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Joebob034
03-09-2011, 05:30 PM
I didn't see one but if there is one please delete this thread.




MARCH MADNESS!!!!! IT'S HERE!!!!!!

http://hoopedia.nba.com/images/c/c3/OaklandGoldenGrizzlies.png
Grizzlies in the tournament again!! I'm sure they'll be one and done but still it's cool to see them in the tournament.

Is there any way we can fill brackets with people here?

deebakes
03-11-2011, 11:09 PM
I'll set it up with Yahoo if you want me to...

Teh One Who Knocks
03-12-2011, 12:51 PM
Go UNC Bears! :cheerlead:

http://i.imgur.com/2Usag.gif

deebakes
03-12-2011, 03:38 PM
they a #16 seed? :razz:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-12-2011, 07:02 PM
Probably...they will be disrespected of course [-(

deebakes
03-14-2011, 02:38 AM
I setup a bracket pick 'em tonight. Because I likely won't get back to PM's due to work related traveling, here are the details. If you join, please just put a post in here identifying yourself :D

deebakes = Cracka Ass Fantastic

Via Yahoo Fantasy Sports:
Yahoo Group ID: # 100076
Password: basement

Cactus
03-14-2011, 03:24 AM
I am in....let's go Aztecs

deebakes
03-14-2011, 03:28 AM
I am in....let's go Aztecs

:excellent:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-14-2011, 12:46 PM
How does the Big East get 11 teams in the tournament, yet Colorado, who beat a 22 win Kansas State team THREE TIMES this season, including in the Big 12 Tourney (and K-State still made the tourney) and Texas, gets snubbed?

Joebob034
03-14-2011, 04:47 PM
http://www.umich.edu/~jmgroup/pics/michigan.jpg

Michigan gets an 8 seed!!!! :cheerlead: :cheerlead: :cheerlead:

............................although I think they're gonna lose to Tenn. I'm still ecstatic though. This team was picked to be one of the bottom feeders in the Big10, but they fought hard all season and played a lot of good teams tough. Not bad for a team with 0 seniors and only 2 juniors.

Joebob034
03-14-2011, 04:59 PM
I setup a bracket pick 'em tonight. Because I likely won't get back to PM's due to work related traveling, here are the details. If you join, please just put a post in here identifying yourself :D

deebakes = Cracka Ass Fantastic

Via Yahoo Fantasy Sports:
Yahoo Group ID: # 100076
Password: basement

I'm in = Maize Rage

Teh One Who Knocks
03-15-2011, 09:13 PM
Got my picks all made :banana:


http://i.imgur.com/3sVph.jpg

Joebob034
03-18-2011, 07:29 PM
Michigan destroys Tennesee by 30 :shock: I thought they had a good chance to win but not by this much. Unfortunately Oakland wasn't so lucky :(

deebakes
03-18-2011, 11:08 PM
I may be dead already as one of my final four went out yesterday.

Teh One Who Knocks
03-19-2011, 12:15 AM
I may be dead already as one of my final four went out yesterday.

:shock:

Louisville?

Cactus
03-19-2011, 11:11 PM
I had Louieville in the Elite Eight....None of our brackets look that great.

deebakes
03-20-2011, 01:13 AM
Yep :lol:

Joebob034
03-21-2011, 03:58 PM
Story of the season, Michigan plays really good teams close and has chance to win but just can't quite do it. Oh well overall a very good season and this team should be pretty good for next year and beyond.


BTW my brackets are totally fucked

Teh One Who Knocks
03-21-2011, 04:02 PM
BTW my brackets are totally fucked

Same here :wha:

deebakes
03-23-2011, 01:19 AM
you guys want me to setup a 2nd chance bracket?

Joebob034
03-23-2011, 04:03 PM
what's that just pickin the Sweet 16?

