Sweet Sixteen Open Thread
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 3:57 PM PDT
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The brackets go on. Again you can view the standings in the right results, or just go to the CGB page to track who you need to win tonight. March Madness On Demand is still working, so you can watch it online here.
My Pick results so far: 5-12? I dunno. I've lost a lot on the tourney this week. Thank goodness for the NIT/CBI. Go Beavers!
(All times PST)
4:07 PM, Purdue vs. UConn (West): It's just not UConn's week, you know? Purdue +6.5
4:27 PM, Xavier vs Pitt (East): I hate both of these teams.
6:37 PM, Missouri vs Memphis (West): A fun game to watch. I don't need money on it.
6:57 PM, Villanova vs Duke (East): I'm going to kill myself when they lose by 20. Duke -2.5.
Enjoy tonight's action!
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Arizona game is huge tomorrow. Avi needs it for 7 Pac-10 wins… How much will he make?
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-eleventy dollars, because they’re losing by 30 at halftime.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
That list sucks. Fox News deserved to be on there more than CNN.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 26, 2009 4:09 PM PDT reply actions
Fox News is owned by NewsCorp, which lost in the first round.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, right.
Thanks.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 26, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the WWE deserves to be on there.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably.
The entire pro wrestling industry should.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 26, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
seriously, go beavs!
I saw that +4 last night, made sure it was at Corvallis, and let the good times roll. Good times = $8.87.
I did a nice little parlay action with Uconn to win and Villanova +2 (when did it move to 2 1/2 damnit??). Also UConn to win and Michigan St. -1 1/2. If Uconn wins and just one of the other two covers, I’m golden. If Uconn loses, fuck.
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Parlay?
Uhh…uhh…good luck with that.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck yeah. I love CBB parlays. I usually use money lines though.
I don’t give a hoot if they’re sucker bets.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, I did the UConn money line
I’m not sure UConn will cover, but I’m pretty confident that they can beat Purdue. If they do, I get $1.55 per dollar instead of $.90 per dollar if Villanova or Michigan St cover (bets I was going to make anyways). Savy?
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American Airlines
I recently booked a flight from O.C. to SFO for $45, $59 after taxes. And it was on a Sunday night!
They're after our precious bodily fluids
LB to OAK on Jet Blue
is always 45 before taxes
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
i’ve had a lot of bad experiences with them
also, i feel bad making parents drive by john wayne airport on the way to pick me up. its friday, they are tired, and im already depriving one of them of their habitual happy hour.
They're after our precious bodily fluids
Try Virgin...
…America when it opens at the end of the month, OC to SFO, should be $59 or so.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 29, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Ten minutes in
I already know this Purdue bet is dead.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 4:22 PM PDT reply actions
I’m only interested in Mizzou-Memphis
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
To the NCG, baby! (I know it’s not going to happen)
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Xavier = Money Maker
I need them to pull through if I want my bracket return to respectability
They're after our precious bodily fluids
I'm really interested in the later games
I have money on Villanova, plus I like the way they destroyed ucla, plus I want to see Duke lose (please please please).
I’m with Avinash on the other Memphis-Mizzou, I couldn’t decide on the line and didn’t bet it but I think it’s going to be a really entertaining game.
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I have Memphis winning nearly all my brackets. If Mizzou wins my interest in the tourney is pretty much done.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I was stupid. I only did the CGB pool this year, and I’ve done poorly (and I didn’t like my picks going in)… so my interest has waned.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Uconn 26, Purdue 23
So early. They’re going to get blown out in the second half.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 4:47 PM PDT reply actions
GREAT fast break by the Boilermakers
3 on 1 turns into turnover, turns into fast break dunk for the Huskies the other way.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow this list sucks
This really is a bracket of… “Worst PR departments in the US”…. nothing more.
HAIL HYDROTECH!
But isn’t that essentially a huge part of a company??? Perception is reality.
What’s danzig’s list?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Prepare yourself for the most intelligent and well thought-out list ever.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa
I don’t have a list written down… I just looked at this bracket and though it was overly consumer-oriented…. but what’s worst for America??? No… this bracket doesn’t reflect that… in fact it’s so wrong it makes me laugh.
I knwo this was done by the consumerist… but give me a break… That’s a list stinks even for consumers…. let alone for the country as a whole. This bracket rankiong is based on customer service ratings…etc.
HAIL HYDROTECH!
Oh yah, Countrywide, their only problem was a bad PR department.
If only they didn’t have such terrible PR! If only.
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Countrywide would’ve been a higher seed if they had a better RPI
Toot Toot
by rollonubears on Mar 26, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Xavier 37, Pitt 29 at halftime
Another crappy start for the Panthers.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 5:18 PM PDT reply actions
MORE LIKE PURDONT, AMIRITE?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
If Pitt goes down, by bracket is fucked
why oh why did i pick them to win it all?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
You’d better have a really good answer for yourself.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Great foul disparity between UConn and Purdue
Probably can be explained by 3 point shooting, but that’s a little ridiculous.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:02 PM PDT reply actions
doesn’t UConn have, like, the fewest fouls in the country or something like that?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Wouldn’t be surprised from that crooked program.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
according to kenpom
UConn on defense:
4th in 2 Pt FG%
3rd in points per possession
2nd in Effective FG% (to Memphis)
2nd in Blocks (to Minnesota, and it’s not close!)
1st in FTs/FGs (yep, they never foul, or at least they never get called for the foul)
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
It has more to do with allowing people to drive to the basket with the knowledge that you have good help defense inside (Thabeet)
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
TWO MORE MISSED LAYUPS
That was a gift for Purdon’t.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:03 PM PDT reply actions
Thi Pitt-Xavier game is terrible to watch
Just awful. I’m with you, Avi. I hate both these teams.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I just wish Xavier would end Pitt’s dead run to the Final 4. They’ve been so unimpressive, on every level.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Bilas: THABEET THABEET THABEET *slobber*
Fucking Dukie.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:05 PM PDT reply actions
Purdue sucks
What kind of jump hook was that? I HATE THEM.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:07 PM PDT reply actions
Avi, you wouldn’t happen to have any MP3s of Big C, Hail to California, Stanford Jonah, etc.?
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To upload them to a site, so I can make CGB theme music at donkdj.com
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m putting a DONK on it, cuh
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
They should be online: http://fightmusic.com/pac10.html
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. I just wasn’t saving them right
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't he like 5'3?
I’m taller than him.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
ok, that was a nice three by Pitt
they just HAD to have that. pitt by 1, less than a minute to go.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
That play represents this whole game. That was an AWFUL shot. Of course it goes in.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
eh, the foul there isn't so bad
a little too much time, but it’s only Blair’s third, and it’s one and one
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Pitt is going to get to the championship game
And lose by 20. Bleh. Chalk chalk chalk.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Same… zzzZZZZZZZZzzzzZZZZZzzz
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Man…when the upsets are going, the tourney’s great, but otherwise it can be a snoozer.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
We just need a little up tempo ball
Missouri and Arizona are the great hope of the tournament
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If that’s the case, hope needs to die tonight. TIGERS!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
What would the nightmare National Championship matchup be?
Pitt vs MSU? Pitt vs Uconn? Pitt vs who cares Pitt is ugly to watch?
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Duke-Michigan State would make me gouge my eyes out, but your scenarios are pretty bad too.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
i kinda wish i could make updated picks each round
i have Duke moving on here, but i had them beating UCLA. after watching ‘Nova pick apart the Bruins, I’d totally pick them to take out the Dukies.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
OK, now I want Missouri to lose so I never have to look at those awful mustard-colored uniforms again.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I was just going to ask
if those uniforms are beautiful or hideous.
We have Ragnarok’s vote!
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I can so see Cal sporting those in a few years
So the stupid teenagers will buy them and be all bling.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought you hated anything to do with men’s fashion.
LAIR!
