It's the last weekend of college basketball for the regular season. A lot rids on this weekend for bubble teams. They can either improve their chances of getting into the tournament or hurt them. Nevertheless it should be a great day of hoops. Leave comments and don't be a troll.
Announcing Schedule by The 506
8 West Virginia @ 9 Villanova, 12:00 - CBS: Gus Johnson, Greg Anthony
24 Texas A&M @ Oklahoma, 12:00 - ESPN: Terry Gannon, Stephen Bardo
Florida State @ Miami, 12:00 - ESPN2: Mike Patrick, Len Elmore
2 Kansas @ Missouri, 2:00
CBS: Verne Lundquist, Clark Kellogg
1 Syracuse @ Louisville, 2:00 - ESPN: Dave Pasch, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe
South Carolina @ 19 Vanderbilt, 2:00 - ESPN2: Brad Nessler, Jamal Mashburn
25 Texas @ 22 Baylor, 4:00 - ESPN: Ron Franklin, Bob Valvano
Big South Championship: Winthrop @ Coastal Carolina, 4:00 - ESPN2: Jon Sciambi, LaPhonso Ellis
Wyoming @ UNLV, 4:00 - VS: TBA
13 Tennessee @ Mississippi State, 6:00 - ESPN: Carter Blackburn, Jimmy Dykes
Atlantic Sun Championship: TBD, 6:00 - ESPN2: Rob Stone, Tim McCormick
California @ Stanford, 6:00 - FSN: TBA
Ohio Valley Championship: TBD, 8:00 - ESPN2: Bob Wischusen, Tim Welsh
Horizon Semifinal: Butler v. TBD, 8:00 - ESPNU: Jim Barbar, Dave Kaplan
North Carolina @ 4 Duke, 9:00 - ESPN: Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale, Erin Andrews
West Virginia & the CBS broadcast area are both getting smashed early.
ReplyDeleteI loved it last week when GuJo and Raft announced a game together.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what OU booster bought Willie Warren's earring.
ReplyDeleteHow in the world is West Virginia still in this game? They're the worst shooting Top 25 team. They're 1-8 from the free throw line. Bleh.
ReplyDeleteI see Villanova uses child labor to clean their floors.
ReplyDeleteWest Virginia isn't passing "the eye test."
ReplyDelete/already tired of that phrase
i'd like to thank Sylvan Landesberg in advance for not living up to his "academic responsibilities" thus ensuring I'm going to greatly enjoy the Terps beatdown of UVA this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one that never figured out why Buffalo Wild Wings tabbed Gary Thorne to do commentary for their basketball commercial?
ReplyDelete@ 49er16: I just love it that GuJo is finally doing a Villanova game this year. And he's in Philly!
ReplyDelete@JFein i think Thorne does the BWW football commercial as well. and he does have a recognizable voice.
ReplyDeleteHeh. I just saw the video of Scottie Reynolds knocking down Gus and Greg's announcing table. Why couldn't that have been Brando?
ReplyDeleteGet ready for another Villanova lead blow!
ReplyDeleteThis time it appears as if West Virginia will be the lucky team.
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ReplyDeleteRemember that 13-point lead? It's down to 7 now.
ReplyDeleteI fear for this team in the NCAA tournament.
Re: The Book on Antonio Pena:
ReplyDeleteLast time I saw "MIP" to describe someone in college it meant "Minor In Possession (of Alcohol)."
/so I've heard
//damn this cheap laptop
Ugh, I shouldn't have drank so much last night. BTW, Nova is only up 4 now.
ReplyDeleteBen Wallace could hit more free throws in a game than West Virginia has. Maybe.
ReplyDeleteAnd now the game is tied.
ReplyDeleteYour 2009-2010 Villanova Wildcats, ladies and gentlemen! Where playing only one half of basketball will give you losses and an early tournament ouster.
West Virginia can hit their FT's!
ReplyDeleteAt this rate, Temple has a better shot at going further in the tournament.
ReplyDeleteSCOTTIE!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd WVU had the lead for a split second.
ReplyDeleteSadly, this is normal for Nova this year.
I'm glad this is a close game. We could get a crazy GuJo call at the end of the game.
ReplyDeleteAs this game picks up, Gus is picking it up, too.
