Bored

I think it might be time to bump this topic and I'll pose this question: As a kid did were you a bandwagon fan of any particular team/school? And did you eventually stop rooting for that team as you grew older or do you still have some form of loyalty towards that team/school? For me I was huge bandwagon Lakers fan in the late 80's. I had two Magic Johnson posters on my wall and the first basketball game I ever went to was a Lakers game against the Warriors in 1987. But around the age of 14 I decided that it was time to support the local team, the Warriors and I've remained a fan ever since even if they have been completely unwatchable for most of these years. I still have fond memories of those 80's Lakers teams but I have no allegiance to current incarnation.

CBS always has a national game on both Saturday and Sunday for the 2nd round. Not to show my west coast bias but it is kind of lame that Pac-10 teams get placed in the morning slots both days. UCLA would probably have a major beef with a 10:00 AM PST tip in a virtual road game against Villanova, if they hadn't been completely smoked today. Sunday's tip times. Arizona State vs. Syracuse, 12:10 PM/9:10 AM Wisconsin vs. Xavier, 2:20 PM/11:20 AM Dayton vs. Kansas, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM Cleveland State vs. Arizona, 2:40 PM/11:40 AM Oklahoma State vs. Pittsburgh, 2:50 PM/11:50 AM Marquette vs. Missouri, 4:50/1:50 PM USC vs. Michigan State, 5:00/2:00 PM Siena vs. Louisville, 5:20/2:20 PM

ONIONS! Double OT! Finally the first round got interesting.

Now why exactly was a #8 seed in Ohio State given such a favorable pod placement? It sounds like a Buckeyes home game in Dayton. Wisconsin/FSU also heading to overtime.

Here are the tip times for Saturday's games. UCLA vs. Villanova, 1:05 PM/10:05 AM Maryland vs. Memphis, 3:20/12:20 PM Texas A&M vs. Connecticut, 3:35/12:35 PM Purdue vs. Washington, 5:40/2:40 PM LSU vs. North Carolina, 5:45/2:45 PM Michigan vs. Oklahoma, 5:50/2:50 PM Western Kentucky vs. Gonzaga, 8:10/5:10 PM Texas vs. Duke, 8:15/5:15 PM

Three good games going on right now. North Dakota State was my huge upset pick of the first round which is usually a kiss of death for that team.

