[Deadly]

Sports fans are whiny, no doubt. I'm not talking about Hightower, just responding to your comment of "But as long as you're playing on an even playing field with the other guy then you just adjust and stop complaining" with the fact that there is not always an even playing field to begin with.

Anyway, how about a KU/UNC Final Four game? Kansas can finally stick it to Roy Williams for being a lying piece of shit.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

luckylopez said:

And sports fans are whiny and hate just admitting their team lost without it being the fault of something outside their control.

Exactly. The jackasses on Metsblog.com are convinced Angel Hernandez has a vendetta against the team.

[Mikey]

Eric Gregg, the white courtesy phone is ringing for you.

Oh, and if we're talking about bad college hoops refs, Karl Hess is a piece of shit.

[Tommy]

gimmickman said:

Sorry to get away from Tourney Talk, but MSU fans have found another school that hates Ed Hightower as much as we do … KANSAS!

Ed Hightower has been a ref for a million years. That's why people complain about him, he's one of the few they recognize. It's like Celtics fans with Jake O'Donnell back in the day.

gimmickman said:

(P.S. -- I would just like to ntoe that Hightower has reffed three of MSU's seven Big Ten losses.

Who reffed the other 4? Wouldn't they be more responsible for the vast Big Ten conspiracy against their most popular and profitable basketball program? Hightower should be at least second on your list.

gimmickman said:

These were the losses in which we had our biggest FT disparities of the year. Coincidence? I think not.)

It's absolutely a coincidence. You're being absolutely ridiculous. By childishly blaming the referees, it appears that a) You believe that Michigan State never loses, it's always taken away from them by the vast Big Ten conspiracy against their most popular and most profitable and successful basketball program and b) you're incapable of breaking down the game without any bias and it infers that you have very little basketball knowledge at all.

Fact is, Michigan St. blew a 10 point lead late because they stopped running their offense and not getting Netizel free off screens, and started playing lazy defense. Maybe they were tired, and that led to their clutcing and grabbing that they CLEARLY did in the last 5 minutes of the game.

Your assertion that there is a vast Big Ten Referees Conspiracy against the Big Ten's most popular, successful and profitable basketball program of the last 15 years is absolutely one of the most ludicrous things I think I've ever heard. I hope there aren't any other Michigan St. fans on this board, because if there are; the embarrassment level they must have by reading your comments must be off the freakin' charts.

Michigan St. lost. They deserved to lose. Wisconsin didn't win the game, Michigan St. lost it. That's reality. Grand conspiracies from the Big Ten; not so much reality.

[Deadly]

Enough of this referee talk, let's talk more about Moose's favorite subject: Kansas basketball!

Moose, did you know that during the 2 hour "ESPNU Bracketology" that aired after the revealing of the picks, the pundits talking more about Duke, a #2 seed, than KU, a #1? I thought Kansas was more overrated than Duke?

I kid, I kid. I don't really expect anyone but me to root for KU. But it is the 20th anniversary of Danny and the Miracles...

[Sparty]

Tommy: I don't claim their is a conspiracy, I'm just saying that this guy sucks. If I had a tape of the game, I'd go back and review all the calls/no calls. Sadly, I do not.

But I'll tell you what: If Tom Izzo is almost brought to tears because he is so upset and frustrated by what just happened, I'm not going to argue with it.

On a side note, the MSU women's team was fucked over by the Selection Committee tonight.

My point of contention: They took a Florida State team with a worse record, lower RPI, lower SOS and NO WINS AGAINST ANY TEAM IN THE TOURNAMENT FIELD ahead of us.

On top of that, they finished the season 4-7 while we finished 7-3.

What the fuck is that?

On the other hand, we beat the two teams that shared the Big Ten regular season title, the Big Ten Tournament champion and the Big 12 Champion.

Horseshit.

[Andy]

Boy, you gotta feel bad for Virginia Tech missing out on the tourney. This has to be the worse shot to them since....um...I mean, This has to just blow away their....wait...um...okay got it. This has to rip through them like...um...









Boy that sucks for Virginia Tech.

[Batman]

[Attitude Adjuster]

I'd hit her.

Oh, and I'd also hit Xavier -8 over Georgia. Just saying...

[Andy]

Congratulations to Mount St. Mary's! Have fun getting slaughtered by the 'heels!

[Attitude Adjuster]

As much as I hate North Carolina (and Duke, just so you know), I'm picking them to win this year. Final 4: North Carolina, UCLA, Stanford and...Davidson. Yep, things are gonna get funky in that region.

[Jack Quinn]

Western Carolina's women's team made the Women's NIT!!!!* We made it last year too, and even won one game I think!



*(hey, small victories, ok?)

[Sparty]

Michigan State is running the table in the WNIT.

[Jack Quinn]

WCU 95 MSU 66 in the finals


SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE!~

[derfsucks]

Woke up this morning and realized, "Ah shit, March Madness starts this afternoon," so I bumbled over to CBSSportsline and did my quick bracket for this year ...

And being bleary-eyed and under caffeinated at that point, I clicked the button to print out my bracket and I **SWORE** that when I looked at the Firefox tab for the page it read "Pimpable Brackets" ...

Man, that would REALLY change the scope of NCAA hoops, wouldn't it?

[Mikey]

Peter Rosenberg with his follow up to last year's This Is Why Duke Sucks... enjoy.

[Mikey]

What a shitty afternoon of basketball. Georgia coughs away a double digit lead and the game really isn't close. Marquette beats Kentucky in a decent game that at least had a LITTLE drama in the final minute. And we got Michigan State winning a snoozer, and then 4 blowouts.

[The Canadian Content]

tarheelmike said:

What a shitty afternoon of basketball.

It was college ball. What do you expect?

[Jack Quinn]

college ball > NBA ball

[The Canadian Content]

mooseheadjack said:

college ball > NBA ball

Moose, the "less than" symbol points the other way. Common tyop, they're right next to each other.

[Lucky]

Oh, so YOU're the NBA fan left.

[Deadly]

The NBA this year has been great. It's extremely likely that a 50 win team in the West won't even make the playoffs. That's competitive basketball.

[Lucky]

I was mostly joking. People who argue that their favorite sport is better than your favorite sport are tools. But obviously for a long time people have preferred college basketball because it has a wider field, its regular season means more, and its a more relatable and fundamental game. And I say that as someone who despises college football and would be happy to see it disappear off the face of the planet. But people obviously get crazy up for this weekend and the next few because its a fun and exciting period of sports.

Call me when the NBA gets down to only half the league playing.

[Deadly]

March Madness is probably my favorite time of year as a sports fan. That being said, I think I'm still probably more of a NBA fan than a college fan.

As far as waiting 'til only half the NBA is playing, call me when the 64 best teams are in the tournament.

[Lucky]

64 of 131 = 47.76%
16 of 30 = 53.33%

NCAA wins.

Not to mention that they manage to get down to 16 in 4 days. Freakin NBA playoffs never end.