ReplyDeleteGuJo is right. None of these teams are playing like a top seed in the NCAAs.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts on Nova's seeding: They'll be a 2 or a 3, depending on how they do in the Big East tournament.
@ 49er16: I actually can't recall the last time GuJo did a Villanova game, let alone a time he went nuts during a Nova game.
ReplyDeleteNow Huggy Bear is T'd up.
ReplyDeleteBANG!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I might miss the Selection Show next Sunday :-(
ReplyDeleteHuggy Bear is still pissed. And to think the call GuJo would have made if Fisher makes that layup.
ReplyDeleteGuJo: "Some of these calls have been horrible."
ReplyDeleteI didn't know Sean McDonough was doing today's game. He's also right.
BAM! Ha-HA!
ReplyDelete"Bam"-GuJo
ReplyDeleteThat might've been Greg Anthony with the "ha-HA."
ReplyDeleteUgh. Just ugh.
ReplyDeleteAre Big East basketball refs part-time SEC football refs?
ReplyDeleteI love GuJo. He's just ripping the refs in this game.
ReplyDeleteGuJo: "I don't know what to expect on the officiating," about the no-call on the Reynolds layup.
ReplyDeleteOH PURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFISHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOVERTIME IN PHILADELPHIA!!!!!!!!!!!
The crowd is rocking and GuJo is going crazy. It must be March!
ReplyDelete@RJBO: Yes. SEC football refs are the same people that ref Big East basketball.
ReplyDeleteAnd wow, WVU, just wow. What an idiotic way to end the half.
I love March.
ReplyDeleteOh Redding.
ReplyDeleteWhy is Katy Tur in this Lowe's commercial?
ReplyDelete/Olbermann'd
Why do we like choking games?
ReplyDeleteOh Nova
ReplyDeleteMan, I wish these Buffalo Wild Wings commercials would end.
ReplyDeleteThey called a foul???
ReplyDeleteStokes!!
ReplyDeleteOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWHAT A SHOT BY STOKES!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteScoop Jardine thinks West Virginia didn't get that timeout in time.
ReplyDelete/terrible Big East ref'd
Cotdamnit Bulter
ReplyDeleteOff the Glass! WOW!!!!!
ReplyDelete"And good! With 5.8 left. Wow!"-GuJo
ReplyDeleteReynolds for the win......DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIf only Reynolds makes that three. GuJo would have died from a heart attack.
ReplyDeleteWould that have counted had it gone down? It was close...
ReplyDelete"Cole Aldrich doing it inside a little bit." - Clark Kellogg
ReplyDeleteRick Pitino borrowed Aaron Brooks' red jacket from last years' playoffs.
ReplyDeleteThe "Jay-hacks," Verne?
ReplyDeleteRick Pitino in a red blazer? Who does he think he is? Bruce Pearl?
ReplyDelete"This game had Gus Johnson written all over it." - Seth Davis
ReplyDeleteAspeaking of Gus, here is the video of him tipping over Gus and Greg's table.
ReplyDeleteWhere, JFein?
ReplyDeletewow... i am very very nervous because UVA has managed to hang around.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I hate about being on Spring Break: having to deal with the different channel numbers.
ReplyDelete@ RJBO: Eep! Sorry. I forgot to copy and paste the link. Fail.
ReplyDeletehttp://fireandyreidnow.blogspot.com/2010/03/scottie-reynolds-would-like-to-make-gus.html
Hope you guys don't mind me listening to the Giants game on the radio while watching college basketball on TV?
ReplyDeleteSave the random linking for me.
ReplyDelete/just wanted to link to some possible good news'd
@RJBO: If I post an open thread for The Smackoff again, will you be there?
ReplyDeleteLouisville boggles my mind:
ReplyDeleteGet stomped by St. John's, then beat Syracuse at the Dome.
Get crushed by Marquette, hangin' tough with Syracuse in the 2nd half.
Keith, I'll be there.
ReplyDelete@RJBO: Edwin Jackson is pitching against the Giants for Arizona. Is he any good?
ReplyDeleteAll I care about for Nova in the Big East is that they get a double bye. They are not going higher than a 2 and they are not dropping lower than a 3. Let's play enough games where we go into the The Big Dance feeling good, but not tire ourselves out.
