March Madness will be here soon!

[tigereye]

As a basketball junkie, I can't wait!

:bounce: :bounce:


Anyone else desperate to see hours and hours of small and large college teams battle it out?

[JVS]

1. Not a Bball fan, but who are the teams to watch for?

[tigereye]

2. Memphis, and Tennessee

Notre Dame is pretty hot right now, as was Connecticut...


Sadly Pitt has not done so well of late.


I'm a UCLA fan, and I'm always glad to see them play. They have a great player in Collison. He's a pleasure to watch.
I also like Gonzaga and Villanova.



However, I love to see lower seeds knock off the 2 and 3 seeds... :evilgrin:

[taterguy]

6. You should pull for the school where Paul Wellstone was a varsity athlete

Sure it's no fun to pull for UNC because they're never the underdog but their old coach Dean Smith was very righteous from a political standpoint.

He helps raise money for Dems and he was very involved in the civil rights movement back in the 60s.

[tigereye]

7. I didn't know that...

thanks !


personally, I got very tired of seeing UNC and Duke win, over and over....

[taterguy]

8. Dean Smith is a great advertisement for progressive politics

He emphasizes the benefits of working together to achieve a goal, as opposed to selfishness.

And instead of being "idealistic", the fact that his system works so well shows that it's very practical. Which is why UNC wins all the time.

[tigereye]

10. I saw a great film about teams that recruited African-Americans for BB

back in the 60s...


amazing to think of how restricted things were back then. :( Good to remember whom the real progressives were. Seem to remember one Kentucky coach who wasn't that progressive...


Nice how pragmatics and progressivism often go hand in hand!

[Midlodemocrat]

3. Go HUSKIES!!!!!

:bounce:

:bounce:

:woohoo:

:woohoo:

[tigereye]

4. I've seen a lot of them on the College Basketball network...

they always seem to be playing Arizona....

good women's team, too.

:hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

5. AWESOME women's team.

Gino rocks. They are always very formidable.

[SKKY]

9. And my Kentucky Wildcats will be missing...

...Thank you Tubby-fucking-Smith. Hope you're freezing your ass off in Minnesota.

[tigereye]

14. lots of coaches bailing out and going away

to the general ire of their former teams...

[Shine]

11. nope, but I still love you

:loveya: :D

I've never even heard the term "March Madness" before, with respect to basketball that is.

Shows ya what I know. ;)

[taterguy]

12. It's a spin-off of the term Hoya Paranoia

Or maybe March Madness begat Hoya Paranoia

And what the hell is a Hoya anyway?

[tigereye]

15. I don't know - is it a political term of some sort? ;)

I forgot to mention Georgetown - they are doing really well the last year or two. Is their coach still the son of the previous coach? I always liked the dad and I hear the son is a great coach too!

[tigereye]

13. aw, you are so sweet!

next time we come out to the SF we have to meet, my dear!

:loveya:


No I seem to have inherited a sports gene from somewhere - or else I caught it from my son, Mr. "sports statistic."

[sniffa]

16. Do you have any ideas about sleeper teams?

Or if UMass and BC might make it? (I haven't been paying attention)

Will Albany pull through this time?

[tigereye]

17. hhmm, conf play for BC 4W-8 L

12-13 overall (or was it 13-12 overall)

Maybe as a lower seed? I'll have to scrounge around and look for some analysis.


what conference are they in?

I know more about the BIg East and the Pac 10 than the other conferences...


Marquette always tends to surprise, I think.

[sniffa]

18. They used to be in the Big East; joined the ACC last year

and did outstanding in the first year in the ACC, going to the title game against (Duke? or was it NC?) and taking them to the limit before finally losing by a closer than expected limit.

I love March Madness as it gives unknown schools the spotlight for at least one weekend.

[joeybee12]

19. Yes, yes, YES!!!!!

I don't care for professional basketball, but I always am glued to teh television during THE tournament.