Teh One Who Knocks
03-25-2011, 01:42 PM
Half of my Elite 8 are out and I am down to 3 of 4 of my Final Four picks

deebakes
03-25-2011, 08:05 PM
what's that just pickin the Sweet 16?

it would have been had i got it done :lol:

deebakes
03-25-2011, 08:06 PM
Half of my Elite 8 are out and I am down to 3 of 4 of my Final Four picks

i think it's between the two of us lance... i need uconn to lose and you need ohio state to lose :lol:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-25-2011, 09:52 PM
I absolutely HATE Ohio State :x

deebakes
03-25-2011, 10:07 PM
I'm a fan of theirs this year :lol:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-25-2011, 10:09 PM
http://i.imgur.com/2P1YJ.gif

deebakes
03-26-2011, 04:40 AM
It's over for me... champion will depend on if there is a kansas-uconn championship and who wins it.

Pretty pathetic showing out of my bracket... at least not as bad as cactus though :razz:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-26-2011, 03:04 PM
http://i.imgur.com/2P1YJ.gif

:cheers:

FBD
03-26-2011, 03:10 PM
I'll be glad when this basketball bullshit is over. I was watching the fkn penguins and flyers the other night with my mom and brother, middle of the second and the sumbich comes in and goes hey, is Uconn on? *changes channel*


:x

deebakes
03-26-2011, 06:48 PM
relax :lol:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-27-2011, 10:07 AM
http://i.imgur.com/K5iKt.gif

:cheers:

Joebob034
03-27-2011, 06:06 PM
I'm just happy that OSU lost. I couldn't stand seeing those bastards win a title.

deebakes
03-27-2011, 10:37 PM
so much hate... no wonder no one wants to live in Detroit :razz:

DemonGeminiX
03-27-2011, 11:16 PM
Kentucky won. I wonder if Ashley Judd was watching?

:-k

deebakes
03-27-2011, 11:36 PM
I assume so :lol:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-28-2011, 12:54 AM
I win! :dance2:

deebakes
03-28-2011, 01:48 AM
way to go stinky...

Joebob034
03-28-2011, 03:24 AM
so much hate... no wonder no one wants to live in Detroit :razz:

it has nothing to do with living in Detroit

deebakes
03-28-2011, 04:59 AM
oh, but i think it does :lol:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-28-2011, 10:41 AM
way to go stinky...

I showered yesterday :slap:

Joebob034
03-28-2011, 04:44 PM
oh, but i think it does :lol:

no it doesn't ask an OSU fan how they feel about us and you'll probably get an even more vulgar response

deebakes
03-29-2011, 08:27 PM
can't we all just get along? :lol:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-29-2011, 09:16 PM
http://i.imgur.com/PvM9R.jpg

deebakes
03-29-2011, 09:17 PM
that seems to always be the case :lol:

i personally am pulling for VCU, but would just like to see the winner of Baylor:VCU take down the whole thing :D

Joebob034
03-30-2011, 12:00 AM
that seems to always be the case :lol:

i personally am pulling for VCU, but would just like to see the winner of Baylor:VCU take down the whole thing :D

I think you meant Butler, but I agree I'm sick of seeing the same teams win it all the time

Teh One Who Knocks
03-30-2011, 12:05 AM
Too bad Butler and VCU are on the same side in the bracket....would have been awesome to see them both win in the semis and play each other for the championship

RBP
03-30-2011, 01:04 AM
Too bad Butler and VCU are on the same side in the bracket....would have been awesome to see them both win in the semis and play each other for the championship

Agreed! Love the small schools doing big things!

deebakes
03-30-2011, 03:37 AM
I think you meant Butler, but I agree I'm sick of seeing the same teams win it all the time

I need more sleep :oops:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-30-2011, 12:40 PM
Damn, CU lost in the NIT semis last night :(

deebakes
03-30-2011, 11:57 PM
Look on the bright side... they lasted longer than they would have in the big boy tournament :thumbsup:

FBD
03-31-2011, 04:50 PM
Too bad Butler and VCU are on the same side in the bracket....would have been awesome to see them both win in the semis and play each other for the championship

:lol:

Butler Hoops Team Under Investigation

this just in...

INDIANAPOLIS--Butler's run in the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Game may be tarnished after reports surfaced today that all 13 players on the roster are being given good educations in an effort to help them find good jobs after they leave the school. "It's important to remember that right now these are only allegations -- allegations that we are looking into," said NCAA president James Isch.


