Chattin’ live on the NCAA tourney, propped-up-feet and all
The channel I'm watching, alas, is NOT truTV. (Photography and pedicure by M. Bradley)
Charlotte — Welcome to our third annual live chat off the Thursday afternoon NCAA tournament games. The first two years weren’t without controversy. In 2009 you folks made fun of my TV. Last year the Milwaukee Hyatt impelled me to relocate to Major Goolsby, a sports bar across the street, by delivering the sobering news that it did not offer room service for lunch.
(For breakfast, yes. For dinner, yes. Just not for lunch. Are you kidding me?)
But I digress. And now I move to this year’s issue: Of the 65 channels available on the wide-screen TV here at the Civic Center Marriott, truTV isn’t among them. I confess that I’d never heard of truTV until it came a carrier of NCAA games, but now I know what it is. And it’s not here. So I’m going to miss those games today.
My life: Drama untold.
And here we are again. I’m pretty sure the Marriott offers at least a tuna sandwich if not truTV, so I should be OK. For early games we’ve got Clemson-West Virginia, Butler-Old Dominion (though I won’t see it), Louisville-Morehead State and Temple-Penn State. Those are pretty good games, you’ll have to concede. And I’ll try my best to offer semi-cogent commentary until around 4 p.m., at which time I need to head for the arena for Washington’s media availability.
Thanks to all who entered Bradley’s Bracket Fiasco. (Entries are closed.) Thanks to all who dare to hang with me this afternoon. And away, as the Great One would say, we go.
By Mark Bradley
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Mrs. Rex Ryan
March 17th, 2011
12:18 pm
Who cares about the games. You can be on my team any time with those feet.
Michael
March 17th, 2011
12:18 pm
You could fire up ncaa.com and watch the Butler-ODU game on that there fancy computer box of yours, you know?
Time to boycott ESPN?
March 17th, 2011
12:20 pm
http://thegeorgiasportsreport.blogspot.com/
Katherine
March 17th, 2011
12:22 pm
Arghhh sorry Mark…I hate feet and pictures of feet!
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:23 pm
Clemson off to a nice start. Who knew?
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:23 pm
My fancy computer box just required me paying $12.95 for Internet access. My broadband card was working not so well.
Michael
March 17th, 2011
12:24 pm
Let’s see how Clemson finishes. They have to be tired.
Rickster
March 17th, 2011
12:25 pm
Dude… Pedicure.
James
March 17th, 2011
12:27 pm
Maybe Clemson is better than I thought…
chalkdawg4
March 17th, 2011
12:28 pm
I’ve got Clemson. bracket not busted yet. Final four of Ohio State, Florida, Lousiville, and S.D. State. Probably doomed.
chalkdawg4
March 17th, 2011
12:29 pm
Hey Mark – just expense the $12.95. Sounds like a genuine emergency to me.
Bill
March 17th, 2011
12:29 pm
Are any of these games on the radio today?
MarkDawg33
March 17th, 2011
12:30 pm
Had to take 2 vacation days for today and Friday…hope these games are good.
D A DoubleU G
March 17th, 2011
12:30 pm
170 days til’ kickoff.
Chaos, like me
March 17th, 2011
12:30 pm
Hey, those are my legs!
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:31 pm
Oh, it will be submitted on the expense report. Never fear about that.
UGA coed
March 17th, 2011
12:31 pm
I only WISH I had legs that good.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:31 pm
Bill, I know Westwood One has the NCAA tournament rights and that games are available on Sirius XM. I listened driving up here.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:32 pm
I picked Ohio State and Florida and almost picked Louisville. I’m not sold on SDSU, chalkdawg4, although other people seem to be.
RaleighDawg
March 17th, 2011
12:32 pm
FYI – Thompkin’s Pedicure Palace is running a two for one special this week.
joyaman
March 17th, 2011
12:33 pm
Smitty and the Round Mound on TruTV now, better fire up that applet unless you want miss their infinite wisdom.
SOUTH GA DAWG FAN
March 17th, 2011
12:34 pm
thanks for the live blog it will make the madness even better.
clemson off to a good start so I wonder if i am mathematically eliminated from the fiasco yet ?
Rex
March 17th, 2011
12:34 pm
Can I touch them? I can already SMELL them from here…
Just kidding, Mark. As I am not a baseball or NBA fan, the NCAA tourney is the last hurrah for me until August kickoffs. Anyone else feel the same way? (about sports, not Mark’s feet.)
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:34 pm
Clemson up eight. Looking good. Told you the Big East was overrated.
Actually, I’d say West Virginia is pretty close to being the least impressive Big East team in the NCAA.
joyaman
March 17th, 2011
12:35 pm
“to” – missing from last post
Rex
March 17th, 2011
12:35 pm
Raleigh Dawg: I guess that means that one-legged people are just screwed, unless they have a wife named “Peg.”
Roper
March 17th, 2011
12:35 pm
I was expecting to see Paul Hewitt’s legs next to yours…y’all could have had some fun with that 7 million he’s got coming.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:36 pm
I love Charles Barkley. I’ve known him for 30 years. I wrote the first feature on him by a non-Alabama paper in January 1981. I usually laugh at everything he says. But I’m not sure college basketball is the best use of his talents.
MarkDawg33
March 17th, 2011
12:36 pm
Mark, Not sold on SDSU? Got to ask…how many times have you seen them play?
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:37 pm
About 30, MarkDawg33.
I’m kidding. Not that much. But Craig Neal tells me they’re for real.
Rex
March 17th, 2011
12:37 pm
Chattin’ live and livin’ large! That’s the life.
Dr. Scholl
March 17th, 2011
12:37 pm
I detect a bit of nail fungus.
GTBob
March 17th, 2011
12:39 pm
Hmm. I picked West Virginia, mostly because of Clemson’s short turn around. That may have been a mistake.
todd grantham
March 17th, 2011
12:39 pm
Mark,
i think i’ve discovered a foot fetish. and on your UGA prediction, to paraphrase true grit- that’s bold talk from a one kneed tall man.
Best, Todd
D A DoubleU G
March 17th, 2011
12:39 pm
Mark,
Richmond or Vanderbilt??
Tech'91
March 17th, 2011
12:40 pm
Wishing the Dawgs the best of luck against Washington. Would rather be watching the Jackets this Spring, but hope the state’s only representative in the Big Dance does well.
MarkDawg33
March 17th, 2011
12:40 pm
Wow!! Jerry Wests son is on the end of the W.V. bench…just entered the game
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
12:41 pm
hey mark, how far do you have uga going?
it’d be nice to have a sweet 16 rematch with syracuse when john wallace took over at the end. hopefully dustin ware will evoke memories of the great PERTHA robinson. heh
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:41 pm
Almost picked Richmond, and I know a lot of people did, D A Double U G. But I went with Vandy.
Tech'91
March 17th, 2011
12:41 pm
At last, it’s truly “Pass the Cheetos and don’t you dare touch that remote” time.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:42 pm
It will be intriguing to see if Clemson tires in the second half. But WVA isn’t very deep.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:44 pm
I have Georgia going to the Sweet 16, honest abe. I’m virtually alone in that, I believe.
D A DoubleU G
March 17th, 2011
12:45 pm
This Clemson game is one that if they upset, nobody gets hurt. I am pretty sure nobody picked West Virginia to advance past Kentucky.
So this game is virtually irrelevant.
Clemson wins, nobody gets points. W. Virginia wins, everybody gets points.
Bruce Pearl's Oysters
March 17th, 2011
12:45 pm
Those selfish Japanese really have a bad sense of timing: letting grief, heartbreak, death, desolation, and destruction distract from life’s bigger issues like the NCAA tournament and Mark’s feet. I am a bad man.
MarkDawg33
March 17th, 2011
12:45 pm
ODU has large following in D.C……
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
12:46 pm
that’s makes 2 of us. actually i have them going to the elite 8. i know wishful thinking. but if there was any year for them to make noise its this year. so much parity if they can get by washington.. unc and syracuse are both beatable teams.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:46 pm
Last I checked, West Virginia beat Kentucky about a year ago.
DCBrave33
March 17th, 2011
12:47 pm
Do you feel that you have done any Georgia fans a disservice by jumping on board and picking us to win? No offense, I like your writing a lot, and you seem like a great guy, but you picking us is an unneccessary MOUNTAIN for this team to have to climb! Sports Illustrated has nothing on your jinx ability. I loved the way you sold us down the river late in the first half against Xavier in 08, and how you clinched the Tide’s comeback last week. You should go George Costanza on everyone and just do the opposite! Enjoy Charlotte. Hopefully you will have to stay through the weekend!
D A DoubleU G
March 17th, 2011
12:49 pm
I think Kentucky is a MUCH better team than WVU. However, Ohio State beats Kentucky by 15+
chalkdawg4
March 17th, 2011
12:50 pm
I’ve got UGA in the sweet 16. Losing to Xavier. Total homer pick. wishful tninking probably. a guy can dream though.
