i think i stared at the "i can't i'm mormon" picture for about 2 mins

i dont know why

Duke, UCLA, Wazzu, A&M

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT THE HELL IS JEMELE FRICKIN HILL DOING ON COLLEGE GAMEDAY RIGHT NOW?!?!?!?!?!?!? JEMELE HILL?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ARE YOU SERIOUS ESPN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ITS BAD ENOUGH THAT THEY STICK HER ON FIRST TAKE, BUT AN ACTUAL SHOW??????????? YOU'RE KILLIN ME ESPN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT, HAD TO REACH YOUR DIVERSITY QUOTA?????????????? ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC!!!!! JEMELE FRICKIN HILL IS ON ESPN COLLEGE GAMEDAY SCOREBOARD RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU FRICKIN KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

DOES NOBODY HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS????????? THAT'S WHY DEADSPIN AND TBL KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THIS BLOG, BECAUSE NOBODY FRICKIN TAKES A COMMENT AND BUILDS ON IT, OR REACTS TO IT. ITS ALL A BUNCH OF MORONS MAKING THEIR OWN MEANINGLESS, POINTLESS STATEMENTS. I'M SICK OF THIS SHIT, COMMENTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO INTERACT, LIKE A CONVERSATION, NOT JUST MAKE SINGLE STATEMENTS THAT DO NOT BUILD OR ADD TO SOMEONE ELSE'S. GO READ TBL AND DEADSPIN'S COMMENTS AND THEY ACTUALLY GO TOGETHER AND ARE FUNNY. IT'S LIKE THE READERS ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, NOT POSTING STUPID STATEMENTS THAT DON'T CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING TO THE COMMENTS. PATHETIC...

Here's some interaction, Joe D: Insulting the people who read these comment threads is a lousy way to get people to comment. So is "yelling" with your caps lock key on, and spitting out strings of punctuation marks like you don't know how to work a keyboard. Both make you look like the kind of guy nobody wants to get stuck next to in a bar, which is why nobody interacts with you.

Taking K State, Wazzu, Duke, and A&M this round, and hoping Carter Blackburn gets a date to the prom later this spring.

Joe D is just upset that Will won't give him a commenting account. You can have mine if you want it....I haven't used it in a year.

Maybe if you tried more question marks people might listen to you there, guy.

If you think TBL's commenters are better than AA's you're retarded.

Does the D stand for Douche? No? Di*khead? Nope? Hmm...Dumbass?

Joe, shouldn't you be watching a game instead of wondering why she is on College Gameday? Or does the mental health center not allow TV?

Well. It's a big day for somebody, now isn't it? Joe D found the caps lock, two punctuation keys and stopped taking his meds. We're all very proud of you, Joe.

See Joe....we just had a discussion about how much of a dick you are. Great job everyone.

I'm so proud of you (*tear*)!

Agreed, some of the TBL commenters are complete and utter jackasses.

OH, THAT'S CUTE SSREPORTERS, A GUS JOHNSON PICTURE, WHY DON'T YOU GET OFF HIS D??? YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE ON THIS SITE HAVE BEEN SLANGIN HIS D 24/7 FOR THE PAST YEAR. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT LIKES HIM, AND YOU'RE NOT COOL, OR CLEVER FOR PUTTING HIS PICTURE NEXT TO YOUR COMMENTS. BUT THATS CUTE THOUGH, A GROWN MAN PUTTING A PICTURE OF ANOTHER MAN NEXT TO HIS BLOG COMMENTS.

Thanks AA, the D stands for Dick.

Thanks Joe Dick for your insight.

look at that Joe D, you've brought the commenters together...see, we are commenting on the same topic, and I don't know about you, but I think its funny as hell.

Also, for anyone watching espn during the dinner break, did anyone catch Digger just creepily saying "GODY" while Dick Vitale tried to say something? Freaky.

Joe D, I didn't have my dad's camera with me so I couldn't take pictures of me and your mom in YOUR bedroom last night.

