Cheerleaders with glasses are hot

From the Vandy/Florida tussle. That is all.

A finger lickin' good game

Louisville 62 - Pitt 59 OT

So yeah yeah the Panthers lost against the Cardinals how will this affect Pitt's bid for a #1 seed in the tournament blah blah. The real story here was in the final seconds of the game. Score 60 to 57 in overtime the Cardinals stole the ball from Pitt and drove the length of the court ending with a slam dunk making it 62 to 57. Thunderous applause erupted from the Yum Center. A Louisville male cheerleader who mistakenly thought the game was over ran out onto the court, grabbed the basketball and threw it up into the air.

Only there was 1.5 seconds left on the clock. Louisville was assessed a technical for the cheerleader stunt. Now the CBS cameras were trained on that cheerleader for 10 minutes while the referees were assessing the technical. The announcers (including Gus Johnson) were saying "if Pitt wins this game because of what that cheerleader did he is in trouble!". The look on his face was priceless. Clearly uncomfortable but trying to be cool about it. Pitt shot two free throws making the score 62 to 59. They got the ball but alas was unable to score ending the game.

That was classic. Go Louisville.

UPDATE: Video of the whole sordid affair heyah.

Bye Bye Birdie

Louisville 79 - Connecticut 78 (OT)

Gray skies are gonna clear up
Put on a happy face
Brush off the clouds and cheer up
Put on a happy face

Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy
It's not your style
You'll look so good that you'll be glad
You decided to smile

So the 6 game Big East win streak is over for the Huskies. The strange thing, the really strange thing is that Kemba Walker had a chance to beat the Cardinals in overtime with a three point jumper...

And he missed. We know, that usually doesn't happen.

The Big East continues their battle royal towards the conference championship.

The BS Bowl

Hey, where is the 'C' in that title?

We took the night off last night to watch the Oregon / Auburn "National Championship" game. One because we genuinely do like college football. And two because we love to be reminded that our sport has a true playoff and national championship game. Regular content to return tonight (or tomorrow AM). God bless March Madness.

A complete game

San Diego St 90 - UC Santa Barbara 64

It happened. It finally happened. An excellent showing by the Aztecs in all phases of the game. Excellent field goal shots (56%), 3 point shots (50%), free throw shots (82%!), rebounds, everything. Our story has always been... Wait, we'll just let one of the players explain:

"Usually the first half is always kind of lazy for us, we always start off kind of slow and then we pick it up in the second half."
- SDSU forward Billy White

There. And we all know that you can't keep winning games like that. They'll be one team that will produce such a lead going into the half that you can't overcome it in the second. But as the flow chart shows we were hitting on all cylinders last night -



This is how you play to win the game. Now only if we can do this every game.

Celebration

In honor of SDSU being ranked for the first time in both the AP (#18) and coaches poll (#22), here are the Top 25 Cheerleaders in the AP poll!



In order from left to right (as of 11/22) - Duke, Michigan State, Ohio State, Kansas State, Pittsburgh, Kansas, Villanova, Kentucky, Syracuse, Purdue, Missouri, Baylor, Washington, Memphis, Minnesota, Florida, Georgetown, San Diego State, Illinois, Texas, Temple, Gonzaga, BYU, Tennessee, North Carolina

Which one do YOU like?

(HT: Bleacher Report)

UPDATE: Sad Temple. That cheerleader above seemed worried about the Cal game too.

We are sheep. Baaaaaaaa...

Everyone is doing a top moments of this tournament or top moments of the tournament in general. So here are our fav moments of this tourney:

1) The hat

Being in Las Vegas when San Diego State won the Mountain West Tournament outright for an automatic bid to the Dance. This will stick with us for years to come. Go Aztecs.

2) Kansas State / Xavier double overtime

Two overtimes because of ridiculous last second off balance three point shots to keep each team alive. The phrase "This is what it's all about" kept on being said at Gabby's house long after the game was over.

3) Kansas State / Butler

You had crying cheerleaders. Enough said!

4) Northern Iowa rocks the fucking world

This will be remembered as the defining moment of the tournament. Kansas. Kansas? UNI beat number one ranked KANSAS! After the game we turned to Mrs. March to Madness and said "Remember this moment. Tell your children about this moment. Tell your grandchildren about this moment. Make sure they never forget."

Happy Friday.

Phil Knight, Nike and well heeled Ducks

Reportedly the University of Oregon wants to offer Michigan State coach Tom Izzo a contract worth somewhere north of $32 million dollars over multiple years to become their next basketball coach.

Yes, Tom Izzo.

