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Huggiebear delivers.
BTW- Set your clocks forward. Obama is such a socialist he is taking away one of your hours.
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Yutsano
James O’Keefe plays basketball??
(What? Too soon?)
Comrade Luke
I don’t know how the hell that guy made the last shot.
And btw, that last bucket by Georgetown was a travel. He took 4-5 steps.
The latest Bracketology has GT as a 2 seed, which if true is a joke imo. They’re good, but from #22 in the nation to a 2 seed?
madmommy
What a game!
So, where will the Mountaineers end up seeded?
gopher2b
I’m sad.
gopher2b
@madmommy:
Me thinks WV earned themselves a #1 seed. GT should be a #3.
Comrade Luke
@madmommy: Probably a two seed, but there’s an outside chance at a one.
Comrade Luke
@gopher2b: The questions for me are will Kansas win, will Duke win, and what are they going to do about Syracuse.
John Cole
The officiating was HORRIBLE, btw. Felt like there were three teams on the court.
Kryptik
Georgetown deserves the #2 from how they played all tournament, no doubt. 22 in the polls, I don’t care, they made their case.
As far as WVU, I doubt they’ll get the #1 over Duke at this point…but they should easily be considered and might just miss that cut.
madmommy
@gopher2b:
I’m thinking more like a #2, which is pretty damn good. I don’t think in the top 1-5 the seedings matter so much. You’re going to get a team that you should beat without too much effort in the first round, guaranteed.
Comrade Kevin
Congratulations to the Mountaineers.
From my conference, I really hope St. Mary’s, who I normally hate, get selected for an at-large bid.
The Dangerman
Have to be a 1 through 4 to won the Pod (location). They’ll get that pod ownership.
1’s are set: Syracuse, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky. Locks.
Comrade Luke
@Kryptik: They finished 7th in the Big East yet they get a 2?
madmommy
@The Dangerman:
I’m wondering if they’ll re-think Syracuse. Losing in the semi’s of the conference tourney ain’t good.
Comrade Luke
An 11-part series on Life on Discovery? Sounds like an attempt to sell DVDs.
And it’s narrated by Oprah.
FAIL.
Clutch414
Congrats Cole and Mountaineer fans.
I was rooting for the ‘eers because I hate Georgetown (born, raised, and still live in the ‘Cuse). WVU just earned themselves a solid #2 seed. Can’t wait until the selection show tomorrow. Hopefully ‘Cuse retains their #1 seed and plays in the Buffalo pod.
J. Michael Neal
The Gophers won 4-2, to force a third game tomorrow night. There’s no way we make it to the NCAAs if we don’t win the conference tournament, so our next loss is our last. There’s not a chance in hell we make it, but I really want to beat the Fucking Sioux tomorrow.
I didn’t even realize that West Virginia and Georgetown had varsity hockey teams. Congratulations to the Mountaineers. I think you’re going to draw Bemidji State in the first round.
Mike Kay
First he came for our guns, then he came for our fishing poles, then he came for our digital clocks…..
Bastird!
freelancer
John McCain sez: I got yer Daylight Savings Time Right here, Obama! Arizona’s going to Pacific Time now!
John Cain
@Comrade Mike: They’re 7 in the RPI with the #1 SOS. OOC wins over Butler, Duke, Washington, and Temple. Either they’re a weak 2 or a strong 3.
@Comrade Kevin: Didn’t St. Mary’s win the WCC tournament?
Go Hoyas!
mr. whipple
Big shout out to JenJen and the MAC champs, Ohio U Bobcats!
asiangrrlMN
U of M, bitchez. Playing for the Big Ten Championship tomorrow. Huzzah!
Yutsy, you around?
@J. Michael Neal: Um, what is this hockey about which you are talking? I keed, I keed.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: This may not be nirvana, but a chocolate covered strawberry Blizzard is da shiznit at the very least.
Yep I’m bouncing around just getting confections for the evening.
Comrade Luke
@John Cain: Yes, St Mary’s won the WCC tourney. They’re in.
The Dangerman
@madmommy:
True, but the rest of season is too solid.
And I hate Syracuse and I’m still calling lock.
themann1086
@madmommy: Actually they lost in the Quarterfinals. This of course is central to your point ;)
And grats Cole, both for last night’s win over my Irish and the Conference championship. They earned it.
FiveInchTaint
The only way Kansas loses is if they beat themselves. Provided they come to play in the tournament, might as well pencil in the Jayhawks as national champs.
+4
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Yum. Yum. Yum. SHARE!
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Hehehe. Mine. Mine! MINE!! Actually I would if I could but there’s that whole damn distance thingie. I bought my brother one (though a different kind) if that helps at all. Oh and I freely confess to slacking on making the cookies this weekend, but as I was productive otherwise for the most part, I’m not feeling hugely guilty about it. At least not yet.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: I don’t think our DQs are open yet. Huh.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: I bet if DQ went 24 hours or closed at midnight it would work really really well. Can you imagine being drunk and craving a Dilly Bar? I could totally see that happening.
gbear
@asiangrrlMN:
Oh yes they are!