And speaking of slangin someone's D, let's talk about your mom Joe...

Boy that escalated quickly.

I love you Joe....readers like you make my day. You may hate the comments but you still check the site everyday. You're my hero.

It did didn't it?!

OK, SS YOU'VE NEVER GOTTEN WITHIN 100 FEET OF A WOMAN WITHOUT HER GETTING CREEPED OUT OR SLAPPING YOU. AND HOW COULD YOU HAVE BEEN IN MY ROOM LAST NIGHT, YOU WERE AT HOME JERKIN IT TO YOUR GUS JOHNSON PICTURE COLLECTION. RISE AND FIRE!!!!!!!!

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Look for Belmont to be caught in the Scheyer trance, enabling Duke to cover. Hopefully someone can stop the string of chalk we have going, though

Ha...that was actually kind of funny Joe, but you can turn the comments off any day now.

Just keep hitting the refresh button, buddy

That escalated quickly.

Joe, I've never read anything remotely interesting from someone who types in ALLCAPS and uses 11,000 exclamation points in a row. Your posts are no exception.

Ok, I know I'm a noob and all here, but there are still basketball games, right? Or are we just going to have hissyfits?

Go Anyone But Duke!

Damn, someone beat me to the Anchorman reference.

I kept my head on a swivel, it's what you have to do spartandan when you find yourself in the middle of a vicious cock fight like we have between SS and joe d

Well, I'm about to leave, I guess SSReporters can't think of a comeback. Probably more alone time with Gus, I understand. Make sure you clean up after yourself SS, I know how excited you get over Gus.

Did anybody check out the Erin Andrews webcast? I couldn't get the link to work.

And with that out of the way, it's Mayo v. Beasley about to tip off. Looks like the most interesting matchup by far in this slot (BYU v. A&M is going to be a blowout one way or the other, depending on which A&M shows up).

Does anybody know who's GPA is higher? Mayo or Beasley? Freshman year can be tough, you know.

For everyone who had 18:08 in the first half in the "Paulus Flop Pool," congratulations

Do you think Mike Patrick is at home next to a cardboard cut out of Vitale doing a totally "homer" play-by-play of the Duke game?

That's two on Beasley 4:15 into the game. That's going to be major trouble.

Beasley already has 2 fouls at the 4 minute break

Vince Gill is a big supporter of Belmont. It has a big music and music business dept.

Belmont is still close to Duke. How soon before they take away my K-State/USC game away to give it to the entire nation?

Harlan just broke out his standard "Up high and down hard" on a USC ally-oop. Awesome

New "dude" commercial from Bud Light. Pretty funny.

**Do you think Mike Patrick is at home next to a cardboard cut out of Vitale doing a totally "homer" play-by-play of the Duke game?**

Mike Patrick loves to get all that Coach K dick.

BTW, it's Enberg on both late games from Anaheim tonight.

I hope I didn't have WSU going too far in my bracket. They look like crap.

Wazzu-Winthrop: first team to 40 wins.

WSU isn't a Big Ten team is it?

40 might be generous. It seems whistles are banned in the game.

I HATE HATE HATE when teams call a timeout in the "TV Timeout Window" and they go to commercial. Then three seconds later, K State fouls USC, and they STILL go to the TV Timeout.

If a team calls a timeout in that TV Timeout Window, it should count as the TV Timeout. We don't need 4 minutes of commercials sandwiching three seconds of action.

@ mal: Only in the "they're afraid to score much more than 50" sense; they don't qualify in the "they're fucking awful" sense.

jj-couldn't agree more.

And Bolerjack is over-doing the Gus Johnson approach for the Duke/Belmont game. He is literally yelling over every made shot

Damn... I was hoping Enberg wouldn't appear. Drats.

@willmott - hilarious. So, WSU is a Big Ten school in spirit anyway?