Ohhhhhhh what a finish! Okay not really as all races were decided before the last day of the season. But we did have a surprise as the '03 Tigers, losers of 119 games, will not advance to the postseason as they were beat out by the '88 Orioles for the Loser Card. All the division races went to those who have been "leading" most of the year. Here are your A.L. playoff match-ups. '88 Orioles vs. '79 A's '79 Blue Jays vs. '82 Twins And let's recognize those who were the best of the Loser League on the A.L. side. C: Jeff Newman, '79 A's 1B: Eddie Murray, '88 Orioles 2B: Bobby Grich, '80 Angels 3B: Carney Lansford, '80 Angels SS: Cal Ripken, '88 Orioles LF: Albert Belle, '91 Indians CF: Roberto Kelly, '90 Yankees RF: Emil Brown, '05 Royals SP: Roger Clemens, '92 Red Sox RP: Mark Clear, '80 Angels FINAL STANDINGS/LEADERS TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1990 NYA 93 69 R.Carew LAA .339 E.Murray BAA 40 A.Belle CLA 124 1992 BOA 87 75 E.Brown KCA .337 A.Belle CLA 38 E.Brown KCA 116 2002 TBA 84 78 T.Long KCA .334 K.Maas NYA 36 E.Murray BAA 114 1988 BAA 74 88 R.Kelly NYA .334 K.Hrbek MNA 35 C.Baerga CLA 112 1979 TOA 59 103 K.Hrbek MNA .332 C.Ripken BAA 32 OTHERS TIED W 105 1989 CHA 86 76 WINS SAVES ERA 1991 CLA 82 80 R.Clemens BOA 19 T.Niedenf BAA 36 R.Clemens BOA 2.13 2005 KCA 81 81 F.Tanana LAA 16 E.Yan TBA 29 C.Hough TEA 2.18 2003 DEA 75 87 C.Hough TEA 15 B.Thigpen CHA 28 F.Viola BOA 2.76 1982 MNA 69 93 G.Swindel CLA 15 G.Harris TEA 27 D.Aase LAA 2.89 OTHERS TIED W 14 M.Macdoug KCA 24 F.Bannist SEA 2.95 1980 LAA 100 62 1985 TEA 83 79 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1980 SEA 76 86 K.Witt DEA 12 A.Sanchez DEA 65 R.Clemens BOA 226 1979 OAA 69 93 D.Slaught TEA 9 R.Kelly NYA 63 T.Underwo TOA 201 E.Murray BAA 8 A.Cole CLA 50 F.Bannist SEA 187 M.Lewis CLA 8 O.Guillen CHA 41 D.Darwin BOA 170 OTHERS TIED W 7 OTHERS TIED W 38 G.Swindel CLA 169 The '81 Cubs reversed the curse of the goat! Most of the season it was the '91 Astros and '85 Pirates fighting over the bottom of the N.L. Central but the Cubs blew past them with a clutch September record of 4-21 and ending the season on a 13 game losing streak! Truly remarkable. No surprises in the other races as the '98 Marlins did eventually pass up the '88 Braves for the league's worst record but as expected the Loser Card comes out of the East. Here are your N.L. playoff match-ups. '88 Braves vs. '81 Padres '98 Marlins vs. '81 Cubs Here's the All-NL Loser League team. C: Craig Biggio, '91 Astros 1B: Eddie Murray, '93 Mets 2B: Jeff Kent, '93 Mets 3B: Scott Rolen, '00 Phillies SS: Jay Bell, '98 Diamondbacks LF: Bernard Gilkey, '95 Cardinals CF: Ray Lankford, '95 Cardinals RF: Bobby Bonilla, '93 Mets SP: Mike Krukow, '85 Giants RF: Gregg Olson, '98 Diamondbacks FINAL STANDINGS/LEADERS TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1993 NYN 94 68 A.Galarra CON .379 R.Lankfor SLN 39 S.Rolen PHN 134 2008 WAN 90 72 J.Mabry SLN .359 B.Bonilla NYN 38 R.Lankfor SLN 123 2000 PHN 88 74 C.Biggio HON .336 E.Murray NYN 33 D.Bichett CON 110 1988 ATN 66 96 B.Gilkey SLN .325 S.Rolen PHN 33 E.Karros LAN 108 1998 FLN 63 99 C.Guzman WAN .325 E.Karros LAN 31 OTHERS TIED W 104 1995 SLN 99 63 WINS SAVES ERA 1982 CIN 89 73 M.Krukow SFN 21 M.Dejean MLN 45 M.Krukow SFN 2.07 2002 MLN 85 77 G.Rusch MLN 18 G.Olson ARN 42 R.Reusche PIN 2.48 1991 HON 75 87 M.Soto CIN 17 T.Henke SLN 41 D.Gooden NYN 2.48 1985 PIN 72 90 R.Reusche PIN 17 S.Garrelt SFN 33 R.Person PHN 2.64 1981 CHN 67 95 OTHERS TIED W 16 D.Holmes CON 31 O.Daal ARN 2.75 1985 SFN 96 66 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1992 LAN 88 74 D.James ATN 14 B.Butler LAN 61 M.Soto CIN 278 1998 ARN 85 77 B.Jordan SLN 11 V.Coleman NYN 58 D.Gooden NYN 200 1993 CON 81 81 OTHERS TIED W 9 S.Finley HON 56 B.Sheets MLN 200 1981 SDN 74 88 E.Young MLN 55 P.Harnisc HON 198 E.Young CON 51 B.Berenyi CIN 194

Jim Palmer

It was announced Evan Longoria will be replacing Chipper Jones. They might not be able to replace Youkilis as the only other first baseman available on the provisional roster is Derrek Lee but he has strained right quad so he won't be joining the team. Looks like they are going to try Mark DeRosa at 1st.

It's even more surprising when you consider it's a pretty much a home game for Villanova. Since we got two competitive 7/10 games going and a potential huge upset in the making in Philly going to get a AIM chat going for the second half of those games and the late games. Invite yourself to TSMMarchMadness.