"But, obviously, if true, this would be very disappointing. The NCAA has certain expectations and standards. It's not fair for players at one school to be given good educations while athletes at other member schools receive basic, remedial instruction that is worth essentially nothing." According to documents seized from the school's registrar's office, Butler players have received an education worth $38,616 per year totaling more than $150,000 over a four-year career.

Compare that to player at a school like Kentucky , where tuition is set at $4,051 -- but with an actual value far below that. “We don't want to say too much until these reports are confirmed," said Kentucky head basketball coach John Calipari. "But we're talking about almost $140,000 difference in education per player -- and that's even if my players stayed four years or graduated, which many of them do not. Then these Butler players are reportedly stepping into good jobs after graduation while my kids, if they don't make the NBA, have absolutely no job prospects or life skills. It's far from a balanced playing field. They are buying the best players by giving them a high-priced education."


In addition to the allegations that they were given an expensive education, many Butler players have been spotted around campus holding books, studying and engaging in interesting conversations. Others have been seen with people who are known to not be tutors. Butler point guard and Kentucky native Ronald Nored, who is reportedly a secondary education major, denied allegations that the Bulldog program is cheating.

"The discourse on this matter is fatuous and inane," he said, implicating the program further.

Joebob034
04-04-2011, 04:39 PM
:lol: it's pretty sad that I'm gonna finish 2nd in our bracket picks

Teh One Who Knocks
04-05-2011, 11:48 AM
I picked the winner :cheers:

RBP
04-05-2011, 12:36 PM
worst. final. ever.

Joebob034
04-05-2011, 06:19 PM
worst. final. ever.

agreed that was one boring ass game

deebakes
04-05-2011, 07:12 PM
Terrible :(

Joebob034
11-14-2011, 09:55 PM
new season :cheerlead: lockout or not college b-ball is always better than the NBA IMO

Teh One Who Knocks
11-14-2011, 09:57 PM
And the Hoosiers are 2-0 :cheers:

Teh One Who Knocks
11-17-2011, 02:53 PM
And the Hoosiers are 2-0 :cheers:

Now they're 3-0 :cheerlead:

Joebob034
11-17-2011, 05:53 PM
goin to my first UofM b-ball game tonight :woot:, I'm surprised it's taken me this long to go to one.

Teh One Who Knocks
11-17-2011, 06:18 PM
You're going all the way to see the Terps play? :-k

Joebob034
11-17-2011, 07:49 PM
You're going all the way to see the Terps play? :-k

:slap:

Teh One Who Knocks
11-20-2011, 11:44 AM
Now they're 3-0 :cheerlead:

4-0! :cheerlead: :banana: :cheerlead: :banana:

Joebob034
11-21-2011, 10:15 PM
UofM beats Memphis :cheerlead: They'll probably lose tomorrow to Duke but nice win anyway

Teh One Who Knocks
11-21-2011, 10:16 PM
I'm seriously still surprised your a Terps fan :-k

Joebob034
11-21-2011, 10:29 PM
I'm seriously still surprised your a Terps fan :-k

:slap:

Teh One Who Knocks
11-21-2011, 10:40 PM
Golden Gophers? :-s

Joebob034
11-21-2011, 11:18 PM
Golden Gophers? :-s

:slap:

Teh One Who Knocks
11-21-2011, 11:25 PM
http://i.imgur.com/2l415.gif

:confused:

Joebob034
11-21-2011, 11:31 PM
http://i.imgur.com/2l415.gif

:confused:

:slap:

Teh One Who Knocks
12-01-2011, 12:37 PM
The Hoosiers are 7-0 after winning at NC State last night :cheers:

Teh One Who Knocks
12-11-2011, 11:46 AM
How about them Hooooooooooooooooooooosiers!!!!!!!!!!!! :banana: :cheerlead: :banana: :cheerlead: :banana: :cheerlead: :banana: :cheerlead: :banana: :cheerlead: :banana: :cheerlead:

Down goes #1 Kentucky :cheers:

9-0 baby :dance2:

Teh One Who Knocks
12-11-2011, 08:03 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8MQ7rkYFt4&feature=related

:cheers:

Teh One Who Knocks
12-12-2011, 08:08 PM
IU is ranked for the first time since 2007-08 :banana:

Teh One Who Knocks
01-01-2012, 12:01 PM
Hoosiers take down #2 Ohio State :cheers:

Teh One Who Knocks
01-05-2012, 05:19 PM
Next on the list....IU is gonna take Michigan down tonight :banana:

Joebob034
01-05-2012, 08:02 PM
probably, Michigan never wins at Assembly

Teh One Who Knocks
01-06-2012, 02:12 PM
http://i.imgur.com/Ze0OJ.gif

Joebob034
01-18-2012, 01:59 AM
nice defensive stand at the end, always feels good to beat Sparty!

Joebob034
03-07-2012, 07:14 PM
party likes it's 1999! UofD gest first tournament bid since '99. They'll probably be 1 and done but still it'll be fun to see them in the tournament.

http://themajors.net/detroit/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Detroit_Titans_primary_logo.png

deebakes
03-08-2012, 03:16 AM
we should do a bracket pool here :-k

i'll set it up once it goes live :tup:

Joebob034
03-08-2012, 04:50 PM
I'd be in

Joebob034
03-08-2012, 07:13 PM
wow this makes all those awful uniforms that Oregon wears look good

http://ology.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/post-image/anuiav5cmaawuz-.jpg

Teh One Who Knocks
03-08-2012, 07:30 PM
we should do a bracket pool here :-k

i'll set it up once it goes live :tup:

I'll be in :)

deebakes
03-08-2012, 11:35 PM
reopened the one from last year, you guys may have gotten invites already. if not:


http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/

Your group ID# is 44040 and your password is: basement

:tup:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-11-2012, 11:54 AM
Wow, CU wins the PAC-12 :shock:

Teh One Who Knocks
11-28-2012, 01:48 PM
http://i.imgur.com/CdPPm.png

:cheers:

Teh One Who Knocks
12-01-2016, 02:31 PM
How on earth have the Hoosiers beaten Kansas and North Carolina now but lost to IPFW (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne)? :facepalm:

deebakes
12-08-2016, 03:26 AM
can we get in touch with joebob and see if he is alright? :-k

Teh One Who Knocks
01-16-2017, 12:52 PM
I know it's women's basketball and that the talent pool is a lot thinner than on the men's side, but The UConn women have just won their 91st game in a row :shock:

Teh One Who Knocks
03-28-2017, 02:14 PM
I know it's women's basketball and that the talent pool is a lot thinner than on the men's side, but The UConn women have just won their 91st game in a row :shock:

The winning streak is up to 111 games now and they are in their 10th straight Final Four and going for their 5th consecutive championship.

Teh One Who Knocks
04-01-2017, 10:27 AM
Annnnnnnnnd it's done

deebakes
04-01-2017, 08:42 PM
:wtf2:

Teh One Who Knocks
08-31-2017, 11:14 AM
The Associated Press


https://i.imgur.com/IPSIGQb.jpg

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Rollie Massimino, who led Villanova's storied run to the 1985 NCAA championship and won more than 800 games in his coaching career, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 82.

Massimino's death was announced by Keiser University, where he was still the men's basketball coach. He spent the final days of his life in hospice care.

Best known for that national title at Villanova, Massimino also coached at Stony Brook, UNLV and Cleveland State. He spent the last 11 years of his life at Keiser, where he started the program and turned it into an NAIA power.

"We are so truly honored to have shared this time with him and take some degree of comfort in knowing the positive impact he has had on college students for the last four decades remains immeasurable," Keiser Chancellor Arthur Keiser said.

Massimino faced numerous health issues in recent years yet never stopped coaching. And even though he left Villanova 25 years ago, he was still considered family by the Wildcats and coach Jay Wright.