ReplyDeleteWest Virginia fans aren't drinking Coke Zero at a tailgate, unless booze is mixed in.
ReplyDeleteKeith, Jackson was good early last season, but he struggled past the 6th or 7th in the Tigers' stretch choke.
Good to know. He's like Jonathon Sanchez then. Fades late in the game.
ReplyDeleteThe "60 Minutes" ticking sound effect is good for something else at CBS...
ReplyDeleteEdwin Jackson might be better in the NL. Honestly, I still don't understand the three-way Tigers' trade (unless it was just to get rid of Granderson & Jackson).
ReplyDeleteI could see Jackson being better in the NL. Especially in the weak NL West.
ReplyDeleteLouisville is still leading over Syracuse.
ReplyDelete@ 49er16: Wait? You mean to say that there isn't a weak NL divison?
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see Halladay dominate the NL East.
Damn. Louisville is taking it to Cuse.
ReplyDeleteThe Cards are leading by 7. Are there any elite teams this season?
ReplyDeleteCheating on your wife: A tradition unlike any other.
ReplyDelete/Nantz'd
TERPS! CO-ACC CHAMPS
ReplyDeleteGO CAROLINA!
LOUISVILLE BY 9!!!!! LOL CUSE!
ReplyDelete@ RJBO: LOL!!! +1,000!
ReplyDeleteWhat a shoot-out in Louisville!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your Terps, kt!
ReplyDeleteOoh! OOOH! What's happening in the Kansas game?
ReplyDelete/Wednesday Night'd
//turns to CBS
///never mind
Wesley Johnson has 4 fouls. I see Big East refs are consistent. Consistently brutal.
ReplyDeleteSheesh. Louisville can't miss today.
ReplyDeleteFollowing the pattern, Louisville will lose their first game in the Big East Tournament.
ReplyDeleteI'm going out with him tonight!" - Fran Friscilla
ReplyDeletePervis Ellison is walking through that door, fans! Doctor Dunkenstein, too!
ReplyDelete/Bizarro Pitino'd
I was in Freedom Hall to receive my FFA American Farmer Degree back in 07. The building doesn't look like much from the outside, but it's really nice on the inside.
ReplyDeleteSouth Carolina is leading Vandy??
ReplyDeleteSouth Carolina's Lakeem Jackson's FT Percentage: 28%
ReplyDeleteChris Dudley thinks that's terrible.
Kyle Kuric is amazing
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be an awesome court rushing.
ReplyDeleteLouisville fans do it right. They know they've been there before and don't need to storm the court.
ReplyDelete"Not even Joe's bracket busting can bust us now." - Rick Pitino
ReplyDeleteNice.
UConn losing to South Florida? They're still one of the Last Four In.
ReplyDelete/Lunardi'd
If UConn loses to S. Florida, then their NIT bound.
ReplyDeleteUConn has lost to South Florida; Vandy is losing to South Carolina.
ReplyDelete@ Keith: Are you going to any of the NCAA Tourney games in San Jose?
ReplyDelete@JFein: Unfortunately no. I did have an opportunity a couple of years ago to go to the NCAA tournament when they had games in Sacramento. I specifically remember watching the Vanderbilt-George Washington game.
ReplyDeleteSay hello to the NIT, UConn. And South Carolina has beat Kentucky and Vanderbilt this year.
ReplyDeleteSpero Dedes? Bob Wenzel? UCLA-Arizona State? Do you want anyone to watch, CBS?
ReplyDeleteAs long as Wenzel isn't with Bolerjack.............
ReplyDelete/I got the crappiest announcing parings for last year's tournament. I had either Brando or Wenzeljack for both days of the opening round.
Penn State cut the Purdue lead to 5, without Talor battle.
ReplyDeleteIs Spero Dedes taking the Carter Blackburn role on CBS' NCAA coverage?
ReplyDeleteI never heard of Spero Dedes before.
ReplyDeleteDedes does some of the radio play-by-play for the Lakers. I think.
ReplyDeleteThe Purdue lead is down to 3.
Talor Battle out for Penn State (cramps).
Purdue foolishly fouled a three-point shooter up by four.
ReplyDeletePurdue wins a piece of the Big 10 title.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Purdue.
ReplyDeleteHoly ugly courts! Check out the Big South Championship game!