Heck, why not Mike Krzyzewski? Jim Calhoun? Roy Williams?

How freaking ridiculous is this? Izzo is no John Calipari folks.

UPDATE: It is so ridiculous that coach Izzo had to take time out of preparing his team against Butler in the Final Four to deny being interested.

Bring the pain

This is what CBS will not show you from the Kansas State / Butler game on their highlights. KSU cheerleaders, players, coaches crying. This is March Madness.

The is not CBS.

San Diego State lost??

We told you so.

Yeah, the picture has nothing to do with the Aztecs loss against BYU. Sue us.

Hello NIT.

Lessons in lazy cheerleading

Observed during the West Virginia / Syracuse game...

Gabby: Are the West Virginia Cheerleaders wearing shoes?
Dave: I don't know.
Gabby: I don't think they are wearing shoes.
Dave: Well, it is West fuckin' Virginia.
Gabby: Country, man. Pure country.

Bad time to be a Caucasian cheerleader

Mississippi State forward Jarvis Varnado hates his school's cheerleaders, feels there's not enough women of color.

Oi Vey

VCU's cheerleaders may be Fugly, but the basketball team's style of play es beautiful, mang.

From start to finish the Rams manhandled Oklahoma. Just a bombs over Baghdad 3 point barrage VCU brought. There is a joke in the college football universe that goes as such: What does Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops do? He loses football games. Maybe we should add Jeff Capel to that list for having his 17th ranked Sooners lose a game they had no business losing.

But give credit where credit is due. Congrats VCU for beating a ranked team for the first time since 1989. You know the Commonwealth is 10 minutes away from Gabby. He needs to head down there for a game.

Why we love it

March Madness makes cheerleaders forget to cheer...



Case in point, if you look at the upper left hand side of this crappy video you will notice Siena's cheerleaders throwing out any scripted synchronized celebration cheer after their double overtime win.

We especially love the Asian cheerleader's "I've lost my mind" arms flailing look.

At least there's that...

San Diego State's APR in Men's Basketball: 929

The lowest score a school can have before penalties: 925

4 points... I'll take it!



UPDATE: I would use the Lord's name in vain if I wasn't Catholic. San Diego State's shameful 100 student drug bust now mocked on The M Zone.

Grrrrrr..... I can't even look at my diploma right now.

R.I.P - Arizona State Cheerleading Squad

ASU cuts cheerleaders after "racy" photos come out.



(HT: NCAA FanHouse, of course)

Your Wednesday Moment of Zen

March to Madness presents... The West Fuckin Virginia Stretch!

My oh my.

What would cheerleaders do with no fans?

Because of that Atlanta storm, the SEC tournament was moved to the tiny Alexander Memorial Coliseum at Georgia Tech.

And because of THAT, the SEC and the NCAA has banned ticket holding fans from watching the games.



(Let's read their minds, shall we?)

First girl from left: This is sooooooo lame.
2nd girl from left: I need a nap.
3rd girl from left: Go Bulldogs... Yeah... Go...
4th girl from left: Did Bobby call me yet? My boyfriend is the best. I'm in love.
5th girl from left: Mmmmmmm, wonder if Bobby has woken up yet. Last night was so good.

Your Wednesday Moment of Zen (special edition)

Hoosier cheerleader exemplifies the "butterface" concept...



Now brace yourself. 2nd NSFW pic behind cut.

Cut

(HT: With Leather)

7-Out

I was kinda shocked to find out that Oregon stymied the Lopez brothers. I mean, once they were both back and at full strength Stanford seemed to leap into top 25 contention.

And Oregon is very VERY inconsistent at times.

Yeah, I would have lost money on that in Vegas. Speaking of Vegas that is where I, Mr. "Blackjack Ladyfingers" will be this weekend. And you know what that means:


Did someone say "party"? And yes, I do dance like her when in Vegas. Very lame.

Nothing beats college hoops and the sports book. Might liveblog from there if I am not too drunk. Or maybe I SHOULD liveblog when I'm drunk. That would make for good trainwreck theater.

Lute Olson's divorce forcing kids to flee program.

UA freshman guard Laval Lucas-Perry quit the Arizona men's basketball team Monday, announcing he has decided to transfer to another school. He's undecided on where that will be.

His father, Laval Perry, did not return a call for comment.

Don't even tell me he left for another reason.

Nice article about how San Diego State now controls the MWC. Yes, we actually do...


Surprise, surprise.

Still doesn't mean that we will get into the big dance. But nice nonetheless. And an excuse to post an SDSU cheerleader photo (like I really need one).


NIT! NIT! Rah rah rah! Rah rah rah!