Elisabeth
@asiangrrlMN:
Uhhh, go Bucks!
gopher2b
@madmommy:
Ditto. #1 seeds don’t go one and out in their conference tournaments.
Elisabeth
@gopher2b:
Hasn’t Syracuse lost their last two games? Not a great way to go into the tournament.
J. Michael Neal
@Yutsano: Around here, when she says the DQs aren’t open yet, she means that they’re closed for the winter. gbear disagrees, but I know that at least some of them still are.
Yutsano
@J. Michael Neal: Uhh…wait…¿que?
freelancer
You people are boring.
fledermaus
Meanwhile, in a real conference, Huskies take the Pac-10
Yutsano
@fledermaus: And this is supposed to enthuse me…how, exactly?
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: That would be yummy. But, yeah, ditto what J. Michael says. Our DQs close over the winter.
@gbear: Not the one in my neighborhood. Unless it opened today, and I missed seeing it.
@freelancer: So, liven up the conversations!
freelancer
@asiangrrlMN:
But I’m going to bed…I never made any claim that I was especially awesome.
asiangrrlMN
@freelancer: Well, shit. SOMEONE entertain me!
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: :: does Charleston ::
Well my bills are paid for the most part and housework is pretty much caught up. If I drank I’d get smashed right now.
asiangrrlMN
@Elisabeth: Oh, hell no! You guys win enough stuff.
@Yutsano: You know how YOU could entertain me. Cough, muumuu, cough.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: You want me to do the Charleston in a muumuu? I really should be disturbed but to be honest I’m much more intrigued.
Ecks
I bet Obama is giving my hour to a welfare queen.
Elisabeth
@asiangrrlMN:
Nope can never win enough. A Big Ten title for the men to go with the title for the women would be quite lovely.
Jeff Fecke
Bob Huggins builds winning basketball programs. Of course, it’s likely no WVU men’s basketball player will ever graduate until Huggins leaves, but that only bothers namby-pamby types who think that “student-athlete” still means anything.
As for the Gophers, I have no idea where today’s game came from. 27 points better than Purdue? If that doesn’t get ’em into the tournament, nothing will.
And as stated above, it’s all irrelevant; my sister’s alma mater, Kansas, is going to win the whole thing.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: While chugging a chocolate strawberry Blizzard.
@Elisabeth: Greedy.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: While eating a chocolate strawberry Blizzard.
@Elisabeth: Greedy.
Common Sense
@Elisabeth:
Still, at the end of the day it’s merely a big 10 title. It’s not like it means anything.
I kid, I kid. I’m hoping the rumors are true and Texas joins the Big 10.
Michael
OT – Justice Thomas’ wife is now a teabagger organizer.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2470633/posts
I’m now of the opinion that this Supreme Court is now tied with the Taney court as the worst.
4jkb4ia
Da’Sean Butler is not human. Mumbles congratulations, runs away.
demo woman
@Michael: Here is a link to the LATimes article for those who would prefer not to link to the Free Republic.
Michael
The comments are always so special, though.
4jkb4ia
@Comrade Kevin:
St. Mary’s of the WCC is in. They won the tournament. I remember this clearly.
SiubhanDuinne
@Michael #52: Well, I have only contempt for both Thomases — Clarence for his judicial opinions and Virginia for her political views — but honestly, I don’t have a problem with her occupying her time in setting up Tea Parties if she wants to. Now if a TP-related case came before the Supremes, and Thomas failed to recuse himself, *that* I’d have a problem with.
mousebumples
I still maintain that we should “fall back” twice a year.
grandpajohn
Yes John as an ACC (Clemson) fan who didn’t have a horse in the race, I very much agree with you about the officiating
burnspbesq
The only good team in the Pac-10 this year is the Stanford women. The Pac-10 may get two teams into the men’s tournament by virtue of Cal’s strength of schedule (although the Bears lost most of the games that give them that high SOS). But San Diego State’s win over UNLV means the Mountain West probably gets FOUR.
Nice win for WVU, but if we win the ACC Tournament we get the fourth number one seed – and most likely get the Salt Lake City regional and a relatively easy route to the Final Four. And all you Dook haters can just suck on it.
Waiting to hear the woofing from DougJ when Upstate New York’s three teams in the tournament (Cuse, Cornell, and Siena) all win their first-round games.
And speaking of bad calls, the highlight of the day – that ridiculous dunk by the Vermont guy – should have been an offensive foul. He cleared out with his off arm.
Bootlegger
Balloon Juice NCAA tourney pool is open for business on Yahoo. Don’t forget the “seed bonuses” when you make your picks. You’ll need the group ID# in the group label below.
Ecks
Surrender monkey.
JSD
@ John
The WV women were in the Big East final, too. But my alma mater is pretty much unstoppable. Go Huskies!