DCBrave33
March 17th, 2011
12:50 pm
I took UGA to the sweet 16 as well, but it is mostly wishful thinking. I do believe they can beat Washington, and if they play great UNC. But a matchup with Syracuse would be terrible. that is the one team we stand the least chance against because of their disciplined Zone D. Here’s hoping the Dawgs play out of their minds, and Marquette or Xavier can get to Syracuse in round 2 to give us a chance if we get there!
T-Bone
March 17th, 2011
12:50 pm
I’ve got Clemson. So far my Final 4 is still good: Duke, Pitt, Kansas, & Ohio State, but it is still early.
MB, if Clemson beats WV, what should this tell the Selection Committee?
Dawg Fan
March 17th, 2011
12:51 pm
Feet! …there goes lunch!
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
12:51 pm
the key for the dawgs is just to play the 1st half…. TWICE!
Andy
March 17th, 2011
12:51 pm
Mark
It looks like you are having that problem where you lose the hair on your lower legs. What’s up with that? I am quite hirsute but my lower calves and feet are balding noticeably. I assume it has to do with socks.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:52 pm
Speaking of lunch … I’m about to ponder room service.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:54 pm
I don’t know, T-Bone. Sometimes you’re better off having played a game already. This didn’t apply to previous play-in winners because they were all No. 16 seeds and weren’t going to beat a No. 1. But Clemson and VCU could be test cases.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:54 pm
ODU up three on Butler. I picked the Monarchs in that tilt.
T-What?
March 17th, 2011
12:55 pm
T-Bone, you’re kidding right?
MarkDawg33
March 17th, 2011
12:56 pm
The 2 best things about the 2011 NCAA touney? UGA gets in and getting able to see ALL the games….love just flipping between the games,and there are only 2 on now. When 4 are on I may reach information overload.
Footless Wonder
March 17th, 2011
12:56 pm
Andy, It’s poor circulation. You have two options. 1- get younger. 2-get in shape.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
12:56 pm
Oh, and happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone.
BW
March 17th, 2011
12:59 pm
Thanks for the traditional foot photo.
joyaman
March 17th, 2011
12:59 pm
Get the cheeseburger. Should be consistently mediocre at the Marriott (aka no food poisoning).
DRRH
March 17th, 2011
1:00 pm
Any idea if/how I can publish my Bracket Fiasco bracket to my Facebook wall?
T-Bone
March 17th, 2011
1:00 pm
MB, It really is hard to beat a good tuna fish sandwich–chips, a pickle, and some sweet tea.
Do you have a score of the Clemson game?
Changing the subject: you are Dan Rad for a day. Who do you hire as the GT coach?
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:01 pm
Actually, I just checked. The Marriott doesn’t offer a tuna sandwich. I may have to go the burger route.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:01 pm
I don’t know, DRRH. Let me ask.
Chris
March 17th, 2011
1:02 pm
Mark, Richmond lost to GT. No way they win a tournament game. They don’t pass the GT Eye Test. Same with North Carolina and Syracuse.
TheAntiMe
March 17th, 2011
1:02 pm
lol – That photo looks like you’re kicked back playing your Xbox360, Marko. On a not totally, unrelated note (it’s still basketball), I saw that the Hawks are beaten by Hot Nuggets. That’s kind of a ballsy video tag line, to be sure.
Happy St. Paddy’s Day to one and all!!!
Mel from Atlanta
March 17th, 2011
1:02 pm
Most people are working Bradley.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:03 pm
I listened to Steve Holman calling the Hawks-Nuggets game on the drive as well. The Voice of the Hawks was not happy.
Mel from Atlanta
March 17th, 2011
1:04 pm
truTV has a lot of old COPS episodes.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:07 pm
Full disclosure: I went with the chicken sandwich.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:07 pm
Joe Mazzulla has been playing for West Virginia so long he was Hot Rod Hundley’s freshman roommate.
Dink
March 17th, 2011
1:09 pm
“Speaking of lunch … I’m about to ponder room service”
Mark you dog, I’m green with envy!
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:10 pm
West Virginia and Clemson tied at the half. Not much defense being committed when it’s 40-40 after 20 minutes.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:12 pm
True story: I first met Bob Huggins when I went to interview Gerry Faust, who’d just started as Akron’s football coach, before a speech at an Atlanta hotel to Akron alums. He had the basketball coach with him. It was Huggs. He grunted when we were introduced.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
1:12 pm
I loved that Clemson had that play-in game to get that bad taste of that Carolina collapse out their mouth. Still, they do what they always do, they are the worst closing team (last 2 minutes of halves) in the tournament outside of Georgia…
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:13 pm
DRRH: I asked our technical folks about the Facebook thing. Apparently there’s a way to do it, but none of us have figured out what it is.
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
1:14 pm
why is ol stevie upset? because the owners are a bunch of incompetent stiffs or that joe johnson is the most overpaid athlete is the history of sports. that might be a slight exaggeration but not by much.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:15 pm
I believe Steve was upset — and I probably shouldn’t put words in his mouth — that the Hawks pretty much stopped playing.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:16 pm
Butler up one on ODU now. CBS just did a look-in.
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
1:16 pm
that happens quite often…. shouldn’t be surprise to anyone much less the hawks play by play announcer
joyaman
March 17th, 2011
1:17 pm
How come Huggins look more like the assistant athletic trainer than the coach since he resurfaced at WVU? Don’t see the fire in his belly as demonstrated at Cincy. Conversely, looks like he’s said “get in my belly!” to home cookin’ since he’s returned to his “almost heaven” home state.
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
1:18 pm
not as fiery = no more hangovers
RamblinRed
March 17th, 2011
1:19 pm
Chris,
on the other hand Richmond beat Purdue and beat Temple on neutral courts. That Vandy-Richmond game could be very interesting. 2 very good coaches.
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
1:22 pm
u can’t stop the “mack”! only hope to contain him.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:23 pm
Barkley just said UT AD Mike Hamilton should get canned for hiring Lane Kiffin.
joyaman
March 17th, 2011
1:25 pm
“s” – missing from previous post – wireless keyboards somewhat flaky in the presence of wandering dogs.
SOUTH GA DAWG FAN
March 17th, 2011
1:25 pm
over under on how long before barkley says something that really makes some people mad ?
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
1:25 pm
I’m late.
I was reading Grant Hill’s well deserved beatdown of Jalen Rose.
MarkDawg33
March 17th, 2011
1:25 pm
Got to love Barkley…”Forget Bruce Pearl for a minute, Mike Hamilton(Tenn AD) should be fired for hiring Lane Kiffen”. “It’s a disgrace for Hamilton to do this before the NCAA tournament”.
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
1:27 pm
Mark,
You would like Hill’s NY Times response to the Fab Five ESPN movie.
Grant Hill got a very good education at Duke.
The Fab 5 at Michigan?
Doubtful.
Hill saves his best quip for last.
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
1:28 pm
I liked those remarks too.
Agreeing with a dawg fan.
Will wonders cease.
Dan
March 17th, 2011
1:28 pm
Stuck at work. a misfortune I will not be repeating on Friday afternoon- sounds like Barkley will be riffing on whatever interests him if he is going after Hamilton for hiring Kiffin.
Let’s see how Ernie or JB try to steer the conversation if Charles starts entering the cesspool of thw “student” athletes graduation rate
No surprise Clemson has dropped back after I watched their gag job against Carolina last saturday
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
1:30 pm
Kiffin can’t be roadkill enough to please most southern fans can he?
And also the dumb AD who hired him.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
1:30 pm
@ DRRH….
As just do a screen capture depending on which browser you are using… Then make sure your image properties sets the image resolution larger enough not to distort the focus so you actually read the picks… Then upload it as a photo and share it on your profile…
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:30 pm
One other thing about Charles Barkley: He told me he was leaving Auburn for the NBA after his junior season — it was kind of a coup for me — while walking through the Indianapolis airport after the 1984 Olympic trials. So I owe Charles.
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
1:31 pm
what’d jalen say that was so wrong? he was 17 and has explained himself since he made those remarks. take out the “uncle tom” aspect of it and he was spot on. the fact remains duke only recruits kids from affluent private schools. they don’t give kids from the inner city a chance. call it jealousy, envy or whatever you want still doesn’t change the remarks from being spot on.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:33 pm
Lunch has arrived.
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
1:33 pm
Barkley’s strong suit is speaking his mind.
Nice of him to do u a favor.
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
1:34 pm
I’ll be right over.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:35 pm
I can recommend the chicken sandwich, if you happen to be in Charlotte stuck in your room.
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
1:35 pm
Coach K recruits kids that have the integrity to be Duke players. All others need not apply.
Tony Parker from Miller Grove is a private school kid? Somebody better tell him
SOUTH GA DAWG FAN
March 17th, 2011
1:35 pm
take barkley out for a round of golf to repay the favor and try not to laugh the entire round.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
1:37 pm
Huggins still has the fire, he is just sober now!
