Elite Eight Picks

Well yesterday sucked... 9-11 so far, and now i'm losing more than just the juice.

Xavier +6.5 vs. UCLA (L)
I just don't really believe in UCLA all that much. For a team that a lot of people thought would win it all, they haven't played particularly inspiring basketball...

UNC -6.5 vs. Louisville (W)
UNC was my pick to win it all before the Tourney, and have looked the best out of any team so far. Louisville has been good also, but i think their run ends here.

Sweet Sixteen Picks (Again)

Ok, this is starting to get ridiculous. I am picking all the early games dead on, and getting destroyed in the late games. Every round! I'm now 8-8 for the Tourney. Not terrible, but not winning any money for sure. That UCLA bet yesterday was looking so good at halftime too...

Wisconsin -5.5 vs. Davidson (L)

Stanford +2 vs. Texas (L)

Kansas -12.5 vs. Villanova (W)

Michigan St. +4.5 vs. Memphis (L)

Sweet Sixteen Picks

6-6 so far in the Tourney, which pretty much sucks. Though all i've lost is the juice. From here on out i'll be picking every game, since there's fewer involved. You'll find today's games below:

Xavier +1 vs. West F'n Virginia (W)

North Carolina -9 vs Washington St. (W)

UCLA -12 vs. Western Kentucky (L)

Tennessee +3 vs. Louisville (L)

God i love the tourney...

He Jumps High

This is Kansas City Royal player Joey Gathright. This is also what you might call ridiculous...

Where You Came From

It's strange to me sometimes to look through my stats and see how some of the visitors get here and where they came from. With that in mind, i present to another, new, weekly feature: Where You Came From.

First off, let's take a look at the different countries that have been on my site in the last week:

Portugal, Thailand, Brazil, United Kingdom, An undisclosed country in Europe, New Zealand, and Canada.

That's pretty crazy.

Now, my favorite: Let's look at the search terms people used that brought them to my site:

1) dennis green, they were who we thought they were quote (pretty self-explanatory)
2) tim donaghy christensen (not sure what the christensen part is)
3) dennis games (no idea)
4) dennis green randy moss
5) davidson press conference post game georgetown
6) Davidson Georgetown "Post Game"Interview (did something interesting happen in the Davidson press conference i missed?)
7) Who is the player that got kicked out of the NBA for betting on games (Michael Jordan? That's one theory on his first 'retirement'...)
8) dennis green vikings press conference
9) fuck favre t-shirts (ha ha ha)
10) Marwan Williams still in jail? (Amare's brother-in-law, wrote an article about it in July...)
11) shaq shakes hand of paul allen
12) Marwan williams
13) West Virginia Arizona post game
14) arizona post game press west virginia (Again, did i miss something?)
15) suns vs sonics march 19

So there you go. It's some random stuff that gets you people here. Hopefully you'll stick around and check out the rest of the site. Until next week!

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...

21st National Title

Before the individual NCAA Championship matches even begin, the University of Iowa has already staked claim to the team title, courtesy of dominance throughout the tournament.

With the individual championship matches set to begin in just a few minutes, here's a look at how some of the other Iowa wrestlers did:

Jay Borschel (Soph - 174) finished third.

Matt Fields (Senior - Hwt) finished fifth.

Charlie Falck (Junior - 125) finished sixth.

Phillip Keddy (Soph - 184) finished sixth.

Those matches were all decided earlier today in the consolation brackets. Tonight in the title matches Iowa has three wrestlers competing:

Joe Slaton (Soph - 133) is seeking his first National Title. (Update: Slaton was pinned in the first round and finished second)

Brent Metcalf (Soph - 149) is seeking his first National Title. (Update: Metcalf was taken down twice early and fell behind 4-1, then stormed back and won 14-8 to win his first National Championship)

Mark Perry (Senior - 165) is looking to defend his National Title. (Update: And he did it! Perry wins 5-2 to defend his Championship!)

With their first team title since 2000 already locked up, the Iowa team has reclaimed it's spot atop the standings. Watching on tv, you can see quite a bit of support in the stands in St. Louis for the Hawkeyes, as well as the announcers saying repeatedly that the buzz is back about the program. Coach Tom Brands has done a great job returning the Hawkeyes to a Championship caliber team.