Andy

That was a pretty [expletive] pathetic last possession.

Well, I'm dunzo barring a miracle here. Stupid everyone-on-OSU-other-than-Turner.

:banghead: Good one Evan Turner.

At the same time though, Tennessee is playing like idiots at times. Grabbing Turner on that loose ball was just plain dumb. Someone on the Buckeyes besides Turner is going to have to knock one down to get to the next round.

Was that the last game of the 4-game sweep right at the end of July where the Cubs won in a blowout? my favorite regular season series of all time. it topped the 5 game set against the cards in 2003 Ditto. My all-time favorite 'statement series'.

If West Virginia beats Kentucky on Saturday I'd be the only person left in my money pool with their champ still alive. If UK wins I have to hope Ohio State can somehow beat them in the title game, because no one in the South will beat them.

Holloway or Crawford deserved that shot. Even if this dude was a good 3-point shooter.

DON'T EXPAND THIS [expletive] TOURNEY This is incredible.

Refs missed the call. K-State fouled before the shot. Ugh

Gus is ready to explode.

Is there any chance at all Frank Martin uses words like "SELFISH AND SILLY" when away from CBS's microphones?

Ha. I wish Notre Dame had standards flexible enough to get guys like E'Twaun Moore, JaJuan Johnson and Robbie Hummel in (note: I have no idea if any of those guys are good students, so if they are just disregard). All a matter of perspective, I guess. Eh, Purdue has to turn down recruits due to academics too. Obviously not to the same extent as ND. Kentucky (basketball) is just everything that's wrong with college sports. Yeah, obviously I didn't mean Purdue is a Kentucky. It's all a matter of degree. I really wish they'd go to the baseball rule of go to the pros right away or wait three years. I have no idea what's stopping them.

Ha. I wish Notre Dame had standards flexible enough to get guys like E'Twaun Moore, JaJuan Johnson and Robbie Hummel in (note: I have no idea if any of those guys are good students, so if they are just disregard). All a matter of perspective, I guess.

Big East basketball's official Twitter account just posted that WVU's win tonight gave the Big East an Elite Eight team every year since 2002, the longest streak of any conference. I only post that because that might be the all-time 'attempted spinning crap into gold' post in Twitter history.

Considering Bilas is one of the most unbiased analysts alive, I have a hard time seeing how he comes off as "pretty biased." But believe what you want to believe, I guess. I love Bilas, but I'll say he's got a bit of a boner for the Big East. Though my sights of him are often limited to Big East games, he seems to talk them up a lot. I'm sure he's similar with the ACC, though.

Jay Bilas is the [expletive] man. The last few years he's become brutally honest. Bilas is an ACC homer. In 05 he dropped the gem that Deron Williams, the Big 10 preseason POTY, wouldn't be in the top 15 players in the ACC. Yeah spot on jackass. No, Bilas is one of the best commentators in the game today. Doesn't mean he's always right, and he admitted his Williams comment was way off at the end of the year. Heck, he called the Illinois-Arizona game in '05. I don't care, don't like him a bit. He ever say that he was wrong about Weber crying about Sampson? Or did he once again totally put his big foot in his mouth? And I thought I was sensitive to media criticism.

I had Cuse out to K-State but the yahoo in my pool that had Butler in the Final Four all of a sudden looks smart. Luckily I'm the only person in my 18-member pool with Ohio State winning it all so that's basically my only real rooting interest.

H2H. I tend not to worry about SBs because except for some truly elite guys it tends to come at the expense of homers and RBIs.

14-team league. Runs, Home Runs, RBI, Stolen Bases, Batting Average (hitters), Wins, Saves, Strikeouts, Earned Run Average, WHIP (pitchers) C McCann 1B Howard 2B Jose Lopez 3B Zimmerman SS Theriot OF Ethier OF Cuddyer OF Bruce UTIL Guerrero BN M. Izturis BN Loney BN J. Rivera BN G. Jones SP Haren SP Wandy RP H. Bell RP Frasor P Kershaw P Zambrano P Blanton BN P. Hughes

how are they going to do it? i'm pretty sure there still aren't lights on the top of michigan stadium. They bring in temporary lighting. Iowa has done it many times in recent years. Yeah, before Notre Dame added lights in the 1996-97 renovations to their stadium (and before they got NBC to give them an all-day-games contract), they shipped in portable lights from Musco all the time for home games.

Tony Barbee to Auburn. http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/utep-tony-barbee-auburn-032410

I'd have to watch it again too - I have that Cubs DVD set that includes the game - but the first time I watched it, I was struck by just HOW easy all the plays were. I mean, only 7 outs were recorded in play to begin with, and I'm pretty sure the ball hit to Orie was the only one that even required a half-ass effort to get to.

20-K games: 4 Perfect games: 18 "Who?" needed an otherworldly defensive play to save his perfecto. Wood needed someone to miss a playable grounder at third base to NOT get a no-hitter. Wood's game is better. There's no debate.

GROUP A: Albert Pujols (STL) GROUP B: Mark Teixeira (NYY), Adam Dunn (WSH) GROUP C: Hanley Ramirez (FLA), Joey Votto (CIN), Matt Holliday (STL) GROUP D: Aramis Ramirez (CHC), Nolan Reimold (BAL), David Wright (NYM), Nick Markakis (BAL), Grady Sizemore (CLE) Wild Card: PM'ed

Team Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Cubs wins, 2010 80 2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (15 games) 7 3. Number of runs scored, 2010 728 4. Number of runs allowed, 2010 735 5. Final Placement in the NL Central Division 3rd Player Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Aramis Ramirez Home Runs 26 2. Number of Soriano Games Played 124 3. Ryan Theriot's Games Batting Leadoff 104 4. Geovany Soto's Batting Average .263 5. Carlos Silva's Starts 12 6. Randy Wells' ERA 3.78 7. Carlos Zambrano's Ks 170 8. Carlos Marmol's Saves 31 Total Number of Possible Player Stat Points: 400 Bonus Questions I (20 points each) 1. Which will be higher: Soriano's RBIs or Soto's RBIs? Soriano's 2. Which will be higher: Ted Lilly's starts 2009 (27) or Ted Lilly starts 2010? Ted Lilly's starts in 2009 3. Which will be higher: Jeff Baker's at-bats or Mike Fontenot's at-bats? Mike Fontenot's at-bats 4. Who will have more HRs: Zambrano or Theriot? Zambrano 5. Who will have more wins: Wells or Dempster? Wells 6. Who will have a higher OBP: Byrd or Soriano? Byrd Total Possible MC Bonus Question Points: 180 Bonus Questions II (30 points each) 1. Most HRs: Lee 2. Highest OBP (min. 400 ABs): Lee 3. Lowest ERA (min. 150 IPs): Zambrano 4. Most Quality Starts: Wells Total Possible Bonus II Question Points: 120 Total Possible Points: 2000 The Annual Tiebreaker: Date of Lou Piniella's First Ejection (you may answer "never") June 5th