I'm off to a great start today, picking both 8/9 games wrong.

I have Pitt beating West Fuckin' Virginia in the finals. I've lost my mind. And I too also have Gonzaga finally getting to the Final Four.

And once again MMOD does indeed look fantastic.

I almost posted this last week but I'm so sick of this subject I was hoping just to avoid it. Needless to say this isn't going to put more butts in the seats. We've dealt with two ownerships over the last 14 years who have done nothing but talk about how shitty the stadium they play in is and what shitty fans we are. And people still wonder why the A's season ticket base is so low?

Nap Lajoie

With a month left in the season the '79 Blue Jays have an outside chance of losing more games in the Loser League than they did back in 1979. That would truly be an astonishing feat of futility. We finally had a "lead" change in the West as the '80 Mariners eeked by the '79 A's by one game setting up what should be a thrilling finish. The '03 Tigers still cling to the Loser Card by two games over the '88 Orioles. TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1990 NYA 79 58 R.Kelly NYA .339 A.Belle CLA 36 A.Belle CLA 109 2002 TBA 75 61 E.Brown KCA .339 E.Murray BAA 33 E.Brown KCA 109 1992 BOA 74 63 R.Carew LAA .337 K.Maas NYA 32 J.Barfiel NYA 100 1988 BAA 61 76 A.Huff TBA .334 K.Hrbek MNA 31 B.Grich LAA 92 1979 TOA 47 90 J.Orsulak BAA .329 A.Huff TBA 27 K.Hrbek MNA 92 1989 CHA 74 62 WINS SAVES ERA 2005 KCA 69 68 F.Tanana LAA 16 T.Niedenf BAA 30 C.Hough TEA 2.16 1991 CLA 68 68 R.Clemens BOA 15 E.Yan TBA 25 R.Clemens BOA 2.27 2003 DEA 59 78 F.Martine LAA 13 G.Harris TEA 24 F.Martine LAA 2.64 1982 MNA 54 83 C.Hough TEA 13 B.Thigpen CHA 24 F.Viola BOA 2.87 G.Swindel CLA 13 M.Macdoug KCA 22 D.Aase LAA 2.88 1980 LAA 86 50 1985 TEA 70 68 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1979 OAA 63 74 A.Sanchez DEA 18 A.Sanchez DEA 53 R.Clemens BOA 197 1980 SEA 62 74 M.Lewis CLA 13 R.Kelly NYA 48 T.Underwo TOA 172 C.Baerga CLA 12 A.Cole CLA 45 F.Bannist SEA 160 B.Higgins DEA 12 S.Sax NYA 36 D.Darwin BOA 146 A.Berroa KCA 11 OTHERS TIED W 33 M.Perez CHA 144 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS CHA 4 at BOA 5 BAA-Bautist(8-6, 3.24) at BOA-Hesketh(7-5, 3.83) SEA 3 at CLA 6 CHA-King(9-8, 3.66) at CLA-Nagy(10-13, 5.22) KCA 3 at DEA 8 SEA-Honeycu(9-12, 4.11) at TEA-Hooton(7-5, 5.32) TEA 2 at LAA 8 TOA 3 at NYA 12 MNA 3 at OAA 4 BAA 1 at TBA 8 YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB B.Higginson DEA KCA 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 W.Morris DEA KCA 5 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 J.Barfield NYA TOA 5 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 O.Velez TOA NYA 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 B.Grich LAA TEA 5 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS D.Heaverlo OAA MNA 4.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 S P.Quantrill BOA CHA 3.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 W T.Felton MNA OAA 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 T.Phelps TBA BAA 2.2 1 0 0 1 3 0 S D.Pall CHA BOA 4.0 2 2 0 3 3 0 WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS C.Pena DEA .344 32 11 7 8 4 D.Schmidt TEA 5 1 0 1 4 0 100 K.Maas NYA .321 28 9 6 5 4 J.Bautista BAA 9 3 0 1 4 0 100 G.Ward MNA .462 39 18 7 3 4 B.Milacki BAA 9 3 0 3 10 0 100 B.Higginson DEA .371 35 13 10 8 2 D.Heaverlo OAA 11 5 0 2 7 0 102 E.Brown KCA .400 35 14 11 2 3 R.Langford OAA 23 22 4 1 12 1 200 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS R.Velarde NYA .148 27 4 1 0 0 M.Mason TEA 6 11 12 7 1 1 010 M.Mendoza SEA .143 35 5 1 1 0 Z.Greinke KCA 12 25 15 3 4 5 010 S.Sax NYA .160 25 4 0 1 0 R.Dressler SEA 10 20 8 1 3 2 020 R.Washington MNA .211 38 8 0 0 0 C.Knapp LAA 7 9 7 4 5 1 010 L.Sheets BAA .179 28 5 0 1 0 M.Norris OAA 6 9 7 5 4 2 000 INJURY REPORT P.Stanicek, Baltimore - 4 more games D.Pasqua, Chicago (AL) - 3 more games J.Browne, Cleveland - 11 more games S.Sax, New York (AL) - 1 more games E.Munson, Detroit - 6 more games We have a three dead horse race in the N.L. Central as the '91 Astros pulled ahead of the '85 Pirates but a half game with the '81 Cubs making a late season charge, sitting three games back. Surprising development in the East as the '88 Braves and '98 Marlins haven't complete sucked ass in the last couple of months where there's now a chance the Loser Card might not come out of the division. Could this be a major choke job? And in the West the '93 Rockies are chipping away at the '81 Padres lead, now within three games going into the final month. TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 2000 PHN 79 58 A.Galarra CON .386 R.Lankfor SLN 36 S.Rolen PHN 116 1993 NYN 77 60 J.Mabry SLN .356 B.Bonilla NYN 30 R.Lankfor SLN 111 2008 WAN 71 66 B.Gilkey SLN .340 S.Rolen PHN 30 A.Galarra CON 96 1998 FLN 57 81 B.Buckner CHN .339 E.Karros LAN 28 D.Bichett CON 96 1988 ATN 55 82 S.Rolen PHN .329 E.Murray NYN 27 E.Karros LAN 94 1995 SLN 80 57 WINS SAVES ERA 1982 CIN 75 63 M.Krukow SFN 18 G.Olson ARN 36 M.Krukow SFN 1.86 2002 MLN 70 66 R.Reusche PIN 16 M.Dejean MLN 36 R.Reusche PIN 2.50 1981 CHN 63 74 M.Soto CIN 15 T.Henke SLN 33 R.Person PHN 2.65 1985 PIN 60 76 O.Daal PHN 14 S.Garrelt SFN 29 D.Gooden NYN 2.67 1991 HON 60 77 B.Sheets MLN 14 D.Holmes CON 28 T.Candiot LAN 2.73 1985 SFN 81 55 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1998 ARN 74 62 E.Karros LAN 20 B.Butler LAN 53 M.Soto CIN 236 1992 LAN 73 64 S.Rolen PHN 10 E.Young MLN 51 P.Harnisc HON 178 1993 CON 70 68 B.Jordan SLN 9 V.Coleman NYN 49 B.Sheets MLN 173 1981 SDN 66 70 A.Cedeno HON 8 S.Finley HON 47 D.Gooden NYN 168 OTHERS TIED W 7 A.Sanchez MLN 43 OTHERS TIED W 160 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS LAN 2 at ARN 3 SLN-Morgan(10-5, 3.66) at ARN-Sodowsk(7-3, 4.43) SFN 4 at CIN 9 HON-Deshaie(6-12, 5.55) at CHN-Krukow(12-13, 3.55) NYN 2 at FLN 3 SFN-Krukow(18-3, 1.86) at CON-Harris(11-11, 4.87) SLN 6 at HON 0 ATN-Mahler(9-14, 4.56) at FLN-Larkin(3-6, 5.75) MLN 5 at PIN 6 SDN-Wise(6-7, 3.11) at LAN-Hershis(10-9, 4.37) CON 3 at SDN 2 NYN-Tanana(8-8, 4.68) at MLN-Quevedo(9-9, 5.43) ATN 4 at WAN 3 PHN-Wolf(13-9, 4.04) at WAN-Perez(7-9, 3.79) PHN 5 at CHN 4 YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB T.Pena PIN MLN 5 2 4 4 0 1 1 1 A.Trevino CIN SFN 4 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 L.Smith ATN WAN 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 T.Kennedy SDN CON 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 B.Brenly SFN CIN 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS M.Petkovsek SLN HON 9.