Final Blogpoll for 2006-2007 Season

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll for the season -


Bow your heads!

1) Kansas
2) Memphis
3) UCLA
4) North Carolina
5) Texas
6) Louisville
7) Davidson
8) Xavier
9) Tennessee
10) Stanford
11) Wisconsin
12) Georgetown
13) Washington St.
14) Butler
15) West Virginia
16) Duke
17) Michigan St.
18) Marquette
19) Western Kentucky
20) Purdue
21) Notre Dame
22) UConn
23) Drake
24) Kansas State
25) Mississippi St.

Everyone's vote can be found here.

Comments - My only comment is that I should have UNRANKED Duke after that tournament performance in my ballot (I ranked them at #19).

No more blogpoll until a month before the 2007-2008 season starts. Boo-hoo.

The Rules of Engagement

We've mentioned all this in bits and pieces throughout this blog, but we thought maybe it would be a perfect time to distill it down in one bite sized post. We call these our off-season posting rules.

Now that college hoops is done, we switch over to our three other loves in life to help occupy us in the void (in no particular order):

A) College football
B) Politics
C) Cooking

So expect a healthy dose of those sexy McCain girls, our adventures in the kitchen, and why the spread offense is making mediocre coaches look like geniuses.

Also, we always made a point to at least post once a day, if not more. During the off-season expect us to shift that down and post 2 to 3 times a week.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Will the Moment of Zen Wednesdays continue? Please?!
Of course, silly. We would never give that up.

When will you stop with the off-topic crap and get back to the hoops?
Between late October and early November.

Does this mean you guys will NOT talk about college basketball until October?
Sure we will. If there is a breaking story or something we find interesting, you'll find it here. Like the ever expanding arrests of basketball players at Rhode Island colleges. Gambling on the Island!

What else do you guys do when there is no college hoops on?
We entertain the ladies we neglected during the season. Oh yeah.


(Disclaimer: Not an actual representation of the actual ladies we actually entertain. Wife is unballing fist now.)

On a final note, expect the season end Top 25 Blogpoll to come out early next week. Hmmm, I wonder who's number 1?

Week Eighteen Blogpoll

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll -


A tribute to Drake who we left for dead last week (with Spanish sub-titles). Viva la Bulldogs de la Norte!

1) North Carolina
2) Memphis
3) UCLA
4) Tennessee
5) Kansas
6) Texas
7) Duke
8) Georgetown
9) Wisconsin
10) Xavier
11) Louisville
12) Stanford
13) Notre Dame
14) UConn
15) Butler
16) Drake
17) Purdue
18) Washington St.
19) Vanderbilt
20) Michigan St.
21) Marquette
22) Indiana
23) Davidson
24) Clemson
25) USC

Everyone's vote can be found here.

Comments - We are reaching the home stretch now with just two more blogpolls to go (one for next week and one for the end of the NCAA Tournament). You know USC reminds me of one of those floating buoys in the ocean. One week they are out of the poll, the next week they are in.

In other news, who can resist a college hoops mascot fight! (HT: Fan IQ)

Week Seventeen Blogpoll

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll -



When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
- Jefferson Airplane
White Rabbit

That pretty much sums up the blogpoll for this week...

1) North Carolina
2) Memphis
3) UCLA
4) Tennessee
5) Kansas
6) Duke
7) Texas
8) Stanford
9) Xavier
10) Louisville
11) Wisconsin
12) Georgetown
13) UConn
14) Purdue
15) Notre Dame
16) Butler
17) Vanderbilt
18) Indiana
19) Michigan St.
20) Marquette
21) Washington St.
22) Drake
23) Clemson
24) Gonzaga
25) Mississippi St.

Everyone's vote can be found here.

Comments - Really. Check out last week's poll. A complete scramble for this week. No less than 4 teams received first place votes. Drake slammed down 9 points. 6 teams either moved down or moved up 3 or more points?!

All I can say is this will make for an interesting two weeks. Stay tuned here for another edition of Bettor's Corner tomorrow. No, it doesn't matter that I was wrong last week!

We hate whiners too

A 27 year old man got tired of hearing an 11 year old complain about losing a basketball game. So he did what all of us would have done. He walked up to her and introduced his knuckles to her face!

The girl and her brothers had been fussing about losing a basketball game when (Johntia Luwonziea) Barnette went into the bathroom and punched her in the mouth, saying he was tired of her running her mouth...

The girl suffered a swollen and split upper lip.

