The enemy of my enemy is my friend

If you can't make out the this sign shown in Blacksburg, VA it says "NOLAN SMITH POY?? FREDETTE ABOUT IT!! NOT IN JIMMERICA"

Nice. Virginia Tech's season is on the line and all they can think about is BYU.

We did it to you again!

BYU 80 - SDSU 67

That was eerily similar to last month. We need auto type for this: Once again we were victims of our own poor 3 point shooting and the inability to convert opponent turnovers into points. Add to that the embarrassing way we handled a loss on national television by throwing trash on the court. At this point we have serious doubts if we can win in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament.

Alright, we have a bet we need to pay on -

We love you Jimmer. You're the best. Mormons own us. We suck.

BYU vs. SDSU - The Rematch

So, there was this. Yeah, that ended badly. Let's hope today goes better. We already gave instructions on how to beat Fredette. We have Gus on our side. And they say coach Fisher is a student of history. The world shall know the truth in a few hours.

Go Aztecs.

It's a party in West Lafayette

Purdue 76 - Ohio State 63

Maybe Buckeyes forward Jared Sullinger can listen to some Miley to console himself on the ride home. It wasn't that Ohio State was playing badly, it was that Purdue just played a little bit better with a home crowd. If this was a tournament game on a neutral court the Buckeyes probably would have won this. Good game nonetheless with lots of great plugs on the upcoming game this Saturday.

Don't mess with Texas. Unless you're Nebraska.

In a day of upsets who could have seen this coming? The Cornhuskers owned the team we said should be #1 until the last couple of minutes of the game. The Longhorns strength allowed them to come back in it but it was a little too late.

Well, one person knew Nebraska would win...

Pittsburgh dislikes this video

St. John's 60 - Pitt 59

What is with the Johnnies and Madison Square Garden? First we were saying they were lucky beating West Virginia at home, then they turn around and make MSG a house of horrors for all opponents. In a game that folks all but gave Pitt the win, the Red Storm hung tough and beat the Panthers at their own game with vicious defense. Then with the game on the line and 11 seconds left this happens...



Yeah, we are putting St. John's as a BUBBLE BUT IN at this point.

Survival Saturday

There are two games we are particularly interested in today's ESPN Bracket Buster madness -

Utah State at St. Mary's: Both teams lost to horrible opponents this past week. Because of this (and also the lack of quality opponents down the stretch) we feel that both teams are currently looking at a BUBBLE BUT OUT situation. Another loss would be curtains for either team.

UNLV at Colorado State: We think that UNLVGirl said it all this week about the slumping Rebels. Colorado State has gotten attention but no real quality wins. While UNLV isn't exactly quality at this point it certainly will make a strong case for the Rams to be in the Tournament. The Rebels just needs some wins period to keep their hopes alive.

A dreaded "L" for any of these teams by end of day will cause some of these players to take out their frustrations in new and interesting ways...

The night shift

Games we are watching tonight:

SDSU at UNLV - 8 pm
Pittsburgh at Villanova - 9 pm

Kiss kiss, bang bang. Who you got?

Update: Geez Louise why does San Diego State give us heart palpitations?

Ed Hightower strikes again

Syracuse lost this game because of Hightower, plain and simple. The Orange were down by 3 with 28 seconds left, had the ball with a driving layup and was fouled. What would you call it when an Orange player clearly establishes his position in the paint, was trying to make the shot and a Cardinal player flies across the lane and nearly tackles him?

Ref Ed called it a jump ball with possession going to Louisville.

And then you get Louisville 73 - Syracuse 69. Nice.

Game 2: Duke sweats, then has Curry

Duke 79 - North Carolina 73

If you were to watch the first 25 minutes of this contest you would have said the following:

"Man, North Carolina is gonna roll over Duke in their own house."

At one point North Carolina was leading by 16 points. But then Blue Devil guard Seth Curry went OFF for 15 points in a span of 10 minutes. If it wasn't for Stephen little brother we would have been looking at a rare loss for Duke at Cameron Indoor.

