March Madness - Saturday Thoughts

Two more thrilling games to cap the night.
I was rooting for Texas, because I hate Duke. But those fuckin Blue Devils got every freakin loose ball. Maybe they outhustled Texas or just lucky but Texas should have had more chances to win that game but they just couldn't grab a rebound.

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That Gonzaga Western Kentucky game is my favorite of the tournament so far. Very well-played, tons of shot making and a frantic finish. As much as coaches like to overdo it that game is Exhibit A why you don't call a timeout in a situation like that. Gonzaga was able to sprint up the court before WKU could get their defense set.

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I hope Orlando Mendez-Valdez is this year's Stephen Curry. But I hope for his sake he's not next year's Stephen Curry. Instead of LeBron James, Eduardo Najera could show up at all his games.

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If this were the 1950s they wouldn't show Blake Griffin's parents on TV.

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If you didn't know why so much was being made out of Ty Lawson's injury and how important he is to North Carolina, well, now you know.

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Washington's comeback falls short because they didn't spread the floor. They were driving and getting into the lane and screwing up Purdue's defense, but no one was set up at the 3-point line to get the pass from Thomas. They also couldn't get a stop which didn't help.

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Usually they talk so much about tempo, but Washington is pushing the tempo and still getting killed by Purdue. 54 is a pretty good full game total in the Big 10 and Pursue still has 10 minutes left.

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If you were friends with Lorenzo Romar would you call him LoRo or ZoRo?

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If you watch essentially the same program for 3 days straight, 12 hours a day you will see the same commercial a lot. The guy dressed up like a pregnant lady sneaking nachos into a game is dumb. But Bill and Jeff love the Axe commercial with the excessively perspiring underarms.

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Anyone notice how quick CBS is being with adding baskets to the score at the bottom? I noticed a couple times they gave a team credit for a free throw while it was still in the air, then they had to take the point off when it missed.

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After blowouts by Villanova, Memphis and UConn we finally got some good games.