Big East fraud

Eleven Big East Teams came into the tournament last Thursday.

As of this morning there are only two teams left.

We still have three more rounds to go.

Johnny Rotten was wise.

It's MAAC-tastic

St. Peter's 62 - Iona 57

The Peacocks are in the dance after a furious game against the Gaels. St. Peter's were ahead by 13 at times but Iona just would not quit. They mounted an amazing comeback with less that a minute left that came up a bit short.

If you would like to see one fan's slightly disturbing tweet on this game click here. What. The. Fuck. Is the profile pic about.

So BYU, New Mexico and SDSU walk into a bar...

Hey, what happens when a team that swept you gets swept by a team you swept?

Conference Armageddon.

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.

Jason King is wrong

Normally we would not say that. King is the man when it comes to college basketball journalism. But in this article he basically explains that the reason why the Big East is not successful come NCAA Tournament time is because their conference is so tough.

Excuse us?

Shouldn't the reason be why they are successful is because their conference is so tough? If your point Mr. King was to explain why the Big East rarely has teams in the Final Four don't point to the conference. Point to the individual schools and their performances (or lack thereof) come March Madness. This makes no sense. It's like a heavyweight boxer saying the reason why he lost the title was because his previous opponents (which he won against) were so much stronger. We'll let that sink in...

Yeah. We're confused here. But we can give Jason a mulligan. This time.

From Bono to the Syracuse Basketball team

You've got to get yourself together, you've got stuck in a moment and now you can't get out of it.

Good luck tonight with West Virginia.

Michigan State loses to Regina High School

There comes a point as players when you have get your team together and scream "C'mon, man!"

And as fans you have to plead with your team "C'mon, man!!"

We think the Spartans are BEYOND that point. Iowa? 8-13 Iowa?

C'mon, man.

Man we hate 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...

Stay classy, MSG security.

(HT: Rush The Court)

So New Mexico beats Jimmer Fredette

Ain't this a bitch...

Your Punch-Out game of the night

Seton Hall 90 - Syracuse PNWDED

Ummmm... Can we just start with this first? The Pirates were 8-12 overall and 2-6 in Big East action. Seton Hall had previously lost to Clemson, Arkansas, Dayton and Rutgers (if the Jersey boys sick together). They played this game at Syracuse. At the Carrier Dome. And they go in there and DESTROY the 10th ranked Orange by 22 fucking points!

This was as epic of a collapse as we have seen happen to a team. It was almost like Syracuse was HIGH out there. They really should piss test those guys immediately to see. The folks over at Troy Nunes are having full blown kiniption fits right now (really, wait a few hours before you click on that link). Some of them are actually counting down the days until the FOOTBALL season begins.

Wow. At Syracuse.

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."

Kent Clark

Those whom are familiar with us know how much we loathe the NBA. Like really. Absolute mess of a sport with a bunch of me-first criminals. We really hope there is a lockout next year.

Anyways, imagine our surprise when we saw this site. It was like when Superman met Bizarro Superman for the first time. These folks are the exact opposite of us:

Ok. Time to join and send the hate comments.

Condemnation

Kansas State guard Jacob Pullen and forward Curtis Kelly have been suspended from the team for taking some "free" clothing.

Did we mention that Pullen and Kelly are the only starting seniors on that team?

Did we also mention that this suspension happened just hours before their game against UNLV?



Result of that suspension can be found here.

Say what?!

We already said our peace about Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl. So we will submit this without comment.

(HT: Rush The Court)

UPDATE: No. We think we came up with an appropriate enough response to that...

But the season just started

Michigan State just gave coach Tom Izzo a $500,000 raise. In case you're keeping track of stuff like that he now makes $3.49 million a year.

But wait, there's more!

Instead of offering him the perk of use of a car from the university pool this publicly funded institution decided to give Izzo use of a private plane. For personal use.

And he's not giving a dime back:

So shut up.

Preseason meltdown?

Siena?

We thought you were going to be a pretty good team based on last year's performance. But with back to back loses against Vermont and Minnesota? Yeah, you got rid of coach McCaffery and his crazy ejection-prone wife but c'mon!

Well, at least you are still in first place according to ESPN...



Go Saints. Or Dogs. Or whatever.

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.

Brackets have been busted!

The Earth has shaken. Goliath has been slain. Northern 'fucken' Iowa has beaten Kansas 69 to 67.

Thank goodness we pick Ohio State.

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

Dedicated to you Villanova because you were definitely saved by zero today in overtime. Robert Morris was had.

A history of choke

Ummmmm, wow. In the words of Richie Cusack, How do you fuck that up? Granted, Texas held at least a 10 point lead over Texas Tech until the last 9 minutes of the game. But when you stage a scoring bizzard, the opposing team goes cold and half their star players are gone and they start missing free throw shots, you have the ball with 12 seconds left needing only 2 points near point blank range you cannot miss!



And on top of it you perform the Keystone Cops version of Should I foul that Longhorn guy or not. Texas 71, Texas Tech 67. That was San Diego State quality play from the Red Raiders.