Updated bracket and failed liveblog

First, this is where we are at:



Not too shabby. We shall see what transpires today.

Next, we have to admit that we failed you. Yesterday we planned to do a liveblog of the first round. And we did, yet it was a little below our standards. And our standards are low to begin with, so lets just say it was shitty.

Between the myriad of technical problems we were encountering with the CoveritLive platform and this:



A sub-par event was created. Apologies to all. We want to do a makeup liveblog but we have to see when we can squeeze it in.

Other than that, enjoy you Friday!

Oh wait, conference root time. Congrats to UNLV for that pounding they gave Kent State!!!!!! Next stop, Kansas. *sigh*

Selection Show live (kind of)

This is where I will be talking about the picks for March Madness. When it happens.

Right now I'm cooking my famous spicy red beans and rice chicken thighs. I should come up with a better name.

Be back at 3 pm.

3 pm: And here we go....

UNC, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA as number ones... No surprises there.

On the live feeds into the different team, Xavier is sitting there like "Fuck you, where did you place us." Confidence.

That is crap... Mt. St. Mary's has to do a play in. Indiana is playing Arkansas? That is gonna be a slaughter.

Bye bye American U. They play Tennessee.

Boise State? Where did they come from? 14th seed.

There is not gonna be a 16th seed beating a #1 seed this year!!!

Conference root! UNLV AT #8!!!!!!!!

WISCONSIN AS A NUMBER #3?!?!

Hey, my wife's undergrad school Cal State Fullerton is in. But playing Wisconsin. They are not good to me (the Badgers), but they are unfortunately better than Fullerton.

USC against Kansas State. It's gonna be Mayo versus Beasley!!!! That should be good.

Almost All these 16th seeds are here for the first time. I feel bad for them.

I was wrong... Miami is in.

Conference root! BYU also as a #8!!!!!

MUST SEE GAME! West Virginia vs. Arizona!


A nod to blogger and WKU alum, The Bracket Board. Good luck!

Ok, I'm out. We will probably publish our bracket either tonight or tomorrow.

I'm so fustrated!

This time sickness has grabbed a hold of me and has prevented me from giving a decent post. You don't want to know the details.

But in the meantime... I don't report much (if at all) on Women's college hoops, but this was too good to pass up. (HT: Sunday Morning QB)

Michigan was leading the game by 18 points, but Wisconsin came back and end up beating them. That would be eligibility for the Always Be Closing award, however since I don't follow what the women do, I can't really give that prestigious award out.

Below is Michigan's coach after the game. Saying he was angry is like saying the Sun is kind of hot.

Beware the Mountain West

Maybe the MWC is not getting enough credit. I know we are still early in the season, but man! San Diego State, Air Force, UNLV, Brigham Young and New Mexico is tearing through their non-conference schedule, Utah took former #1 seed Washington to the wire (although they fucking gift wrapped that game to the Huskies with those ticky tack fouls). I mean geez louise, you let your three best scorers foul out at the same time?!

"You've got to give them credit — they played well down the stretch," said (Utah coach Jim) Boylen. "But you can't let a team shoot 37 free throws on the road and expect to win."

No, you can't expect to win when you keep your three best players in the game with foul trouble! Have you heard of quick rotation, Jim?

I would have NEVER done that to you!

Anyway, if SDSU can't get into the Dance, we will always switch to whoever is in our conference that made it.

And I'm starting to become more confident that the MWC will be a multi-bid conference.