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?

We wish turkey only cost a nickle

This is the "G" version of this picture. Click above for the "PG-13" prep version.

Our viewing schedule:

Monday, November 22nd
Wichita St. at Connecticut - 3 pm (game of interest)
Oklahoma at Kentucky - 5:30 pm
San Diego St. at Miami (Ohio) - 7 pm (game of interest)
Marquette at Duke - 7:30 pm
Gonzaga at Kansas St. - 9:30 pm (game of interest)

Tuesday, November 23rd
Virginia at Washington - 12 am (yes, we will be up. Steve's bringing the Red Bull)
Butler at Siena - 7 pm

Wednesday, November 24th
VCU at Tennessee - 7 pm
UCLA at Villanova - 9 pm

So what about Thursday through Sunday? Who knows. Depends on how these tournaments are going but we will pay special attention to the Cancun Challenge. Why? Because it's Cancun, bitch.

We're halfway there...

Hit it, Natalie...

(San Diego State has) all five starters returning from a 25-9 squad that reached the NCAA Tournament as well as the addition of a well-regarded group of freshmen and transfers. Already, SDSU has been included in several preseason Top 25 rankings. The university’s media relations department is calling it "the most anticipated season in Aztec basketball history."
- Sign On San Diego

From mainstream pundits like Katz and Vitale to bloggers like Collegehoops, almost everyone has the Aztecs ranked as one of the top 25 teams in the country. Even stalwarts such as the Associated Press Content has SDSU ranked at least a tad bit outside the top 25.

With their first ever national network prime time TV game on February 26th, 2011 these are heady days for the Aztecs.

We here at M2M have a new lease on life and a new mantra; We will not take failure. Not this time. Fuck you, failure.

We will also have a new addition to the M2M family. That's right, baby M2M. He should be screaming his way from Mrs. M2M's insides around mid December. Just in time for... SDSU vs. Wichita State? Yikes. Sorry kid.

The thinning of the herd

This is it

You think that maybe it's over.
Only if you want it to be.
Are you gonna wait for your sign? Your miracle?
Stand up and fight!

Our viewing schedule:

SATURDAY
West Virginia at Villanova - 12 pm
Cincinnati at Georgetown - 12 pm
Maryland at Virginia - 1:30 pm
Syracuse at Louisville (game of interest) - 2 pm
South Carolina at Vanderbilt - 2 pm
Texas at Baylor (game of interest) - 4 pm
UAB at UTEP - 9:05 pm

SUNDAY
Florida at Kentucky - 12 pm
Wisconsin at Illinois - 2 pm
Michigan at Michigan St. (game of interest) - 4 pm

Make no mistake where you are, bubble teams. Take Kenny Loggins' sage lyrics to heart. ESPN's Bracket Busters was crap, this is the true bracket busting time at the end of the regular season and conference tourneys. So get in, sit down and hold on. 5 more days to Vegas and 8 more days until we know.

No wise man has the power to reason away

Our viewing schedule:

SATURDAY
Kentucky at Tennessee (game of interest) - 12 pm
Texas at Texas A&M - 2 pm
Cincinnati at West Virginia - 2 pm
VCU at Old Dominion - 4 pm
Villanova at Syracuse - 8 pm

SUNDAY
Marquette at Seton Hall - 12 pm
Richmond at Xavier (game of interest) - 1 pm
Michigan St. at Purdue - 4 pm
Duke at Virginia - 7:45 pm

Now we get to the part of the season where people start grasping at straws on why their team should get into the tournament, hence the Doobie Brothers reference. We believe SDSU will totally get in based on quality wins and their RPI. Yeah.

We're talking about the NIT of course. Go Aztecs...

Maybe we shouldn't breathe so much

NSFW, from a cinematic point of view...

