YO, YO, YO, YOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

IT'S MARCH MADNESS BABY, CAN YOU FEEL IT???????

(No? I can't either after yesterday, especially after 2 of my E8 teams went down, but today will be sweet)

Come on, I need 16 more games to have a perfect 32-0 first round record.

AA-
I have Nantz/Packer, so I'll tll you if they have anything egregious

I can switch around, but I'll be on Vols - American game. That's Verne and Rafferty. Dagger! How about a t-shirt with that!

Camera angles have been odd in Birmingham. Wide angles then zooming in and back out again. Fortunately, the camera hasn't been focused on Stuart Scott.

The best transcription I can come up with off MMOD, Bill Raftery: "And American goes muhrmhmuh

just got switched to Nantz/Packer.

NOOOOO not Nantz and Packer!! And Billy Packer might be the Cloverfield monster in HD.

Nantz: Richards on the drive, and you see why he's all conference

Because he made a layup?

Rafferty: "pass to Gilmore"
Lundquist: "made him Happy"

My wood for Gus Johnson which along with my schlong was lost once I saw Jay Bilas, has now committed suicide after seeing Billy Packer in HD.

"Adam Sandler is smiling."

Uhhh.. no. Sandler is probably tanked off his ass, and could not care less whether 2 60 year old men mention one of his old movies

I just read the Cinderella piece, nicely done. The best part of a Cinderella is it doesn't even even make you feel bad watching your bracket get destroyed by it. I mean, I was cheering for Belmont yesterday because c'mon, besides living in Durham, who doesn't want to see the 15 beat the 2?

There's that h ad again. 32 games, 4 commercials.

/fsxnlxf

On top of saying "nice play" already about fifty times in the first 14 minutes of the game, Rafferty is making unintelligible exclamations quite frequently. He just said what sound like "Jijjjee".

I'm pretty sure I'm the only man in America watching First Take right now, but I'm 99% sure Ryan Dempster just said "bitchin'."

@ Austin: Is Dana Jacobsen still standing by her pick to win the tourney of Michigan? Or has she sobered up?

She's probably not sure where she's at right now.

Verne: "I've never talked to anybody who believed in re-incarnation that didn't come back but as a prince or a king. Nobody comes back as a day laborer".

AA - Verne and Bill were talking about JP Prince and his basketball family. Which led Verne - somehow - to a reincarnation rant.

WKU is getting in foul trouble (4 starters with 2, 4 minutes left in the half). At this rate, Big Red may have to suit up.

Free throws: Drake 12/14, WKU 0/0. Good thing the Hilltoppers aren't missing. (Well, good unless you have Drake in the Sweet 16 like I do.)

And why do they keep calling it a "player control foul" instead of an offensive foul? That may be the term from the rulebook, but everyone knows what an offensive foul is.

I'm surprised they don't call them "student-athlete control fouls".

Because just all about all of them are going pro in something other than sports.

/jyfscqs

OK - have you seen the promo for the new CBS show "Secret Talents of the Stars"? It has George Takei as a country singer. Oh my.

@paco - very funny.

Tennessee is getting dominated on the boards. Might we have another 15/2 go down to the wire?

Rafferty: "This kid (Carr) has got range." Releases a 3 attempt, ball in the air and Rafferty says "how 'bout that!". Clanks off the rim.

Rafferty: "If he knows he's not playing in the first half (UT's Williams) then he'll more at the pre game meal".

Someone better remind Tennessee that winnign Sportscenter's Top Play doesn't mean you get to move on to Round 2 in the Tournament.

Rafferty: "If American is going to win, they are going to have to get a lot of smooth miles out of this Carr (Garrison Carr)". I'm getting carpal tunal typing all these goofy quotes from these guys.

Ronnie... you dillweed.

MMOD is like some kind of terrible stop-motion animation, only without the motion portion.

Ian Eagele: "You have the hair of a 3rd term Senator."

Jim Spanarkel: "What's that supposed to mean?"

Thanks for playing, Drake. Don't forget to take your fans saying, "I love the Drake!" as if they were the only ones who had watched that episode of Seinfeld with you when you leave.

/siazb

Would any call that goes to Tennessee down the stretch be considered Un-American?

WOW, Adam Morrison lookin good. Now he's too much of an NBA hardass to cry, so at least we don't have to worry about that (who am I kidding, he'll probably start balling).

Tim Brando after Josh Young's 3-pointer: "Only the Young survive."

Man. The Drake/WKU announcing team is putting me to sleep. The only thing keeping me going is Gus Johnson screaming in my ear "AND FROM SIIIIIIIX-TEEEEEEN DOWN, DRAKE TIES THE GAME! UNBELIEVABLE!"

If only =[

How on earth does a ref make that sketchy charge call at the drake/wku finish.

And where are the announcers to complain about it?

WKU-Drake goes to bonus basketball, partly thanks to a poor call on that offensive foul that took out Slaughter. They've been calling offensive fouls all day in this one, but that was pretty iffy. (And I'm rooting for Drake.)

If Drake wins, please deposit my crow here and I'll come back and get it after the game.

/qyvlemn

Finishing out the Drake-WKU game in thread #2.

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hey...western kentucky is up by a lot, no need to pay attention to that. I can go to lunch and be fine....WWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAT

Good to see Jesus make an appearance at the Gonzaga game. Always wondered how the Lord spends a bank holiday.