Sunday, March 12, 2006
It's the greatest day of the year
For me, anyway. It's Selection Sunday. College basketball's field of 65 will be set this afternoon and then... BRACKETS. I love it. Can't wait. Better than Christmas... Which I don't celebrate, but whatever.
Couple things before college hoops talk:
1. My computer is all better. Took it in to the Apple Store and apparently my iBook was part of that .04% that comes off of the assembly line with an internal formatting error. Additionally, my start-up disks for OSX were defective. Quite a combo. Thank God for that warranty, though. So the story has a happy ending.
2. "Fuck with me." This line and some of the cool deaths aside, don't let anyone convince you that Assault on Precinct 13 (the remake, of course) is either "fun" or "good." That movie was an assault on my balls.
3. The Sopranos! Back! Tonight! Awesome!
Okay. March Madness.
- Gerry McNamara is Mr. Wheaties. He's taken Syracuse from NIT-bound underachiever to Big East Tournament Champion and a likely 6/7-seed in the dance.
- Something to watch very closely in the coming days will be the status of Villanova scorer Allan Ray. 'Nova has a 1-seed locked up, but if Ray's availability is in question -- we're talking about a shooter with an eye injury, here -- then you have to figure the Wildcats susceptible to an early exit, possibly even as soon as the second round.
- If South Carolina wins the SEC tournament today, then there go the hopes of another bubble team. In all likelihood, the first team on the chopping block would be a Sweet 16 Cinderella-in-waiting: Missouri State. Even with their all-important RPI rating at 19, Missouri State is going to be waiting until the very end to know whether they'll be included in the field of 65. Consider, though, that the highest previous RPI for a team excluded from the NCAAs was 33. On the other hand, playing in the Missouri Valley Conference might give the committee pause. In either case, let's hope that South Carolina loses to Florida today.
My dirty 32 (mere hours before the seedings):
1-seeds
UConn
Duke
Villanova
Memphis
2s
Ohio State
Gonzaga
Florida
Texas
3s
UCLA
North Carolina
Illinois
Iowa
4s
George Washington
Tennessee
Boston College
Pittsburgh
5s
Washington
Kansas
Michigan State
West Virginia
6s
Georgetown
Oklahoma
Syracuse
Nevada
7s
Indiana
Wichita State
Marquette
North Carolina State
8s
Wisconsin
Southern Illinois
California
Kentucky
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Couple things before college hoops talk:
1. My computer is all better. Took it in to the Apple Store and apparently my iBook was part of that .04% that comes off of the assembly line with an internal formatting error. Additionally, my start-up disks for OSX were defective. Quite a combo. Thank God for that warranty, though. So the story has a happy ending.
2. "Fuck with me." This line and some of the cool deaths aside, don't let anyone convince you that Assault on Precinct 13 (the remake, of course) is either "fun" or "good." That movie was an assault on my balls.
3. The Sopranos! Back! Tonight! Awesome!
Okay. March Madness.
- Gerry McNamara is Mr. Wheaties. He's taken Syracuse from NIT-bound underachiever to Big East Tournament Champion and a likely 6/7-seed in the dance.
- Something to watch very closely in the coming days will be the status of Villanova scorer Allan Ray. 'Nova has a 1-seed locked up, but if Ray's availability is in question -- we're talking about a shooter with an eye injury, here -- then you have to figure the Wildcats susceptible to an early exit, possibly even as soon as the second round.
- If South Carolina wins the SEC tournament today, then there go the hopes of another bubble team. In all likelihood, the first team on the chopping block would be a Sweet 16 Cinderella-in-waiting: Missouri State. Even with their all-important RPI rating at 19, Missouri State is going to be waiting until the very end to know whether they'll be included in the field of 65. Consider, though, that the highest previous RPI for a team excluded from the NCAAs was 33. On the other hand, playing in the Missouri Valley Conference might give the committee pause. In either case, let's hope that South Carolina loses to Florida today.
My dirty 32 (mere hours before the seedings):
1-seeds
UConn
Duke
Villanova
Memphis
2s
Ohio State
Gonzaga
Florida
Texas
3s
UCLA
North Carolina
Illinois
Iowa
4s
George Washington
Tennessee
Boston College
Pittsburgh
5s
Washington
Kansas
Michigan State
West Virginia
6s
Georgetown
Oklahoma
Syracuse
Nevada
7s
Indiana
Wichita State
Marquette
North Carolina State
8s
Wisconsin
Southern Illinois
California
Kentucky
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