Our viewing schedule:

SATURDAY
North Carolina at Boston College - Noon
Tennessee vs. the Downey Ball - 1:30 pm
Texas at Texas Tech (game of interest) - 2 pm
Virginia at Clemson - 4 pm
Kansas St. at Oklahoma - 6 pm
Kentucky at Vanderbilt (game of interest) - 6 pm

SUNDAY
Villanova at Pittsburgh (game of interest) - Noon
Virginia Tech at Duke - 7:45 pm

Unfortunately that will not be us after watching the games today and tomorrow. Real life intrudes throughout this weekend and we need to keep our wits about us. But don't let that stop you. Have a drink for us.

What a week

Our viewing schedule:

SATURDAY
Missouri at Baylor - 1:45 pm
Oklahoma at Oklahoma St. - 2 pm
Providence at Villanova - 2 pm
Indiana at Wisconsin - 2 pm
N.C. State at North Carolina (game of interest) - 4 pm
UNLV at San Diego St. - 4 pm
VCU at James Madison - 6 pm
Xavier at Florida - 6 pm
Georgia Tech at Wake Forest (game of interest) - 8 pm

SUNDAY
DePaul at Seton Hall - Noon
Louisville at Syracuse - 1 pm
Ohio St. at Illinois - 1 pm

It was unanimous how rough of a week it was for all of us. We just want to drink and watch loads of basketball and pray Monday never comes. Unless it's a snow day (again) and the wives declare Sex on Monday Day.

No TPS reports this weekend!

Our viewing schedule:

SATURDAY
Xavier at Dayton - 12 pm
Villanova at Georgetown - 12 pm
Wake Forest at Virginia - 12 pm
Temple at Richmond (game of interest) - 2 pm
Gonzaga at Memphis - 4 pm
Texas at Oklahoma - 4 pm
Southern Ill. at Northern Iowa (game of interest) - 6 pm
Seton Hall at Pittsburgh - 6 pm
Michigan St. at Illinois - 9 pm

SUNDAY
South Florida at Notre Dame (game of interest) - 12 pm

If things go well we might be showing you our O-face.

Home alone

Our viewing schedule:

SATURDAY
Marquette at Connecticut - Noon
Duke at Georgetown (game of interest) - 1 pm
Indiana at Illinois - 2 pm
Vanderbilt at Kentucky (game of interest) - 4 pm
Kansas at Kansas St. (game of interest) - 7 pm

SUNDAY
Pittsburgh at South Florida (game of interest) - 1 pm
Saint Joseph's at Duquesne - 4 pm

Mrs. March to Madness is out of town so it's just us guys here. Hit up Gabby via AIM (shoegazergabby). We all might do a chat room if needed. Let the games begin.

Hello, Kitty

Our viewing schedule:

SATURDAY
Michigan State at Minnesota (game of interest) - Noon
Boston College at Virginia Tech - 1:30 pm
Marquette at Syracuse - 2 pm
DePaul at Notre Dame - 2 pm
Arkansas at Kentucky - 4 pm
Texas at UConn - 4 pm
Dayton at St. Joseph's - 6 pm
St. Bonaventure at Duquesne - 7 pm

SUNDAY
Pittsburgh at Seton Hall (game of interest) - 2 pm

So take care of that morning wood and get yer game on. Oklahoma's Lesli Jones ought to do it for ya (Not Safe For Anything). That's right, we like our women voluptuous, bushy or both.

What you got?

These dudes is monsters, man. I mean if they can't watch it, blog it, or laugh about it they don't want it.

SATURDAY
Syracuse at West Virginia - Noon
Penn St. at Iowa - 1:05 pm
Georgia Tech at North Carolina (game of interest) - 2 pm
Notre Dame at Cincinnati - 4 pm
Virginia Tech at Florida St - 6 pm
Saint Joseph's at St. Bonaventure - 7 pm battle of the saints!
Gonzaga at San Diego (game of interest) - 9 pm

SUNDAY
Georgetown at Villanova (game of interest) - Noon
Wake Forest at Duke - 8 pm

Our viewing schedule will also include copious amounts of wine and seafood. So throw your hands up and keep rolling (rolling rolling rolling).

Good morning, America!!!

