One of the greatest things about having been laid off is all the free time I now have on my hands. If it wasn’t for the lack of a steady paycheck and the hours I spend everyday job hunting, this would all feel like an extended vacation. The past few days, I’ve had the priveledge of being home to watch conference tournament basketball. I decided to be productive today while watching the roundball action and live-blog it for you! (Hopefully, this will work out well and I’ll do the same type of thing for the 1st round of the Big Tourney.)
So, I’ll be updating the post throughout the afternoon regarding all the games that I have access to watch. We’ll still have other posts scheduled so feel free to hang out in the comments there and check back for updates here if you’d like.
Let’s take a look at the updated conference tourney brackets:
By my count, I will be able to flip back-and-forth between a minimum of 3 games by 1:00. The guide for my cable says I’ll have access to 5 games. Needless to say, I’m a bit confused about why I’ve got the ACC on two different channels and CUSA showing on a channel when there’s no game scheduled. We’ll see I guess. Anyway, I updated several of the conference tournament brackets so you can hopefully see what’s coming up. Here they are:
The brackets say I’ve got these games this afternoon:
12:00 pm – UNC vs. Virginia Tech
12:00 pm – Michigan State vs. Minnesota
1:00 pm – Kentucky vs. LSU
2:00 pm – Georgia Tech vs. Florida State
2:30 pm – Wisconsin vs. Ohio State
3:00 pm – Memphis vs. Houston
3:15 pm – Missy State vs. South Cackalacky
So, without further ado, let’s live-blog!
11:45 – Looks like we’ve got the Tar Heels against the Hokies and Spartans facing the Tubby’s Groundhogs Gophers…
11:48 – Sorry about the ACC and Big 12 brackets’ legibility. I had to shrink them down a bit to fit on the page. If you want to see them full-size and much more readable, just click on each one.
11:56 – Gotta run for a sec; my Totinos pizza is ready. I had to add some cheese to it cause they really skimp on that.
12:05 – Sparty’s handle the tip…chuckles.
12:06 – Kalin Lucas for THREE!!!!
12:06 – jump ball with MSU controlling the possession arrow.
12:08 – good defense by the Gofers…force a bad shot by MSU at end of shot clock.
12:08 – TO by MSU…Gofers D looking good
Minnysota for three!!!
Gofers for 3 again!!
Bad shot by MSU and transition layup attempt w/ foul for Gofers!
7-3, 16:45
12: 10 – steal and layup by Gofers!
3 ball by Lucas!!
9-6, 16:03 to go in half.
12:11 – Tubby’s are 2-4 from the charity stripe.
Offensive foul by MSU…Gofers D looking like it’s flustering the Sparty’s right now.
10-6, tv timeout…pizza in my mouth time.
12:13 – Musberger says Sparty’s are 2-6 from the field w/ 3 TO’s…and they’re showing Izzo w/ ghey haircuts.
12:15 – Sparty’s for THREE!!
Gofers for Dos!!
12-9, 14:30
12:17 – 14-13, Gofers still up
no MSU blobkout on the Gofer foul shot and a tip-in by Gofers. 16-13, 13:12.
12:18 – ok, just kidding…ACC game is on. VT > UNC 11-6, 15:10
UNC 3/8 FG’s, VT 5/9 FG’s
12:20 - Steve Lavin just said Izzo’s team’s getting outhustled
Gofers controlling the boards
12:21 – Allen for THREEE! Gofers > Startys 19-18
12:22 – Hansbrah at the line. 14-10, VT w/ 13:00 to go.
12:25 – microphones just caught an “OH SHIT” on the court from a Hokie. nice.
VT holding strong…up 18-13 with 10:40 to go.
UNC with 4 TO’s so far.
12:27 – does anybody else think Musberger over-enunciates?
12:28 – nice steal by MSU. 21-20, Gofers still up. MSU Gofers at the charity stripe.
12:30 – wow…flipping back-and-forth between these two games…the Big Televen game is looking much faster paced than the ACC. the difference is shocking. VT up 18-13.
12:32 – MSU at the stripe with two shots to go ahead by 1. misses first…misses second but MSU grabs rebound and is promptly fouled. shooting 1-and-1…makes first (tie game at 22)…makes second.
first lead for MSU
12:35 – VT still on top 23-17. Offensive foul on Green for UNC; his 2nd.