Mal, WSU makes the Big Ten look fast-paced. Even Iowa plays faster.

There's a guy holding up a Duck Fuke sign behind Scheyer right now at the line. How long before someone takes it away/they stop using that angle?

What's with all the white guys on the screen right now? Between Duke, Belmont and BYU there are enough WASPs to start a country club.

@ mal: Actually, the moment that the Big Ten brass can figure out a way to hide the number 12 in their logo, Wazzou's getting an invite.

Belmont looking good.

Mal, since I'm getting the other game, please try to keep track of how many times you hear "good fundamentals" when the announcers talk about them.

In honor of all of the Juniors and Seniors playing today- I just downloaded a Junior Senior album.

Don't stop (Don't stop!) the beat Steve.

Is Duke playing Belmont or Princeton?

@ jj - what game do you have? I got the directv deal. Getting dizzy flipping back and forth on tivo and the "mix" channel.

So, quick bracket check here for this session: three picks are currently losing, and the fourth one is up by two on the 15th-seeded champions of the Atlantic Sun. Great.

I have the "non-country club" game. AKA, K State/USC

BYU got shut out through the first TV timeout. Meanwhile, Belmont isn't going away - down just two with 4 minutes left in the half.

Aren't Winthrop and Belmont the name of the two old guys on "Trading Places?"

I didn't know the "I Can't...I'm Mormon" t-shirt referred to her team's ability to score a basket.

Wow, Belmont is really playing Duke well. They're shooting great from the 3pt line. 6-10 I believe. Jeez, I figured it'd be 40-15 or something by now. Heh, goes to show what I know.

KState/USC playing like I thought it would, Winthrop is playing WSU tight, and that'll be low scoring. As for A&M/BYU.. I dunno. A&M is so spotty.

(As an on-screen graphic shows both Belmont & Duje are 12/24 on field goals):
"Belmont hanging around by shooting nearly 60%." - Seth Davis

@jj- the old guys in TP were Mortimer and Randolph Duke. Louis Winthorpe III was Aykroyd's character - who I attributed to being Carter Blackburn's in the window #2 blog.

Good to see O.J. Mayo has showed up for the game... and that 3rd foul on Gibson was weak.

Announcers are thoroughly depressed that USC/K-State is not a Mayo/Beasley love story... heavily hyped freshman not living up to insane matchup buildup?? THIS NEVER HAPPENS...

Kansas State is fouling like crazy, even ignoring the fact the Beasley is in foul trouble, it feels like they're gonna have insane foul trouble towards the end.

Although Gibson for USC just got his 3rd... maybe it's just foul heavy.

Kiss of death for Belmont, they just put up the 15 over 2 graphic in the 1st half.

I'm back from the gym:


"Not only does Baynes have great hands, but he has a soft touch around the rim." - Gus Johnson


As for my comeback for Joe D:

Have you ever been near a woman? The cardboard cutouts don't count.

Gus has a good game to deal with, 29-29 Wazzu vs. Winthrop at halftime.

Dick Enberg and Jay Bilas for Texas A&m vs. BYU AA.

If BYU keeps this up, they're going to have trouble picking up chicks in Provo once they get back.

Oh. Wait.......

What's with everyone and cardboard cutouts today? A blow up doll would have worked fine there, ss

I assumed he already had 5 in his room as well as some posters.

Wouldn't you have to earn money before you buy that stuff?

Look! Enberg and Bilas are dressed alike. Isn't that cute?

That's what you came up with ss... weak sauce. And it took you that long to think of that pathetic little attempt at a comeback. Oh, and we all know by "gym" you mean "furious jerk session with Gus Gus back on the air".

BYU's gotten back into it - tied with 1:40 to go in the half.

Shouldn't you be busy complaining about Jamele Hill?

LOL, the BYU guy is Chris Collinsworth.

i just cheered for duke outloud

the tournament makes people do things that they are not proud

Man you are some weak sauce ss. I guess when you expend all your energy toward devoting your life to Gus Johnson you don't have anything left to think of a comeback. How about you leave son.

