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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Michigan v. Louisville Open Thread

Michigan v. Louisville Open Thread

by John Cole|  April 8, 20139:05 pm| 146 Comments

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And before you bitch at me for stepping on Anne Laurie (again), it is her fault for posting right before the NCAA championship. So there.

I think I am going to end up rooting for Michigan, because I really like Beilein and unlike that douche canoe RichRod, he left the right way- when his contract was up and he never went around the state for years telling us he was a Mountaineer for life.

I kinda want to root for Louisville because of the Big East and because my sister and Johnny Unitas went there, but I think I am in the tank for Beilein. He’s a classy guy.

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 8, 2013 at 9:08 pm

    I care nothing about basketball, but I lived in Michigan for a not-insignificant portion of my life, and have many friends who are still ther, or wish they were.

    So Wolverines! it is.

  2. 2.

    Msskwesq

    April 8, 2013 at 9:09 pm

    I agree Mr. Cole! I’m rooting for Michigan because I’m a Midwesterner and a Big 10 alum. (Iowa and Wisconsin). Go Blue!

  3. 3.

    Yutsano

    April 8, 2013 at 9:13 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: My high school band director went to Michigan. I guess that’s about the only tie I have here.

  4. 4.

    Kathy

    April 8, 2013 at 9:13 pm

    Grew up as the spawn of Michigan Allumni and married to one. Plus I went to Vandy, which has improved but still not known as a sports school so I will be cheering for the Maize and Blue until I fall asleep, I mean seriously, who decided to broadcast this so late?

  5. 5.

    Schlemizel

    April 8, 2013 at 9:13 pm

    IIHF world championships going on in Ottowa. US beat Finland 3-0 earlier & will play Canada for the gold – Canada is currently crushing Russia 6-1.

    OH? Basketball? Be tough to top Michigan/Syracuse – those canary yellow unis against that bright orange could keep a person awake while waiting for the important 30 minutes they play the last 2 minutes of the game B-{D

  6. 6.

    Kathy

    April 8, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    The RichRod/Beilein comparison has a certain justice/karma. RichRod left W.Va as a douche, coached at Michigan as a douche and left in a blaze of failure. Beilein did it in the right way and is now playing for the National Championship.

  7. 7.

    marduk

    April 8, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    Go forth, Michigan, and careful to score a combined total of 138 points or more in your victory. For SPORT!

  8. 8.

    rda909

    April 8, 2013 at 9:19 pm

    Typical man. Stepping on the woman again, and with sports no less!

    Sort of like Obummer stepping all over Hillary in 2008. It was her turn, dammit! There should be a new group started here…BJUMA: Balloon Juice Unity, My Ass!

  9. 9.

    Groucho48

    April 8, 2013 at 9:19 pm

    About as bad a rendering of the national anthem as I’ve seen at a major sporting event.

  10. 10.

    Mark S.

    April 8, 2013 at 9:24 pm

    I think I’ll pull for Rick Pitino, who finally doesn’t look like he’s 26 years old!

  11. 11.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    Balls!

  12. 12.

    Ed in NJ

    April 8, 2013 at 9:26 pm

    If Louisville wins, I collect $1288 for winning the office bracket pool. Would certainly ease the sting of the last week as a Rutgers alumnus and basketball fan.

  13. 13.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 9:26 pm

    @Kathy:

    Plus I went to Vandy, which has improved but still not known as a sports school

    What?!
    Has someone here never heard of The Jay Cutler?!

  14. 14.

    Lolis

    April 8, 2013 at 9:26 pm

    I am in first place in my work bracket thanks to Nate Silver. I was last place the previous two years because I picked teams based on my feelings about the city/state they were from. I have Louisville as winning the whole thing.

  15. 15.

    Todd

    April 8, 2013 at 9:26 pm

    Two degrees from Louisville, grew up in Louisville, live and work in Louisville.

    Go Cards!

  16. 16.

    max

    April 8, 2013 at 9:27 pm

    it is her fault for posting right before the NCAA championship

    Ping pong Table tennis? Jai-alai? Bowling?

    max
    [‘Foosball! That’s it, isn’t it?!’]

  17. 17.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 9:27 pm

    “That was a quick call! They got jobbed on this game!”
    /haters

  18. 18.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    Get that shit outta here!

