I hate this...I had Texas winning it all.

AA, if you want a mini shortcut as far as Enberg and Bilas, here's a little something I wrote last night as I was so fricking fed up.

http://www.armchairgm.com/Lockerroom:In_Which_SSR_and_DRE-LO_Lose_it_With_Dick_Enberg_and_Jay_Bilas

Nantz: "I think Texas should begin the hacking process."
The hacking process for Nantz & Packer starts when they speak.

$5 footlong can also be the name of a cheap porno movie.

AA, I think we're ready to declare Cinderella dead forever if Davidson loses.

Yeah I agree. I'm so bored with Nantz and Packer. I really just tune them out completely.

Gus Johnson in t-minus 49 minutes.

I just have one question, Is Billy Packer ever wrong?

If you listen to him, he makes you think that he invented basketball, was responsible for the UCLA win streak and for the dream teams success. I hate that he calls the Final 4.

Packer: "This is going to be long three minutes with all these fouls here". First of all - you called for the "hack a Shaq" yourself. Second, it's been a long 40 minutes having to listen to you comment on this game.

That combined with the fact that he seems to hate the Sport itself drives me crazy.

Early in the game Nantz was talking about his eye injury and said "Rose hates stiches". Jim, could you identify who thinks they tickle?

In other news: ESPNNews looks fabulous! And I have SD, not ESPNNews HD.

These last few minutes are putting me to sleep. Can we have Davidson-Kansas, please?

Speaking of ESPN, tonight's Sunday Conversation has Rece Davis interviewing Knight, Parcells and LaRussa. Could you all join me in prayer for a well-placed meteor.

I can't wait for Gus Johnson. "Rise and fire.... my goodness!!!!!" HA HA!!

I'm with you on ESPNews, SS. I will miss the omnipresent "Breaking News Alert" 10 hours after news actually 'broke', though. I'd like to be wrong, but I think we're all being set up for disappointment: Kansas will blow away Davidson by at least 17.

Curry's mom is a beauty.

ESPNNews' new look is very nice visually, and it gets away from the reds that dominate ESPN. Separate visual identity is a good thing.

Its 2 to 2 five minutes in. Are we watching Wisonsin vs. Wash St?

The under for the first half is a mortal lock.

One thing I hate is seeing all those empty prime courtside seats. This has occurred at all the sites. If the VIP doesn't show, why not give them to someone in section ZZZ, Row 225?

Oh shit....here comes Curry.

NBA rules for Curry

Somebody call Seth Greenberg and tell him if he'd that at Va Tech he wouldn't had to have whined like at press conferences on selection Sunday about not getting in the tourney.

@ myself - man, I butchered the English language in that last comment. I apologize to all US Americans and the Iraq. Such as maps. Such as South Africa. Such as.

Did Gus just say, "The white lobster" when that whitey chucked a trey bomb?

That is a joke. That was not a charge.

Curry has 15 in the first half so far I think. That's more than his usual 8ish average. Does this mean he'll get 40 against Kansas?

On Arthur, that was.

*turns off TV during requisite Hansbrough interview*

This is some very lop-sided officiating.

At the beginning of the second half, they put the bracket on screen. Instead of Xavier, it read Xaveir. Nice work CBS.

Go go Curry!

GuJo has been correctly identifying the KU box-and-one all game. Len still doesn't get it. He keeps saying "well you have to wait for someone to go through."

JR you mean that running an picks won't work against the zone? That is what Len said to do.

These refs are all over the place. How did they get this gig?

This is horrible officiating. Don't see who hits the ball out on 2 straight shots. Call a ghost foul when the guy is fading back. This is pathetic.

Serious pv845. Looked like Kansas got fouled on that last 3

"White Lobster, because he's from Maine! That's what they call him." -Gus

I miss ONIONS!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe they are rooting for Davidson too. Either way, both teams are still getting crappy calls.

Who knew that Memphis would show up in Davidson unis? (Free throws are atrocious).

Ohh! The White Lobster is cookin'!

How is that now a foul on the three point line when KU has the ball? This is a freaking joke.

The refs have been brutal. Worse than the Ed Hightower crews.

Len Elmore is absolutely killing me. A sea of cliches and over-extrapolations - it's Joe Morgan doing a basketball game.

Kansas has defended Curry very well in the second half. He's made a couple of contested shots, but he's had someone in his face virtually the entire time.