ReplyDeleteThe 49ers must love former 1st overall draft picks that play QB and suck. They signed David Carr for whatever reason.
ReplyDelete*points and laughs in direction of 49ers*
ReplyDeleteI think Digger Phelps is gunning for a walk on role in the movie Leatherheads. Maybe he isn't aware it came out in 2008.
ReplyDeleteHow in the world could K-State lose to Iowa State at home?
ReplyDelete@ RJBO: By overlooking them after losing to Kansas? Or maybe they were thinking of what it would be like to play in a locale that was not one of the plainest in America?
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ReplyDeleteIt's great to see Maryland at the top of the standings!
ReplyDeleteNoted Rat Family member Joe Lunardi had K-State as a #1 seed after they lost to Kansas.
ReplyDeleteMilwaukee has a one point lead over Butler at the half in the Horizon League Semis.
ReplyDeleteNearly missing the opening tip-off? How very Olympic Hockey of you, ESPN.
ReplyDeleteit is incredible how far Scheyer has gotten with that kick his legs out as he shoots move. you'd think ACC refs would be aware of it by now.
ReplyDeleteThis is the second most disastrous start on ESPN tonight.
ReplyDelete/Tennessee 17, Mississippi State 0
ESPN should be embarrassed with itself for running that Duke 3-S montage
ReplyDelete19-6 Duke? Is the Magic & Bird Special still on?
ReplyDeletei guess the ACC has officially decided that UNC has no chance of making the NCAA's. they're getting no calls
ReplyDeleteUNC is quite unfamiliar with this sensation of not getting calls.
ReplyDeleteFuck "The Eye Test," Dickie V.
ReplyDeleteAt least Milwaukee is keeping it close against Butler.
ReplyDeleteand Vitale just channeled Tim Brando with the "there's nothing finer" reference
ReplyDeleteMatt Leinart?????
ReplyDeletei am shocked speechless seeing that guy there
ReplyDeletei am done watching UNC play like a middle school team. at least the Terps will share the title...
ReplyDeletekt, don't you want to find out how Dickie V could justify his pick of Scheyer Marshall Bill as the ACC POY?
ReplyDeleteRJBO and why Coach K should be Coach of the Year? and why Mason Plumlee should be the ACC Freshman of the year award?
ReplyDelete+100, kt.
ReplyDeleteUNC 21, Kyle Singler 19
Dickie V: "Those kids in the tents are the future leaders of our country."
ReplyDeleteIs that passed out picture of Reggie Love still floating around?
Milwaukee within 1 w/ 7:00 to play
ReplyDeletebeat me to it, RJBO.
ReplyDelete*finally turns off Duke Destruction*
ReplyDelete...David Kaplan? For three years on end on his WGN radio show, he said Brian Roberts is this close to being traded to the Cubs.
Butler is getting every call...when did the Horizon League hire ACC refs?
ReplyDeleteYou'd think they would want two Horizon League teams in the Tourney. I guess not.
ReplyDeleteMore David Kaplan (the color commentator on the Butler game) ranting: That guy kept saying how Jon Scheyer could be the best player ever before he got to Duke. Bleh.
@RJBO that was a guy the Cubs could have used. especially since they gave up on & traded every single player the O's wanted back from them.
ReplyDeleteand why does Clete Thomas have to treat the Orioles the way Ben Roethlisberger treats women?
It was just annoying to hear about a Brian Roberts trade EVERY FREAKING SHOW!!
ReplyDelete+50, kt.
You better hope Clete doesn't get traded to the AL East.
Murray State is about to wrap up a Tourney spot.
ReplyDeleteRJBO, you should be hoping Luke Scott doesn't end up in the AL Central
ReplyDeleteI better hope I don't cut off Luke Scott on the freeway.
ReplyDelete/remembers the Outside the Lines piece about guns & athletes
Congrats to Murray State!
ReplyDeleteAnd it's going to be Butler versus Wri--Horizon League Semifinal #1 Detroit vs Wright State is next on ESPNU.
ReplyDelete/NBC'd
actually, Gilbert Arenas should be hoping not to cut Luke Scott off on the highway...Luke's pissed MLB has banned guns in the clubhouse because of Arenas.
ReplyDeleteButler is going to the HL Championship game