Did you miss us? With college football officially done the focus is now on the greatest sport evah! We'll be updating you throughout the weekend with pics, vids and comments from the games. Our drink of choice? Chardonnay. Because that's how we roll. The viewing schedule is as follows:

SATURDAY
UConn at Georgetown (game of interest) - Noon
Purdue at Wisconsin - 1:30 pm
Marquette at Villanova (game of interest) - 2 pm
UNLV at New Mexico - 4 pm
Georgia at Kentucky - 4 pm
San Diego State at Wyoming (game of interest) - 6 pm
West Virginia at Notre Dame - 8 pm

SUNDAY
Temple at Rhode Island - 1 pm
Kansas at Tennessee (game of interest) - 4:30 pm
Virginia Tech at UNC - 7:45 pm

Bench press Asian women and stay thirsty, my friends.

Weekend schedule and Blogpoll stuff

We're gonna be watching the evening games for the most part tonight starting with Florida at Tennessee. Sunday we hope to catch Virginia at former No. 1 Duke among other games.

Oh yeah, we'll watch the Super Bowl too.

Also, the weekly Blogpoll as you know it is going away. But never fear, it will be replaced by the most excellent MGoBlog college basketball Blogpoll. Actually most all the current Blogpoll participants will be moving over there as well. So now we will post our ballot here and a link to the compilation vote. While it was fun running it, we also know Brian at MGo will do a way better job.

The Blogpoll is dead. Long live the Blogpoll!

There's no such thing as plagiarism on the Internets

So the whole Duke-UNC countdown on CBS Sports has made the rounds including posts about the ridiculousness of it here and here. But who knew the latter post about it would lead to the following exchange?







Are we being defended by a loyal reader? Are we being complimented on our quickness in delivering a scoop? Neither, we're not that good. But it was still amusing for us to read.

Are the Aztecs playing ASU next? Not quite, we gotta get past the Tritons first. We play the Blogpoll's 15th ranked Sun Devils on November 18th. First loss here we come! But 2009 is looking good though with our top 25 ranked recruiting class.

Can those kids play now?

Are you ready for some (23 hours of) basketball?

ESPN, that world wide leader of sports has cooked up a doozy of an opening in college hoops land. They have decided to air 14 damn games all in a row on November 18th.

The idea, says ESPN programmer Ilan Ben-Hanan, was to create a made-for-TV "stunt" to give college basketball a sort of round-the-clock opening day...

Ben-Hanan says "by no means would we pressure anybody" to take nocturnal tip times. Rather, teams saw it as a "unique exposure opportunity. And we suggested they maybe turn the games into pajama parties."

Yeah? Well break out the milk and cookies! Among the games scheduled are UMass at Memphis, Fresno State at St. Mary's, Iowa at Kansas and Kentucky at North Carolina. Games will span from midnight (EST) on the 18th to approx. 11:30 pm on the 19th.

ESPN sage and college basketball analyst Andy Katz gave his infinite insight into all of this with the following:

None of this was easy to put together. The programming department at ESPN had to work with existing games, tournaments and some previously scheduled games had to be tweaked to come earlier in the season.

Ok. We'll file that in the No Shit department. But we're not complaining. After this dreadfully boring off-season, we would watch Rice at Troy with rapt attention.


Party at Gabby's!

Do you have time for this?

Here is a listing of all the games for Thursday and Friday along with who will be calling them. All times are EST. On CBS. You knew THAT, right?