For someone who started this thread trashing the commenters and this site, you sure are contributing your share.

And I would ask what you devote life to....but you obviously don't have one.

I'm done with you, I'm watching the USC/KSU game.

Way to use the same line in consecutive comments

Question - is there ever any circumstance where banging a Duke cheerleader is an accomplishment?

Looks like Wazzu is pulling away.

@ Wilmott, go to The Big Picture if you want cheerleader stuff.

@willmot - if you are on the Duke lacrosse team?

What???????????? How you can't watch that game, your precious Gus is not calling it.

"BACK DOOR NUMBER 5!" - Bob Wenzel

The way he said it made it come off as if he was auditioning for the announcing gig on the Price is Right.

Price is Wrong, Wenz!

Belmont still not going away - it's down to 4. Incidentally, so is K-State's lead.

White boy on USC BLOWS. You wanna rotate any slower big man? He has no skill at all.

Vince Gill got another iso shot, and all I can say is he looks more and more like Billy Ray Cyrus with each cameo.

"The tension is building in this building."

Fuck you, Craig Bolerjack. Fuck you.

Way to ignore the facts and use a duke lacrosse joke

I know the facts. Just a joke. Those kids got railroaded.

"Nice play by Kryziewski." - Bob Wenzel

I could've sworn Gerald Henderson hit that three off the pass from Zubek.

Just as I was celebrating my blog's birthday.

Out of nowhere came this idiot.

Even though he got ripped apart he was still going.

Dumb enough to think I have a man crush on Gus Johnson.


I wouldn't imagine anything like that happening.

Shoot, I know that will neve r happen.


Anyone up for some basketball?

Now I'm tired of this crap.


I guess not all people have brains.

DUKE IS ALMOST LOSING!!!!

I'm sorry, let me get back to the main topic.

Overall, you my friend are royal doofus.

Think of something funny other than weak sauce.

Kryzewski and Henderson look a lot a like - easy mistake to make.

I'm quite confident AA is going to list Craig and Bob as the worst announcing crew in this tournament.


Wazzu by 9, K-State by 5.

sorry mal. not a blue blooded duke fan but I hate when people do shit like that.

"A 15 has upset a 2 four times before...will this be one of those times?"
No. This would be the 5th, genius

You know, if Belmont could ever grab a rebound, they'd probably be ahead by a couple possessions in this one.

Bob Wenzel from what I'm hearing is close to knocking out Gary Danielson for a Pammy award.

I'm digging GuJo's various ways of calling a shot good.

"Step back jumper...Pure!"

He's a human thesaurus. HA HA!

What a play from Mayo.

I think we should give Bolerjack the benefit of the doubt, folks. He calls freakin' Jazz games! He wouldn't know a good game if it smacked him in the face!

Wenzel, on the other hand...

Belmont leads!!!


And the USC/KSU game is the game of the day by far.

@ssreporters - try a haiku like this next time:

Joe D and Belmont
Neither one will go away
But Belmont, we like

Who's the chick on the directv HD commercial?

@ ssreporters: At the very least, Wenzel should be the worst analyst.

You are such a frickin JOKE ss. You were celebrating the BIRTHDAY OF YOUR BLOG??? Nice spacing on that last post, that was classy. Oh, and you have no room to criticize anything I say. You have possibly the worst comebacks in the world, and it takes you 8 hours to think of them. You keep saying you're going to ignore me, but yet to keep taking pathetic stabs at insulting me or responding to me. Also, the fact that you felt the need to assure us that you don't have a crush on Gus is pretty sad. That just leads me to believe it is truer than ever.

"Dumb enough to think I have a man crush on Gus Johnson.

I wouldn't imagine anything like that happening.

Shoot, I know that will neve r happen."

You honestly wrote those words...are you frickin kiding me? You are really pathetic ss.