  19. 19.

    sb

    April 8, 2013 at 9:29 pm

    If the camera was any closer to the court, it would be in their jerseys. I swear, I’m getting seasick already.

  20. 20.

    Kathy

    April 8, 2013 at 9:30 pm

    @Corner Stone: yes, but but did he ever beat LSU or Bama? And when I went there we were always the homecoming game because it was an easy win.

  21. 21.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 9:30 pm

    Stauskas, you have the slowest first step of any white person still currently ambulatory.

  22. 22.

    sb

    April 8, 2013 at 9:30 pm

    @Corner Stone: Talk that shit, CS! Love it!

  23. 23.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    @sb: Give me a second. I’ve gotta make some waffles.

  24. 24.

    Kathy

    April 8, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    Buckle your seat belts fellas its gonna be a long night.

  25. 25.

    Full Metal Wingnut

    April 8, 2013 at 9:34 pm

    Gonna have to root against Michigan for beating Cuse.

  26. 26.

    sb

    April 8, 2013 at 9:34 pm

    Gorgui Deng is all but rolling out a carpet for Michigan players to drive so he can try for a block. That shit gets you killed in the NBA but in the college game, you can get away with it. Louisville is closing down Michigan’s shooters and allowing drives into the paint. Cagey strategy in that it cuts down Michigan’s threes but if Deng gets in foul trouble, watch out.

  27. 27.

    burnspbesq

    April 8, 2013 at 9:35 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    When Stauskas, Kevin Pangos, Kelly Olynyk, Andrew Wiggins, and Olivier Hanlan lead Canada to the gold medal in basketball in the 2020 Olympics, I’m going to remind you that you dissed him in 2013.

  28. 28.

    sb

    April 8, 2013 at 9:37 pm

    Sorry for multiple posts but whoever is directing this should be drawn and quartered. Keep the camera still in the half court and keep the finger off the fucking zoom after the ball is released!

    /I do takes this too seriously

  29. 29.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    April 8, 2013 at 9:38 pm

    @Corner Stone: He does better in skates.

  30. 30.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    April 8, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    That shot wasn’t from downtown. It was from a second ring suburb.

  31. 31.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    Some alien lifeforce kidnapped RealAlbrecht ™ and traded him out with MechaAlbrecht ™.
    Nasty.

  32. 32.

    Groucho48

    April 8, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Well, that’s true.

  33. 33.

    Kathy

    April 8, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    SPIKE!!!

  34. 34.

    reflectionephemeral

    April 8, 2013 at 9:42 pm

    The presence of Pitino seems to me to be a pretty solid reason to pull for Michigan.

  35. 35.

    Todd

    April 8, 2013 at 9:42 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Wait! Louisville grants degrees? Real ones?

    I didn’t even have to scratch my name in with a broken crayon.

  36. 36.

    Todd

    April 8, 2013 at 9:43 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    They gotta quit giving him that shot.

  37. 37.

    danielx

    April 8, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    @reflectionephemeral:

    Yup. Pitino is a tool.

  38. 38.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    April 8, 2013 at 9:47 pm

    @reflectionephemeral: I agree, which makes me less than happy that the Gophers just hired Pitino: The Next Generation. At least he believes in upholding family traditions as this is his sixth job in the last eight years.

  39. 39.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 9:48 pm

    @Todd:

    They gotta quit giving him that shot.

    You mean the one from the Decatur?

  40. 40.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    That over the back is no longer a foul now? Ok.

  41. 41.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    April 8, 2013 at 9:50 pm

    Apparently you don’t have to be a Wooden Award winner to run this offense.

  42. 42.

    sb

    April 8, 2013 at 9:50 pm

    Kerr is reading the stats for Albrecht: 1.8 points per game this season.

    1.8

  43. 43.

    Hill Dweller

    April 8, 2013 at 9:51 pm

    That second foul called against Burke, which will likely change the entire half, was f’n ridiculous.

  44. 44.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 9:51 pm

    Well my my, can it be?

  45. 45.

    Schlemizel

    April 8, 2013 at 9:51 pm

    @Mark S.:
    Next year you can pull for his kid, Richard Patino who is 26 and just got named coach of a big 10 school

  46. 46.

