College Basketball 12/13

I also watched the 2nd half of the Gonzaga game, and they were very lucky to get away from Southern. The Zags hit several crucial threes in the last few minutes to escape.
 
VCU versus Michigan... annoying hornets versus silk... mixing metaphors here but you know what I mean.
 
Group Standings (Top 10)
Rank

Bracket

Correct Picks

Points

Possible Pts
1 CG Low's Choice Bracket 13 of 16 189
2 *gooDevil's Expert Bracketl 11 of 16 185
2 Ethan's Bracket 11 of 16 185
2 Eboue 11 of 16 165
5 Justafans Horrible Bracket 9 of 16 179
 
Whenever you get a really crazy upset like Harvard, you know that the only brackets that still look good are the homers who live by Harvard that picked them out of love and not sense.

Though I'm not sure any of the local kids back Harvard, I've never met a fan of Harvard, and the alums probably are too arrogant to pick them because they want to look smart rather than loyal.

But I do have an espn bracket in the top 99.6%

http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/entry?entryID=3728059
 
There's a guy playing for Wisconsin who has the worst haircut I've seen in a long time. Very annoying!
 
WTFs Wisc and NC State! Brian fecking Godfried! Can recruit Burger Boys but cant coach worth an fecking french fry.
 
Feeky_Magee said:
feck college basketball. ESPN America is gone to shit now there's no college football as well as the baseball still being away. 24/7 college basketball or some shit hockey that's not even the NHL.
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Okay I officially retract this, I've enjoyed March Madness.
 
Dennis Latta
Loboland.com Editor

Talk about it in NEW MEXICO LOBO INSIDER
I really thought that the University of New Mexico finally had a men's basketball team that earned the loyalty of their fans.

I was wrong.

I've been around Lobo basketball for 33 seasons. For 32 of those seasons, I knew that UNM had a team that could fold and lose to anyone at any time. I never got my expectations too high because a collapse was possible anytime they walked out on that floor.

I thought this team was different. I was convinced that this Lobo team was for real. It had experience, a good front line and a good backcourt and good chemistry and was smart.

I was wrong.

The main difference between these Lobos and the others who fell flat was that the 2012-13 team played defense. New Mexico forced opponents to take bad shots and actually guarded. This team had real potential.

I was wrong.

This was a team that had the MWC Player of the Year in Kendall Williams and the MWC Tournament MVP in Tony Snell and two big men who had been outstanding at times and a point guard who had developed quickly. I never expected the Player of the Year to be absolutely invisible when he was needed most or that the tournament MVP couldn't hit a 3-pointer on a bet.

I was wrong.

I thought this team had accomplished something by winning the Mountain West Conference during the regular season and in the tournament. A win over UNLV on its home floor was impressive. Beating San Diego State and Colorado State and Boise State was the sign of success because the conference and these teams were so good.

I was wrong.

Now, the mighty MWC is 1-3 in the NCAA, and has not lost to any team seeded above a 13. It's not like they lost to Indiana or Louisville or even Georgetown or Michigan State. No, the losses were to the traditional powerhouses of LaSalle, California and Harvard. The league I thought was so good turns out to be so bad.

I was wrong.

I was disappointed when New Mexico was seeded a lowly third. I truly believed UNM would prove the committee wrong and thought that going to the Final Four was a realistic possibility. This was going to be the Year of the Lobo. New Mexico was finally going to get the credit, the respect and the attention it deserved.

I was wrong.

I thought that coach Steve Alford and athletic director Paul Krebbs were smart to announce a new 10-year contract the day before the Lobos started their march through the NCAA. No one would complain about the big dollars because UNM was on the road to glory.

I was wrong.

But I won't be wrong again. It was a lot easier to take when expectations were lower. Losing was acceptable because UNM had almost always lost when it really counted. You didn't have visions of greatness, only to have them dashed. After the pitiful performance UNM put up against a team that doesn't even offer scholarships, I've given up. Having all five starters back next season means nothing on a team that can just disappear like that. I'd be back to wondering when it would collapse, have a terrible game and lose to an inferior team again.

No, I've had it. I've been to my last Lobo basketball game after covering the team for much of the last 33 years.

Good-bye Lobo basketball.
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What an idiot.
 
Nova :(

still after the start, I'm glad we got into the tournament, and after the start to the game, surprised we even managed to give UNC a fight. Big Mouph will be missed. We have only one big man next year.
 
Good feck, I'm still in shock over Florida Gulf Coast, that's one for the ages right there! Georgetown was in my final four, my bracket is toast.
 
Wichita State "Shockers" shocked the nation with a win over Gonzaga. What a game! Despite the fact that my bracket is down the shitter now.
 
Gone-feckingzaga was way over-hyped by the press. What fools. The Big Ten is by far a much tougher league -- Purdue probably could have beaten Gonzaga.

Wasted 1st seed... teams will be calling it the Gonzaga Way to play creampuffs all season to get into the NCAA seeded high.

At least they are saved of the possible whooping at the hands of OSU.
 
Zags' could've put this game to bed by midway of the second half if they could just stave off their complacency. Seems like they didn't learn anything from the late escape against Southern. Gotta admit the 3-pointers streak back and forth between the Zags and Wichita was highly entertaining though.
 
Oh, and that's as badly as IU has played all season. So we're either going to collapse again next game and almost certainly lose, or we've just gotten our bad game out of our system and we'll only have good ones left!
 
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