We have railed against the One-And-Done rule countless times. And throughout this tournament we have made our opinion of Sir Charles known.
But amazingly enough we are both in complete agreement that this 1 year removed from high school rule is killing both college and pro basketball. You have to hear what Barkley says about this.
Yes, we are agreeing with the "great blow job" dude. What has this world come to...
Some stuff of note while we wait for Thursday:
* Missouri fans are not necessarily in love with their 1 in eight hundred and thirty three odds of wining the National Championship. As a matter of fact they seem very melancholy about it.
* Since when does a Marquette win over Xavier in the 2nd round of the tournament count as an upset? Has Mr. Westmoreland ever seen these two teams play? Even with his preposterous question he still predicts Xavier will win the game 75 to 72.
* We ganked this from Rock M Nation's "pick a caption" contest because we felt we had the perfect caption...
Len Elmore thinking to himself "This guy is totally more popular than I am"
Ok, be safe out there today citizens. The madness begins tomorrow.
It seems a certain Bleacher Report individual is complaining that there are too many west coast games in this year's Tournament. Yes. Too many. As in a possible west coast bias. Let's think about this...
a) How many east coast teams are in the top 25?
b) How many east coast teams are shown on TV?
b) How many east coast teams will be selected on Selection Sunday?
d) How many.... you get the picture.
The only west coast teams people are really talking about are SDSU and BYU. This is out of hundreds of Division I-A programs. And don't say those are the only good teams. What about Arizona? St. Mary's? Texas? So forgive the NCAA for showing a little respect and give some exposure to the left coast. A little inconvenience never killed anyone. Not like us westerners never had to deal with it.
Some people just aren't satisfied with what they have. Pew pew!
So everyone has probably heard that before the Miss State/Kentucky game last week Wildcat students got a hold of Bulldog forward Sidney's phone number and left harassing messages. The gang at Rush The Court discovered that Sidney actually had his phone number for public consumption on his Facebook page prior to that. Who does that? Really?
That fat kid has issues. Which means he's perfect for the NBA.
So here's the story. St. John's uses Madison Square Garden for their home basketball games. This is usually the arena where the New York Knicks play. So security for St. John's games are usually the same guys who work Knicks games.
St. John's beats Duke (remember that?), which was momentous for the Red Storm. The kids are happy. They want to run on to the court to celebrate with their team. No biggie, right? Happens all the time in college hoops.
Well, the MSG security bozos have a rule to not allow fans to come on to the court before/during/after NBA games. And most dumb NBA fans know that so it never happens. Security was unprepared for this at the college level. So what do they do when the fans start pouring on to the court?
They start subduing kids by means of asphyxiation...
Pop quiz, hotshots! You're on Jeopardy. You pick famous coaches for $200. Alex Trebek asks you which school did the legendary John Wooden coach at. What do you do? What do you do?
Have we said how much we love the NCAA in their infinite wisdom?
No?
Well then.
We don't really. They treat these kids like indentured servants, come up with the most asinine rules (our fav was when they penalized a school because one of their basketball players went back home to whatever foreign country they were from to compete in the Olympics on that player's national team. Why would the NCAA penalize the school for that? Because the player got a small stipend from the country's government.), we can go on and on. Looks like this idea of expanding the NCAA Tournament from 65 teams to 96 teams with the first 32 teams getting a bye is going to come true. Never in our wildest nightmares could we imagine the NCAA fucking something up so badly.
There can only be ONE reason for this. Hit it, Diddy.
Although other blogs may be more tasteful in talking about the upcoming Cornell / Kentucky game we are not afraid to stoop to the lowest common denominator.
They stay jackasses all their lives.
- Bill Erwin
Is DeMarcus Cousins the most immature player in college basketball? You know he nearly blew Kentucky's win over Vanderbilt. We gave him a free pass on the Mississippi Sate situation. But damn. Really, Cuz?
We still would not support the expansion of the NCAA Tournament to 96 teams even though that would allow San Diego State to get into the Big Dance because they are always the perennial bubble out team in the current 64 format.
Go Azte... Aw, fuck it.
As in the No Fun League...
Que pasa?!
Like we promised, we were gonna keep you updated on this...
KNOXVILLE - Four University of Tennessee basketball players remain free on bond today, a day after their arrests on drug and weapons charges when a Knoxville police officer stopped the car they were riding in for speeding on Alcoa Highway near Kingston Pike.
Inside the vehicle, according to DeBusk, officers found a handgun under the driver’s seat, "accessible by either the driver or left rear seat passenger." They also found a handgun, with an altered serial number under the passenger seat, accessible by either the front seat passenger or right rear seat passenger, according to DeBusk. They also found a baggy of marijuana and an open container of alcohol.
All in all it was a total of $7,000 bond. And indefinite suspension. And the possible loss of scholarships. And the possible expulsion from school. And the taint of being criminals. All for pot. And booze.
Good job!
