Bracket Trouble - Come Back Later
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Twitter Tuesday Lost an Hour but Gained an NCAA Tournament Bid
/Feeling it today man. It's like jet lag hit the whole world. Why do we still have this? Can't we just stay in daylight savings time permanently?
I myself prefer Judge Joe Brown, but sure, Judy's got a bit of young RBG in her, like before she ran into that bag of nickles.
We're popular. Not to sound like The Donald, but this year's First Four is going to be the GREATEST FIRST FOUR OF ALL TIME.
#FreeRichardSimmons
The reaction, which was really a reaction to finally seeing it on TV about 20 minutes after the bracket leaked...
If we're friends in real life, by which I mean social media, then you've probably seen this. Actually, you've probably seen this anyway at this point, but that doesn't change the fact that I want to take the time to say "F&ck this asshat."
I embarrassingly fell for this tweet. I was "that guy." I have no excuse. A random dude had to tweet me that it was in fact a joke. Somehow, he got me with the "Wow." Perhaps my cluenessness is due to the fact that I have been suffering from Ricky Doyle disease (the apnea one, not the one that makes you go all butterfingers all the time). Anyway, funny stuff.
Then there was this...
Which was in response to this...
So yes, I just made fun of Izzo's mom.
Brackets! - The 16th Annual UMTailgate.com NCAA Tournament Challenge
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It's on.
Of note, Mo Wagner was 2-years old the first time we did this.
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Weekend Roundup has "A Guy That's Better Than Lunardi"
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- Beilein knew we were in. Because at the top of the list of prognosticators is the man upstairs.
- First Round tip times are here. In short, we play Tulsa Wednesday at 9:30p, Notre Dame Friday at 9:00p, and then West Virginia on Sunday time TBA. See you bitches in Brooklyn.
- Here's a list of all seeds in order. Kinda cool.
- The generic bracket includes such gems as [Cardinal Direction] [State You've Never Been to]
- LSU, despite ESPN trying as hard as they could, could not get LSU into the tournament. So they are taking their ball and going home
- If you were wondering how all these teams (like Cuse and Michigan AND Vanderbilt...AND Wichita St.) got in, one of the reasons is that St Bonaventure got jobbed.
For Your Consideration
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We don't deserve it. No excuses. But it seems like some of the pundits think we do, and we see that as an opening to state our case:
Dear Committee-
We want to dance. We beat Indiana. Also Maryland. And we own Shaka Smart no matter where he coaches. Speaking of coaches, ours is a real sweetheart. Nicest guy in the NCAA. Perfect tournament ambassador. And remember that cute little kid that had 17 points in the first half of the 2013 Championship game? He's on our bench! Sure he's in street clothes, but you know Jim Nance wants to tell that story again. Then there's the Harbaugh angle. Run with it. We can have him climb a tree outside any arena or wrestle Clark Kellogg.
We dont care if we have to play Tuesday or Wednesday first, in this season full of injuries and Caris uncertainty, we'd really appreciate you letting us just check the box.
In closing, I give you Ren McCormick, who is going to bring a little God into the equation in case thats your thing. Thanks and Go Blue!