We'll be back with some substantial posts come Blogpoll release tomorrow.

Week Sixteen Blogpoll

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll -


I guess that is what you get for tempting the wrath of a vengeful God.

1) Tennessee
2) Memphis
3) North Carolina
4) Texas
5) UCLA
6) Duke
7) Kansas
8) Xavier
9) Stanford
10) Louisville
11) Georgetown
12) Wisconsin
13) Drake
14) Indiana
15) Notre Dame
16) UConn
17) Butler
18) Purdue
19) Washington St.
20) Michigan St.
21) Marquette
22) Vanderbilt
23) Clemson
24) St. Mary's
25) Gonzaga

Everyone's vote can be found here.

Comments -

Dear Memphis,

Hubris can lead to suffering.

Ta,
March to Madness

Louisville and Butler passed each other with Messier 86 type velocity on the poll! Rick Pitino seems to have his kids focused and ready, while Brad Stevens may need a nap after that loss to Drake. Yes, I'm making fun of his age.

Of course this poll was done BEFORE the Tennessee loss to dandy Vandy.

My prediction is that next week Texas or UNC will occupy the #1 spot. Cue the Luda!!!

Blog silence

Sorry about the lack of a post today. Blogpolling and three meetings can do that.

Not even enough time for a snarky picture.

We'll be back tomorrow with your Moment of Zen and the week 16 poll.

Week Fifteen Blogpoll

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll -


Memphis tempting the wrath of a vengeful God by ALREADY celebrating a Tigers win against Tennessee...

1) Memphis
2) Tennessee
3) Kansas
4) Duke
5) North Carolina
6) UCLA
7) Texas
8) Xavier
9) Stanford
10) Butler
11) UConn
12) Wisconsin
13) Georgetown
14) Purdue
15) Drake
16) Louisville
17) Washington St.
18) Indiana
19) Notre Dame
20) Michigan St.
21) St. Mary's
22) Kansas State
23) Vanderbilt
24) Marquette
25) Clemson

Everyone's vote can be found here.

Comments - Mark this down. For the first time in the history of the blogpoll we have a unanimous #1 pick in Memphis.

Next, where's Texas A&M?

*crickets chirping*

Has Drake vs. Butler become a game of the week or what? I need to find some way to see this matchup. I know, I know, what about Memphis vs. Tennessee? That too is gonna be a good game, but call me a sucker for a good mid-major fight.

BYU is trying to sneak into the blogpoll rankings, but I will keep putting them as "NR" as long as I have an ounce of breath left. What makes them deserve it more than say Rhode Island, Arizona or Pittsburgh?

Week Fourteen Blogpoll

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll -



1) Memphis
2) Duke
3) Tennessee
4) Kansas
5) North Carolina
6) UCLA
7) Stanford
8) Texas
9) Georgetown
10) Xavier
11) Drake
12) Michigan St.
13) Butler
14) Wisconsin
15) UConn
16) Indiana
17) Kansas State
18) Washington St.
19) Texas A&M
20) Louisville
21) Notre Dame
22) Purdue
23) St. Mary's
24) Vanderbilt
25) Marquette

Everyone's vote can be found here.

Comments - Work (sigh) prohibits me to make in-depth comments at the moment, but I will say if Memphis loses a game I could very well see Duke shoot up to #1.


Nothing can stop the Duke...

Week Thirteen Blogpoll

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll -



1) Memphis
2) Duke
3) Kansas
4) UCLA
5) North Carolina
6) Tennessee
7) Georgetown
8) Wisconsin
9) Stanford
10) Xavier
11) Drake
12) Texas
13) Butler
14) Michigan St.
15) Indiana
16) Washington St.
17) UConn
18) Kansas State
19) Texas A&M
20) Marquette
21) Arizona
22) St. Mary's
23) Louisville
24) Notre Dame
25) Pittsburgh

Everyone's vote can be found here.

Comments - It was a mere two weeks ago when Ole Miss was a superstar shooting up the polls. But losses to Auburn, Mississippi State and South Carolina drew the ire of the bloggers. I really think that Memphis should not go into the tourney undefeated (reference pic above). It will be a major distraction for a team that gets easily distracted. And UConn is looking like Ole Miss two weeks ago.

Where's Florida you might ask? Screw 'em, getting beat by Arkansas is pretty damn embarrassing. Although I do have to say that the SEC is turning into a cage match.

All quiet on the blogosphere front

Apologies again, work and blogpolling had me tied up...