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 W T.Glavine ATN WAN 7.0 3 1 0 2 4 0 W L.Hernandez FLN NYN 8.0 5 2 1 3 7 0 W A.Holland PIN MLN 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 W D.Capilla CHN PHN 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS T.Pena PIN .375 32 12 11 3 4 M.Petkovsek SLN 11 5 0 0 7 0 300 B.Jordan SLN .300 30 9 10 3 4 R.Delucia SLN 5 1 0 1 5 0 000 E.Karros LAN .400 35 14 10 5 3 P.Byrd PHN 8 4 0 1 8 0 100 D.Strawberry LAN .500 24 12 10 2 1 V.Padilla PHN 6 2 0 0 2 0 000 B.Gilkey SLN .370 27 10 6 6 2 B.Anderson ARN 13 8 1 0 2 0 100 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS K.Orie FLN .057 35 2 0 0 0 B.Caudill CHN 8 21 15 7 9 1 020 J.Clark CON .214 28 6 0 0 0 J.Sanchez FLN 8 13 11 7 5 1 020 L.Gonzalez HON .143 35 5 2 2 0 J.Alvarez ATN 8 14 12 3 7 2 010 O.Smith SDN .222 36 8 2 0 0 J.Cabrera MLN 5 11 7 1 2 2 011 D.Hansen LAN .179 28 5 2 1 0 C.Puleo ATN 7 14 9 3 5 0 000 INJURY REPORT T.Blackwell, Chicago (NL) - 3 more games R.Jones, San Diego - 3 more games B.Evans, San Diego - 1 more games E.Davis, Los Angeles - 1 more games C.Hayes, Colorado - 2 more games D.Sheaffer, St. Louis - 8 more games T.Pagnozzi, St. Louis - 5 more games G.Zaun, Florida - 3 more games M.Lieberthal, Philadelphia - 2 more games A.Sanchez, Milwaukee - 1 more games A.Kearns, Washington - 14 more games Now granted the '88 Braves have scraped together some wins lately but they still are the Braves and they are featured in our boxscore of the month for August. They were drubbed by that juggernaut that was the '08 Nationals 18-2 on August 29th as the Nats banged out 24 hits. BOXSCORE: 1988 Atlanta Braves At 2008 Washington Nationals 8/29/2008 Braves AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG J.Morrison 3B 4 0 1 0 .138 W.Harris 2B 6 4 3 2 .260 D.James LF 4 0 1 0 .263 C.Guzman SS 6 4 5 1 .319 G.Perry 1B 4 1 0 0 .331 D.Young 1B 4 2 2 2 .270 D.Murphy RF 3 1 1 0 .241 L.Milledge CF 5 0 5 5 .286 A.Thomas SS 4 0 2 0 .261 A.Gonzalez 3B 6 0 0 1 .183 O.Virgil C 4 0 2 2 .294 J.Flores C 4 2 2 1 .275 A.Hall CF 3 0 0 0 .238 E.Bonifacio RF 4 3 3 0 .305 J.Blauser 2B 4 0 1 0 .243 R.Bernadina LF 5 1 2 2 .381 K.Coffman P 0 0 0 0 .143 T.Redding P 5 2 2 2 .107 C.Puleo P 1 0 0 0 .118 M.Estrada P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-P.Runge PH 1 0 0 0 .136 J.Alvarez P 0 0 0 0 .273 B-L.Smith PH 1 0 0 0 .248 R.Mahler P 0 0 0 0 .045 C-T.Simmons PH 1 0 0 0 .203 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 2 8 2 Totals 45 18 24 16 A-Pinch Hit For Puleo In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Alvarez In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Mahler In 9th Inning Braves.......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 0 Nationals....... 1 5 4 0 5 2 0 1 - 18 24 0 Braves (54-81) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA K.Coffman LOSS(5-4) 1 1/3 5 6 6 2 0 0 45 6.00 C.Puleo 2 2/3 8 4 4 0 3 0 64 5.60 J.Alvarez 2 9 7 7 1 2 1 71 4.52 R.Mahler 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 38 4.56 Totals 8 24 18 18 4 6 1 Nationals (70-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA T.Redding WIN(10-7) 8 8 2 2 1 2 0 122 2.88 M.Estrada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.12 Totals 9 8 2 2 1 2 0 ATTENDANCE- 33,441 DATE- Friday, August 29th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad T- 3:18 LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 7 Nationals: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 2 Nationals: 1 DOUBLES- D.Murphy(41st), C.Guzman(36th), L.Milledge(22nd), J.Flores(17th), R.Bernadina(4th) HOME RUNS- W.Harris(17th) STOLEN BASES- W.Harris(17th) SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Milledge WALKS- A.Hall, D.Young-2, J.Flores, E.Bonifacio HIT BY PITCH- D.Murphy STRIKE OUTS- J.Morrison-2, J.Flores-2, R.Bernadina-2, T.Redding-2 GIDP- D.James, A.Gonzalez-2 WILD PITCHES- K.Coffman-2, J.Alvarez PASSED BALLS- O.Virgil, J.Flores WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Jeff Blauser robbed Tim Redding of a base hit.