"If not for Rollie Massimino, I'm not even a part of this," Wright once said. "If not for the Big East, Rollie Massimino is not Rollie Massimino. I know it. He knows it. And if not for the Big East, no one knows about Villanova."

Wright was given a championship ring from 1985, and Massimino was given a championship ring from 2016. Wright wasn't working at Villanova during the first title season; Massimino wasn't officially there for the second one. But Wright worked Massimino's camps in the mid-1980s before coming to Villanova, so that made him part of the family.

Massimino went out of his way to take care of those he considered family. So Wright got that 1985 ring. And the only moment when Wright teared up at Villanova's 2016 ring ceremony was when he handed Massimino his piece of championship jewelry.

"When you're a young coach and you grow up in Philly, Rollie Massimino is a legend to you," Wright said.

Roland Vincent Massimino was born Nov. 13, 1934, in New Jersey, played his college basketball at Vermont and got his master's degree from Rutgers. His first head coaching job was at his alma mater, Hillside High School, in 1962. His college coaching career started at Stony Brook in 1969, and after two seasons he became an assistant at Penn -- under Chuck Daly.

Massimino and Daly would remain close until Daly's death in 2009. Like Daly, Massimino was always dapper on the sidelines. So when Daly died, Massimino took Daly's collection of sharp dress shoes and wore a pair in every game he coached for the remainder of his life.

"Chuck is always with me," Massimino said earlier this year.

After one season at Penn, Massimino took over at Villanova. He spent 19 seasons there, best remembered by the 1985 NCAA title run that was anything but easy -- for many reasons.

Villanova needed a last-second stop just to escape over Dayton (a game played at Dayton, no less) in the first round, went scoreless for the first eight minutes of the second half and somehow still beat top-seeded Michigan in the second round, and toppled Maryland in the regional semifinal -- winning those three games by a combined nine points. And to get to the Final Four, Villanova erased a halftime deficit against North Carolina.

That game with the Tar Heels was the one where Massimino gave what those linked to that `85 team still call "the pasta speech" at halftime.

"He looked at all of us and threw his coat down," Chuck Everson, who played on that team, said Wednesday. "He said, `If I knew it was going to come down to this, I'd rather have a bowl of pasta with clam sauce and a lot of cheese on it.' Everybody was looking at him like, `What the heck does this have to do about playing?' What he was saying was just go out and have some fun. Do something you like. Play. Everybody's eyes exploded."

Villanova dominated that second half. Pasta was had afterward.

The Wildcats downed Memphis State in the national semifinals. That left a Villanova vs. Georgetown showdown, an all-Big East final. The Hoyas won both regular-season matchups between the rivals, but Villanova shot a staggering 79 percent in the title game and pulled off a 66-64 upset when it mattered most.

"Even though his 1985 team beat us, I have always had nothing but great respect and admiration for him," said Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing, who starred on the Hoyas' 1985 team.

Villanova missed six shots from the field in the game, going 22 for 28.

"This is the greatest thing to ever happen to me," Massimino said that night.

Massimino spent two seasons at UNLV, seven more at Cleveland State and the last 11 at Keiser (which was called Northwood when he started). Keiser went to the NAIA national tournament nine times in his 11 seasons.

He was coaching until the very end, stomping on the sideline when angry with referees, doing the same pregame rituals this season as he did 30 years ago at Villanova. A leather desk chair was wheeled to the sideline for each practice for him to use if he needed a rest; most days, that chair went completely unoccupied.

"Some days, we do take him for granted," Keiser guard Andrija Sarenac said earlier this year. "But then you see him on TV so much, you see all these videos made about him, the movies about Villanova and everything, and it just hits you. You realize that he's a legend. I mean, your coach is a walking legend. With the energy and everything he comes in with, it's inspiring."

It only seemed like Massimino knew everyone. He dined with Frank Sinatra, got to be a Dodgers batboy under Tommy Lasorda and loved Perry Como. The '85 Villanova team would gather annually with Massimino, grown men sleeping on air mattresses scattered all over the coach's home while dining on his favorites -- tons of pasta, tons of eggplant, all the while toasting the past and the future.

