posted 03-22-2004 08:40 AM         

I guess I kind'a gave up because the last two years my wife did better than I did and her criteria for picking teams was she liked the city or state they were from, like their mascots or their uniforms!

Tons of upsets as usual. Stanford & Kentucky not in Sweet 16?

People around here whining about North Carolina's close loss to a better team (Texas) and NC States's total collapse in the last 2 minutes in an upset loss to Vanderbilt. At least we've got Duke and Wake left (for now).

posted 03-22-2004 10:54 AM         

Tough loss for KY... not much else I can say.

posted 03-22-2004 11:51 AM         

I would have never guess Vandy and Bama would be the two left.

Sorry for you that UK lost, but I'd be lieing if I didn't say I was glad that Kentucky got beat. Please don't get mad at me, because it's not that I dislike Kentucky, but because I believe it removes the strongest opponent for an ACC club.

Heck, Wake will probably lose Thur., Duke and Ga. Tech may lose Fri.; which will leave out the ACC.

Who knows? UAB Nat. Champs? UConn?

If I had to pick NOW, I'd say Kansas out of St. Louis, Pittsburgh out of E. Rutherford, Duke out of Atlanta and UConn out of Phoenix. But this is coming from a guy who originally would have placed Kentucky in the Final 4!!

posted 03-29-2004 08:43 AM         

I'm sure everyone in Cincy is extremely proud of Xavier's run. They sure played with a lot of heart and if Myles hadn't fouled out who knows.

Duke's frontcourt depth just won out in the end and they had to use 11 fouls by their big men to do it.

posted 03-29-2004 10:29 AM         

Most everyone would like to see Duke fall, even here in their home state. Down here they are viewed as a bunch of arrogant yankees. But they sure have built a powerful program for a little (5,400) southern Methodist school.

Should be a great game. A few days rest should make it even better with Okafor's back and Duhon's ribs. Okafor may be the best center in college ball, but I think Duhon is more valuable to his team's success. The college game is so guard oriented, especially in tournament time.

I know you don't expect me to say "Good Luck", but I will wish UConn a good and safe game.

A Prowler calendar as a friendly wager?

posted 03-29-2004 03:46 PM         

The 5,400 is Graduate/Medical school enrollment, with a full enrollment (including the above 5,400) of 13,000.

Saw something else interesting. 90% of this year's Engineering School students had SATs ranging from 1440 to 1530. I guess those below 1440 were special exceptions for for athletes/Affirmative Action and those above 1530 are the ones too intelligent to monitor.

posted 03-30-2004 09:58 AM         

All joking aside, I really don't expect either of Duke's teams to win it all. I know Duke's women beat UConn in Hartford, but I think they have gone as far in the tournament as they can unless everything falls their way. Chris Duhon is hurt worse than they are letting on. I've seen him play numerous times and he is 60% at best. Without him at 90 to 100%, they got to play at their very best to advance.

On football. Thanks for the offer, but I wouldn't drive the 45 miles to Durham to see the worst team in the history of the ACC. I am just pulling for Duke in basketball because of the conference affiliation, because they are close by and I do love their style of play.
Believe it or not most of the b-ball players are very bright. K has a few of them on a fast track 3 year graduation program so they can get their degrees in the same time frame as their atletic careers, since many of them go to the NBA after their Junior years.

posted 04-05-2004 06:07 AM         

Congrats to UConn! They deserve the win. I sure thought Duke had it with an eight point lead with less than 3 minutes to play. I've never seen them seize up like that. Gotta credit UConn's defense.

I doubt if GA Tech has anything for UConn, but who knows. They're the only team to beat both Duke & UConn in the regular season.

Disappointed but the ACC did have 2 teams in the Final Four and a slight chance tonight.

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