Happy Tournament Day!

by Green17 on Mar 19, 2009 12:04 PM EDT in Boston Celtics Games

Why today is not a national holiday vexes me.

Important links for those following from the office:

NCAA streams games for free

Live scoreboard

SBNation's March Madness blog

Gus Johnson Schedule

CelticsBlog Madness Pool

Feel free to comment here throughout the day as the games roll along. 1st matchup is Big Baby's LSU Tigers vs Butler.

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Go Syracuse!

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V

by Jeff Clark on Mar 19, 2009 12:08 PM EDT reply actions

who's in your Final Four?

mine is pretty chalk: Memphis, Louisville, Pitt, and UNC

I figure one or two of those will be wrong, but I don’t know which, so I’m taking them all just in case we have another year like last year (yes I know Mem. is a 2 seed, but I’m almost thinking of them like a 1)

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V

by Jeff Clark on Mar 19, 2009 12:20 PM EDT reply actions

I have 4 brackets

1. Louisville, Nova, Memphis, UNC …. Champion (UNC)

2. Wake, Pitt, UConn, UNC (Pitt)

3. Louisville, Pitt, Conn, UNC (Pitt)

4. Louisville, Pitt, Conn, UNC (Pitt)

by Mencius on Mar 19, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah but

what is your “sheet of integrity?”

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V

by Jeff Clark on Mar 19, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Between 3 and 4 for me

Put a gun to my head and I’d probably say 4. Pretty close tie though (as my granny used to say) between 3 and 4.

by Mencius on Mar 19, 2009 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Since picking with my head never seems to work,

I went idiotically bonkers with the hear this year:

West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Missouri (ZOU for the win!)

That’s my “sheet of integrity,” and I’m sticking to it, wrong as it will be.

Plus, in my second bracket, I committed quite an act of traitorship – taking Louisville to win, coached by a man I refuse to support under just about any circumstances. But the Ricktator does have an excellent team there.

-sw

Manuel Aristides Ramirez is the greatest hitter I've ever seen.

by Steve Weinman on Mar 19, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions

that should say "idiotically bonkers with the heart"

Dopey me.

-sw

Manuel Aristides Ramirez is the greatest hitter I've ever seen.

by Steve Weinman on Mar 19, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Totally agree about Pitino

He can get superior athletes to play helter skelter, to be sure, but I saw him (back in the day) take a vastly superior Kentucky team and get thoroughly outcoached by Dean Smith’s UNC team to lose a tourney game. That, and about a zillion Celtics games where he was lously. No way Louisville wins. Sorta like your Missouri pick to knock them out, but I don’t pick Mizzou to win it all.

It’s gonna be fun, though.

by Mencius on Mar 19, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

plagiarism, or great minds think alike?

Hey Jeff,
I concurred, not that I have much confidence in my NCAA acumen. The weakest link looks to be UNC if Lawson doesn’t get back. Fla. State smacked them pretty good in the ACC Tournament.
Good luck to you!

by Thruthelookingglass on Mar 19, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I hope UNC isn't the weak link

because that’s who I have winning it

I went with my gut for the whole bracket

after I finished I almost wanted to pick Memphis over them, but never changed it – we’ll see if that comes back to bite me or if it won’t matter at all

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V

by Jeff Clark on Mar 19, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Wake UConn Pitt UNC

When Perk was asked what he thought of Howard winning the gold medal this summer, he responded: "What’s his impression of me after I won a ring?"

by Green17 on Mar 19, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions

You guys are in trouble

I am ranked #1 in all the land. ;-)

by Mencius on Mar 19, 2009 12:21 PM EDT reply actions

every year

it is a race to see how quickly I give up on my brackets

I think I made it to the middle of day 2 last year before throwing in the towel

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V

by Jeff Clark on Mar 19, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s really fun following this stuff. More so if you’re still in the running, so to speak. ESPN does a helluva job with showing the teams last ten games, meaningful wins/losses, etc. Makes it easier for those of us that watched very little college basketball this year.

by Mencius on Mar 19, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions