2012 ncaa tournament / march madness / anthony davis appreciation thread / RIP gus johnson / shaka smart for ambassador to the UN

Hey, Bruce Hornsby in the stands at UNC-Ashville v Syracuse!

Syracuse is really killing them on rebounds. Too bad they can't make a shot to save their lives.

"any solid NBA matchup"

BTW $3.99 for all games is awesome.

hurting otm

long beach jerseys are gangster

unc asheville ballin

yeah love long beach jerseys kinda wish I picked them in my pool just for that

any solid NBA matchup"

― dandydonweiner, Thursday, March 15, 2012 4:24 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There are five NBA games on tonight. I guarantee you that in at least three of them you will see an intensity and level of basketball that blows all of today's games out of the water.

long beach state is ballin

what's goin on in the syracuse game, i see twitter blowing up about the reffing

several bad calls that went against asheville

what a shame, cuse is a joke anyway

weird lane violation call, terrible out-of-bounds call, etc.

still pretty amazing that asheville did so well with their leading scorer in the tank

dickey, 1-13 from the field

no crying in the ncaa, ashville

h8 all these teams wearing grey home unis

cuse will prob get by KSU but vandy might wax them

man that asheville ending was depressing

especially since I picked them as an upset in the first round and they came so close

Can someone explain the benefit of the ridiculong shot clock in NCAA? I see so many plays where they kill like 10 seconds passing back and forth btw the same two dudes with no other significant changes in court position for the team.

I can't watch Harvard/Vandy, what's the deal

I see my boys are down 10 but shouldn't Vandy have scored more than 33 pts in the half if things were dire?

harvard/vandy was pretty tight until the end of the half iirc

also: http://atdhenet.tv/44684/watch-harvard-vs--vanderbilt

harvard shouldve got like a 15 seed, theyre terrible

the $3.99 thing is really worth it. I wish the NBA would offer something that was the same price per game and had no blackouts

this Ware kid is legit

long beach/ nm is legit the best 1st rd game

'the beach'

this ware kid is . . . not afraid to shoot the ball, that's for sure

nice showing by sdsu tonight

playing in pittsburgh did not seem to help west virginia

who is this royce white kid for iowa state? 6'8'' 260 bringing the ball up the court and a great passer.

this whole iowa state team is fun to watch

think white's a little bit of a headcase, but he makes that team go when he's on.

I went to ISU. White has clinical anxiety and is on meds, there's all kinds of real issues with him. He's also the second best passer in the NCAA this year (next to UNC's Marshall.) Oh, and his move to the bucket is as good as anyone playing.

ISU can play with anyone. Zero 3 pointers in the second half against UConn, so I don't need to hear from anyone that they only win on their 3 point game. They're not going to beat Kentucky, unfortunately.

ISU can play with anyone. Zero 3 pointers in the second half against UConn, so I don't need to hear from anyone that they only win on their 3 point game. They're not going to beat Kentucky, unfortunately.

― dandydonweiner, Friday, March 16, 2012 7:14 AM (1 hour ago)

well yes this is probably why they were outscored by 10 points after the threes stopped dropping

white did look like a beast though. 6'8", 270! insane numbers too

UNLV might be the stupidest basketball team i've ever seen

one of the worst end of game offenses i've ever seen even by college standards

Former hawks coach Lon Kruger! What terrible days those were. He's done pretty well the the rebels though

i might get a nosebleed in these 1st sesh tix in nashville

nothing like c&w & whisky @ 10 am guh

lol @ texas with 2 points after 12 minutes of play

texas is a worse team than unc ashville by a wide margin

my extremely conservative bracket is not shot yet

Tourney has been pretty lame and predictable so far, even the one upset yesterday was a no-brainer.

2 upsets *

such great bromances in the broadcast booth -- lundqvist and raftery, brando and gminski

len elmore and reggie miller are not among them

Reggie sucks so hard.

Texas making a run.

Lundquist needs to retire.

Also, WTF happened to Leslie Visser.

http://i.imgur.com/lteIA.jpg

pitino accidentally shows his real face, calipari is more pro

Rick Pitino = Bethenny Frankel. Just had to get that out there.

calipari doesn't have a real face tho

troo

Q: If Calipari wins, and the championship is later vacated, will the secret trophy rooms in the heads of basketball announcers reflect this? Or will they continue to call him a champion?

http://paulacizek.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/chka-mango.jpg?w=500

the practice of repossessing schools wins is so silly, like yeah it never happened

Yeah, it is silly. But Calipari's image is too glossy, and that includes the image projected on him by most announcers. He should be forced to look like Smiegel to match his inner corruption. Bill Belichick's doing it right.

post on the nyt basketball blog today saying anthony davis' best comparison is c-webb in that both are crazily talented and could totally dominate games but may end up being viewed as "disappointments" bcuz of their passivity

davis plays like a shooting guard who wished on a magic lamp for inspector gadget arms

closing in on tip-off time, stoked!

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTgG2S89zKknRh2JzinAej7g2pTV55c7oLv-95vYGPLPmcCzbeg2PIu3xLO

kentucky looks great

if MKG is hitting jumpers and teague is finishing at the rim... RIP

jesus uk is ballin

kidd-gilchrist 1 handed rebound snatch was sicc

this anthony davis kid is pretty good

davis working on a little 1-15-5-3-6 right now nbd

ridiculous move

again

lol @ calipari reaction "shots fired ???"

god MKG balled the fuck out tonight... dude had me bowing at my TV

kidd-gilchrist 1 handed rebound snatch was sicc

― johnny crunch, Monday, April 2, 2012 10:45 PM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark

THIS WAS LIKE "PREDATOR: REBOUND" omg

First game I really got to watch Anthony Davis. Impressive player. Somewhat comparable to Kareem as a UCLA freshman.

literally sirens, helicopters, & gunshots in lexington tonight

KegsnEggs: "They also have a propane tank" was just mentioned over the Lexington police scanner. #runyall

ha holy shit
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/538365_10150625364820766_248553767_n.jpg

nothing on fire yet
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/546354_10150634765928247_593553246_9021400_1670299959_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/562808_10151664806123539_508023538_403744520_1836594832_n.jpg

Look at me! Look at me!

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1x5zs0x8o1qk4a0ho1_500.jpg

Anthony Davis's mom <3

smgdh

come on that hilarious

^^

Meanwhile, in the other NCAA basketball tournament, the Baylor Bears win the chip by finishing the season 40-0, behind 6'8" center Brittney Griner.

Cody Zeller and Christian Watford will both return for the Hoosiers next season.

indiana will come back big

mason plumlee will return to duke next season

no one cares; he sucks

uconn is imploding

dummond and lamb both gone, oriakhi transferring

that's like a normal offseason at any major cbb school

well idk i mean all our impact players are gone, we can't play in the tournament next year which kills our recruting, plus i bet calhoun will retire in the next couple months

yeah, RIP

I think Drummond might have come back without the NCAA bringing the hammer down on the program

i'm a little surprised

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/18789656/report-greenberg-out-at-virginia-tech