I'm not going to be posting a whole lot while the sun's out today. Its gorgeous here in Wisco and I'll be outside for much of the afternoon. I'll check in every once in a while to update the scores and mention anything interesting I see.
(12:26 pm) For your rooting interests, Brigid has 'Nova and neither Bill McNary, my "theory" bracket nor Scot's Bracket Buster have a team in this game.
(2:09 pm) This one's a runaway. Sure, there are 4 minutes left, but this is a joke. Web page is updated, though not much changed. The game was only worth 2 points.
(9:37 pm) Damn. So close to both Texas and WKU upsetting Duke & the Zags. Damn. Scores are up.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Pre-game, Day 3
Some numbers for you:
(lower seeded team listed first, # indicates how many people made the pick)
A&M / uconn - 2 (griffenhagen 3, col mckeown)
purdue/wash - 56
maryland/memphis - 10
ucla/nova - 29
tx / duke - 20
lsu/unc - 1 (bird)
mich / ou - 14
wku / zagss - 12
If some of these upsets hit, we could have even more change in the standings!
(lower seeded team listed first, # indicates how many people made the pick)
A&M / uconn - 2 (griffenhagen 3, col mckeown)
purdue/wash - 56
maryland/memphis - 10
ucla/nova - 29
tx / duke - 20
lsu/unc - 1 (bird)
mich / ou - 14
wku / zagss - 12
If some of these upsets hit, we could have even more change in the standings!
Friday, March 20, 2009
End of Day 2
So, I was basically absent for posting this evening. Kinda tired. Just didn't feel like it. What a way to close out the first round, though, huh? Through some tough play by Arizona, Cleveland State and Wisconsin, a handful of us made a big jump in the rankings. We'll see how we do down the road as we're missing (especially me) quite a few Sweet 16 teams.
stay tuned for more tomorrow...
stay tuned for more tomorrow...
Session 3, Day 2
So, yeah... not much to say so far for the evening round. Morehead State is keeping it close in yet another 16 vs 1 game, but really, that's about it. Arizona is winning, but 71 people picked it, so that's not so shocking.
Session 2, Day 2
The numbers...
44 have Dayton over WVU
52 have Temple over ASU
9 have Cornell over Mizzou
EVERYONE has Pitt over ETSU.
(2:12 pm) I'm bored. I think that games should just start in the 2nd half with a randomly assigned score and let them play it out from there. It would be significantly more exciting for those of us sitting on a couch with a beer in hand at 2:12 on a work day. Either that, or i could just take a nap during the first half. That solution would probably piss off less poeple, wouldn't it?
(2:15 pm) This has been said before on other blogs, but I really hate the latest batch of Howie Long Chevy commercials. It seems to me that they're designed to make him look like a witty guy, but really, all he comes off as is a jackass.
(2:19 pm) You like my bored random thoughts yet? Here's another for you. Right about this time of the year in Wisconsin, its the perfect temperature outside. Warm enough to shoot some hoops, but cold enough that you can leave your beer in the garage and its the right temperature.
(2:23 pm) So, ETSU is putting up a fight. Not really noteworthy at this point in time because everybody picked Pitt to with the game this round. It would be interesting, though because 36 people have Pitt in the final four, and of those, 22 have them winning the whole thing. No big point swings now, but damn would that make late rounds fun!
(3:40 pm) Finally, these things are starting to get exciting! Mizzou's to the point that I could almost plug it into the sheet now. Somehow ETSU is hanging on and Dayton continues to make things interesting.
(4:10 pm) That 3 by Pitt may have just been the dagger in ETSU's back. Too bad. That really would have made this whole pool terribly interesting. I'm calling the Mizzou game. Scores will be updated shortly after all the games are done.
(4:18 pm) Scores are posted. Too bad the ETSU/Pitt game ended with a 10 point difference. It was really much closer than that all game. In fact, the 10 point lead they took at the end was the first and only time there was a double digit lead.
44 have Dayton over WVU
52 have Temple over ASU
9 have Cornell over Mizzou
EVERYONE has Pitt over ETSU.
(2:12 pm) I'm bored. I think that games should just start in the 2nd half with a randomly assigned score and let them play it out from there. It would be significantly more exciting for those of us sitting on a couch with a beer in hand at 2:12 on a work day. Either that, or i could just take a nap during the first half. That solution would probably piss off less poeple, wouldn't it?
(2:15 pm) This has been said before on other blogs, but I really hate the latest batch of Howie Long Chevy commercials. It seems to me that they're designed to make him look like a witty guy, but really, all he comes off as is a jackass.