You know, Steph reminds us of Jimmer...

Game 1: Syracuse stumbles (again)

Georgetown 64 - Syracuse 56

First of our double header. Wow, what can we say? This game was a lot closer than we thought it would be (up until the last 3 minutes). We seriously thought that with Georgetown's recent struggles and with Syracuse's recent upswing the Orange would basically run the Hoyas out of the Carrier Dome. Not so much, huh?

Welcome Back, Kotter

Maybe Bruce Pearl should stay away from coaching Tennessee in games permanently. From start to finish Kentucky controlled this contest especially on the boards. Couple that with the Volunteers inability to buy a shot makes for a not so sweet return and a 12 point loss.

We better stop our commentary here before Brandy Pearl says we are crucifying another Jew.

James Madison loses game on travel call

Virginia Commonwealth 70 - James Madison 66

So, there was a travel call on James Madison with less than a minute left which cost the Dukes possession and the game only down by 2 at that point. And let's just say the Dukes were none too happy. We couldn't make out much but here is what we did make out:

Fucking Ref! Fuck!

Now now kids. You know what they say about profanity.

College Station is stunned

Baylor 76 - Texas A&M 74

Baylor demonstrates that a #16 ranking doesn't mean much...

We saw Duke naked and it wasn't pretty

St. John's 93 - Duke 78

The Red Reign returns and the top 25 carnage continues. In a week that saw 12 ranked teams lose this was the icing on the cake. The Blue Devils were absolutely pantsed in this game by the Red Storm's stifling defense, at one point trailing by 20 point. Duke's horrible beyond the arc shooting didn't help matters either. But you have to hand it to St. John's Lavin, he had something left in the coaching tank after sitting behind a desk at ESPN. Or maybe it's Gene Keady.

So hey Duke, go back to the ACC. You're not ready for the Big East yet.

BATTLE!!!

Wisconsin students drown sorrows in beer after losing to Penn State 52 to 56


Seriously. We need to start calling Penn State the ranked team assassins. Wisconsin had the game in hand but credit Nittany Lion guard Talor Battle. He single handedly beat the Badgers with a barrage of threes in the second half and this was the THIRD time he has done this. But we're assuming you guys have already saw or read all this elsewhere...

Here is what you will NOT see: We now are predicting Penn State will be in March Madness as a 12-16 seed. Deal with it.

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.

Towson pays for their insolence

Poor little girl. She doesn't deserve all this.

Towson took their sweet ass time getting to their game with George Mason. Tom Yeager, Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner was so angry at this lack of respect he publicly admonished the Tigers.

Shamed, Towson finally took the court against George Mason. The Patriots decided to finish the job that Yeager started and ran the Tigers out of the building to the tune of 84 to 58. As a final slap the schools could only get people to show up by giving away tickets.

CAA basketball. Catch it!

We really really really want...

...to see the St. Mary's / Gonzaga game. The Bulldogs must win in order to stay in the March Madness discussion. But there is no way we can survive that 11 pm start time with everything that goes on around here:



Let us know what happened tomorrow.

Ben Hansbrough's yer daddy

Notre Dame 56 - Pittsburgh 51

Well... You allow Notre Dame guard Hansbrough to drive the lane again and again and again (and again) you deserve to lose. Fucking hell it was painful to watch the total lapse of defense against one of the Big East's best players. Let us show you what the conversation was like around here during this game:

"Did Hansbrough just drive the lane and score with little to no hindrance from the Panthers?"

"Yes.

"Hmmm. Ok. Wait, did he just do it again?"

"Uh-huh."

"Hmmm. He is definitely good."

"I don't think it's him more than it's Pitts lack of defense."

"Did he just do it AGAIN? Does Dixon know? I mean is he going to call a time out or something to adjust for this?"

"Guess not. Let's just post now that Pittsburgh lost. I need a drink."

"Get me one too."