12:37 – Ed Hightower (ref) just gave both Izzo and Tubby the business…wants them to stop yelling at him.
23-up, 6:40 to play in half
12:39 – VT still up, 26-19 5:53
Frasor for THREEE!!
Offensive foul on VT drawn by Hansbrah. 26-22, VT.
12:41 – Minnesota is pretty deep…played 11 guys already and back on top 25-23 with 5:06 to play.
12:42 – 7-0 UNC run broken up by a VT 3-ball and responded by UNC with their onw 3-ball. 31-27, VT.
VT is drain-o…another 3. 34-27.
12:44 – Sparty’s looking sloppy. Bad turnover followed by bad foul. 26-25 4:20 to play.
sick turnaround jumper by MSU…up 27-26
12:46 – Musberger – “Oh yeah; we got some chest-bumpin’ defense going on up in here.”
12:47 – Hansbrah = 8 pts, Davis 8 = pts for Heels. VT up 34-31, 2:52.
12:48 – Heels for back-to-back 3’s (Ellington). Heels up 37-36.
12:50 – Gofers still up 28-27 w/ 2:42.
12:51 – Lucas-to-Green…Sparty’s up 1 with 1:33 to go
12:53 – Hansbrah layup (with legs spread very wide as always) 41-39 UNC
VT holding for last possession…fouled and going to the line for 2 shots; 13.3 sec left in half
12:55 – Hansbrah layup with 5 sec to go and wild VT missed 3-pt attempt.
halftime. UNC up 43-42.
12:56 – 11 seconds to go…Green draws offensive fould against Samson. Kalin Lucas with a putback at the buzzer!
halftime. Sparty’s up by 3 pts, 30-33.
12:57 – Halftime analysis: MSU v. Gofers started fast with a somewhat sloppy Sparty team. Sparty’s made up the deficit while fighting great D by the Gofers. MSU carries mo into locker room
UNC came back from a slow start and decent deficit to go up on the Hokies. Game started very slow but pace picked up when UNC got hot. UNC carries mo into the locker room.
1:00 – thanks goodness it’s halftime. this is exhausting; I need a nap.
SEC tips off in a few.
1:09 – KY v LSU is getting ready for tipoff.
1:10 – KY controls the tip. who thinks Billy G’s an ass? I do; I do!
1:12 - LSU KY scores 1st 2-0
LSU for 3 and the lead, 3-2
1:14 – LSU up 7-2 at 17:33
1:15 – LSU jumps out to 11-5 lead.
Tigeauxr’s D looking strong nd frustrating KY.
1:16 – Minny-MSU game back on. 53-32, MSU w/ 18:19
1:18 – 15-7, LSU. Who’s happy KY’s losing? I am; I am!!
1:20 – UNC-VT back on 51-50, UNC up.
1:21 – MSU holding a 4-pt lead. 15:02 to play.
OOOOOOOOOOH!! Sick Oop by MSU!! 6-pt lead.
1:23 – Chris Johnson just blocked KY. EAT IT CATS!
1:24 – VT back on top 54-53. VT is beating UNC in trasition 10-2.
Hansbrah just mouth-breathe’d on somebody and hit an ugly jumper. 55-54, UNC, 13:49.
1:26 – KY back to within 1; 15-14, LSU’s up with 11+ to play in half.
1:27 – MSU still up by 6. 13:34 to go. 42-36
Make that up by 8.
6-0 run by Spartans.
1:28 – Hansbrah hits 2 FT’s for his 19th and 20th pts. VT up 58-57, 12:18 to go.
VT hits deep 2-ball and goes up by 3.
1:30 – KY on a 7-0 run…all without Meeks. the KY homers are booing loudy for an obvious foul by KY’s Harris. Meeks subbed back in the game for Harris.
1:31 – “jump ball for the football…er…basketball” according to announcer. LSU has had the ball on one single possission for 1:30+
18-14 LSU up.
3 ball for Tigeauxrs 21-14, 9:00 to go.
1:33 – MSU extending lead on Gofers…up by 8 with 12:07 to play.
Fraschilla and Musberger starting to sound like Charlie Brown’s teachers to me.
Morgan with a tough layup; MSU by 10 now. 46-36.
1:34 – whoa, VT went on a small run. up 66-61 at 9:56.
1:35 – UNC needs to keep going inside. Hansbrah and his paint-cohorts are racking up boards and points.
1:37 – 68-65, VT at 8:30.
1:38 – Gofers haven’t scored in almost 5:00 of gametime. ends the drought with a 2 pt jumper; down by 8 at 10:33.
Jam by Gofers, down by 6.
Travel on Morgan under the basket. don’t act like you didn’t do it either, Morgan. I saw you all the way over here.
1:40 – Suton for THREE!!! MSU up by 9!
1:41 – 5:10 to go in half, LSU up 23-19. there’s quite a bit of banging going on under the basket. Darius Miller has 3 fould for KY and heads to the bench.
1:43 – VT at the stripe and hits 1 of 2. VT > UNC 69-67, 6:45 to play.
1:46 – tied up at 69 and then a DEEP 3 by VT. back up by 3 w/ 5:02 to go
VT holding strong against the Heels. Danny Green is 3-for-11. ugh.
pretty intense game . Hansbrah just pushed a dude in the back and no call!
VT up 72-71.
1:48 – MSU back up by 10, 51-41 at 6:31 to go.
Gofers with 2 FT’s…down 51-43.
Gofers shooting 30% in 2nd half. nice D by Sparty’s.
1:51 – Meeks just airballed a 3-pt attempt. Tigeauxrs still up.
26-23, 1:01 in half left.
1:52 – Seth Greenburg getting fired up! VT up 74-71 with 2:20 to go.
1:53 – Halftime. LSU > KY 28-23. Keep it up Tigeauxrs!!
1:54 – Hansbrah at the stripe. 6/6 today. hits 1st…hits 2nd; 8/8 from the charity stripe.
Heels up 75-74 with 57 sec to go.
V Tup by 1!
Now UNC up by 1! 31.2 sec to go!
TOO MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!
1:57 – MSU still up 10 with 2:52 to go.
1:57 – announcers talking about Hansbrah’s body language looking so confident…looks to me like he just farted.
1:58 – 22.3 seconds left; Ellington with a non-shooting foul, only Heels’ 4th foul.
77-76 still, UNC
non-shooting fould on Hansbrah; 16.6 to go
Jump ball! possession arrow to UNC! 5.2 sec to go!
Seth Greenburg just threw his jacket down, wanted a foul on UNC.
2:01 – 4.6 to play, quick foul by VT on Hansbrah. Hansbrah at the line and 8/8 from so far…hits 1st shot…hits 2nd shot. UNC by 3 with 4.6 to go. Timeout UNC.
2:03 – foul by UNC; had one to give.
Timeout UNC, again.
2:05 – ballgame. UNC > VT 79-76. VT missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
back to the Big 10 game…
2:06 – Sparty’s lead oly 5 with 1:01 to go. 58-53
Lucas at the line…misses first…makes second
Gofers in transition miss jumper and layup. MSU to inbound and Gofers foul immediately. 48.9 to go and MSU > Minnesota 59-53.
MSU at the line…hits 1st (finally)…hits 2nd (what!?)
2:09 – 61-53, MSU back at the line…hits 1st… hits 2nd. up by 10.
bad fould by Walton for Sparty’s; puts Gofers on the line. misses 1st…hits 2nd.
14 sec to go, 63-54. Lucas at the charity stripe…misses 1st…makes 2nd.
Westbrook hits jumper to bging Gofers to within 8
2:12 – ballgame. Michigan State > Minnesota 64-56.
2:13 – Perry Stevenson at the line for KY and hits both. LSU > KY 30-28 with 17:47 to go.
2:15 – Perry Stevenson commits off-the-ball foul and then promptly fakes a shot to the nose and goes down while LSU shoots an uncontested jumper. 32-28, LSU.
Thornton for THREEE!! (LSU)
Porter for THREEEE!! (KY)
Scoring frenzy basket-for-basket. 37-33 LSU, 16:11.
2:16 – Steal by LSU!
Kentucky sux! (just wanted to throw that out there.)