    All Rech

    April 8, 2013 at 9:52 pm

    I Blue myself.

  47. 47.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 9:55 pm

    That reach wasn’t a foul either was it?

  48. 48.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 9:57 pm

    Yep, Burke on the bench is killin em.

  49. 49.

    different-church-lady

    April 8, 2013 at 9:58 pm

    Wow, that little white kid is a baller.

  50. 50.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    April 8, 2013 at 9:59 pm

    Who the fuck is Spike Albrecht?

  51. 51.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 10:01 pm

    These refs are really inconsistent. It’s some Wild West shit going on heah.

  52. 52.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    April 8, 2013 at 10:01 pm

    This Buckeye fan is rooting for a meteor. But I guess Louisville maybe 2nd school to win both the men’s and women’s titles in the same year would be cool. Especially to tweak the Boyd Crowders in Lexington.

  53. 53.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:03 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee: As an Illini I hate fucking Michigan and I’m for em tonight.

  54. 54.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 10:03 pm

    Apparently they aren’t going to call over the back on M at either end. Ok, then.

  55. 55.

    sb

    April 8, 2013 at 10:03 pm

    17 points for Albrecht?

    Jeebus…

  56. 56.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    April 8, 2013 at 10:07 pm

    @raven: I won’t lose sleep in Michigan wins, so far they are playing good ball, and I remember Tim Hardaway Sr playing for the Golden State Warriors back in the day, the famed Run TMC (Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin)

  57. 57.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:09 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee: Yea and I remember beating their asses twice in the regular season and then losing to them in the final four.

    hell, I still have the tape

  58. 58.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    April 8, 2013 at 10:09 pm

    I don’t understand basketball fouls. At least when hockey refs screw it up I can figure out how they screwed it up.

  59. 59.

    David Koch

    April 8, 2013 at 10:10 pm

    Kevin Ware isn’t walking through that door.

    /too soon

  60. 60.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): Go out and officiate the game for real. Then report back.

  61. 61.

    Kathy

    April 8, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    I hate quoting Ann Marie Cox but I loved her tweet, “I don’t know what price Albrect will have to pay in the afterlife but it seems worth it.”

  62. 62.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    @David Koch: Ware scored 4 pts a game this year.

  63. 63.

    All Rech

    April 8, 2013 at 10:12 pm

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): The threshold for a foul in basketball is so low that it makes fouls seem laughably random most of the time.

    Also, the camera’s generally not zoomed in enough to be able to tell what kind of contact there was so it’s hard to form an opinion at home.

  64. 64.

    MattR

    April 8, 2013 at 10:13 pm

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): I think one of the factors is that there are significantly more plays in basketball where a no call is not an option – it has to be a foul on one team or the other.

  65. 65.

    All Rech

    April 8, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    @raven: You’re responding as if they were attacking the refs. All he/she said was they didn’t understand basketball fouls.

  66. 66.

    Redshirt

    April 8, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    @Kathy: Don’t lie, you love it!

  67. 67.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:15 pm

    Did ya’ll know redfish have teeth in their throat?

  68. 68.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 10:15 pm

    “Let’s take this one-on-one! Man on man! Let’s shoot the rock for this Championship!”

  69. 69.

    Todd

    April 8, 2013 at 10:16 pm

    LUKE!

  70. 70.

    All Rech

    April 8, 2013 at 10:16 pm

    Yeah Hancock! No one blows out Louisville bitches!

  71. 71.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 10:17 pm

    NASSSTYYYY!!

  72. 72.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    April 8, 2013 at 10:17 pm

    @raven: How can I officiate a game? I’m serious: I don’t understand basketball fouls.

    I also think Michigan tried to go too long without Burke.

  73. 73.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    April 8, 2013 at 10:17 pm

    Fear the Beard!!! How did Lorenzo Romar at UW miss Peyton Silva?

  74. 74.

    All Rech

    April 8, 2013 at 10:18 pm

    A one-point lead! What ever is Louisville going to do?

  75. 75.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 10:20 pm

    That alley oop was in the air about 6 seconds.

  76. 76.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:21 pm

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): All levels of the sport are dying for officials. The world is so full of experts on the game who bitch and moan constantly that officiating is less and less attractive. Fouls is basketball are predicated on an advantage being gained. I remember when I reffed the association showed film of Indiana and how Knight screened away from the ball. If contact was the measure of a foul the game would never even be played.