JSS
March 17th, 2011
1:43 pm
“Coach K recruits kids that have the integrity to be Duke players.”
Quin Snyder has some heck of some integrity!
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
1:43 pm
Honest Abe
Hill says it better than me and I encourage all to read his complete remarks.
Hill notes that he would not have said positive things as he did to Rick Sund when he was thinking of dropping Jimmy King had he known how these guys felt.
Problem is too many will hear their remarks in the movie and go no further.
If Duke recruits players who actually might thrive on their campus, more power to them.
Maybe they should be copied instead of all the colleges that come up with cheesy majors to get players of sports through.
Mel from Atlanta
March 17th, 2011
1:49 pm
Look for the UGA DAWGS to be NCAA basketball champs here in the next couple of weeks.
Michael
March 17th, 2011
1:50 pm
Yep…Clemson’s legs appear to have left them.
todd grantham
March 17th, 2011
1:51 pm
an aside. The Great One said “And away we go!!” Journalistic integrity forces me to look for errors.
Tim
March 17th, 2011
1:52 pm
Come on, Mark. I’m watching TruTV from Johannesburg, South Africa. CBSSports.com
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:54 pm
Sorry. Had to eat. Then the computer required multiple restarts.
Louisville down 7-0 to Morehead State. West Virginia pulling away.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
1:54 pm
Morehead State, the poster school for the series of dirty sounding school names that appeared on caps years ago, shutting out Louisville through the first media timeout.
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
1:54 pm
ya jackets assuming we take your advice there would no such thing as ncaas considering 90% of all schools use these “cheesy” majors. kudos to tech for not allowing it. they are a beacon of light in the dark world of college athletics. “laughing out loud”
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:55 pm
I’ve been getting an e-mail every day about how Donnie Tyndall of Morehead State should be Georgia Tech’s next coach. Imagine if the Eagles win.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:56 pm
All those e-mails come from the same person, by the way. His first name is Marlon.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
1:56 pm
So there’s no consensus on the opinion that the world needs more general studies majors? I, for one, am shocked.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:57 pm
About Morehead State: It’s about 45 minutes from Maysville, my hometown. I had my first fender bender in Morehead. The year was 1972.
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
1:57 pm
is the morehead st and louisville game on tv?
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:57 pm
I majored in general studies, FYI.
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
1:58 pm
geez 1972
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
1:59 pm
I wish I had Mark, I could’ve saved myself a ton of money in student loans.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
1:59 pm
10-zip Morehead.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:00 pm
Morehead-U of L is on TBS.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:01 pm
JJM-its on TBS. The scoreboard they have at the top tells you which network the games are on. That being said, I still had to hit my recall button to figure it out. Old habits die hard in these technological times.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:01 pm
Morehead up 15-2.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:02 pm
15-5 Morehead
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:02 pm
Check out Kenneth Faried of MSU. He’s the guy with the hair.
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
2:04 pm
ok I see it now. thanks
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:04 pm
Faried is going to make himself a lot of NBA money today.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:05 pm
Butler up 1 on ODU, best game of the day so far, pity you have to depend on the hotel’s internet to see Mark, it looks great on my 47 inch LCD.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:05 pm
Know who went to Morehead? Phil Simms.
Know who was an assistant coach at Morehead? Mike Smith.
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:06 pm
Just read Grant Hill’s remarks.
I picked the wrong point to make obviously.
I think I read first an article in Fox News that referenced Hill’s column and had a link.
I can’t get folks to read books I read so maybe there is a little hope for this article since it is so much shorter.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:07 pm
Wow, Leslie Visser looks rough. The first wave of hot sideline reporters are fading away.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:08 pm
I sat by Lesley Visser when Kentucky lost to UAB in the 1981 tournament. She was with the Boston Globe then.
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
2:08 pm
If you’re male……is there a better school to cheer for than, “Morehead”?
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:09 pm
Look, Duke under Coach Mike Krzyzewski just did not recruit the inner city or the high profile public school leagues until after the Hurley/Hill/Lattener classes… The class with Battier, Brand, and Magnette were elite players who were actively sought (putting it bluntly “recruited”) by prep type schools like Detroit Country Day, Fenwick in Oak Park, IL, and Peekskill. Since then, he’s gone after some Midwest quasi public school kids like the Plumlee brothers. Still, he really doesn’t and hasn’t recruited like Ray Meyer did or Al McGuire did at equally academically hard institutions…
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:09 pm
I bet she was much better looking then.
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
2:09 pm
I dont have morehead st winning on any of my 10 espn brackets and have louisville making it to the sweet 16 on some…..
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:10 pm
nice pass
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:11 pm
Louisville starting to settle.
Not surprised Morehead got off to a flying start. If you’re Morehead, you live to play a Louisville.
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
2:11 pm
lmao@guy good one..
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
2:11 pm
It’ll take a WVU collapse in the final 5 min for Clemson to move on
Tucker T
March 17th, 2011
2:12 pm
Is it still true that Butler has not shot a free throw yet?
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:12 pm
Hill’s very good rebuttal in the NY Times will not be read.
Probably the best rebuttal of the Fab Five’s insults was Duke’s beating them.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:13 pm
Yeah there is always Austin Peay! “The Fly (Williams) is open, let’s go Peay!”
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:14 pm
Getting late for the Tigers but not out for the count yet.
joe
March 17th, 2011
2:14 pm
We don’t need to see your toe jam…I threw up in my mouth a little…
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:14 pm
Duke recruits kids who can get into and stay eligible at Duke. I don’t think I’m leaping off a logical cliff to say that the Fab Five probably didn’t have the grades to get into Duke. And before I get called a bigot, I, a white male, didn’t have the grades to get into Duke either.
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
2:15 pm
@JSS
The Fly was a he!! of a shooter. Too bad he played before the 3pt line
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:15 pm
Did Clemson blow the game vs UNC or did the ref fail to call a trip with about 50 seconds left that resulted in a shot not getting off in time?
Tucker T
March 17th, 2011
2:15 pm
Now Butler has a free throw at the 11:09 mark of the second half.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:16 pm
I read Hill’s OP-Ed piece yesterday by the way… Grant misses a broader point in what Rose (then 17) was saying…
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:16 pm
Know who recruited James “Fly” Williams for Austin Peay?
Leonard Hamilton, now the Florida State coach.
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:17 pm
A comeback?
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:18 pm
Ok Mark, we get it, you’re the king of useless college trivia, go order another chicken sandwich on us.
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
2:18 pm
I could use a nice basket of nachos right now!
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
2:18 pm
8 pt lead by WVU under 4 to go
SportsPaige
March 17th, 2011
2:20 pm
I’ve got Vandy in Elite 8 and Richmond was toughest game for them to win imo.
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
2:20 pm
Mark, speaking of great shooters, do you (or anyone) remember a shooter from UNLV who played in the mid 80’s. Anderson maybe? He also played before the 3pt line.
Hamilton knows his stuff. I’ve talked to him about pressure man d before
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:20 pm
JSS
Then I can call u a bytch on a national stage and you won’t be pissed.
How many will see the movie and continue to see Rose’s lower class view of the world as the cool way to think.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:21 pm
Nick Anderson I think, Guy. He played a lot of years in the NBA, most notably with Shaq in Orlando.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:21 pm
Wait, you said before the line, my bad.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:22 pm
Maybe you’re thinking of Anderson Hunt. Or Freddie Banks. Or one of the Smiths — Robert or Sam or Tony. They all played at UNLV.
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:23 pm
Rose must have had some 2nd thoughts or he would not have sent twitter apologies to Hill and another Duke player preshowing.
Normally I hate Duke but today I’m on their side.
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
2:23 pm
Larry Anderson? He used to say that the further he got away from the hoop, the more natural his stroke was
SportsPaige
March 17th, 2011
2:23 pm
Mark, who was the stud guard at SW Louisiana back in early-mid ’70s?
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
2:25 pm
Getting very interresting in the WVU/Clem game
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:25 pm
Dwight “Bo Pete” Lamar. Played for the Ragin’ Cajuns.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:25 pm
Clemson just threw it away. That’s it.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:25 pm
Jalen Rose was no academic dim wit at Southwestern (Detroit). A school doesn’t produce a neurosurgeon like John Hopkins Dr. Ben Carson and not have the ability to have some rigor. It is by no means Cass Technical. But it was no he was no fraud like fellow SW alum Antoine Joubert…
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:26 pm
Clemson just threw up all over themselves.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
2:26 pm
Have any of the people posting that Duke only recruits middle class kids who will stay on campus ever heard of a guy named John Wall? From Garner, NC? Made a bit of a name for himself at Word of God, Durham, NC?
Guess who offered him a scholarship? A guy with the nickname Coach K.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:28 pm
Three straight steals for West Virginia. Bobby Joe Hill of Texas Western only had two consecutive steals against Kentucky in ‘66.