2:19 – so David Cook wrote the song for tv for the SEC tourney? that’s ghey.
2:21 – back-to-back terrible 3-pt attempts by both teams.
LSU hits a jumper and is up 39-33. SKIN THOSE CATS!!
2:22 – Georgia Tech vs. Florida State up next on channel 434; Wisky vs. tO$U on 403.
2:24 – everybody’s on commercial…I don’t know what to do with myself.
Cocks in the stands in Tampa! For serious; I saw them on tv!
2:25 – Stevenson missed a dunk for KY and will go to the line…misses 1st…makes 2nd.
39-36 LSU up with 12:15 to play.
Long 2 by LSU; back up by 5.
KY turns the ball over, 12 of them so far.
2:29 – everybody’s on commercial at the same time again…freakin’-a.
LSU still up…41-36 with 11:47 left.
2:31 – GT vs. Free Shoes about to tipoff.
2:31 – LSU for THREEEE!! Up by 10, 46-36.
2:32 – Free Shoes handles the tip.
it’s been 0:23 and nobody’s scored yet…geez the ACC sux.
2:34 – 1:20 into the game…2-2 and Paul Hewitt’s yelling at somebody.
2:36 – GT playing sloppy on offense. 4-2; Free Shoes is up. 17:34 to go.
2:36 – LSU up 6 on KY. 8:11 to play.
2:37 – Wisky/tO$U hasn’t tipped yet.
EA interviewing Izzo…he looks uncomfortable…some sweat on his brow.
2:38 – Free Shoes on a run…leading 11-5 and have forced 3 turnovers already by the Rambling Wreck. 15:38 to play.
2:40 – LSU up 7 on KY. under 8 to play. you guessed it; the Cats suck.
2:42 – LSU on a run. 55-44, 6:10 to go.
Johnson with a sick block on KY’s Stevenson!
3-ball by Thornton for the Tigeauxrs! Up 14 on the Cats.
2:43 – Thad Matta’s nose is looking a bit larger than normal.
Wisky wins the tip! GAME ON!!
OOOOOOH!! Sick block by tOSU – Lauderdale(?)
2:44 – Wisky for THREEE(!!) and the lead. 3-1.
Jumper by Wisky and response by Buckstaches. 5-3, Wisky.
2:47 – somewhat stagnant game…Free Shoes up 13-6 on the Wreck with 12:16 to go in the half.
2:48 – t-minus 12 minutes till the Memphis Tigers take the court…I better get it on the tube here.
2:50 – tied up at 5 with 15:15 left in the half. both teams are looking sluggish/sloppy so far.
Lauderdale has two nasty blocks already for tOSU.
2:51 – LSU still up double digits on KY. 58-47 with 3:19.
KY forces a jump ball and has the possession arrow.
KY showing some defensive intensity. Where’s that been all game? drunk Billy must not know what’s going on out there.
2:54 – KY’s D has seriously stepped up and is forcing LSU into making tricky/dangerous passes. LSU successful in milking the clock though.
2:55 – Wisky-OSU on pace for about a 40-32 game. Wisky up 7-5.
2:56 – Patterson hammers Thornton and he misses both shots at the line for LSU.
KY hits a jumper to cut lead to 7 at 58-51.
Spencer (LSU) slips bringing the ball up court and Porter (KY) gets called for a foul…no contact whatsoever.
KY-friendly-crowd giving the refs the business. LSU up 60-51 with 1:27 to play.
2:59 – KY misses two FT’s, 10 of 18 from the charity stripe.
3:00 – Meeks only has 8 points. has scored in double figures every game thus far this season.
0:45 to go and LSU up by 9.
3:02 – Wisky d00d just airballed a free throw.
3:03 – by the way, why is KY wearing black uni’s today? WTF?
0:33 left, LSU up 10, KY on the line shooting 2…good on 1st…good on 2nd.
LSU up 8. 27.7 to go.
3:05 – 9:33 to go in the half and Wisky up 12-9 over tO$U.
3:06 – Meeks FG% = 33.3 (3-for-9) and 3-pt FG% = 0 (0-for-3)
3:08 – 4.8 sec left…bye bye Cats. LSU up by 9.
announcers talking about Billy G’s hot seat.