Please, untie me before they come back. These are some very bad men...

Let's do this -

Proof that Red Bull and vodka will fuck your shit up mentally! Monmouth College basketball player arrested for breakin' and enterin' after all night bender:



(Jesse) Haskett, who admitted to officers he had been drinking Red Bull and Vodka at a local bar, was arrested for criminal trespass to a residence, criminal damage to property and public intoxication.

I wonder what would have happened if Jesse was on that purple drank. Sip!

Did you know that Bobby Knight resigned? You do? Ok.


Guess who's back just in time for the Duke/UNC game. Hip hip hooray. *grumble*

Hate to end on a sad note, but Ohio University-Chillicothe player Jonathan Mason-Davis dies after collapsing during a practice.

Our condolences for the family. RIP.

Week Twelve Blogpoll

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll -


This is what happens to your position in the blogpoll when you lose three games in a row. Yeah, the White guy is Dayton. PWND!

1) Memphis
2) Kansas
3) Duke
4) North Carolina
5) UCLA
6) Tennessee
7) Georgetown
8) Washington St.
9) Michigan St.
10) Texas
11) Indiana
12) Butler
13) Wisconsin
14) Drake
15) Xavier
16) Stanford
17) Marquette
18) Arizona
19) Ole Miss
20) Florida
21) Pittsburgh
22) Kansas State
23) Vanderbilt
24) USC
25) UConn

Everyone's vote can be found here.

Comments - This was probably the first poll that I feel I made some mistakes after everything was finalized. Like I personally ranked Vanderbilt at #18... Never should have given them a ranking period. They are weak. And I should have dropped Indiana more (I had them at 11). I'm not following the rule of rewarding big wins and ruthlessly punishing mediocrity. This must change.

Meet the OJ Spartan

This should affect Baylor in next week's blogpoll. The Bears beat the Aggies in quintuple overtime!!!

Can you imagine how insanely tired both Texas A&M and Baylor were? Good fucking job to Baylor and they definitely deserve the This Is Sparta! award for that effort.


Party on you Bears.

Next, Carmelo Anthony determined to destroy OJ Mayo's career at the same time he goes down in flames.

The NCAA states that student-athletes may not receive "free or reduced-cost admission to professional athletics contests from professional sports organizations, unless such services also are available to the student body in general."

Mayo, averaging a team-leading 19.7 points and 4.6 rebounds, said Anthony made the offer of tickets at a party he hosted Sunday night.

"I was talking to him like, 'Man, you're out pretty late. You've got a game tomorrow night against Kobe (Bryant),"' Mayo said. "He said, 'Nah, it will be all right.' And then he asked, 'You want to come to the game?' And I was like, 'Sure."'

For the record, Carmelo's Nuggets went on to lose against the Lakers 99 to 116. Now by Carmelo saying "Nah, it will be all right," was he being the usual NBA cocky, or did he know they were gonna lose against Kobe anyway so might as well party?

The tix were courtside seats near mid-court and worth $230 each. I guess Mayo is relieved he didn't have to pay to see his buddy get beat down...


Nice seats...

Week Eleven Blogpoll

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll -


Everything seems nice... Everything's OK. Isn't it?

1) Memphis
2) Kansas
3) Tennessee
4) Duke
5) North Carolina
6) Washington St.
7) UCLA
8) Indiana
9) Michigan St.
10) Georgetown
11) Wisconsin
12) Texas
13) Butler
14) Dayton
15) Ole Miss
16) Vanderbilt
17) Pittsburgh
18) Drake
19) Texas A&M
20) Xavier
21) Marquette
22) Stanford
23) Villanova
24) St. Mary's
25) Arizona State

Everyone's vote can be found here.

Comments - This had to have been the ugliest, most contentious blogpoll vote yet. Everyone seemed to agree about #1 through #10 but after that is where the violence started. I think if you would have put all the voters in a room for this week's poll, there would have been blood.

Especially over Wisconsin.

Tar and Liveblogging and stuff...

Watched UNC vs. Georgia Tech last night. Great game where the Tar Heels were on the verge of getting their first loss. Georgia Tech had two, count them, TWO chances to make the game winning shot (at that point it was UNC 83 - GT 82 with about 10 seconds left and Georgia Tech had the ball).

They missed both, even after Zack Peacock got his OWN rebound and tried another shot for the Yellow Jackets.


Zach, Zach, Zach...