Thursday -

12:20 - (12) Temple vs. (5) Michigan State (Gus Johnson and Len Elmore)
12:20 - (14) Georgia vs. (3) Xavier (Craig Bolerjack and Bob Wenzel)
12:25 - (16) Portland State vs. (1) Kansas (Kevin Harlan and Dan Bonner)
2:30 - (11) Kentucky vs. (6) Marquette (Dick Enberg, Carter Blackburn, Jay Bilas)
2:50 - (11) Baylor vs. (6) Purdue (Craig Bolerjack and Bob Wenzel)
2:55 - (9) Kent State vs. (8) UNLV (Kevin Harlan and Dan Bonner)
3:00 - (13) Oral Roberts vs. (4) Pittsburgh (Gus Johnson and Len Elmore)
4:55 PM - (14) Cornell vs. (3) Stanford (Dick Enberg, Carter Blackburn, Jay Bilas)
7:10 - (11) Kansas State vs. (6) USC (Kevin Harlan and Dan Bonner)
7:10 - (15) Belmont vs. (2) Duke (Craig Bolerjack and Bob Wenzel)
7:20 - (13) Winthrop vs. (4) Washington State (Gus Johnson and Len Elmore)
7:25 - (9) Texas A&M vs. (8) BYU (Dick Enberg/Carter Blackburn, Jay Bilas)
9:40 - (14) Cal State Fullerton vs. (3) Wisconsin (Kevin Harlan and Dan Bonner)
9:50 - (12) George Mason vs. (5) Notre Dame (Gus Johnson and Len Elmore)
9:50 - (16) Mississippi Valley State vs. (1) UCLA (Dick Enberg, Carter Blackburn, Jay Bilas)
9:50 - (10) Arizona vs. (7) West Virginia (Craig Bolerjack and Bob Wenzel

Friday -

12:15 - (15) American vs. (2) Tennessee (Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery)
12:25 - (10) Davidson vs. (7) Gonzaga (Jim Nantz and Billy Packer)
12:30 - (10) St. Mary’s vs. (7) Miami (Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel)
12:30 - (12) Western Kentucky vs. (5) Drake (Tim Brando and Mike Gminski)
2:45 - (10) South Alabama vs. (7) Butler (Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery)
2:55 - (15) UMBC vs. (2) Georgetown (Jim Nantz and Billy Packer)
3:00 - (13) San Diego vs. (4) UConn (Tim Brando and Mike Gminski)
5:00 - (15) Austin Peay vs. (2) Texas (Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel)
7:10 - (16) Play-In Winner vs. (1) North Carolina (Jim Nantz and Billy Packer)
7:10 - (11) St. Joseph’s vs. (6) Oklahoma (Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery)
7:20 - (13) Siena vs. (4) Vanderbilt (Tim Brando and Mike Gminski)
7:25 - (9) Oregon vs. (8) Mississippi State (Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel)
9:50 - (9) Arkansas vs. (8) Indiana (Jim Nantz and Billy Packer)
9:50 - (14) Boise State vs. (3) Louisville (Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery)
9:50 - (12) Villanova vs. (5) Clemson (Tim Brando and Mike Gminski)
9:55 - (16) UT Arlington vs. (1) Memphis (Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel)

(Major HT to my main man: College Hoops Journal)

Must see TV?

The SportingNews lists their "can't miss" games of the upcoming season. Let's take a look, shall we?

Arizona at Kansas on Nov. 25

Sure, I can miss that one! Kansas just has too much firepower on the perimeter. That game is gonna be lights out for the Wildcats. You heard it here first.

Gonzaga at Connecticut on Dec. 1

Only a can't miss game if both are up there in the rankings. The Zags can be inconsistent while Connecticut doesn't seem to get hot until January. Plus the Huskies fans don't seem to care that much about basketball at the moment. Can't really make a prediction on that one yet. You heard it here first.

Speaking of the Zags, here's an oldie but goodie...


North Carolina at Kentucky on Dec. 1

Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky. Outside of my fascination with their cheerleaders, I need to see what Billy Gillispie does. If I need to pick now, I would say UNC in a close game with that senior leadership they have. You heard it here first.

Southern California vs. Memphis on Dec. 4

What, are you kidding me? O.J. Mayo against Derrick Rose, Robert Dozier and Chance McGrady? The Tigers slap the Trojans around like the bitches they are. You heard it here first.

Georgetown at Memphis on Dec. 22.

Now THIS is a can't miss game! Finesse (Memphis) against power (Georgetown). Memphis can't afford to get into a paint battle with Roy Hibbert and Georgetown can't afford to get into a sharp shooting battle with the Tigers. I honestly can't pick this one, but I will be glued to the TV and possibly liveblogging (I found this really cool tool that allows me to do it very easily). You heard it here first.

Happy Friday to ya!