3:09 – Ballgame LSU > Kentucky 67-58.
Cocks vs. Bulldogs next for SEC.
3;10 – Free Shoes up 29-20 on the Wreck. 3:22 to go in the half.
3:10 – 14-all between Wisky and Buckeyes. 7+ left in the half.
3:15 – pretty tight game so far between Wisky and tO$U. Wisky up 4 right now. Tempo is fairly slow.
3:17 – intentional foul on GT. 1:20 to go in the half. Free Shoes at the line and up by 6…7…still 7.
Free Shoes (Douglas) for THREEE!!! up by 10.
GT (Clinch) for THREEE!! down by 7.
3:19 – timeout…15. 2 sec left. FSU > GT 33-26.
3:21 – 5 seconds to go…GT shooting 2 from the stripe…makes ghey pre-shot motion…hits 1st…makes ghey pre-shot motion…misses 2nd.
3:22 – Free Shoes hits a 3…after the buzzer; so no good.
halftime – FSU up 33-27 over the Wreck.
3:24 – David Cook is providing the musica for the SEC tourney…hey look! it’s amateur hour over at Raycom!
3:25 – Lauderdale just gate a forearm shiver to the throat of a Wisky player…Steve Lavin talking about the importance of wearing your mouthguard. on behalf of the Wisky and tO$U players, thanks dad!
3:27 – Wisky up 28-26 at 0:58 to go.
tO$U misses two free throws to tie; still down by 3 with 32.4 sec left in half.
3:30 – Dogs vs. Roosters tipping soon.
3:31 – Buckstaches for THREEE!! Time expires in the half and OSU up by 1.
EA talking to Bo Ryan. He looks flustered…sweat on his brow.
3:34 – perfect; juuuust perfect. I just realized the Memphis v. Houston is playing and I’m not getting it. I’m pissed.
I do have the Big 12 Women’s Tourney on channel 51. That’s the perfect substitute!
3:36 – Dogs take the tip from the Cocks. GAME ON!!
3:38 – Devan Downey with a sweet jumper. USC up 2-0.
Archie with a steal and layup…4-0.
unfriendly rim for the Bulldogs.
Archie for THREEEE!! long two! 6-0.
3:40 – Free Shoes and Yellow Jackets back in action. 33-27, 19:09 to play.
3:41 – So Cackalacky starting off pretty hot; 8-2 lead.
3:44 – first basket of 2nd half belongs to Free Shoes. 35-27, 17:59.
3:45 – Missy St. has 4 turnovers and is down 10-2. 12:44 to go in the half.
3:48 – Buckstaches start the 2nd half with the ball and a bad shot.
Wisky hits a jumper for the lead. 30-29.
3:50 – GT for THREEE!! down 41-36.
3:52 – whistles coming quicker so far in the 2nd half in the Wisky v. OSU game; killing the pace.
Lauderdale rocking the rim! OSU ties it up at 35!
Wisky for THREEEE! back up by 3.
3:54 – South Cackalacky still up with 10:30 to go in the half. 16-7.
Holmes with a sick-nasty block for the Cocks!! Whoa!
3:56 – ESPN just showed a split screen with the ACC game beside the Big Ten game and said the ACC was playing in the “Quartrer Finals”. COPY EDITOR!!
4:00 – Nasty reverse layup by Free Shoes! Announcer says the dude’s listed at 6′-11″. Nice move for a big man. FSU by 6
49-43, 12:23.
4:01 – Buckeyes have tied it up at 42 on an “And1″. 12:30 to play.
Refs are controlling the pace of the game.
4:03 – Archie dunks from the Downey assist. The Bulldogs are 8-f0r-21 from the field. 5:55 to play in the half. Cocks > Dogs 26-18.
4:05 – FSU’s lead down to 3 with 10:54 to go.
4:06 – Check that…FSU for THREEE!! up by 6
4:07 – Buckeyes up on Wisky 43-42 at 10:56.
The refs are still blowing those whistles. Makes it a tough game to watch.
4:10 – Gamecocks are still up on the Dogs. USC shooting 41% and Missy State shooting 40%. 29-24, 3:30 to play in the half.
