March Madness 2010

**Beach Runner** · 03-13-2010, 12:29 PM

Hokay, so who else is into March Madness?

Gators failed last night.

Georgia Tech had a big win. Word in the media is that Hewitt is out.

Lady D, I'll bet you are watching UK vs. UT right now. You gotta know I'm not rooting for UT

, and I know you must be happy that the Gators lost.

(It be otay). I just hope that the Gators get invited to the big dance. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

It's smackdown time.

Wish we could go back to 2006 and 2007.

**Beach Runner** · 03-18-2010, 10:53 AM

Are Big D and I the only ones into this? HellOOOOOOOOO out there.

A lot of you have a dog in this fight -- DestinScuba, SWGB, OL, ShallowsNole, Miss K, Mermy, ...

Lady D, you actually have a dog (Smokey) in this fight.

Whatever. I just submitted my brackets. It's nerve-wracking, especially since the first game is the Gators today at 12:20 EDT. Hope the Gators get at least one W, but right now BYU is favored by 4.

EDIT: Upset that Gators were upset.

At least they did well enough that it was a double OT. The final score wasn't indicative of how they played. It was close, they were out of time, one starter had fouled out and another was injured. Then the death spiral occurred.

Just hope Duke gets to the Final Four. I picked GT to lose first round. Can we rewind to 2006 and 2007?

EDIT 2: I picked Murray State to beat Vandy.

**DuneLaker** · 03-21-2010, 12:41 AM

My condolences to DestinScuba. We listened on way home to SoWal from Dallas. What happened to Kansas?

**Beach Runner** · 03-21-2010, 10:01 AM

N. Iowa just fought harder and appeared to want it more. Their hustling was fun to watch. It was a great game. Unfortunately it messed up my brackets because I had picked Kansas to be national champs.

Sorry, DestinScuba. It was hard for me to see the Gators lose in the first round in a double OT. But to see your team, the "number 1 number 1" seed, not make it to Sweet 16 must be very depressing.

EDIT: On cbssportline.com you can watch the games live online. There's only about a one second delay. The coolest thing is that they have a BOSS BUTTON in the upper-left corner of the screen. If you're watching at work and the boss appears, when you press the button, the sound automatically turns off and a screen appears that says "March 2010 Workflow Diagram."

**Beach Runner** · 03-27-2010, 08:30 AM

Congrats to Lady D for her Vols making it to the Elite Eight!

BTW my brackets stink. I have 570 points, Obama has 590, Dick Vitale has 500 (OOPS!).

**Lady D** · 03-29-2010, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Beach Runner

Congrats to Lady D for her Vols making it to the Elite Eight!

BTW my brackets stink. I have 570 points, Obama has 590, Dick Vitale has 500 (OOPS!).

Sorry I was not able to get into the bracket stuff this year. I had planned on it but due to the fact that my mom has fallen and broken her pelvis and me having been over there every night since March 12th taking care of my 89 year old father with Alzheimers first while she was in the hospital, now I am still over there 2 1/2 weeks later taking care of both in the evening and at night, I have no computer access as they have no computer, have no newspaper to read either. Sure will be glad when I can go back home to my home and bed and husband. I'm wiped out.

**Beach Runner** · 03-29-2010, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by Lady D

Sorry I was not able to get into the bracket stuff this year. I had planned on it but due to the fact that my mom has fallen and broken her pelvis and me having been over there every night since March 12th taking care of my 89 year old father with Alzheimers first while she was in the hospital, now I am still over there 2 1/2 weeks later taking care of both in the evening and at night, I have no computer access as they have no computer, have But no newspaper to read either. Sure will be glad when I can go back home to my home and bed and husband. I'm wiped out.

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. I can relate. Mom has fallen on three different occasions and has broken both hips and a shoulder. She also has Alzheimer's. Last spring she got a blood clot due to atrial fibrillation, and we were told she would die at any moment. I drove an hour-and-a-half every day to visit her after work, and my brother, sister, and I took turns sleeping on the floor in the hospital room for a month. Then she got better and is in a nursing home an hour away. It is so exhausting to visit her and have a full-time job, but l love her so much that it's worth it.

So I understand how wiped out you must be. Hope she gets well soon.

**Beach Runner** · 04-03-2010, 09:56 AM

Still beating Obama and Dick Vitale. I have 650 points.

Big D and I started over today. We're both picking Duke over West Virginia. I'm going Michigan State, and he's going Butler. We are both picking Duke to be National Champs.

How about any of you who are following the tournament? Who are you picking?

Next year for the NCAA bball tourney, as I believe Skunky suggested, I'd like for us to do our picks on ESPN and form a SoWal group. ESPN then keeps all of the stats.

**aggieb** · 04-03-2010, 10:11 AM

streetball

**Beach Runner** · 04-03-2010, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by aggieb

streetball

I hear what you are saying. The exact sentiment was expressed to me by a colleague this week.

**Lady D** · 04-03-2010, 02:39 PM

I'm picking Butler over Michigan State, the game is 20 minutes from Butler's campus. Butler has been a team that has been able to pull upsets in the NCAA tournament for several years now. Tennessee should be here playing, the 3 missed field goals by Brian Williams would have won the game probably for the Vols, and the one Scotty Hopson missed would have tied the game at the end of regulation I am sure to force a overtime. So close. As for West Virginia, I think I may go with them for the win over Duke. They knocked off Kentucky in the tournament, totally outplayed them. I think they can beat Duke, Bob Huggins is a great coach.

**Lynnie** · 04-03-2010, 05:17 PM

Going with Duke~~~~~

**ameliaj** · 04-03-2010, 08:23 PM

Streetball Butler wins. I say winner of Duke WVa. is national champ.

**Beach Runner** · 04-03-2010, 11:01 PM

Duke, Duke, Duke of EarL
Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl
DuKe, Duke, Duke of Earl
Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl

As I-I walk through this world
Nothing can stop The Duke of Earl
And-a you, you are my girl
And no one can hurt you, oh no

Yes, a-I, oh, I'm gonna love you
Oh, oh
Come on let me hold you, darling
'Cause I'm the Duke of Earl
So, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah and

And when I hold you
You'll be my Dutchess
Dutchess of Earl
We'll walk through my Duke-dom
And a paradise we will share

Yes, a-I, oh, I'm gonna love you
Oh, oh, nothing can stop me, now
'Cause I'm The Duke of Earl
So, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

**Lady D** · 04-04-2010, 05:11 PM

Sure expected more out of West Virginia, seems they ran out of juice, the injuries did not help. Now I say Duke will win it all, don't think Butler can beat them.

cp · 04-05-2010, 10:15 AM

good game last night Uconn and Baylor

**Lady D** · 04-05-2010, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by cp

good game last night Uconn and Baylor

That ended up being a blowout. It is Stanford against UConn in the women's National Championship game. The men's game with Butler against Duke is tonight I believe at 8:00. What am I going to do after basketball? Be bored, that's what!