(2:19 pm) You like my bored random thoughts yet? Here's another for you. Right about this time of the year in Wisconsin, its the perfect temperature outside. Warm enough to shoot some hoops, but cold enough that you can leave your beer in the garage and its the right temperature.
(2:23 pm) So, ETSU is putting up a fight. Not really noteworthy at this point in time because everybody picked Pitt to with the game this round. It would be interesting, though because 36 people have Pitt in the final four, and of those, 22 have them winning the whole thing. No big point swings now, but damn would that make late rounds fun!
(3:40 pm) Finally, these things are starting to get exciting! Mizzou's to the point that I could almost plug it into the sheet now. Somehow ETSU is hanging on and Dayton continues to make things interesting.
(4:10 pm) That 3 by Pitt may have just been the dagger in ETSU's back. Too bad. That really would have made this whole pool terribly interesting. I'm calling the Mizzou game. Scores will be updated shortly after all the games are done.
(4:18 pm) Scores are posted. Too bad the ETSU/Pitt game ended with a 10 point difference. It was really much closer than that all game. In fact, the 10 point lead they took at the end was the first and only time there was a double digit lead.
Session 1, Day 2
Don't have much to say yet. Its early.
(11:33 am) For your rooting interests, Buttski has picked tennessee, syracuse, marquette & kansas. The only upset here is UT, but then again, these games aren't really good upset candidates.
(12:04 pm) I'm happy to have found an alternative channel on Time Warner. The Marquette game is on CBS in HD and is, frankly, kinda boring. Marquette's D is suffocating the Utah State offense, so I'm watching the Tennessee/Oklahoma State game on some network called "ThisTV" on channel 201. There's also a "March Madness Central" thing on channel 118, but its just a lame call-in and highlights show. Not worth your time. I really miss DirecTV right now. Have I said that before? Next year, I might get DTV for the tournament and cancel it as soon as its over.
(12:48 pm) WHAT NOW??? So, shortly out of halftime, Utah State has brought it back to one against Marquette and NDSU back to 5 vs KU. What happened???
(1:17 pm) Syracuse won. Shocker. Utah State just took the lead. OK St up 3, KU only up 5. Looks like we have a good start to today's games! 13 people have picked NDSU. 42 picked Utah State to upset Marquette. 79 Picked Tennessee.
(1:40 pm) What a great opening round of games today. Hopefully a sign of things to come.
(11:33 am) For your rooting interests, Buttski has picked tennessee, syracuse, marquette & kansas. The only upset here is UT, but then again, these games aren't really good upset candidates.
(12:04 pm) I'm happy to have found an alternative channel on Time Warner. The Marquette game is on CBS in HD and is, frankly, kinda boring. Marquette's D is suffocating the Utah State offense, so I'm watching the Tennessee/Oklahoma State game on some network called "ThisTV" on channel 201. There's also a "March Madness Central" thing on channel 118, but its just a lame call-in and highlights show. Not worth your time. I really miss DirecTV right now. Have I said that before? Next year, I might get DTV for the tournament and cancel it as soon as its over.
(12:48 pm) WHAT NOW??? So, shortly out of halftime, Utah State has brought it back to one against Marquette and NDSU back to 5 vs KU. What happened???
(1:17 pm) Syracuse won. Shocker. Utah State just took the lead. OK St up 3, KU only up 5. Looks like we have a good start to today's games! 13 people have picked NDSU. 42 picked Utah State to upset Marquette. 79 Picked Tennessee.
(1:40 pm) What a great opening round of games today. Hopefully a sign of things to come.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Late Games, Day 1
Things seem to be going Buttski's way. Duke has already routed their opponent, WKU is up 11, the sooners are up 28 and UCLA seems to be fending off any and all advances by VCU. Disappointing for all of us who are counting on upsets to give us a points bump, but impressive for Mr. Butt (as funny as that looks, its pronounced like foot - i promise, i wore out all of the available jokes by the time Mike and I graduated from high school).
Mike's about 45 minutes away from having a perfect first day. There's no way of tracking all of the previous years, because I think I only added the day-by-day feature in the last year or two, but I'd venture a guess that he's the first to do it.
(11:34pm CDT) - Games are over, website updated. Congrats, Buttski. Impressive.
Mike's about 45 minutes away from having a perfect first day. There's no way of tracking all of the previous years, because I think I only added the day-by-day feature in the last year or two, but I'd venture a guess that he's the first to do it.
(11:34pm CDT) - Games are over, website updated. Congrats, Buttski. Impressive.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)