4:13 – Raycom has just told me Memphis is up on Houston 4-2 early in the 1st half…no telling how far behind that score is.
4:14 – there’s shooting drills going on in Tampa. USC 36, MSU 31.
4:16 – Paul Hewitt doesn’t like the foul call on one of his boyz…giving his best o-face to the refs.
4:18 – 6 sec to go in the half, South Cackalacky up 36-31 and MSU at the stripe…makes 1st…misses 2nd.
Downey drives the length of the court and bricks a layup off the backboard…no rim.
Halftime. USC > Miss St. 36-32.
4:22 – Wisky’s pulled out to a 6 point lead with 4:09 to go in the game.
4:23 – looks like both the Big 10 and ACC games are gonna finish fairly tight. Paul Hewitt’s yelling at the refs again…shocker.
4:25 – OSU hits a jumper to pull within 2. 54-52 Wisky…3:27 left.
4:28 – Peacock shooting two for the Wreck. hits 1st…hits 2nd.
1 point game! 1:34 left and FSU’s up!
4:30 – Free Shoes jsut missed about 18 shots from within 3 feet. GT with the ball and a chance for the lead. 1:12 to play.
4:31 – ESPN just showed the split screen again with the ACC game…spelled it “Quaterfinals” this time. COPY EDITOR!!
4:32 – GT misses a 3-pointer and Free Shoes grabs the long rebound and falls down out of bounds while taking the ball up court!
Peacock hits the turnaround jumper! The Wreck up by 1 with 24.9 to go!
4:33 – OSU and Wisky tied at 55…freakin-a! 1:22 to play!
4:34 – exclamation points for everyone!!!!
4:34 – Buckeyes up by 2! 39.0 to play!
4:35 – 9.9 sec to play…GT up by 1. Tony Douglas limping arounf the floor for Free Shoes.
FSU on the inbound and the layup…AND 1!!
FSU up by 1, 7.7 seconds to go and at the stripe…hits it!!
Ballgame! Free Shoes FTW.
FSU > GT 64-62.
4:39 – OSU up by 3 with 17.5 to play. Shooting 2 from the line…makes 1st…misses 2nd.
4:41 – OSU on a 12-3 run. Wisky makes 2 straight FT’s to pull withing 2 of the Buckstaches.
59-57, 8.7 left. Timeout.
Wisky trying to extend the game; fouls tO$U on the inbound. 7.3 to go and Simmons on the line for the Buckeyes…hits 1st…timeout to ice the shooter (nice strategy; really…we’ve never seen that happen before).
4:44 – Simmons hits 2nd. Buckeyes up 4. 7.3 to play.
4:45 – Ballgame! tOSU > Wisconsin 61-57.
4:46 – Flipped back over to USC vs. Miss State…David Cook’s really tearing that song up and shredding that guitar.
Dogs have taken the lead, 43-42, over USC with 13:51 to go.
4:47 – 3:30+ for the Cocks without scoring and Downey hits a 3-ball! 45-all!
4:49 – Downey sure can double dribble like a mofo. I don’t know how that stuff’s not getting called.
4:53 – Whoa. State’s Augustus just ran over a Gamecock for an offensive foul.
Cocks for THREEE!! All tied at 48.
4:56 – They’re trading baskets now…50-50 at 9:36.
Check that, goal tend on the Gamecocks. Dogs up by 2.
4:58 – Frederick is going off for USC. he’s got 20 now and shooting 7-for-11 and the last 10 points for USC.
Stewart for THREEE!! and MSUties it back up at 55.
5:02 – Stewart for THREEE!! AGAIN!! Missy State up by 3 with 6:36 left.
5:05 – the Freshie Bost for THREE!!! up 62-55 and working on a 12-0 run for the Dogs.
5:07 – more David Cook bringing us back in from the break. awesome.
5:08 – Archie posterizes some poor Dog. 5:15 to go.
62-57, MSU
MSU reposnds with their own dunk.
5:10 – South Cackalacky’s on their own mini-run with 4 straight to pull within 3. 64-61 Miss State with the lead and just over 3 minutes to go.
5:14 – Clocks not running and nobody is noticing…maybe it’s just the clock from tv. whatever.
