Take 2: I’m gonna try this again today.  Yesterday, I bailed on you guys and HuskerDawg.  He performed valiently in his successful effort at his half of the double live-blog.  Now, he hates me and won’t return anymore of my calls.  He said I need he needs me to be on my own so I can fully appreciate what he went through yesterday.  So, it’s just me today.  Actually, that’s not really the way it went down; HuskerDawg’s busy with more important things than a college basketball live-blog (*gasp!*) today so it will be just me today.  He does hate me though…

The best thing about being laid off is the newfound freedom that comes with all the newfound freetime.  Yes, there are certain responsibilities that must be taken care of such as hunting for new jobs and bathing.  But one can do those things only so often, right?  Even though there’s the unfortunate side effect of not having a steady paycheck, being jobless also means that if I want to take an afternoon to do something entertaining, I can.  And guess what, I’m doing it again today…NCAA Tournament-style!

However, I’ve got reinforcements this time!  Allow me to go third-person for a bit…fortunately for Sparty, but unfortunately for them, Mizerle06 is not the only jobless blogger that writes for this site; you all know HuskerDawg, right?  He’s gonna be helping Miz out today.  They’re going to be attempting something today that no man, woman, or blogger has ever attempted before* – a simultaneous two-post live-blog.  HuskerDawg will be covering a game or two while at the same time, Miz will be covering a different game.  Comments will be open in both posts.  By the way, the unemployment rate here among the writers at S&F is hovering aroung 22.2%…Sparty sure picks some motivated , cream-of-the-crop guys as his cohorts!

So, while you losers** are at your precious little jobs and winning some bread, we’re I’m gonna be kicking back and watching some college roundball madness.  We’ll I’ll make sure to tell you about it though so buckle in, saddle up, spread some more deodorant on…do whatever it is you feel is necessary to get ready for this groundbreaking event because it’s gonna be a wild ride.  That’s what we hope at least. 

*We don’t know if that’s true or not; it just makes for a better dramatic effect though if we go ahead and claim that it is.
**Jobs are for losers.

Mizerle06, take it away:

12:00 – Here’s this afternoon’s games:

12:01 – Oh yeah, there’s still never been a simultaneous double live-blog attempted on these internets.

12:10 – Looks like I get Tennessee vs. Oklahoma State first.  Check out the analysis…fairly well matched.

12:20 - Syracuse up 4-0…game over.

1:31 - marquette > utah st 26-18
syracuse > stephen f austin 38-22
okie st > tennessee 38-34
kansas > ndsu 43-34

1:35 – Tennessee shot 12 for 32 and Okie St shot 16 for 30 so far.  18:18 to go.

1:41 – Vols and Cowboys are even on the boards…19 each.

1:44 – ‘Cuse > SF Austin 50-33…10+ min to play.

1:46 – Tie game…knotted up at 44 each.  14:28 to go.  Winner gets ETSU.

1:49 – Okie St players Anderson, Eaton, and Harris all have 3 fouls.  Chism has 3 for Tennessee. 12:30 to go.

1:53 – NDSU is hanging around with Kansas.  KU > NDSU 54-48 with 13+ to go.

1:56 – anybody else tired of the Geico cavemen commercials?  Gecko > Cavemen.

2:00 – Chism only has one basket inside of the three-point arc.  He needs more touches in the paint and Tyler Smith needs more touches in general.

2:05 – Tennessee has upped their FG%. Shooting 42% while Okie St is shooting 56%.  7:45 left.

2:09 – Moses has 16 pts and 10 reb.  3 fouls though and 7+ left.

2:11 – Why is Eaton wearing capri pants for OK St?  6:35 to go.

2:13 – Chism (Tenn), Anderson (OK St.), and Moses (OK St.) each have 4 pf.  5:57 to go.

2:15 - Vols just committed two terrible, careless turnovers and OK St capitalized with 5 straight pts.

2:19 – Eaton (OK St) just picked up his 4th pf.  4:05 to go.

2:25 – Under 2 min to play…tied up at 72.  OK St. turnover followed up with a Tennessee turnover.

2:27 – 1 minute to play…tied.

2:29 – Tyler Smith…AND 1! 
CBS just switched over to Utah St-Marq.  I’m livid.
We’re back.  UT up 1.

2:30 – Eaton…AND 1!  6.7 to play.
CBS just switched over to Utah St-Marq.  I’m livid again.

2:33 – ballgame.  Tennessee’s out.

2:37 – ok, I have to be professional and stop crying…

2:40 – I’m feeling so dejected.

2:41 – Utah State hits a 3 at the buzzer but finished 1 point short of Marquette.  Marq > Utah St.

2:45 – Arizona State’s Harden is a dead ringer for Baron Davis.

2:50 - If Temple pulls out a win over ASU, the headlines will read “Christmas in March”.  Book it.

3:17 – ETSU all tied up with Pitt!  11-all with 12:55 to play.

3:28 – Dayton is shooting 9 of 17 with WVU shooting 4 of 11.

3:34 – ETSU tied back up with Pitt at 20-all.  6:05 to go in the half.

3:55 - Pitt > ETSU 26-23 at the half.

3:57 - Mizzou > Cornell 29-25…halftime.

4:11 -

4:24 – Dayton is controlling WVU 41-33, 16:27 to go.

4:25 – ETSU is shooting 28% compared to Pitt’s 40% and still only down by 4 with 17+ minutes to go.

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