Eddie Mathews

DAVID WRIGHT IS CLUTCH, FUCK THE HATERS!!!! U.S. into the semis!

Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander

Gus Johnson's finest hour.

Venezuela is the first team into the semi-finals.

Posting the offseason thread for college football now so I don't forget until May like I did last year. Here's a list of non-traditional, non-conference games between I-A schools for next season (games between 2008 bowl teams are bolded), although I probably missed a few. Here's a link for a list of schools who still have open spots on their 2009 schedule. Kent State at Boston College Middle Tennessee at Clemson Florida State at BYU South Florida at Florida State Maryland at California Rutgers at Maryland Pittsburgh at N.C. State Baylor at Wake Forest Stanford at Wake Forest Wake Forest at Navy Duke at Army Duke at Kansas Georgia Tech at Mississippi State Georgia Tech at Vanderbilt Oklahoma at Miami Miami at UCF Miami at South Florida North Carolina at Connecticut East Carolina at North Carolina TCU at Virginia Virginia at Southern Miss Virginia Tech vs. Alabama (in Atlanta) Marshall at Virginia Tech Nebraska at Virginia Tech Virginia Tech at East Carolina Cincinnati at Oregon State Fresno State at Cincinnati Cincinnati at Miami of Ohio Illinois at Cincinnati Connecticut at Ohio Connecticut at Baylor Connecticut at Notre Dame Louisville at Utah Southern Miss at Louisville Pittsburgh at Buffalo Navy at Pittsburgh Rutgers at Army South Florida at Western Kentucky FIU at South Florida Minnesota at Syracuse Syracuse at Penn State Akron at Syracuse Northwestern at Syracuse West Virginia at Auburn Colorado at West Virginia East Carolina at West Virginia Indiana at Akron Western Michigan at Indiana Fresno State at Illinois Arizona at Iowa Arkansas State at Iowa Western Michigan at Michigan Eastern Michigan at Michigan Central Michigan at Michigan State Michigan State vs. Western Michigan (in Detroit) Air Force at Minnesota California at Minnesota Miami of Ohio at Northwestern Eastern Michigan at Northwestern Navy at Ohio State USC at Ohio State Ohio State vs. Toledo (in Cleveland) New Mexico State at Ohio State Akron at Penn State Temple at Penn State Toledo at Purdue Purdue at Oregon Northern Illinois at Purdue Northern Illinois at Wisconsin Fresno State at Wisconsin Wisconsin at Hawaii Colorado at Miami of Ohio Wyoming at Colorado Iowa State at Kent State Army at Iowa State Kansas at UTEP Southern Miss at Kansas Kansas State at UCLA Bowling Green at Missouri Missouri at Nevada Florida Atlantic at Nebraska Arkansas State at Nebraska Louisiana-Lafayette at Nebraska Kent State at Baylor Oklahoma vs. BYU (in Arlington) Tulsa at Oklahoma Georgia at Oklahoma State Rice at Oklahoma State Houston at Oklahoma State Louisiana-Monroe at Texas Texas at Wyoming UCF at Texas UTEP at Texas New Mexico at Texas A&M Utah State at Texas A&M UAB at Texas A&M Arkansas vs. Texas A&M (in Arlington) Rice at Texas Tech Texas Tech at Houston New Mexico at Texas Tech Bowling Green at Marshall Memphis at Tennessee Memphis at Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic at UAB UAB at Troy UAB at Mississippi Buffalo at UCF Houston at Mississippi State Vanderbilt at Rice Navy at Rice SMU at Washington State SMU at TCU Navy at SMU BYU at Tulane Tulane at Army Tulsa at New Mexico Boise State at Tulsa Buffalo at UTEP UTEP at New Mexico State Troy at Bowling Green Wyoming at Bowling Green Miami of Ohio at Boise State Ohio at Tennessee Army at Temple Temple at Navy North Texas at Ball State Ball State at Army Ball State at Auburn Central Michigan at Arizona Army at Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan at Arkansas Idaho at Northern Illinois Boise State at Toledo Toledo at FIU Nevada at Colorado State Colorado State at Idaho San Diego State at UCLA San Diego State at Idaho New Mexico State at San Diego State Oregon State at UNLV Hawaii at UNLV UNLV at Nevada Utah at San Jose State Utah at Oregon Louisiana-Monroe at Arizona State Arizona State at Georgia Oregon at Boise State San Jose State at USC UCLA at Tennessee LSU at Washington Idaho at Washington Hawaii at Washington State Washington State vs. Notre Dame (in San Antonio) Troy at Florida FIU at Florida Louisiana-Monroe at Kentucky Florida Atlantic at South Carolina Western Kentucky at Tennessee Vanderbilt at Army FIU at Alabama North Texas at Alabama Troy at Arkansas Louisiana Tech at Auburn Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU Louisiana Tech at LSU Mississippi State at Middle Tennessee Army at North Texas Western Kentucky at Navy

Here are the 1st Round tip times. The Thursday local coverage only game this year is Mississippi State/Washington but you can see it on MMOD or CBS College Sports. THURSDAY Butler vs. LSU, 12:20/9:20 Cal State Northridge vs. Memphis, 12:25/9:25 Texas A&M vs. BYU, 12:30/9:30 Northern Iowa vs. Purdue, 2:30/11:30 Radford vs. North Carolina, 2:50/11:50 Maryland vs. California, 2:55/11:55 Chattanooga vs. Connecticut, 3:00/Noon Mississippi State vs. Washington, 4:55/1:55 Minnesota vs. Texas, 7:10/4:10 Michigan vs. Clemson, 7:10/4:10 American vs. Villanova, 7:20/4:20 Akron vs. Gonzaga, 7:25/4:25 Binghamton vs. Duke, 9:40/6:40 Morgan State vs. Oklahoma, 9:40/6:40 VCU vs. UCLA, 9:50/6:50 Western Kentucky vs. Illinois, 9:55/6:55 FRIDAY Stephen F. Austin vs. Syracuse, 12:15/9:15 Tennessee vs. Oklahoma State, 12:25/9:25 Utah State vs. Marquette, 12:30/9:30 North Dakota State vs. Kansas, 12:30/9:30 Temple vs. Arizona State, 2:45/11:45 East Tennessee State vs. Pittsburgh, 2:55/11:55 Dayton vs. West Virginia, 3:00/Noon Cornell vs. Missouri, 3:00/Noon Arizona vs. Utah, 7:10/4:10 TBA vs. Louisville, 7:10/4:10 USC vs. Boston College, 7:20/4:20 Portland State vs. Xavier, 7:25/4:25 Siena vs. Ohio State, 9:40/6:40 Cleveland State vs. Wake Forest, 9:40/6:40 Robert Morris vs. Michigan State, 9:50/6:50 Wisconsin vs. Florida state, 9:55/6:55

Josh Gibson

Shockingly I found an article on what the NIT, CBI, and CIT require. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/ma...con73718/?print