5:15 – MSU back up with their own reponse to USC’s run. 70-61 with 1:56 left.
5:19 – well, here we go. looks like we’re gonna drag out the last 1:39 about 15 minutes. State at the line shooting 2 and hits both. Missy St up72-63.
5:20 – USC series: missed 3, offensive reb, missed 3, offensive reb, missed 3, foul…solid.
5:23 – Raycom is enamored with the wife Rick Stansbury…have shown here about 4 times in the last 5 minutes.
5:24 – Cocks for THREEE!!! Finally!
51.2 sec left. Dogs up 73-68 and shooting two at the stripe…makes 1st…makes 2nd…up 7 points.
5:27 – 42+ seconds left and the Dogs have opened up to a 9-pt lead.
5:28 – Intentional foul by Downey…he might be a tad bit frustrated. Bulldawg hits both and extends the lead to 13 with 16.4 to play.
5:32 – Ballgame! Missy State > South Cackalacky 82-68.
Alright, peeps; I’m out. It’s been fun and I’ll be back for some more college roundball tonight…just not in live-blog form! 5.75 hours…I hope it was as good for you as it was for me. Vols and Bammer in 2 hours!
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who’s tipoff should I watch? ACC or Big Ten? mizerle06(Quote)
well, I’ve got money on minnesota winning the tip, so do that one sae(Quote)
Big Televen it is. Majority wins. mizerle06(Quote)
Nick work Miz, I’d hire you. cbh49er(Quote)
Carolina might be screwed today without Lawson. Drew II sucks. cbh49er(Quote)
Suton needs to get his ass to the middle of the damn zone! sparty(Quote)
apparently the ACC doesn’t want to start their game yet. mizerle06(Quote)
It’s started, it’s 6-4 Tech. cbh49er(Quote)
thanks cbh. my guide says ACC on ESPN 2 mizerle06(Quote)
who wants to bet Chris Allen gets called for traveling 2 times today? sparty(Quote)
Yeah, not sure if blackout rules would apply where you are. Here in VA, it’s on our local My 20. cbh49er(Quote)
If Tech wins it’s a fluke anyway, but a fluke will probably get them into the tournament. At least Greenberg won’t have reason to whine. cbh49er(Quote)
Let me just say: Go State!!! Beat the Boilermakers!!! Johnny(Quote)
Heels storming back! cbh49er(Quote)
Not watching either but it seems the ACC game has eclisped the pace of the Big 10 game. Shocker, I know. cbh49er(Quote)
Izzo is gonna get after them at halftime. sparty(Quote)
Fucking meeting at 145, I’ll miss the end, I hate work. cbh49er(Quote)
Miz is the Dickie V. of live blogging. john(Quote)
Potential #1 seeds that already lost:
Pitt, UConn, Kansas, Oklahoma.
Still alive:
NC, Mich St, Duke, Louisville, Memphis
(OK, Kansas was probably not getting the 1 seed but if they would have won out – maybe).
Also, I think UConn is a #2 seed if 2 of the still alive list win their tournament. cycledan(Quote)
At least no matter what Carolina is getting a #1. cbh49er(Quote)
/twss? rekcalsa(Quote)
True about NC. Right now, Pitt and NC are 1 seeds IMHO.
If they win out, in order, the following teams are 1 seeds:
Louisville, Mich St., Memphis, Duke.
If wto of them don’t win out, then UConn is a 1 seed. If none of the 4 win out then UConn and Mich St. get the #1s. cycledan(Quote)
There’s no way this wasn’t intentional rek…
Miz, you’re a wordsmith. A redneck wordsmith, but still… Big D(Quote)
most teams that had bye’s in their tourney have been playing extremely tight. sparty(Quote)
so wisconsin-osu is going to be really ugly? sae(Quote)
yes sparty(Quote)
man, the espn streak guy is good. O/U on the NC game is 155.5 sae(Quote)
I think that there is a general consensus among the top tier teams that they should focus on the NCAAs and winning their conference will just tire them out and not allow those injuries to heal and may cause new ones.
That tightness that you are talking about Sparty is probably the fact that the lower teams are fighting for position or to get off the bubble while the top teams don’t have that intensity.
