RIP Doug Towey

You may not know his name, but you certainly know his work. Doug Towey, the man responsible for first using the song 'One Shining Moment' as the ending to March Madness each year, has passed away.

In 1987 Towey was a Creative Director with CBS when he was handed the song now known as the send-off to the college basketball season. He had originally planned on using it to close the Super Bowl that year, but events pushed it back and he instead used it to close the NCAA Tournament. Since that moment it's been an iconic part of the tourney.

In Towey's honor, here is the first time it was ever used, in 1987...



Gives me chills every single time i hear that song...

Sunday Picks

Another day where i start off strong, another day where i get killed at night. One last round of picks for the second round games on Sunday:

Texas -6.5 vs. Miami (L)

Tennessee -4.5 vs. Butler (W)

Georgetown -5.5 vs. Davidson (L)

UNC -11 vs. Arkansas (W)

Pound Georgetown. That line should be double digits...

Second Round Picks

Good god, thank the lord the work week is over and i have nothing to do the next two days but watch basketball. The fact that i haven't watched much college basketball this year has been painfully obvious in my picks, as i've been 4-4 so far in the tourney. Not gonna lie though, feeling much better about my second round picks...

W. Virginia +4 vs. Duke (W)

Xavier -3 over Purdue (W)

Stanford -3 vs. Marquette (L)

Pitt -2 vs. Michigan St. (L)

UCLA -10.5 over Texas A&M (L)

Tourney Picks

These are my picks for Friday's games. Note that i am picking as if i am in Vegas (where i usually am this time of year), which means i'm not picking games just to pick them - I only pick games i like and feel strongly about. That's why there's only a couple picks here...

Tennessee -19.5 vs. American (L)

Georgetown -17 over UMBC (W)

Greatest. Invention. Ever.

So i brought my laptop into work with me this morning, mainly so i could finish up the bracket i'm running and make sure i was all set for the Tourney. That done and the tourney starting, i decided to check out the feature on CBS Sportsline that supposedly lets you watch all the games live on your computer.

Yeah, it's pretty much the greatest thing in the history of the world. I'm stuck at work, but i have my 15in computer monitor off to my right with the games on it, all live. It's been a little herky-jerky, as i expected, but the picture quality is better than i thought i would be and it's been fairly smooth.

Maybe today and tomorrow won't be too bad afterall...

It's Tourney Time!

For the record, here's my picks for today's games:

Purdue -3 vs. Baylor (W)

Pitt -8.5 vs. Oral Roberts (W)

Stanford -15 vs. Cornell (W)

Cal-State Fullerton +11 vs. Wisconsin (L)

George Mason +6.5 vs. Notre Dame (L)

Miss. Valley St. +32 vs. UCLA (L)

ASU Seed

Let's see where they are in the bracket...

Hmm, there's Arizona at the #10 seed in the West.

I don't see Syracuse in there, that's got to be a good sign right?

West Virginia is there as an at-large.

Wait, wait a second. I don't see ASU! Where are they?!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.

Suckers.