I hope you never have to defend yourself in person, because you obviously couldn't do it. It takes you forever to think of comebacks on a computer, and they still are not good.

Oh, and "royal doofus"???? Seriously??? What is this 3rd grade??? Come on ss, you're better than that... well maybe not.

Joe D, did you miss the part that said NCAA Tournament Open Thread? You know, the part that didn't say Pick a Fight with Other Commenters Open Thread?

Talk about the tourney, or shut the fuck up.

Second-half scoring in the Winthrop Wazzou game: Washington State 25, Winthrop 4. Ouch.

"Boy, if he gets his hands on the ball, no one's gonna take it from him." - Dan Bonner at his best

Bolerjack: "Justin Hare will go to medical school following graduation. A 3.87 GPA. I'd have him work on me".

"With four on him, that is not good." - Bob Wenzel, on Kyle Singler's fouls.

How much does Frank Martin blow ass as a coach? Walker and Beasley and you don't roll through the B12?

"This young man is going to medical school after graduation, a 3.8 GPA...I'd let him work on me." - Craig Bolerjack

And I've been mercifully switched to the Duke game with USC/KSU on the alternate channel.

@ ss: Yes, you too can enjoy the wonder that is WenzelJack

What's the over-under on how many times they can say Beasley in the Kansas State game ...

Is anyone else having MMOD completely screw up their computer? I basically can't open anything new now, including Task Manager, and I've closed MMOD. I'm using IE7 and Windows XP.

Paulus clearly has a foot out of bounds by about 3 feet with a ref standing right there and doesnt' call him out! Horrific! Of course, Bolerjack and Wenzel miss it.

Kevin Harlan referring to a replay of a foul on USC in the act of K-State shooting. The shooter according to Kev was "spinning and cocking".

Wenzel: "Fatigue clouds your judgment". You must pretty exhausted then, Bob.

Winthrop has currently scored eight points in the second half with 2:10 left to go. That has to be some kind of record.

"A COLD BLOODED THREE BY MICHAEL BEASLEY!" - Kevin Harlan channeling Rick James

Kent St only had 10 in the first half this afternoon vs. UNLV

ESPN.com's Chris Mortenson is reporting that Duke is looking at that Coach J guy from the State Farm commercials because, "Hey, maybe HE could win a game in the tournament."

FUCK USC

We got switched to the "Country Club" game, as JJ put it. Is there a dress code or membership fee to watch this, or do I need to change the channel?

/jrrerm

WSU broke 70. Their invitation to join the Big Ten has been rescinded.

Man this game is crazy.

@ paco: at the "country club" - no denim, collared shirt, no mules and no gambling at Bushwood.

STOP THE BALL BELMONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Well, that failed. Two guys open for the layup, and instead you throw to the Duke guy. Smooth.

Wenzel has referred to a player being "athletic" or having "athleticism" about fifty times tonight. Rent a thesaurus, Bob.

Well, we all knew this would happen.

/zgmorde

Now Wenzel is trying to tell us that with under 3 seconds the shot has to be a tip in to count. I think he's lost a decimal point in addition to losing his mind.

Oh man that hurts. I hate Duke....now they won't be stopped.

Well, pull out the Duke phone tree (V, Bilas, etc.) and start making sure everyone's still OK.

/uapompu

I know this is an "announcing" blog, but nice camera work on the replay of the last missed shot by Belmont. Right behind Hare and good angle to see the flight of the ball.

AA-Please give out announcing grades tomorrow, WenzelJack has been an F-

But hell of a game, and because someone was going to say it eventually:
"Just imagine if Gus was doing it"

No worries, AA. Arizona will wreck them on Saturday.

I think Jay Bilas has been around Bill Raftery too long - outside of the "Onions!", they're sounding very similar right about now.

Late game thread?

Putting it up shortly Mal.

Someone please tell me they also saw Vince Gill in the audience. I want to make sure I'm not hallucinating.