A number of the NCAA champs did not win their conf. tourneys. Florida won the SEC one year, didn’t they? cycledan(Quote)
and i picked the over, crap sae(Quote)
sae–So did I…just one more point needed too. rekcalsa(Quote)
Virginia Tech just got robbed. Refs called a jump ball and turned the ball over to Carolina with about 15 seconds left when VaTech was down one. Replay showed that it should have been a foul on Hansborogh who was grabbing Malcolm Delaney with both hands. You really hate to see that call ruin the season for those guys like that. If they won they would have gotten in. Now it’s NIT. guyinthecorner(Quote)
cycledan- MSU needs to get to the finals of the Big Ten, they want no worse than a 2 seed in the Midwest. sparty(Quote)
Robbed? THEY WERE DOWN ONE. They have to be UP and habd the REFS gift a foul to UNC to get robbed.
They just got a bad call. Who is to say they make the shot, the play was going nowhere and the shotclock was running out. GatorTrey(Quote)
ACC sucks. sparty(Quote)
/Threadjack
Marko Jaric might be the stupidest man on the face of the Earth.
// end threadjack Big D(Quote)
GITC, you just hit on one of my major gripes about basketball. All sports have close calls and in close contests, that can make the difference. I can live with a replay like in the game last night that said the game winning 3-ptr wasn’t shot in time. However the subjective calls on every posession that determine so many games bother me.
We see those close subjective calls affect games in other sports as well but just not as often. The truth is nobody really knows what is a block, charge, jump ball etc. most of the time. A guy goes down, they just call the foul out of habit. There is too much of a burden on the refs to see everything in basketball in my opinion. cycledan(Quote)
Minnesota is probably still in at 22-10 with a 35 or so RPI. cycledan(Quote)
Yes, Carolina! Eat it Tech. cbh49er(Quote)
About the VaTech thing…
The shot clock was .2 behind the game clock so that wasn’t an issue. My problem was how obvious the foul was. Even if the ref was unsure if it was a foul they should have just called it on Carolina because they still had a foul to give. VaTech would get it back with 10 seconds with a chance. The way it happened, they didn’t really have one. That’s what I didn’t like. guyinthecorner(Quote)
MN is definitely in. great resume. no bad losses. sparty(Quote)
GITC or Tech could have won a bunch of others game they didn’t, refs didn’t rob them of crap. cbh49er(Quote)
Magic Johnson fouled Isiah, only reason why the Pistons didn’t beat the Lakers in 1988.
/gitc’d sparty(Quote)
is that the one where they kissed at midcourt? sae(Quote)
that was the following year sparty(Quote)
So what day next week do we get GITC’s pick to win the tournament? john(Quote)
john-
I think I’m takin Carolina but normally I pick on Tuesday or so
Last year I was so torn between Memphis and Kansas that I switched about 4 times before sticking with Kansas about 11 on Thursday guyinthecorner(Quote)
you told me it was 8 times?!?!? liar. sparty(Quote)
i want to see Bucky and Brutus go at it. sparty(Quote)
is anybody around or am I just talking to myself up there? mizerle06(Quote)
Brilliant…even if unintentional. rekcalsa(Quote)
i’m checking in once in a while sae(Quote)
keep going Miz. all the way until 5pm. sparty(Quote)
5:00!? cracking the whip, huh? mizerle06(Quote)
actually, you can stop whenever if you want. sparty(Quote)
anybody wanna give me the score of the Memphis v Houston game? mizerle06(Quote)
Houston 50, Memphis 6 sparty(Quote)
funny. I see we have a comedian in the crowd tonight. mizerle06(Quote)
Memphis 10
Houston 4 cbh49er(Quote)
i was close. sparty(Quote)
wisconsin giving up a lead late in the game? that’s never happened before sae(Quote)
Damn where has this Georgia Tech been all year? cbh49er(Quote)
Atlanta? sparty(Quote)
You are out of control sparty. cbh49er(Quote)
Manny Harris could go off tonight. Chester Frazier out. sparty(Quote)
Buckeyes win 61-57 Jen(Quote)
cbh- little sleep and a lot of caffeine today. sparty(Quote)
Haha, not hating on you, it’s all good. cbh49er(Quote)
all done, kids. mizerle06(Quote)