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Edgads! I have been exposed!
So, what are the hot new trends for spring?
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Double breasted, double breasted, double breasted! My wife informs me jean jackets are in, too, but I cannot verify.
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Do you remember the mustard unis they came out with for football? They then lost to mediocre Kansas… RETIRED
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Just this year… They were about as ugly as our Bumble Bee costumes
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Fell asleep
Wake up, see Memphis down 13. Not surprised.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 7:56 PM PDT reply actions
Mizzou's rolling
Congrats T-Bred. This is disgusting.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Mizzou is on pace for 100 points
What the HELL.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 8:35 PM PDT reply actions
Memphis pretty much out of time
It’s going to be interesting seeing the standings tomorrow.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 9:05 PM PDT reply actions
Finally things are coming up Norcalnick
I had Villanova and Missouri – and this is my first chance to brag since prior to these games I was sitting in 80th
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Rishi is still in 1st place, but he picked Memphis to go all the way too. I knew I was in trouble when I saw that.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
You're up to 36th
Considering you have “No Pick” at the end, you probably won’t get higher.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure, you can fight T-Bred for the prize
I’m sure it’s an even match.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I went from 10th to 36th in like 2 minutes. I had both Duke and Memphis winning. Now, CleanCutMedia is in first, I think. But my entire Final Four is still available, so heres hoping!
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Oh, okay, I get it.
When one of your picks goes right, it’s all yours.
When one of your picks goes wrong, it’s PEOPLE’S FAULT.
I was originally picking Twist as favorite Marshawnthusiast, but I’m switching it to Swedish Chef.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I was talking about the CGB League. In our SBN League, we went from 3rd to 16th. And in the ATQ league, after I hit Random Pick I remain in 29th place. Out of 29. But, it should note that actually the Maryland pick went right. Thanks to the people.
Thank you, people!
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Guess who's #4 in the CGB bracket pick-em!?
Hopefully this lasts (and I go up!)
In other words, Go Bears!
Imagine how amazing Jorge would be on Missouri.
I know that’s a bad thought but in that system, bajeezus he’d be incredible.
Toot Toot
Why?
How would that system serve him even better?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 26, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Because a lot of it was hustle.
Toot Toot
by rollonubears on Mar 27, 2009 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm assuming we're talking about defense here?
Jorge’s offense is rough enough currently that the system isn’t nearly as important as development and practice
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He was pure on those late threes against Maryland
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
He's not a disaster or anything
just a little rough around the edges
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No doubt. He’s gonna be a baller. I’m very high on Amoke and Seeley, too. I see a lot of potential and athleticism in this young “transition” group.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 26, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't forget me this time now Avinash :)
anyone see that little news bit on boykin’s drawing obama on cbs? he’s pretty good.
swore i picked vill over pitt, but my bracket says other wise.. oh well
if this goes bracket tourney goes to the wire and i lose by 1 point, was it foolish of me to pick cal over maryland due to principle (as a cal fan i have to pick them for at least 1 win) when I thought maryland was going to win?.. thoughts?
get off me bandwagoners!
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since only 2 people picked Maryland, the chance of you losing by one to one of them is slim
so try to think of it as a wash
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You won’t be forgotten.
If you find the Boykin clip, feel free to post it as a fanshot.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 27, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re telling me. I originally had Memphis over Cal, switched it to Cal over Memphis as a joke, and then forgot about it till tipoff day. /facepalm
by CaliforniaBone on Mar 27, 2009 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions
thats.. pretty brutal..
thats pretty brutal californiabone… go cal!
the boykin clip was on cbs during the sports recap after the memphis/missouri game. he takes magazine shots of obama (among other things) cuts half of it off and draws the other half. very well done drawing. don’t see it in cbssports though hmm…
during the sports recap the anchors were saying how NOBODY would have picked missouri to win this game… they lost some major credibility there for me.. i thought with memphis with their soft schedule and their injured point guard was a surefire loss..
those two teams are really athletic though.. im impressed
get off me bandwagoners!
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