Rich
March 17th, 2011
2:28 pm
Committee did not do Clemson any favors with late game in Dayton on Tuesday and early game in Tampa on Thursday. Hot early start and fade may be partially a result of that.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
2:28 pm
Nick Anderson played at Illinois
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:28 pm
ODU-Butler back and forth. Two good, evenly matched teams slugging it out.
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
2:29 pm
Joubert……….the Judge. You’re right JSS, he was a dud
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:29 pm
Comeback over.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:30 pm
Antoine Joubert and Gary Grant in the backcourt. Roy Tarpley down low. That was the underachieving Michigan Wolverines of the mid-’80s.
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:30 pm
Imagine me defending Duke.
Ok folks.
You win.
I don’t care what any of u think.
North Ave Killer Beez
March 17th, 2011
2:31 pm
Clemson was getting a raw deal on those touch fouls before they self-destructed with the 1 minute to go. Horrible ref’s GO JACKETS!! What time does our game tip off?
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
2:31 pm
God bless streaming video
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
2:31 pm
Spot on MB
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:31 pm
West Virginia up 10.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:32 pm
Louisville and Morehead tied at the half. Eagles hit a three to tie at the horn.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:34 pm
No, you just accept the fact that there was a perception tinged in reality of the type of recruits that your Coach recruited… The track record is there. Was “Uncle Tom” a good choice of a description? No, it was not, but when Mike Krzyzewski shows me he can recruit academically gifted kids too without being dependent on the “choosers of winners and losers” pipeline of the high line preps. Then, I’ll say that Rose was wrong to point a basic fact: “they don’t recruit people like me.”
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:35 pm
Mountaineers just too strong for Clemson.
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:36 pm
Coach K is far from my coach.
At times I despise him.
On rare occasional I can admire him though.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:36 pm
Huggy Bear gives Brownell a half-hug.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:37 pm
I’ve gone back and forth on Krzyzewski. Is he smug to excess? Yes. Is he the best coach after Wooden? Absolutely.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:38 pm
@ Mark Bradley…
One name explains Michigan failure during those years: Bill Frieder! He and Bobby Cremins can get together and always find a way to ruin a good thing!
Oh, and there was a little thing called “Cocaine!”
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:39 pm
Good summation Mark.
How bout we move on to the next game?
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
2:39 pm
come on ODU
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:39 pm
I do believe Michigan won the NCAA title just after Bo Schembechler told Frieder to leave for Arizona State posthaste.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:40 pm
Butler up four on ODU. I wish I could tell you what’s happening.
Penn State up seven on Temple. Surprising.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:41 pm
Kentucky and Princeton next.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:42 pm
@ Paul in the RDU…
Did you miss where I put a delineation line of who Duke recruits now?
Fred
March 17th, 2011
2:42 pm
Hey Mark, I didn’t read all 400+ comments so if this has bee addressed then please forgive me. you can watch all the games on your computer. Here’s the link:
http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/2010-12-19/ncaa-march-madness-demand
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
2:42 pm
jalen rose was a honor student
Fred
March 17th, 2011
2:43 pm
LOL only 200+ comments, but it WAS 4 pages………
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:43 pm
Thanks, Fred.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
2:43 pm
Mark,
I agree with your comment on Krzyzewski.
JSS also made a good point – a large number of Duke’s players went to “elite schools”. Ryan Kelly’s high school (Ravenscroft) costs $30k pa. Only people who can afford to send their kids there are corporate CEO’s and Bill Cowher.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:44 pm
@ Mark Bradley…
Fran Duffy strikes again, that’s all I’ll say…
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:45 pm
ODU down 4 with the ball, 1:52 left.
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
2:45 pm
this odu and butler is a great game
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:47 pm
ODU missed a layup to tie.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:47 pm
Oh, now that was interesting, you mean if you had two equal teams that you’d take Coach K over Bobby Knight in a college coaching battle? After the Wooden era of course…
Fred
March 17th, 2011
2:47 pm
No prob Mark, I discovered it a couple of years ago when I was stuck in a damn motel without any good coverage too lol. You can minimize the screen and still listen so you can continue posting.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:48 pm
They’ve missed enough layups to be up 10.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:48 pm
I would take Krzyzewski over Bobby Knight.
Justafan
March 17th, 2011
2:48 pm
ODU 56 Butler 58 with 36 sec..ODU got ball
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
2:48 pm
@JSS
Missed your comment before. I am transferring large files to and from a server and it’s slowing down my computer.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:49 pm
ODU ties it.
Justafan
March 17th, 2011
2:49 pm
Game tied with 31 sec
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:49 pm
Tie game ODU-Bulter.
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
2:49 pm
tie game!
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:50 pm
Butler wins on a follow at the horn.
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
2:50 pm
wooooooooooooooooow what a game
Justafan
March 17th, 2011
2:50 pm
Butler a last second tip in
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:50 pm
Wow.
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
2:50 pm
WOW!
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
2:50 pm
Tough way to lose.
Great game though.
Fred
March 17th, 2011
2:50 pm
Unreal ending
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
2:50 pm
Someone tell me how Butler made the championship game last year and lost by two skinny points.
Justafan
March 17th, 2011
2:50 pm
got to review it..got to be good per light
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:51 pm
Barely out of Howard’s hand. But out all the same.
Butler prevails.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:51 pm
Wow, and no silly over coaching! Now that is how the last minute of a basketball game should be played!
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
2:52 pm
How good a coach is Brad Stevens? I mean, the guy’s like 17 years old.
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
2:52 pm
this is the true meaning of march maness!
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
2:52 pm
Clemson pulled within 5. Three great defensive plays by Pepper.
WVU is an interesting team. Speed, braun, tenancity and a smart coach.
Go Bucks! Go ‘Dores
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
2:53 pm
nice cheap shot jss..
Justafan
March 17th, 2011
2:53 pm
I’d like to see him at GT……
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
2:54 pm
Nice Feet, Brads. Cover those bad boys up.
Sonny Clusters
March 17th, 2011
2:54 pm
We count only 9 toes.
Fred
March 17th, 2011
2:54 pm
LOL I just noticed that the AJC has the “watch every game” imbedded on the home page. Expand the ad and click the game you want. Where’s my sign?
Rickster
March 17th, 2011
2:54 pm
So WVU over Clemson and Butler over ODU?
I’m 2-for-2 in the Fiasco!
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:54 pm
To all of those folks who thing the top layer of the CAA is overrated; do you still think that now? I just hate how the selection committee puts mid-majors on the same line. They eliminate each other early.
Rickster
March 17th, 2011
2:55 pm
I’m on a roll!!
Fred
March 17th, 2011
2:56 pm
That’s one way to look at it JSS, but you could also say that by playing each other, one team WILL move on…………
JSS
March 17th, 2011
2:57 pm
@ Honest Abe…
Cheap Shot? I thought that is why you practice and run plays ad nauseum? Let ‘em play!
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
2:57 pm
lol charles barkley on trutv
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
2:57 pm
Brad Stevens is in his 2nd career and he still only looks 18 years old – he was in pharmaceutical sales for Lilly previously.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
2:57 pm
Can’t have those senior laden mid majors making fools out of the freshmen from the big boys now JSS, it would hurt TV ratings and cost the NCAA money. As we’ve seen from the latest round of football investigations, money and ratings are the 2 top concerns of the NCAA now.
joe
March 17th, 2011
2:59 pm
Coach Fox could learn a thing or two by watching the end of the Bulter/ODU game…
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:00 pm
Nope, their are great match-ups on that line when you expose the 2nd level of the so-called power conferences. See Duke-Eastern Michigan in 1996…
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:01 pm
Oops, “there”
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
3:02 pm
Pen St has been tough to figure out this year
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:03 pm
Fox would have called a timeout at 4.3 seconds…
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:03 pm
Tough to watch too.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:03 pm
I’m only 1 for 2, Rickster.
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
3:05 pm
thought u were taking a dig at coach fox. tough situation at the end of the game… your damned if you do your damned if you don’t.. highsight is always 50/50
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
3:05 pm
@Mark you going to the hawks game tomorrow?
KevinM
March 17th, 2011
3:05 pm
Is there a link to keep up with the bracket leaders? Would be good to see how things are going as we go along here. Thx.
Fred
March 17th, 2011
3:06 pm
Well that part of my bracket is destroyed lol. I picked ODU to go until they lost to Florida………..
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:06 pm
@ Guy…
Why do say that? They have Battle and the rest of team doesn’t know when to show up… Well except against Michigan State and that coaching genius Tom Izzo…
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
3:07 pm
you’re
Jamesblonde_07
March 17th, 2011
3:07 pm
Our one true National Championship. God I love this tournament.
http://wereinthisthing.blogspot.com/2011/03/our-national-championship.html
KevinM
March 17th, 2011
3:07 pm
Fred should win something for being the first to admit one of his region just blew up. It never takes long.
Fred
March 17th, 2011
3:08 pm
LOL KevinM, I can’t even remember the link to where I picked my bracket against MB.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:09 pm
@ Honest Abe…
No, Fox just made a mistake not calling a timeout way before that, his team was in free fall… Under 30 seconds, I say let ‘em play… The 4.3 seconds was a cheap shot
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
3:09 pm
like i said.. highsight is…….
