Friday, March 19, 2004
BOOM!!!
The second day of the NCAA Tournament, just as good as the first day, if not better.
Yes, KTHV aired "Arkansas Today" again today at 11 a.m. Today's Birthdays? Bruce Willis is 49 today.
Anyways, on to the second day...
Memphis 59, South Carolina 43
God I hate John Calipari. But I hated the Gamecocks even more on this day. I picked them, but did they come through? Of course not. They scored just 18 points in the 1st half, and even before halftime I knew the game was over. Yikes.
North Carolina State 61, Louisiana-Lafayette 52
A good start for the ACC on the second day. Julius Hodge was held to 14 points, but the Wolfpack did what good teams do in the NCAA Tournament: Survive and advance.
Boston College 58, Utah 51
Bored me to death. Let's move on. (I had Utah. DAMMMMMMMMMMMMIT!)
Illinois 72, Murray State 53
Dee Brown with 21 points for the Fighting Illini. The Big Ten may have been mediocre this year, but I like Illinois. Then again, I always have.
Vanderbilt 71, Western Michigan 58
Why do you torture me, mid majors of the Midwest? First Southern Illinois, now Western Michigan. Thank god I didn't pick Northern Iowa...
Georgia Tech 65, Northern Iowa 60
The ACC is the best conference in all of college basketball this year. Nice effort by Kurt Warner U, but it wasn't enough.
Cincinnati 80, East Tennessee State 77
DAMMIT!!! I hate Bob Huggins with a passion. What kills me about the guy is that he wears a friggin warmup pullover on the sidelines. ETSU's Tim Smith is a player. I would have loved to see him play on Sunday. But of course not.
Oklahoma State 75, Eastern Washington 56
Great effort by Eastern in their first-ever tournament appearance. They were tied at halftime at 36. But the Cowboys were too much for the Eagles. As a former Eastern student, I salute the Eagles. To beat an Eddie Sutton team, you have to play great basketball. There's a reason why I think Oklahoma State is going to the Final Four. They're tough as hell. Toughness will help you out big time in tournament play.
Commercial Report
A lot of "Boom". A ton of Cialis. And a load of Survivor promos. Well, at least I don't mind listening to "Boom".
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
And the man at the back said
Everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said
Boy, I wanna warn ya, it'll turn into a ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz
Can't forget about the Mitsubishi promos either. BALLROOM BLITZ!!!
And boy, was the second half of the day ever a BLITZ...
Mississippi State 85, Monmouth 52
The boys from Starkville are for real. Don't underestimate them at all.
Kentucky 96, Florida A&M 76
FLAM gave Kentucky a run, but the Wildcats pulled away. They had to. Lord knows what would have happened to Tubby Smith if they had lost this game...
Wisconsin 76, Richmond 64
For the recap of this game, just look at this picture (it's Richmond coach Jerry Wainright)
PACIFIC 66, Providence 58
Miah Davis is the man. He's also clutch. Need we say more???
Xavier 80, Louisville 70
It's always great to see Rick Pitino lose. Bill Simmons is laughing tonight somewhere in Southern California...
Kansas 78, Illinois-Chicago 53
Rock. Chalk. Jayhawk. To the second round. Only to lose to Miah Davis and the Pacific Tigers.
Pittsburgh 53, Central Florida 44
If I were in charge of the NCAA, I would require BOTH teams to score at least 60 points. Larry Fitzgerald 1, Daunte Culpepper 0.
And in the final game of the night...
UAB 102, Washington 100
A great effort by Washington. Two months ago, the NCAA Tournament wasn't even an afterthought. Two months later, here they are. It's a shame they had to bow out in the first round, but what can you do? UAB is a tough team, and it showed tonight. They're just as quick as the Huskies, if not quicker. UAB coach Mike Anderson finally got his revenge on Lorenzo Romar, dating back to the 1995 national championship game (Anderson was an assistant under Nolan Richardson at Arkansas and Romar was on Jim Harrick's staff at UCLA).
I hope UAB knocks off Kentucky. Why? Because I want it to happen. No reason for it really.
And that was the second day of the NCAA Tournament. I'm winded, yet again. It's the only way I should feel. IT'S THE NCAA TOURNAMENT for crying out loud.
I haven't hit on the CBS announcing crews yet, so I better do it now...
Best team: Craig Bolerjack and Bob Wetzel. I've always been a fan of Bolerjack. He calls a great game, and doesn't try to make himself bigger than the game. I like that out of my announcers. Wetzel was solid as well. He even mentioned Miah's free throw routine. Nice hustle, Bob.
Best sideline reporter: Bonnie Bernstein. Do I need to explain?
Worst team: Jim Nantz and Billy Packer. These guys get to do the Final Four? The humanity. The fricking humanity. I can think of a few teams that deserve the Final Four more than these guys...
Like Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery? I'm a huge Raftery fan. From the "bemememeeepepppp" opening tipoff call to his "and the kiss" calls, he's just great. He's everywhere. ESPN, CBS, YES Network, etc. And Lundquist is a legend. I get chills everytime he yells "GOT IT!!!" after a big time shot or a big catch in football, when he's calling football games.
Worst sideline reporter: Jim Gray. Yes, I know he's not a CBS guy, but so what. I hate him.
In the first round, I went 22-10. Not too bad. Two of my Sweet 16 teams are now gone. That would be Arizona and Washington. The Pac-10 was down this year, but hell, I thought these teams had a good chance to make a run. Oh well.
We're in for one hell of a weekend, i.e. the second round. BRING IT ON.
Speaking of "Bring It On", it looks like UAB raided a "Bring It On" garage sale, judging by their uniforms.
Anyways, bring on the second round. No matter how bad my brackets are.
Yes, KTHV aired "Arkansas Today" again today at 11 a.m. Today's Birthdays? Bruce Willis is 49 today.
Anyways, on to the second day...
Memphis 59, South Carolina 43
God I hate John Calipari. But I hated the Gamecocks even more on this day. I picked them, but did they come through? Of course not. They scored just 18 points in the 1st half, and even before halftime I knew the game was over. Yikes.
North Carolina State 61, Louisiana-Lafayette 52
A good start for the ACC on the second day. Julius Hodge was held to 14 points, but the Wolfpack did what good teams do in the NCAA Tournament: Survive and advance.
Boston College 58, Utah 51
Bored me to death. Let's move on. (I had Utah. DAMMMMMMMMMMMMIT!)
Illinois 72, Murray State 53
Dee Brown with 21 points for the Fighting Illini. The Big Ten may have been mediocre this year, but I like Illinois. Then again, I always have.
Vanderbilt 71, Western Michigan 58
Why do you torture me, mid majors of the Midwest? First Southern Illinois, now Western Michigan. Thank god I didn't pick Northern Iowa...
Georgia Tech 65, Northern Iowa 60
The ACC is the best conference in all of college basketball this year. Nice effort by Kurt Warner U, but it wasn't enough.
Cincinnati 80, East Tennessee State 77
DAMMIT!!! I hate Bob Huggins with a passion. What kills me about the guy is that he wears a friggin warmup pullover on the sidelines. ETSU's Tim Smith is a player. I would have loved to see him play on Sunday. But of course not.
Oklahoma State 75, Eastern Washington 56
Great effort by Eastern in their first-ever tournament appearance. They were tied at halftime at 36. But the Cowboys were too much for the Eagles. As a former Eastern student, I salute the Eagles. To beat an Eddie Sutton team, you have to play great basketball. There's a reason why I think Oklahoma State is going to the Final Four. They're tough as hell. Toughness will help you out big time in tournament play.
Commercial Report
A lot of "Boom". A ton of Cialis. And a load of Survivor promos. Well, at least I don't mind listening to "Boom".
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
And the man at the back said
Everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said
Boy, I wanna warn ya, it'll turn into a ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz
Can't forget about the Mitsubishi promos either. BALLROOM BLITZ!!!
And boy, was the second half of the day ever a BLITZ...
Mississippi State 85, Monmouth 52
The boys from Starkville are for real. Don't underestimate them at all.
Kentucky 96, Florida A&M 76
FLAM gave Kentucky a run, but the Wildcats pulled away. They had to. Lord knows what would have happened to Tubby Smith if they had lost this game...
Wisconsin 76, Richmond 64
For the recap of this game, just look at this picture (it's Richmond coach Jerry Wainright)
PACIFIC 66, Providence 58
Miah Davis is the man. He's also clutch. Need we say more???
Xavier 80, Louisville 70
It's always great to see Rick Pitino lose. Bill Simmons is laughing tonight somewhere in Southern California...
Kansas 78, Illinois-Chicago 53
Rock. Chalk. Jayhawk. To the second round. Only to lose to Miah Davis and the Pacific Tigers.
Pittsburgh 53, Central Florida 44
If I were in charge of the NCAA, I would require BOTH teams to score at least 60 points. Larry Fitzgerald 1, Daunte Culpepper 0.
And in the final game of the night...
UAB 102, Washington 100
A great effort by Washington. Two months ago, the NCAA Tournament wasn't even an afterthought. Two months later, here they are. It's a shame they had to bow out in the first round, but what can you do? UAB is a tough team, and it showed tonight. They're just as quick as the Huskies, if not quicker. UAB coach Mike Anderson finally got his revenge on Lorenzo Romar, dating back to the 1995 national championship game (Anderson was an assistant under Nolan Richardson at Arkansas and Romar was on Jim Harrick's staff at UCLA).
I hope UAB knocks off Kentucky. Why? Because I want it to happen. No reason for it really.
And that was the second day of the NCAA Tournament. I'm winded, yet again. It's the only way I should feel. IT'S THE NCAA TOURNAMENT for crying out loud.
I haven't hit on the CBS announcing crews yet, so I better do it now...
Best team: Craig Bolerjack and Bob Wetzel. I've always been a fan of Bolerjack. He calls a great game, and doesn't try to make himself bigger than the game. I like that out of my announcers. Wetzel was solid as well. He even mentioned Miah's free throw routine. Nice hustle, Bob.
Best sideline reporter: Bonnie Bernstein. Do I need to explain?
Worst team: Jim Nantz and Billy Packer. These guys get to do the Final Four? The humanity. The fricking humanity. I can think of a few teams that deserve the Final Four more than these guys...
Like Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery? I'm a huge Raftery fan. From the "bemememeeepepppp" opening tipoff call to his "and the kiss" calls, he's just great. He's everywhere. ESPN, CBS, YES Network, etc. And Lundquist is a legend. I get chills everytime he yells "GOT IT!!!" after a big time shot or a big catch in football, when he's calling football games.
Worst sideline reporter: Jim Gray. Yes, I know he's not a CBS guy, but so what. I hate him.
In the first round, I went 22-10. Not too bad. Two of my Sweet 16 teams are now gone. That would be Arizona and Washington. The Pac-10 was down this year, but hell, I thought these teams had a good chance to make a run. Oh well.
We're in for one hell of a weekend, i.e. the second round. BRING IT ON.
Speaking of "Bring It On", it looks like UAB raided a "Bring It On" garage sale, judging by their uniforms.
Anyways, bring on the second round. No matter how bad my brackets are.
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