I have...

[Meacon Keaton]

No, you're right. I was looking at the brackets wrong. I've been running on fumes all week. If that's my biggest mix-up today, I'll be more than pleased.

[gunnar hendershow]

You know this means we're all gonna give you a hard time about how you're a "diehard" UNC fan when you didn't know who they are supposed to play.

It's just what the rules around here are.

[Meacon Keaton]

Perfectly fine with that. Stay up all night poopin' and see how well your memory works. (Y)

[Lowerdeck]

So, I take it VCU belongs in this tournament after all.

Suckeyes are out, which isn't a surprise. However, on my Yahoo bracket I had them bowing out to UNC. So I lost there, but not terribly much.

[DMN in the House]

God damn, this OT is madness.

[gunnar hendershow]

I can't believe it.

[sahyder1]

Three words....."Law of Gus".

Its a shame Gus Johnson will not be calling the championship game (or either of the Final Four games I would assume). Brad Stevens is a class act though.

[Meacon Keaton]

Butler going to the Final Four again is just awesome. Brad Stevens is a hell of a coach.

[naiwf]

UConn is representing the Big East well. Arizona should have gone for the tie, but we had two great games today. Butler winning it all would be fantastic even though I'd lose the yahoo league here with a Kansas loss.

[naiwf]

So either 11 seed and unworthy tournament entry VCU or 8 seed Haywardless Butler will play for the national title in 8 days. Tremendous.

[gunnar hendershow]

Wow, the college basketball regular season means absolutely nothing. Major credit to VCU though, sure the game with Butler will be far from a ratings juggernaut unfortunately. Hopefully either of them wins it all though.

[Meacon Keaton]

Lame.

Oh, well. Go Butler or VCU. Shame they play each other.

[Lowerdeck]

Wow, the college basketball regular season means absolutely nothing. Major credit to VCU though, sure the game with Butler will be far from a ratings juggernaut unfortunately. Hopefully either of them wins it all though.

If anything, I think the game could have bigger ratings - just people curious to see the little guys and how well they can do.

[gunnar hendershow]

In a Final Four with 2 mid-majors playing each other, the most shocking thing is that John Calipari coached his team to not one, but two signature upsets to get there.

[phatman]

Well I think the last 8 games I've picked in the round by round thing i've gotten wrong, so by that theory, whoever I pick to win in the final four should lose and we'll have our national championship game

Was shocked to see Kansas lose this morning, really thought they'd take it all from here, kudos to VCU, who just because they've got this far doesn't make me believe they still belong in this tournament...

I really can't see a clear favourite in the final four now and could see any of the four teams winning it... I'll go with a Kentucky vs Butler title game though and give Calipari his first national title... Which hopefully means that VCU takes it

Like Meac the other day, I was a very happy person once UNC was knocked out of the tournament earlier

[naiwf]

I'm cool with any of those 4 teams winning though if I had my preference I'd go with VCU, Butler, Kentucky and UConn in that order. VCU simply for the "fuck the experts" standpoint and to see where Shaka Smart ends up if he walks away from VCU with a title. Butler because they should have won it last year, but that Heyward kid got tight late and they were inches away from the greatest finish in the history of college sports. Kentucky would be third because I actually like Calipari and it would be hilarious for them to win it the year after they had 5 guys drafted in the 1st round of the NBA draft. UConn is last just because Calhoun already has a couple of titles to his credit, but the Big East homer in me would like to see them win just so the "haters" can shut up about the Big East not winning anything ever.

[naiwf]

Butler or the Big East wins on Monday.

Brandon Knight making that last shot tonight must have made Calipari throw up in his mouth. He was short on everything for the last 10 minutes except for the one shot that didn't matter.