I am a KU fan, but how is that not a foul on Curry. This is just horrible all the way around.

They're trying to rely on Curry too much. If they just drive they'll get fouled.

You can't cal timeout there. He didn't have possession. If anything, after the roll it has to be traveling.

When Curry can't hit a wide open 3, you know it's bad. It's been a good run for Davidson, but looks like we'll have all four #1's in the Final 4.

GuJo was going to explode if Curry hit that three!

Too many inpatient shots from Davidson in the second half, especially Curry..

Curry is shooting too many threes.

Apologies to all in this thread if this is not "newsworthy" and has already been mentioned elsewhere...and it certainly has nothing to do with our bracket statuses...but let me intercede into this NCAA nail-biter to mention I saw AA get props in the New York Post today in their "Blog Watch" section. "Just in time for baseball season, calling out announcers on their ridiculous calls - complete with video and audio clips." Love the site AA. When you've made the Post, you've pretty much achieved world domination. Outstanding.

That is not a good call by the ref. They have missed the over-the-back call all game. If you don't call the foul it has to be the inside persons ball.

Yeah, I forgot about that. Congrats AA on your world domination. :D

Congrats AA!

It is good to see another AA in the NY papers.

Gus and Len worship Curry when he hits. When 30 forces a few shots, they ignore it. Typical. Work the script - stars! Elmore should also be embarrassed that Johnson can recognize defenses about three weeks quicker than he can.

Gus is pumped up....great game.

Many thanks all. I saw it linked earlier today. I'm just glad some new people are getting exposed to the site. Good times.

Here we go....

This has drive and kick out to Curry for the win. I can't see Davidson playing conservative here.

By the way AA did you see Gus Johnson shoutout to you in Slam Mag. Don't know if anyone has mentioned this already. Eric Gordon on the cover of slam check it out

OMG! My wife fainted and I had a heart attack.

Amazing game!

Pass the ball, Teen Wolf! What a terrible last possession . . .

KU held Curry under his average.

Curry has been so big this whole tourney... but that was one of the worst last possessions I've ever seen.

That was a horrible set of plays Davidson ran at the end. Oh well...bye bye Cinderella and onto Joe Morgan!!

Cinderella is dead.

Yeah horrible last possession. I hope to goodness that's not what they drew up. LOL, but let's give Kansas some deserved credit for the way they defended in the second half.

Dear Davidson,

Thank you for running that awful play at the end of the game. Even though my team had some chances to put you away, but due to my coaching ineptness the game stayed close. Finally I will no longer be looked at as someone who can't coach in big games (even though this is still true).

I saw the SLAM mention as well. It was awesome because of the multiple covers. I picked up the Rose and Beasley covers.

Yeah. They held Curry to only 10 points in the second half and played some tight D. Time for the Braves! Go Atlanta!

It isn't that Bill doesn't coach well in big games. His teams don't play well when the game is not fast paced and the team needs control.

Gus Johnson FTW. Another classic announcing job.

Can you imagine what Gus' call would have been had that last shot gone in? Too bad

Well....anyone betting next week's Final 4 will have the lowest ratings in years?

New blogger here, but I've posted as anon a few times. Was just curious if you were starting a new entry for "Opening" Day in Washington, AA.

ANother bet: Over/under on Roy and leaving KU references: too many to count.

Yep....it's coming in about 5 akiyama.

Gotta give KU its props on Davidson's last possession. They had Curry double-team blanketed from the time he crossed midcourt, KU was gonna have another Wildcat beat them. Not Curry. Jayhawks really denied him in the closing seconds.

Too bad DC was on fumes the final nine minutes, but they certainly have nothing to be sorry for. They gave their all. Bill Self was probably intoning a thousand psalms when that final three attempt went up, his prayer of a Final Four berth was finally answered.

Early look at the Final Four, UNC seems poised to reach the final; Hansbrough has elevated his game when it's mattered most. But if Memphis plays like it did in Houston, they could give UCLA a serious battle. That's an intriguing semi.

A picket fence Final Four: 1-1-1-1.

Best of Gus: "I just got to touch it...ahhhhh" (when the ball rolled out of bounds to him)

Don't know if anyone was listening to the Westwood One radio broadcast, but John Thompson had a good one when speaking of the Kansas fans only cheering when their team was leading: "These Kansas fans are really frontrunners".