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:10 pm
Thank goodness for Y-a-h-o-o, I took my risks on the AJC cause I already have a IPad 2
Fred
March 17th, 2011
3:11 pm
It gets worse KevinM. I followed some bad “expert’ advise and picked Morehead State over Louisville…
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
3:11 pm
Is Calipari really as crooked as it seems?
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
3:11 pm
I’m on pace to win one MEEEL-yun dollars.
Btw, I believe hindsight is even better than 50/50.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:11 pm
What happened with Mark Fox against Alabama was trying to have it both ways: He didn’t call timeout after Alabama tied it, which was the right call, but then he did after his team got across midcourt, which wasn’t. And not just because Ware’s shot banked in. Just because you’re better off letting your team play that late.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:12 pm
I believe Morehead State has hit the wall.
Fred
March 17th, 2011
3:12 pm
Damn JSS, I forgot about the yahoo one. i did the AJC and the one on ESPN.
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
3:12 pm
Oops, “he”
KevinM
March 17th, 2011
3:12 pm
Fred, Morehead St. has the best player on either team, but it won’t be enough.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:12 pm
Oooooo, somebody send this tape of Princeton to Larry Drew…
EW
March 17th, 2011
3:12 pm
Early on in the chat you said you aren’t sold on SDSU, but previously you said you had it from a credible source that the are legit. What changed ?
Fred
March 17th, 2011
3:14 pm
Yeah, MB, it sure looks that way. they still have plenty of time, but they are blowing up.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:14 pm
I’m not really sure why I find Billy Raftery amusing. But I always have.
He is, you should know, a very nice man.
EW
March 17th, 2011
3:14 pm
they*
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
3:14 pm
i doubt coach fox wanted a timeout with .8 seconds left which is what happened. if he had to do it all over again he wouldn’t call it in that situation but i’m thinking he thought they’d still have at least two seconds.
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
3:15 pm
MB, what about Billy Packer? They were ripping him up pretty good on 790 last week. Is he as bitter & thankless as they made him out to be?
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:15 pm
I’m just weird, EW. That’s all.
jarvis
March 17th, 2011
3:15 pm
Wasn’t Barnhart supposed to be back on March 14? Something strange is afoot at the ajc.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:16 pm
@ Mark Bradley…
What is it about the A-10 and “dirty coaches?” It was the “Cradle of Dirty Coaches!”
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:16 pm
All I will say about Billy Packer is that I considered him a good basketball analyst.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:16 pm
Fox thought he’d called the timeout with two seconds. But he hadn’t.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:17 pm
The A-10 has dirty coaches?
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
3:18 pm
Heh. You sound like you’re giving an employment reference. “I thought Britt was a capable systems analyst, and if given the opportunity I would not rehire him in the future.”
Fred
March 17th, 2011
3:18 pm
Classy answer about Packer MB.
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
3:18 pm
If that’s all you can say……..than, ouch! That’s not exactly a ringing endorsement
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:19 pm
Coach Rafferty coached my Coach my cousins at Seton Hall… My Aunt in Linden, NJ tells the funniest Rafferty recruiting story… “I’ll be honest, they won’t win many games, but they’ll get a great Catholic education!”
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:21 pm
Eagles cut it to four.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:22 pm
Calipri at UMass, Harrick at Rhode Island, Penders at Rhode Island, Buster whatever his name was Umass… Is he off the NCAA can never coach again list yet?
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:23 pm
Bruiser Flint. Not Buster.
But Calipari and Harrick were a while ago, were they not?
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:24 pm
I note Tony Greene is calling the Louisville-Morehead game. Best referee in the business. From Atlanta.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:25 pm
Morehead State down by one. Second wind time.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:26 pm
Doesn’t have a thing to do with basketball, but if you’re a dog lover like I am, you need to check out this video and article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/dog-in-japan-stays-by-the-side-of-its-ailing-friend-in-the-rubble, a sad story with what seems to be a happy ending.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:27 pm
Battle of PA — Temple and Penn State — is even.
Nope. PSU just went up three.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:27 pm
Don’t forget the mess at St. Bonaventure, they almost got the basketball equivalent to the death penalty.
joe
March 17th, 2011
3:27 pm
Tony Greene is the WORST ref…calls the slightest little hand checks instead of letting them play. Who cares where he’s from…but maybe he helps the local teams??
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:27 pm
Morehead State with free throws to take the lead. Whoa
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:28 pm
I’m sorry. We’ll have to disagree on Tony Greene. I think he does a fine job.
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
3:28 pm
Dogs (especially dawgs) rule.
gdawginkalamazoo
March 17th, 2011
3:30 pm
Hey Mark, looking at that picture you posted for this blog,
Is your man cave the breakfast nook?
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:30 pm
You got to love the OVC…
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:31 pm
No, I’m in a hotel.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:31 pm
I have a theory that these, ahem, First Round(Play-in) games are going to move us closer to a 16 seed beating a 1 seed. One year the Selection goofs are going to seriously under-seed a good team and stick them in one of these play in games. That team is going to get a chance to get the jitters out and get really hot going into their game with the 1 seed. Eventually a team is going to stay hot long enough to beat a 1. The advantage of having a game under its belt is going to propel a 16 seed to a win, I believe.
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
3:32 pm
I hope nnnnnnn napa is not advertising all weekend.
GT Trumpet
March 17th, 2011
3:32 pm
I forget why I picked Louisville to get to my Elite Eight….
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:32 pm
Can we trade Princeton for the Hawks?
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:32 pm
Louisville in some trouble — down one, one guard hurt, the other in foul straits.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
3:33 pm
Do all Louisville guards carry the ball when dribbling?
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
3:33 pm
too many games going on at once.. can’t pick one to watch!
GT Trumpet
March 17th, 2011
3:33 pm
I picked them to upset Kansas! Hopefully they can pull this one out and get motivated.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:33 pm
Uh oh, Morehead up 2, they’re rising up(I couldn’t help myself).
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:34 pm
I just hope Rex Ryan is not surfing the web (regarding Mark Bradley’s picture)!
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
3:35 pm
trumpet so did i and it’s not looking good!
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:35 pm
All guards everywhere carry the ball.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:36 pm
It is not about motivation, Morehead has been good for a couple of years…
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:36 pm
Eagles by five. Louisville is in for it now.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:37 pm
I did not pick Louisville in the Final Four. Thought about it.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:37 pm
I had Louisville in the Sweet 16, goodbye iPad, goodbye sweatshirt. goodbye glory.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:38 pm
Morehead by five with the ball.
FalconIce
March 17th, 2011
3:38 pm
I ignorantly picked Louisville to win this game.
Come on Cards!!!!!!!
GT Trumpet
March 17th, 2011
3:39 pm
I feel your pain abe…
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:39 pm
Bounces are going Morehead’s way.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:39 pm
I knew my bracket had too much chalk.
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
3:40 pm
Hey MB, how’s Terrence Moore doing these days? You guys friends on Facebook or anything?
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:40 pm
It’s hard to play when you’re a favorite and you’re behind. Lot of pressure
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:41 pm
MSU up one. Inside three min
gdawginkalamazoo
March 17th, 2011
3:41 pm
In a hotel? Sounds like solitude and a peacful enviroment to watch a lot of basketball.
Looks like Coach Rick Porccini better get those Cardinals in gear. Who on here picked Morehead State to win? I know I didn’t.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
3:41 pm
I picked Louisville to lose to Vandy in the next round
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:42 pm
That was one of the greatest days in NCAA history… UCLA slapped by Princeton and Earl Boykins & Eastern Michigan left Chris Collins & Duke crying like Tim Tebow in Indianapolis! It was beautiful!!!
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
3:43 pm
PSU gave up more points in the first half to Temple tthey gave up in their entire game against UW – their LBs must be injured
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:43 pm
U of L leading.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:43 pm
I saw Terrence Moore on the news this past summer. He was calling the Braves’ front office racist because they didn’t have enough African American players. What an idiot.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:44 pm
Faried almost banked in a tough jumper that would have made it a three-point lead. Instead Justice hits in transition.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:45 pm
I have Morehead on another bracket that will go unnamed…
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:45 pm
Meanwhile, in Tampa, Princeton takes the lead over UK. UK promptly ties it up.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
3:46 pm
I was in Louisville this time last week on my way back from beautiful Danville, KY and Augusta, KY – the Cardinals’ fans are easier to deal with than the Wildcat fans.
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
3:46 pm
I once wrote Terrence an email expressing dissatisfaction (in a strong but by no means vulgar or profane way) with one of his columns. He proceeded to forward that email to the tippity-top boss of my employer at the time, asking if this was how employees in that organization spent their company time. Said tippity-top boss told Mr. Moore politely to suck it.
Great guy, that Terrence Moore.
StGeneral
March 17th, 2011
3:46 pm
Mark – any chance – c’mon, any chance at all – that Brad Stevens would come to Georgia Tech? If I were Radakovich, I’d make him say no before I went to anyone else…
Josh
March 17th, 2011
3:46 pm
Would love to see AJC.com get a real Chat Application rather than simply a blog-comment-chat feature.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:46 pm
Probably because there are fewer of them, Paul.
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
3:47 pm
cardinals!!!!!
gdawginkalamazoo
March 17th, 2011
3:48 pm
Look for Oakland University to make waves.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:48 pm
We’ve talked about it, Josh. But we kind of like this way.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:48 pm
U of L up by four. Morehead with the rock.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
3:49 pm
Good point Mark – Down in Danville everyone seemed to be a KY fan (apart from a couple of TN grads I was dealing with)
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:49 pm
Much like his idols Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, Mr. Moore is unconcerned with his own faults while constantly finding fault with others. And with that, I’ll return to basketball befoe Mark decides I’m no longer allowed to be part of the blog.
SoGA
March 17th, 2011
3:49 pm
first half, but princeton keeping things too close for comfort…
thank you cardinals, don’t do anything stupid in 42 seconds
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:50 pm
Faried hits two free throws.
chalkdawg4
March 17th, 2011
3:50 pm
I have Louisville in the fial 4. Damn do I need this one.
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
3:50 pm
ugh
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:50 pm
Eagles with a shot to tie. Or maybe lead.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:51 pm
Uh oh, I smell an upset, Morehead with the ball down 2.
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
3:51 pm
Did you know Danville is the geographic center of Kentucky? I learned this from Mrs. Holmes, who did her undergrad at the appropriately named college there.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
3:51 pm
Does Morehead State go for the win or the tie?
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:51 pm
Go for the victory.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:51 pm
My dad was a Centre alumnus.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:52 pm
I’d go for the win, I don’t think Morehead can go 5 more minutes.
joe
March 17th, 2011
3:52 pm
Hit the 3 for the walk off win…dramarama…
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
3:52 pm
the odor seems strong coach because i smell it too
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:52 pm
As was Cawood Ledford. As is Dr. Homer Rice
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
3:52 pm
I know Centre College is in Danville – didn’t realize it was the geographic center of KY. The salesman with whom I was travelling had a kid at Centre but he is an ex-Xavier letterman
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:53 pm
How about that?
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
3:53 pm
Michael Adams’ previous employer, that. Mrs. Holmes tells me all the Centre girls had a crush on Adams’ successor.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:53 pm
Again I say, WOW!
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
3:53 pm
WOW
joe
March 17th, 2011
3:53 pm
I called it!!!!!
honest_abe
March 17th, 2011
3:54 pm
he left a little too much time though
GT Trumpet
March 17th, 2011
3:54 pm
And…..crap.
SoGA
March 17th, 2011
3:54 pm
fried cardinal for supper….
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:54 pm
I remember when Western Ky. beat UK in the 1971 NCAA tourney. This would be the equivalent.
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
3:54 pm
WOW is right. 3.6 is too much for Petino. Here we go!
How bout Princeton??
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:54 pm
Winner is Morehead!
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
3:55 pm
no foul????? my brackets are doneeeeee
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
3:55 pm
Good no call by the officials, that was all ball
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
3:55 pm
That’s the sound of 97 percent of the brackets busting!!!! Ha!
joe
March 17th, 2011
3:55 pm
looked like a clean block
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:55 pm
I wouldn’t have called that a foul.
joe
March 17th, 2011
3:55 pm
Who’s bracket is toast?
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:56 pm
@ Metro…
That dude has a place on Fanhouse, if you got a beef with him, why don’t you take it up with him?
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:56 pm
That’s why we watch this darn thing.
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
3:56 pm
Craptastic. There goes my million bucks. Ah well. I had Louisville in the Sweet 16, that’s not too too bad.
GT Trumpet
March 17th, 2011
3:56 pm
Well that’s about -48 points for me.
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
3:56 pm
all 11 of my brackets are done lol
SoGA
March 17th, 2011
3:57 pm
as long as morehead loses to vandy still got a chance……
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:57 pm
Wow. What a finish.
But look at it this way: Louisville wouldn’t have won in the next round without Knowles. And didn’t deserve to win this one.
GTBob
March 17th, 2011
3:57 pm
Well, my bracket is usually done after one game. At least I made it through two this year. Way to choke Louisville.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
3:57 pm
OVC! OVC!
J.J.M.
March 17th, 2011
3:58 pm
btw..I hate refreshing and seeing toes lol
Appalachia Brave
March 17th, 2011
3:58 pm
Those are some jacked up dogs bro…..GO MOREHEAD!
SoGA
March 17th, 2011
3:58 pm
attention now on penn state to pull one out……
SOUTH GA DAWG FAN
March 17th, 2011
3:58 pm
I am officially gone from the bracket fiasco now , i am suprised i lasted this long
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:58 pm
Another thing: Louisville overachieved this year. This wasn’t that talented a team, especially without Rakeem Buckles.
And give Morehead credit: It did what an underdog has to do — get ahead early and make shots at the end.
chalkdawg4
March 17th, 2011
3:58 pm
It’s official- bracet busted at 3:55 on day 1. That should be worth something. How about a used Nintendo DS?
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
3:59 pm
I am 1-2 on the day so far (got WV, missed on ODU and Louisville). Only good thing is that I had ODU and Louisville losing in the 2nd round
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
3:59 pm
Give Donnie Tyndall credit. Went for the win. Won.
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
4:00 pm
I’m 1-2 as well. But who cares?
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
4:00 pm
Geeze, Temple needs to pull this out, I need all the points I can get.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
4:00 pm
Come on Oakland!!!
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
4:01 pm
That winning shot was pure. Didn’t touch rim.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
4:01 pm
Temple-PSU coming down to the wire
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
4:01 pm
Go Nittany Lions! I need you to lose to SDSU on Saturday.
gdawginkalamazoo
March 17th, 2011
4:01 pm
Stuffed him. Bam! Dude should have been practicing his three point shot instead of getting all tatted up.
Metro Coach
March 17th, 2011
4:01 pm
Morehead State can play with Vandy and/or Richmond, wouldn’t surprise me to see them make the Sweet 16.
Dawg Boy
March 17th, 2011
4:02 pm
How can y’all say your bracket is busted? Did you have Louisville beating Kansas? I would guess everyone had Louisville winning 1, probably 2, games. You’re not in that boat by yourself
SoGA
March 17th, 2011
4:02 pm
2-1 here…but who cares…..go nittany lions
Stein
March 17th, 2011
4:03 pm
Mark, What have I missed so far?
kral
March 17th, 2011
4:03 pm
that by MOREHEAD STATE was awesome
SOUTH GA DAWG FAN
March 17th, 2011
4:04 pm
I really don’t care if it does bust my bracket it would be no fun at all if all the favorites won.
cinderella has arrived
kral
March 17th, 2011
4:04 pm
LOVED IT…go big east
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
4:04 pm
Headed over to the arena for press conferences. Thanks for sticking with me all day. We’ll do it again as soon as I clip my toenails
Mr. Holmes
March 17th, 2011
4:05 pm
Almost four games in the books, three of them down to the wire. Run on nitroglycerin in Vegas.
kral
March 17th, 2011
4:06 pm
butler and ol d great game…love coverage of every game…wearing out a remote though
JSS
March 17th, 2011
4:07 pm
If Fran Duffy wins a NCAA game, that is the Cubs winning the World Series!
JSS
March 17th, 2011
4:08 pm
In the Universe range!
Timmy
March 17th, 2011
4:09 pm
Did I really have Old Dominion in the final 4 ? I should atleast take up drugs if up going to do weird wacky idiot stuff like that .
JSS
March 17th, 2011
4:09 pm
TMI Mark Bradley! But Rex Ryan thanks you!
JSS
March 17th, 2011
4:11 pm
Timmy, they missed lay ups… Don’t feel bad…
kral
March 17th, 2011
4:11 pm
what a bb feast just saw Temple hit the game winner with .04
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
4:12 pm
What a win by Temple
JSS
March 17th, 2011
4:12 pm
King Juan! The Cubs win the World Series! The Cubs win the World Series!
kral
March 17th, 2011
4:13 pm
heck my bracket is getting killed and I do not care
JSS
March 17th, 2011
4:16 pm
I keep telling all these folks panicking over the coaching openings; there are a lot of good young coaches out there for realistic programs to pick from…
kral
March 17th, 2011
4:19 pm
pitt only up by 5 at 1\2..please blow up my picks some more…go big easterly
Beast from the East
March 17th, 2011
4:22 pm
Had Louisville in the Final 4. My bracket’s already toast 4 hours in!
kral
March 17th, 2011
4:27 pm
just been wanting to say this …Bammer fans probably blame UGA for not making the tourney…should blame tenneersee …beat DAWGS on home floor with an off. rebounding foul…lost to UGA on their home floor….went 19-14…coach is a liar…finished behind UGA in the east…do not look at the DAWGS…look at the vols…least deserving sec team in the tourney
5150 UOAD
March 17th, 2011
4:32 pm
MARK BRADLEY
I think you need to talk with THOMPKINS to find his FOOT FETISH GIRL to do some work on your Concrete Pounding Pedals.
Clemson got screwed playing late then early. ACC hatred in that schedule.
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
4:37 pm
Princeton could blow the other 3% of the brackets!
I’ll take brains over playground any day.
Dores will win too!
bucket
March 17th, 2011
4:40 pm
@ Beast … Don’t feel bad – I did, too!!!! Dang it! I had them beating FLA to go to championship game only to lose to Ohio State! Guess I’ll have to buy my own IPAD!
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
4:43 pm
bucket,
Like your pick in the final.
5150 UOAD
March 17th, 2011
4:45 pm
Mark
Has you been chewing your finger nails on this Kentucky game?
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
4:48 pm
Hang on Princeton!
bucket
March 17th, 2011
4:49 pm
@ Buckeye – figured you would. I’m a Dawg fan, but I have no illusion’s of grandeur for them. Besides, Bradley’s already given them the kiss of death by putting them in the Sweet 16! I would like for him to be right for once!
kral
March 17th, 2011
4:54 pm
I AM AN SEC MAN…but not a callipher fan…he is sweatin….love it
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
4:56 pm
bucket,
I’ll be pulling for you. Might night be awake at the end…..
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
4:59 pm
Princeton may not pull this off but they are a good looking team.
Einsteindawg
March 17th, 2011
5:00 pm
Mark, I noticed the spacing of your toes. Are you able to turn pages and hold a pen with those feet?
bucket
March 17th, 2011
5:00 pm
I know what you mean kral. I hate to see coaches that always come out smelling like a rose after they have gotten a program in trouble.
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
5:01 pm
He called glass to go down 2. Not a fluke!
kral
March 17th, 2011
5:02 pm
give’m elll!!!! boys…still sweatin’ callipher
kral
March 17th, 2011
5:04 pm
bust my bracket some more big PRIN..2pt. got the ball
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
5:04 pm
Kral,
For the next minute, you and I are on the same team! Might not be a good day to be a 4.
bucket
March 17th, 2011
5:06 pm
Money!!! I am a college football guy, but there is no sporting event like the NCAA tournament!
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
5:06 pm
Will KY milk it all the way down??? WIll Princeton foul?
kral
March 17th, 2011
5:07 pm
time- out callipher..tie…sweatin low..area loving it
Skeezix
March 17th, 2011
5:07 pm
Mark’s feet aren’t so bad–at least he still has two big toes.
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
5:08 pm
Crap
bucket
March 17th, 2011
5:08 pm
Did Knight just save them?
bucket
March 17th, 2011
5:10 pm
Mark Bradley can breathe again. What a game!
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
5:11 pm
Next……Go Dores
Coach Cool
March 17th, 2011
5:11 pm
MB:
you can breathe now.
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
5:11 pm
Hey Kral,
SEC drools.
kral
March 17th, 2011
5:12 pm
moral vic for PRIN..I no it does not mean much…but callipher I was wishin”
kral
March 17th, 2011
5:14 pm
Moral vic..Prince…dang
JSS
March 17th, 2011
5:16 pm
Hey, the Big Ten may only have Ohio State left the way it is going so far… Don’t gloat… And I’m no SEC fan before you get on that horse…
kral
March 17th, 2011
5:17 pm
oh.. buck- crossed eyes be careful football program and coach may end up drooling about what coulda’ shoulda’ maybe
Terry Funk
March 17th, 2011
5:19 pm
ditto to what coach cool wrote
just a thought
March 17th, 2011
5:19 pm
who am I to inform all you know it alls and geniuses on here but you can log on to cbs.com on your laptops and watch any game you want and all of them at the same time
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
5:21 pm
At the arena. Saw the UK ending. Pretty intriguing first full afternoon, eh?
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
5:21 pm
Mark
Charlotte has a drive in restuarant similar to the Varsity on South Blvd.
Driving away from downtown, it will be on the left.
Except they serve fried fish instead of hamburgers. Also onion rings and french fries.
They might deliver.
I wish I could find an old menu I’ve got someplace.
That’s where I would go for at least one meal unless you prefer fancier places with less fattening fare.
Guy Incognito
March 17th, 2011
5:25 pm
5 games decided by 15 pts total. Yep a good afternoon
kral
March 17th, 2011
5:26 pm
GO VANDY
kral
March 17th, 2011
5:27 pm
agree even though I can not recognize you
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
5:28 pm
Kral,
My kid graduates from Vandy in May. Heading up to Nashville in the morning.
Terry Funk
March 17th, 2011
5:29 pm
I had Louisville in the elite 8 losing to the Gators..I’m an idiot
kent
March 17th, 2011
5:31 pm
WHATS WITH THE 50 YR OLDS IN THE SAN DIEGO STATE BAND PLAYING THE TROMBONES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS TOO FUNNY
Jackets 2011
March 17th, 2011
5:38 pm
I was hoping Mark would crack a joke: Been there, done that.
kral
March 17th, 2011
5:45 pm
you should be a proud papa…congrats…confused by drooling coment…wish your kid the best…my are grown…out of college…UGA and masters at VSU..2…bless you and the years to come
JSS
March 17th, 2011
5:51 pm
SDSU is kind of like GA State was in the 90’s… They served as the great teacher college for South California… Then they became a high line research university… Diverse student body…
Justafan
March 17th, 2011
5:52 pm
Rich & Vandy tied with 12:30 to go
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
5:53 pm
Thanks, Kral. Kind words.
kral
March 17th, 2011
5:54 pm
my 5:45 was for buck
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
5:54 pm
Where is Tru TV? I’ve got Comcast.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
5:56 pm
Yep, a Vandy diploma should get your child to some great doors if they are not going straight to grad school?
kral
March 17th, 2011
5:56 pm
words of wisdom…you really never let them go…it ain’t over ..Buck
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
5:59 pm
Kral,
Understand. Just got the latest Amex Bill! AHHH!
Good kid…we couldn’t be more proud and thankful.
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
6:02 pm
Spiders have the Mo..
Geez, three O rebounds and fresh clock…
Make that four.
Wow.
kral
March 17th, 2011
6:05 pm
Enter your comments here
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
6:05 pm
I hate the Napa commercials!
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:05 pm
Isn’t Tru TV Channel 58 up in the metro area?
kral
March 17th, 2011
6:08 pm
Great Buck…that says ALOT..wish .ya’ll the best..leaving now for mlb network….love my Braves
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:10 pm
My bracket might get salvaged if Richmond can hold on!
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
6:12 pm
JSS,
Thanks. Got it. Anything in HD?
bj fussell
March 17th, 2011
6:15 pm
dang vandy and Louisville ruining my bracket
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:19 pm
@ Jacket 2011…
Are you talking about the ‘The Penguin Drive-in?’ The one down off of Independence Blvd?
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
6:23 pm
Vandy Richmond is getting too good. Is Richmond in VA?
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
6:23 pm
How was that a foul on defending the DUNK?
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:24 pm
They said they were supposed to offer all games in HD this time around… I’m a low tech TV guy with a lot hi-tech gear….
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
6:24 pm
It seems the Spiders do have 8 arms when it comes to the rebounds.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:25 pm
@ DS…
Yep, they are right there on the James River as you cross the bridge on 95 in Richmond…
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
6:26 pm
Stewardess,
Get in the game, Dudette.
Crunch time, Dore fans.
Go Dores!
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
6:26 pm
What is a Comadore?
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:28 pm
I mean 195 oops
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
6:29 pm
5OK a year for tuition, room, board. Unaffordable for a Delta Steward or Stewardess.
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
6:29 pm
JSS thank you. I figured it was VA but not sure. They seem to be playing very big in this game.
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
6:30 pm
But BUCKEYE i can cheat and Tressel will give my child a scholly and a Tattoo.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
6:31 pm
I didn’t understand that possession by Vandy
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
6:32 pm
looks like that was BAD money spent Mr. Buckeye. I think Vandy is going to lose.
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
6:32 pm
Hey all you dawgs,
Nice tatts on the Richmond boys, eh?
BW
March 17th, 2011
6:33 pm
SEC East not looking too strong. Hope this doesn’t bode trouble for UGA
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:33 pm
The founder of Vandy Cornelius Vanderbilt fancied himself a sailor. A Commodore is designation above a Sea captain, Rear Admiral (two star) and below a Fleet Admiral (4 star)… The US stop using the rank after the Spanish American War…
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
6:35 pm
RDU,
The kick out to Jenkns for the 3 was there.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
6:35 pm
JSS
Cornelius Vanderbilt also made his fortune in shipping
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
6:36 pm
Buckeye – they should have gone for the 3 on their last possession
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
6:36 pm
Buckeye why did you have to belittle me? As I have posted before my husband was a Korean War Air Force pilot that joined Delta after serving his commission. I have said nothing to offend you. I asked questions to gain some knowledge. I am guessing your are divorced buy how you have treated me.
Tell the truth
March 17th, 2011
6:36 pm
Looks like the SEC and ACC are looking pitiful again this year
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:37 pm
I know, but he also was one of the founders of the Americas Cup too
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
6:37 pm
Vanderbilt’s decendants built some nice dwellings – The Breakers in Newport, RI, Biltmore House
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
6:39 pm
JSS thank you again for giving me an answer I can understand and not talking down to me.
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
6:39 pm
Stewardess,
I’ve seen you here before. Never engaged.
Good for you husband, a proud man, I’m sure.
Divorced? No.
Belittle you?
Go form a union.
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
6:40 pm
Stewardess,
http://www.vanderbilt.edu
kral
March 17th, 2011
6:41 pm
could not give it up…dang V YOU never look like the team we play
kral
March 17th, 2011
6:42 pm
can here the Braves
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
6:42 pm
Stewardess,
Nevermind. The ‘Dores are tostada. Another bracket buster.
kral
March 17th, 2011
6:42 pm
hear
Buckeye
March 17th, 2011
6:43 pm
Sigining out until Wisc v Belmont.
Tell the truth
March 17th, 2011
6:44 pm
Hey Buckeye- does anyone at OSU know anything that is going on with your football team?? Of course I did not know is a over used excuse- only seems to work for the Big 10/11/12 .
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:44 pm
@ DS…
No problem, it’s only a game….
collegeballfan
March 17th, 2011
6:45 pm
If GT does not make a major offer to Butler’s Brad Stevens then I will give up on them. Hell, he even looks like a Nerd. And that is on top of being one of the top 3 new coaches in NCAA history.
From the Butler website:
“In just his fourth year as a collegiate head coach and 11 years after leaving a business position as a marketing associate, Brad Stevens sits on top of the list for best basketball coaching starts in NCAA History.”
“Stevens, who owns two Horizon League Coach of the Year awards, has guided the Bulldogs to 110 wins in his brief career, breaking the previous four-year NCAA Division I record of 107 wins set by Everett Case of North Carolina State from 1947 to 1950. He also holds the NCAA three-year record with 89 victories, and he’s second on the two-year list with 56 wins. This season, he’s guided Butler to a 21-9 campaign and the school’s league-record fifth consecutive Horizon League regular season championship.”
Tech MUST make this guy say NO! A 110 wins in 4 years? Are you serious? Tech hire the damn guy! Jeez!
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
6:45 pm
How is the ACC looking bad? Clemson was forced to play an early games as a 12(?) seed in Ohio in the LATE game then FLY to TAMPA and still put on a damn good game. Clemson got screwed. Vandy was BEAT on the court. Clemson was beat in the Selection meetings.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:46 pm
And the SEC better be thank for Florida, they are not a normal match-up for most teams for those outside of the SEC… Georgia might be in deep stuff tomorrow…
dcrane
March 17th, 2011
6:47 pm
shortest guy on the floor dominates the Richmond/ Vandy game. Intriguing matchup of Morehead State vs. Richmond, coach at Morehead would be a good find for GT…
dcrane
March 17th, 2011
6:50 pm
Brad Stevens will stay at Butler, they’ll lock him up. He’s got a good thing going, high profile mid-major, good fit.
kral
March 17th, 2011
6:50 pm
epiphany there Jss
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
6:51 pm
How SEXY do you gentlemen think BYU is now without the Center/ Power Foward? Can they make it to the Sweet 16? Gators are about tho take the court. I think the Gators by 9.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:53 pm
Clemson made their bed against Carolina. They were always a team that would stop driving the ball and then would get deep in the shot clock and have to depend on Stitt to bale them out… If Florida State comes out and plays a full game, because they struggle shooting; then Duke, Carolina, and FSU might go far…
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:55 pm
@ Kral…
Nope, always felt that Florida is either going to go a long way or pull a Louisville!
kral
March 17th, 2011
6:57 pm
Have t o agree..dang agreeing is not my nature
JSS
March 17th, 2011
6:58 pm
I really like the Princeton coach and Shaka Smart at VCU… I doubt Stevens will leave for one of the upgrade jobs. He’s seen what happened at Indiana…
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
6:59 pm
I have Florida going all the way to the championship game
JSS
March 17th, 2011
7:00 pm
@ Kral…
I had to agree with Katherine last week, I thought I’d lost my mind…
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
7:03 pm
Delta Stewardess
I picked BYU to lose to Wofford in the 1st round. Then again, I picked Vandy to make the Sweet 16.
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
7:04 pm
JSS
We’ll know that you have lost your mind when you start agreeing with UGABugKiller
bj fussell
March 17th, 2011
7:05 pm
who won vandy or spidey
Tell the truth
March 17th, 2011
7:05 pm
Delta Stewardess The ACC got 3 selections plus Clemson got to play in and the SEC got 5 . Bama got screwed with Ga getting in after Bama beat them twice. The ACC once upon a time got 6-8 selections. This is not a strong SEC nor ACC this year
JSS
March 17th, 2011
7:07 pm
Man, BYU and Wisconsin better come out early… Or they are in for a long night
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
7:08 pm
Spiders won
Tell the truth
March 17th, 2011
7:10 pm
Richmond won
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
7:13 pm
RDU is is a NC team fan? Raleigh-Durham I am guessing?
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
7:16 pm
I understand football can not do the same thing as basketball, but is there not a HAPPY medium? These games are just TOO MUCH for the HEART to take. I wish football could make a playoff work without another 8 games to decide a National Champion.
JSS
March 17th, 2011
7:18 pm
@ Paul RDU….
That is just straight crazy talk!!!
Paul in RDU
March 17th, 2011
7:20 pm
DS
I am a relocated Yellow Jacket. I live in Raleigh
JSS
March 17th, 2011
7:21 pm
Wofford can not settle for 3’s, rest it
JSS
March 17th, 2011
7:23 pm
As strong of point guard since Mugsy Bogues, Jimmer
JSS
March 17th, 2011
7:24 pm
The Bowl System is pure money, they won’t give it till TV takes the bank away
Mark Bradley
March 17th, 2011
7:25 pm
Here’s a little something off the Georgia/Washington media opportunities, if you’re inclined.
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
7:30 pm
My Dawgs got in on a Wing and a Hiked leg. Maybe they can win in the 1st round but I am not betting on much. Maybe Fox can surprise me but my hair will not turn blue holding my breath on a 2nd round game.
Delta Stewardess
March 17th, 2011
7:41 pm
Has the Chatting stopped? I know the other Dawg fans are not reading the junk Bill King posted. How did he get to blog? The Dawgs play many sports but all Bill tries to post about is football. He is not even good at that.
Bryan
March 17th, 2011
8:17 pm
Hey your website for teh bracket is messed up. the ajc facebook crap covers up the right side of the bracket. tell your tech geeks to fix this
blazerdawg
March 17th, 2011
8:17 pm
There are a couple of thousand tickets unsold for the Charlotte, NC regional (w/ UNC & Duke – imagine what the media would say if that happened in ATL) Get up 85 Dawg fans!
Sec
March 17th, 2011
8:19 pm
sec looks like the overrated garbage it is in hoops.
Eric
March 17th, 2011
8:23 pm
8 points for you MB? Really? And this is what you do for a living?
Isn’t that like a stock analyst picking a stock that tanks 50%
tech86
March 17th, 2011
8:52 pm
MB you need to stop with this Mooney guy and jump on Donnie Tyndall, the guy can coach. A lot of people had the Cards advancing, and now they are one and done! Mooney couldn’t even beat are team in December. Tech needs this coach. Guess the winner of Morehead/Richmond gets the Tech job.
J Clay
March 17th, 2011
8:56 pm
MB – what time you getting to Charlotte tomorrow? Hope to see lots of Dawg fans there. I am making trip down from Winston Salem and will be in town by 2:30….several pre-game parties…should be good..go Dawgs
HERE YOU GO Priceless
March 17th, 2011
9:17 pm
Mark Price Craig Neal Mark Price Craig Neal Mark Price Craig Neal
wow big surprise, a quote from former GT player Drew Barry on who ought to coach at GT:
(I think that’s all overrated,” Barry said. “[Price] has played at every level and been highly successful. If you don’t think he doesn’t know basketball and can’t teach it, you’re crazy. Coaching is all about knowing the game and getting the maximum about every players you have.
“I’ve trained with Mark, I know he’s capable of doing that. I’ve worked out with Craig Neal, I know he’s capable of doing that. You can’t go wrong in hiring people like that.”)
thank you a Drew Barry for your comments, how some of you think that you have to start at Grad Assistant and work your way up is how it is, it may be if you are the 3rd string walk on or the water boy. But how any of you GT people could think Price isn’t qualified is beyond me. I guess you same people would tell Larry Byrd the same thing had he called a few years back that he must start at grad assistant. ha