  77. 77.

    Kathy

    April 8, 2013 at 10:21 pm

    @Redshirt: well OK yes (sheepishly hangs head)

  78. 78.

    ranchandsyrup

    April 8, 2013 at 10:27 pm

    What was the line on this game? I know the cards are the overall #1 seed but the Wolverines famously beat the combined soviet and Cuban forces and later the Chinese n. Korean squad.

  79. 79.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    April 8, 2013 at 10:28 pm

    @raven: Fouls in all sports are predicated upon an advantage being gained (or a dangerous situation created). However, every sport has lots of ways in which one can gain an advantage without committing an infraction. My problem is that when I try to watch basketball I find the distinction to be completely arbitrary.

    I’m not saying that the refs are doing a bad job, no matter how much you seem to think that I am. Even when you watch a replay and the announcers go through it, I find the dividing line between what is a legal play and what is a foul, or even which team a foul should be called on, to be so vague as to have no meaning. If anything, a ref that can consistently get calls right should be praised for managing to parse that mess.

  80. 80.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:32 pm

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): I recommend you don’t watch.

  81. 81.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    April 8, 2013 at 10:36 pm

    @raven: I rarely do. It’s just kind of hard to avoid tonight.

    Mostly I’m killing time for the U.S./Canada World Championships final tomorrow.

  82. 82.

    Yutsano

    April 8, 2013 at 10:36 pm

    @efgoldman: Well I changed my mind. I’m rooting for the pretty birds now. No vested interest. Oh and my college band director went to Ohio State. And yes we gave him tons of shit for that.

  83. 83.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:38 pm

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): right

  84. 84.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 10:40 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    When Stauskas, Kevin Pangos, Kelly Olynyk, Andrew Wiggins, and Olivier Hanlan lead Canada to the gold medal in basketball in the 2020 Olympics, I’m going to remind you that you dissed him in 2013.

    Sorry about that…I seemed to have passed out in sheer fucking boredom about midway through reading your stupid fucking comment.

  85. 85.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 10:42 pm

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): Well I do better in garters. What of it?

  86. 86.

    All Rech

    April 8, 2013 at 10:44 pm

    @raven: JMN is making reasonable, politely articulated criticisms of basketball which I somewhat agree with. I don’t see the need for any hostility on your part. I think you may be misreading his/her tone, because the way you’re responding is really uncalled for.

  87. 87.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:46 pm

    @All Rech: If you think that was hostility you need to take a walk.

  88. 88.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:47 pm

    Hey Corner Stone you fucking dimwit, wise this dork up.

  89. 89.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    April 8, 2013 at 10:47 pm

    @All Rech: He’s been hanging around Corner Stone too long.

  90. 90.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:49 pm

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): So you think something I said was hostile?

  91. 91.

    All Rech

    April 8, 2013 at 10:50 pm

    @raven: Hostility may be too strong, but responding to reasonable criticisms of the game with “You try officiating” and “I recommend you don’t watch” is pretty nonresponsive.

  92. 92.

    All Rech

    April 8, 2013 at 10:54 pm

    Well anyway I don’t know the history between you two, so it’s probably some in-joke I’m missing as a mere lurker and not regular commenter. I just find “I recommend you don’t watch” as a response to an intelligent and honest criticism to be shallow and dismissive. It’s not like JMN is acting like he’s being forced to watch the game or something, I just don’t see it as a good faith response to the type of comments he’s written.

  93. 93.

    raven

    April 8, 2013 at 10:56 pm

    @All Rech: There’s as much history as there is between you and me. Zip. I recommend you mind your own fucking business. Better?

  94. 94.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 10:59 pm

    There’s actually a hell of a game going on. You fucking jackholes.

  95. 95.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 11:00 pm

    Boom it goes!

  96. 96.

    Todd

    April 8, 2013 at 11:03 pm

    I can’t take it. Tight game, foul trouble…

  97. 97.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 11:04 pm

    I don’t like the Astros traveling unis. Pretty boring.

  98. 98.

    Groucho48

    April 8, 2013 at 11:05 pm

    Michigan seems to have fairly regular stretches where it appears they have forgotten what they are supposed to be doing.