I felt like giving them an honorary Blogpoll vote but now have changed my mind. A top 25 team would have closed that game with a chance like that. No, CHANCES like that (as in PLURAL).



Ok, so here is the deal. I have decided to liveblog from Vegas this Saturday for the Duke/Clemson game. I will have the digital camera so I will be completely set up to bring you some pics and video from Vegas real time (example - If at halftime I go to the casino floor and see some hot, half dressed drunk gal playing slots I'm gonna snap it and post it immediately. Same with possible video). Hey, I'm even doing some show prep now to make sure things go smoothly!

HOWEVER - The liveblog might not happen if one of the following occurs:

1) I'm too drunk to type
2) I'm playing craps or blackjack at the time and I'm winning
3) I'm following another game in the sports book at the time and "my" team is winning


You're so money...

Week Ten Blogpoll

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll -


WHEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

1) Memphis
2) North Carolina
3) Kansas
4) UCLA
5) Tennessee
6) Duke
7) Washington St.
8) Indiana
9) Texas A&M
10) Michigan St.
11) Butler
12) Marquette
13) Georgetown
14) Dayton
15) Ole Miss
16) Wisconsin
17) Pittsburgh
18) Xavier
19) Vanderbilt
20) Texas
21) Rhode Island
22) Arizona State
23) Drake
24) Miami (FL)
25) Clemson

Everyone's vote can be found here.

Comments - Wow, where the hell did Arizona State come from?! PWND!1!! And while we're at it, Dayton looks freakin' tough. At this moment they could probably beat Georgetown, as long as the Flyers don't party too much with their female student population beforehand.


Roman Catholics at their finest...

How the mighty have fallen: Villanova's descent from grace was pretty stunning.

Live from Guadalajara!

You know I couldn't stay away. But I have to make this quick and bland (no media embeds) for the wife might start to wonder why I keep laughing at the computer screen instead of spending time with her familia...

Oregon loses 62-68 to OAKLAND!?!?

Damn, I hope the blogpoll punishes them for that.

And yeah, just like I thought, SDSU blows another critical RPI test. And Zona has another weapon.

Week Six Blogpoll

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll -



1) North Carolina
2) Memphis
3) Texas
4) Kansas
5) Duke
6) Washington St.
7) Georgetown
8) UCLA
9) Michigan St.
10) Marquette
11) Indiana
12) Texas A&M
13) Tennessee
14) Butler
15) Pittsburgh
16) Clemson
17) Vanderbilt
18) Miami (FL)
19) Arizona
20) Gonzaga
21) Rhode Island
22) Oregon
23) West Virginia
24) Xavier
25) BYU

Everyone's vote can be found here.

No comments this week outside of *sigh* BYU. Have a happy holiday season and I'll see you January 7th.

Your Wednesday Moment of Zen (on Tuesday)

Yes, it is true. I will be out of the country until January 6th, so this blog will be dark. I owe you two more things though. Your Moment of Zen and the final Blogpoll for this week. For the next two weeks, the Blogpoll will be hosted by Vegas Watch for December 26th and then by Storming The Court for January 2nd. Thanks guys!

And here ya go...

March To Madness presents... The bond between a mother and daughter

NSFW

Yes, they are real. All four of them.

Come back on 1/7/08! Please?

Week Five Blogpoll

Here is the official consensus top 25 blogpoll -



1) North Carolina
2) Memphis
3) Texas
4) Kansas
5) Duke
6) UCLA
7) Georgetown
8) Washington St.
9) Michigan St.
10) Marquette
11) Texas A&M
12) Indiana
13) Tennessee
14) Butler
15) Oregon
16) Xavier
17) Pittsburgh
18) Clemson
19) Vanderbilt
20) Louisville
21) Gonzaga
22) Miami (FL)
23) St. Mary's
24) Arizona
25) BYU

Everyone's vote can be found here.

Comments - Why oh why on God's green earth is BYU still there? No one right now in the MWC is worthy of a top 25 ranking. No one. Am I wrong? Please show me the error of my ways.

PWND!!!11!! Louisville gets one of these:



And now the Cardinals has no Caracter? Oh dear indeed.

If Duke keeps on winning like they are, I think they will make it to the top three now. They might even have a great shot at beating the Tar Heels. Am I willing to say they will go deep in the Madness? Not quite yet.

Arizona is maddening. They come out and play like circa 1992 Michigan, then the fucking very next game they come out and play like circa 2002 Michigan.

Georgetown is starting to scare me...