He was a finalist for enshrinement in the Basketball Hall of Fame this year. Massimino is survived by his wife, five children and 17 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.

"People say I've given a lot to basketball," Massimino told AP earlier this year. "Let me tell you something: Basketball has given a whole lot more to me."

Teh One Who Knocks
03-26-2018, 12:50 PM
Raise your hand if you had Loyola Chicago going to the Final Four this year :-k

Teh One Who Knocks
02-21-2019, 01:55 PM
By Stephen Sorace | Fox News


https://i.imgur.com/4VeVWLw.jpg

It’s got to be the shoes.

Nike is “working to identify the issue” after Duke freshman Zion Williamson had his shoe burst apart mid-game Wednesday, forcing the star to leave the nationally broadcast event against rival North Carolina with a sprained knee as a packed house -- that included former President Barack Obama -- looked on.

"We are obviously concerned and want to wish Zion a speedy recovery," Nike said in a statement obtained by ESPN. "The quality and performance of our products are of utmost importance. While this is an isolated occurrence, we are working to identify the issue."

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski described the injury as “a mild knee sprain” and said it was “stable.” He said information on how much time the 18-year-old could miss would be available Thursday.
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Thirty-six seconds into the game, Williamson grabbed his right knee in pain after slipping awkwardly and falling when his left shoe split apart as he planted hard while dribbling near the free throw line. The blue rubber sole ripped loose from the white shoe, with Williamson's foot sliding through the gap.

Obama, who was watching from the stands, was seen on camera pointing and exclaiming, “His shoe broke!” He later tweeted a personal get-well message for Williamson after leaving the game to rousing cheers from the crowd.
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“Zion Williamson seems like an outstanding young man as well as an outstanding basketball player,” the former president wrote. “Wishing him a speedy recovery.”

Nike, once known for its popular “It’s Gotta Be the Shoes” 1980s ad campaign with Michael Jordan, was skewered on social media following the footwear debacle.
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Puma, a competing sportswear company, appeared to tweet and later delete a post to its Puma Basketball account that said: “Wouldn’t have happened in the pumas.”
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Nike has had issues with basketball apparel before. Since becoming the official NBA uniform supplier in 2017, multiple players have had their jerseys rip, Bloomberg reported.

Nike stock was marked 1.61 percent lower in pre-market trading Thursday morning as the company begins to grapple with the public relations nightmare following the sneaker incident, The Street reported.

After Williamson limped off the court, No. 8 North Carolina took advantage of the freshman phenom’s absence to beat the Blue Devils 88-72.

"We miss him as a player, but it's not just that,” Duke forward Cam Reddish said via the team’s Twitter page. “He is also the source of our energy. So, without him on the floor, that energy is missing. We have to be back in the gym tomorrow, figuring out how to find that energy while he is gone.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Teh One Who Knocks
04-04-2021, 02:19 PM
Did anyone see the ending to the Gonzaga/UCLA game last night? :shock:

RBP
04-04-2021, 06:45 PM
Did anyone see the ending to the Gonzaga/UCLA game last night? :shock:

Yes!! I yelled so loud. :lol:

It's okay, I had UCLA +14.5. :tup:

Teh One Who Knocks
04-04-2021, 07:06 PM
Yes!! I yelled so loud. :lol:

It's okay, I had UCLA +14.5. :tup:That was just amazing. And that kid is only a freshman :shock: Part of me wants the Zags to lose because I want the Hoosiers to still be the last undefeated champ, but after that game, I think that the Zags have destiny on their side.

Teh One Who Knocks
03-16-2023, 02:35 PM
Hahahahaha....Draft Kings has a free entry into the Pepsi Zero "Get Zero Right" bracket challenge. Probably sounds harder than whjat it is. It's for $100K but you need to get every game wrong. :lol:

Here's my bracket:

https://i.imgur.com/qOkza8o.png

https://i.imgur.com/MpFUmaO.png

https://i.imgur.com/RStyOo5.png

Teh One Who Knocks
03-16-2023, 07:20 PM
And my bracket is already busted because Furman and Maryland both won :lol:

No $100K for me :sad2: