Before going into picks for Saturday’s round of 32, let’s recap the Friday games. The picks made in the previous blog by the Vibe are recounted. Green highlights are correct, red are incorrect:
FRIDAY AFTERNOON (5-3)
#4 Texas over #13 Oakland (West)
#9 Tennessee over #8 Michigan (West)
#2 Notre Dame over #15 Akron (Southwest)
#9 Villanova over #8 George Mason (East)
#5 Arizona over #12 Memphis (West)
#1 Duke over #16 Hampton (West)
#7 Texas A&M over #10 Florida State (Southwest)
#1 Ohio State over #16 UT-San Antonio (East)
Not a good start to Friday for the Vibe. There were three “toss up” games in the early slate, and all three were picked incorrectly. How embarrassing for Tennessee. Guess Bruce Pearl will have to turn in those creamsicle blazers (see previous blog).
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The George Mason Patriot had a lot to cheer about on Friday. Has George Mason re-lit their spoiler flame of a few years ago? That seems to be the bravado if you read any articles about the team. Still not buying the hype. They're out next round. |
#1 Kansas over #16 Boston University (Southwest)
#2 North Carolina over #15 Long Island (East)
#3 Purdue over #14 St. Peter’s (Southwest)
#11 Marquette over #6 Xavier (East)
#9 Illinois over #8 UNLV (Southwest)
#7 Washington over #10 Georgia (East)
#6 Georgetown over #11 VCU (Southwest)
#3 Syracuse over #14 Indiana State (East)
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Marquette becomes the latest team to sell out on their real school colors in favor of the marketing angle of an alternate jersey. On the court, however, they are making some noise. First in the Big East Tournament, and now in the Dance. Rest assured that Syracuse does NOT want to be playing them tomorrow, with Marquette having won their only meeting. |
FRIDAY TALLY: (12-4 overall)
FIRST ROUND RECORD: (24-8) a.k.a. a middle of the road showing
And now, without further ado, the picks for Saturday’s games. Some interesting games here could make for a wild Saturday afternoon. Upset picks are highlighted in yellow.
SATURDAY GAMES
#4 Kentucky over #5 West Virginia
#2 Florida over #7 UCLA
#12 Richmond over #13 Morehead St.
#2 San Diego State over #7 Temple
#8 Butler over #1 Pittsburgh
#3 BYU over #11 Gonzaga
#5 Kansas State over #4 Wisconsin
#3 UConn over #6 Cincinnati
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I'm all about Butler today. They'll give Pittsburgh all they can handle. I think they pull it off. If they do, can we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE not have to hear a "the Butler did it" again. I realize how appealing it is to have a school whose name is a common noun, but do we really have to force the issue? |
Nice. The all juice team is a special bunch because it wasn't (in any one of them, except for maybe A-Rod) such a secret. Had any of them peaked earlier in life it wouldn't have been so obvious. Seems they all shot out after 30 and that was a good sign that their veins were flowing in it!
ReplyDeleteI do have to defend them w/ this point though...
This is my biggest arguement in defense of the juicers, MLB was WAAAAAY behind on testing for steroids so if they don't care, why should the players? I look at it like why not cheat on a test in school if the teacher is doing nothing but looking at his computer writing blogs while I'm struggling to keep up?! If he ain't looking then why not try to better myself?
MLB wanted to take no stance on juice until it was too late. Until 62, 500, or 762 became numbers. MLB soaked up the publicity on the way to those numbers, but when it wasn't good for them anymore, the roid issue became a no-no and all those who made baseball special got backs turned on them.
Oh, and Jose Conseco is the roid douche of the century for what he did to the rest of them. When he realized he was nothing but an independent league (Atlantic City Surf) bench warmer, he decided to blow the whistle of 15 minutes more of fame on those who actually did something with their steroids! He's a dick!