  99. 99.

    Juju

    April 8, 2013 at 11:06 pm

    Is it just me, or does it just seem that Michigan never fouls?

  100. 100.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 11:08 pm

    @Juju:

    Is it just me, or does it just seem that Michigan never fouls?

    For some reason the refs have decided that being able to reach over the shoulder of the Lville player and grab the ball is just a bonus, and not really a problem.

  101. 101.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 11:09 pm

    Say what now?!

  102. 102.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 11:10 pm

    Clumsy on McGary there. Smart play by Hancock.

  103. 103.

    Juju

    April 8, 2013 at 11:11 pm

    Ok. Thanks for explaining that to me. I was beginning to think Michigan poots lilacs.

  104. 104.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 11:13 pm

    Hardaway Jr or Stauskas….hmmm…

  105. 105.

    Todd

    April 8, 2013 at 11:15 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Loved McGary’s “sorry, Coach” routine.

  106. 106.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 11:16 pm

    Man this is a hell of a championship game. Not sure what happened on this blog or anything. But damn, this game is actually interesting no matter who you want to win.
    It’s not the Sheep Valley Shearers vs the Western Plateau Wingers. These guys are balling.

  107. 107.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 11:19 pm

    Son of a bitch that looked like it hurt.

  108. 108.

    All Rech

    April 8, 2013 at 11:22 pm

    @raven: Oh, yeah, I’ll mind my “own business” and not comment on exchanges between other people on a blog. Why don’t you suck my cock you bitter old crank.

  109. 109.

    Todd

    April 8, 2013 at 11:23 pm

    This might be the best college game I’ve ever seen for sheer physicality.

  110. 110.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 11:33 pm

    Lville has to bring the ball back out after the offensive rebound.

  111. 111.

    Juju

    April 8, 2013 at 11:34 pm

    I’m having a bit of trouble with the highlighter yellow shoes and the uniform bottoms that look like someone went after them with a gray sharpie.

  112. 112.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 11:34 pm

    4th on Burke?

  113. 113.

    Juju

    April 8, 2013 at 11:39 pm

    Holy cow on the officiating is all I have to say.

  114. 114.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    April 8, 2013 at 11:40 pm

    Pushed his own man out, will never live that down

  115. 115.

    Todd

    April 8, 2013 at 11:41 pm

    @Juju:

    Officiating has sucked ass both ways. This game was a brawl.

  116. 116.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    April 8, 2013 at 11:42 pm

    @Juju:

    Just home from work, and to hear the national radio announcers tell it, Louisville is getting all the calls.

  117. 117.

    Corner Stone

    April 8, 2013 at 11:45 pm

    This was a balls out game. Very entertaining, either way.

  118. 118.

    sb

    April 8, 2013 at 11:46 pm

    Just a fantastic game, a lot of fun to watch.

  119. 119.

    sb

    April 8, 2013 at 11:47 pm

    Meh. I tend to leave the refs alone because of articles like this.

    http://deadspin.com/the-art-of-screwing-up-how-ncaa-refs-live-with-their-m-471284937

    Good read, IMO.

  120. 120.

    RobertDSC-eMac 1.25

    April 8, 2013 at 11:50 pm

    Memo to my beloved Wolverines: learn how to pass the fucking ball. That killed them. FuckfuckfuckfuckfuckFUCK!

  121. 121.

    Groucho48

    April 8, 2013 at 11:50 pm

    Michigan had flashes of brilliance but Louisville was steadier and seemed to have a much better all around game.

    Enjoyable to watch.

  122. 122.

    Todd

    April 8, 2013 at 11:52 pm

    @sb:

    Read that earlier today. It’s what I expected.

  123. 123.

    Juju

    April 8, 2013 at 11:52 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): It seemed that way to me, and I’m more or less meh about Louisville, though a Michigan victory would have bothered me more. If it had been a Tarheel game I would probably popped a gasket.

  124. 124.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    April 8, 2013 at 11:58 pm

    @Juju:

    I’m in Michigan, from Michigan, and checking my FB feed, even the Spartan fans- and a few of them hate U of M- think that the Wolverines got the shaft from the refs.

  125. 125.

    Juju

    April 9, 2013 at 12:02 am

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Hmmm, I saw it the other way. Go figure.

  126. 126.

    Juju

    April 9, 2013 at 12:07 am

    Rick Patino says he’s going to get a tattoo. I vote for Yosemite Sam on the left buttock.

  127. 127.

    Todd

    April 9, 2013 at 12:11 am

    My kids want to know if I’m burning a couch. Of course, my wife is dozing on it, so that could be a problem.

  128. 128.

    Juju

    April 9, 2013 at 12:14 am

    @Todd: Don’t burn it if it’s comfortable. If it gives you a backache, torch it.

  129. 129.

    Corner Stone

    April 9, 2013 at 12:16 am

    As predicted. The Shaft! The Jobber! They Got Jobbed! They Got Shafted!
    Fuck you loser ass bitches.

  130. 130.

    Juju

    April 9, 2013 at 12:18 am

    @Corner Stone: It was a really good game.

  131. 131.

    Gian

    April 9, 2013 at 12:18 am

    with the pac-12 ref scandal it’s hard not to wonder how many other college referees are infected.

    it’s such a fast game, and it’s pretty easy to make honest errors, but when the guy overseeing the refs puts a bounty on a coach of a trip to mexico or $5,000 and the coach gets a pretty weak technical foul call…

  132. 132.

    Corner Stone

    April 9, 2013 at 12:25 am

    @Juju: Hells to the yeah! I honestly don’t give a rat’s ass who you wanted to win this one.
    This game brought it. It fucking Brought. It.
    If you couldn’t enjoy this game because you were whining about some shit, then you got no business bothering with sports.
    This game had everything for a damn change.

  133. 133.

    Linnaeus

    April 9, 2013 at 12:33 am

    Tough loss for my Wolverines, but a great game overall. Just got outplayed at the end. No shame in that.

  134. 134.

    Juju

    April 9, 2013 at 12:37 am

    @Corner Stone: I didn’t realize I was whining, and I did enjoy the game. It was a good game.

  135. 135.

    FlipYrWhig

    April 9, 2013 at 12:44 am

    A surprisingly entertaining game… Usually I feel like college sports is a slog because there’s too little talent on the floor, but this time I was totally wrong in that assumption.

  136. 136.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    April 9, 2013 at 12:45 am

    Rick Pitino is one of those guys who, like Lou Holtz, leaves a trail of slime behind him everywhere he goes.

  137. 137.

    akaMom

    April 9, 2013 at 12:57 am

    So who to root for… my father-in-law went to med school at Louisville, and my husband was born at University of Michigan when his dad did his residency there. My husband of course kept switching who he wanted to win as the game went on. Pretty impressive contest. Fun to see the Louisville players acting like kids after they’d won.

  138. 138.

    Corner Stone

    April 9, 2013 at 12:58 am

    @Juju: Stop being so sensitive.

  139. 139.

    Juju

    April 9, 2013 at 1:06 am

    @Corner Stone: Stop being so brusque. By the way, I was trying to do my Beaker imitation.

  140. 140.

    Palolololo

    April 9, 2013 at 5:17 am

    Patino’s been a college cheat from day 1. I know. I saw it.
    http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/21913973/louisvilles-pitino-had-controversial-hawaii-ties

  141. 141.

    raven

    April 9, 2013 at 6:13 am

    Great game.

  142. 142.

    Paul in KY

    April 9, 2013 at 9:15 am

    @Ed in NJ: Congratulations. You must be a hedge fund manager or work in an office of 700 to have a pool over 1K.

  143. 143.

    Paul in KY

    April 9, 2013 at 9:16 am

    @Todd: We should have a BJ meetup in Louisville. I see there are 5 or 6 of us in the vicinity.

    Go Cards!

  144. 144.

    Paul in KY

    April 9, 2013 at 9:32 am

    @Juju: How about Yosemite Sam sitting on a table, smoking a cigarette?

  145. 145.

    Maxwel

    April 9, 2013 at 9:44 am

    The refs were amazingly incompetent. That’s saying something since they are always incompetent. Beilein (?) may have blown it when he played Spike so much in the 2nd half, instead of better players.

  146. 146.

    Juju

    April 9, 2013 at 1:29 pm

    @Paul in KY: If its on the left buttock, then yes.

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