CanadianChris

OK, looks like things are a whole lot better. I could be back in this tomorrow. Thanks for all the good wishes. In case I do come back, I'm taking Charlie Haas to complete The World's Greatest Tag Team.

I'm having a severe family emergency right now and have to drop out. Sorry guys.

I'm going to have to drop out. Having a severe family emergency right now and probably won't be around for the next few days. I don't know if you want to have TI or someone take over or freeze my board, but I can't keep up with this for the time being.

Shit, totally forgot. The irony is that I woke up early Saturday to pick and found we weren't picking on weekends. Johnny Bench

Mild cat allergy, and hay fever.

I just can't get over how crappy these WMs were. I know the business as a whole was in a down period (until XV, which had NO excuse), but there's just no excuse for some of these shows. Since these are the ones that I watch again the least, they're also the ones I have the least detailed thoughts on. XI: I've described this before as just kind of there. If I had to pick the Mania where I'm most likely not remember anything that went on, it's this one. The main event had Bam Bam Bigelow! WTF? Not to mention a totally underwhelming HBK/Diesel title match and...uh...see, I just can't remember anything else on this card. XII: Another one-match show, really. Bret/HBK was good, but totally undeserving of all the hype that went into it. I would've rather they just went out and did a broadway, but I know they had to add the stip so that the crowd wouldn't go completely dead after about half an hour. Diesel/Taker was nothing special. The crowd at the Pond was bad, as always -- I can't believe they actually went back four years later. And this was the one with the Turner crap, right? God, that was brutal. XIII: I can't think of a single show where one match saved it as much as Bret/Austin saved this. It's incredible to think that you had quite possibly the match of the decade in the middle of such a huge pile of horseshit. The only other match even half worth watching was the Ahmed/LOD/NOD street fight. I don't think any of the title matches got up to **, and the IC match with Rocky was probably the worst major title match in the history of WM. XIV: Now this was a good show. Not great, but good. Austin/HBK was a miracle considering how bad Shawn's back was, the first UT/Kane meeting was pretty good for what it was, the tag title match was fun. No real complaints. XV: OH MY GOD this was a horrible show. This is what I consider to be the worst Mania in history. Russo may have produced great TV, but he had no idea how to put a major card together. Nothing made sense, the matches were complete shit for the most part, there was a simulated hanging (a SIMULATED HANGING!), and considering what Rock and Austin would give us in the future, the main event was a pretty big disappointment. Let us bury the tapes and never, EVER speak of this show again.

LOLZ at Kentucky only managing a 4 seed. And that's probably only because the tournament committee wanted a decent gate at Rupp.

Definitely Not Hot Young Wang Region 1. Goldengreek 5. theone 6. Jerichoholic82 2. TaigaStar Most Likely Homosexual Region 1. Cabbageboy 4. pbone 3. AmDragFan 2. bob_barron BUTT Fuck Stupid Region 1. RoHo 5. Matt Young 3. Jingus 2. Marvin The "I Tried to Save Good Matchups Until the End and Now I Have a Fuck Load of Them" Region 1. EHME 4. Gary Floyd 3. Y2Jerk 2. Enigma

U2 - "Mysterious Ways" Cranberries - "Promises" Seal - "Crazy" Seal - "Future Love Paradise" Jesus Jones - "The Devil You Know" Sting - "Desert Rose" Duran Duran - "Ordinary World" Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories - "Do You Sleep?" Natalie Merchant - "Carnival" Weezer - "Buddy Holly" Robbie Williams - "Angels" Eminem - "My Name Is" Biggie Smalls - "Hypnotize" Dream Warriors - "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" Alanis Morissette - "You Oughta Know" George Michael - "Freedom 90" PM Dawn - "Looking Through Patient Eyes" Ace of Base - "Beautiful Life" Lisa Stansfield - "All Around the World" Depeche Mode - "Policy of Truth"

Holy fuck, why even bother playing if you're a mid-major? You have no chance of getting in as a bubble team. Arizona, Maryland, Wisconsin and Michigan? Awful.

South: (1) UNC vs. (16) Radford (8) LSU vs. (9) Butler (5) Illinois vs. (12) Western Kentucky (4) Gonzaga vs. (13) Akron (2) Oklahoma vs. (15) Morgan St. (7) Clemson vs. (10) Michigan (6) Arizona St. vs. (11) Temple (3) Syracuse vs. (14) Stephen F. Austin

East: (1) Pitt vs. (16) East Tennessee St. (8) Oklahoma St. vs. (9) Tennessee (5) Florida St. vs. (12) Wisconsin (4) Xavier vs. (13) Portland St. (2) Duke vs. (15) Binghamton (7) Texas vs. (10) Minnesota (6) Villanova vs. (11) American (3) UCLA vs. (14) VCU

Oh no, they'll get summarily killed. I dunno, Kansas has a history of choking like dogs early in the tournament.

West: (1) UConn vs. Chattanooga (8) BYU vs. (9) Texas A&M (5) Purdue vs. (12) Northern Iowa (4) Washington vs. (13) Mississippi St. (2) Memphis vs. (15) Cat St. Northridge (7) Cal vs. (10) Maryland (6) Marquette vs. (11) Utah St. (3) Missouri vs. (14) Cornell

How cool is it to get in the tournament for the first time ever and draw the defending champs? That's going to be fun to watch. I think ND State can hang with Kansas for a half at least.

Midwest: (1) Louisville vs. play-in (Alabama St./Morehead St.) (8) Ohio St. vs. (9) Siena (5) Utah vs. (12) Arizona (4) Wake Forest vs. (13) Cleveland St. (2) Michigan St. vs. (15) Robert Morris (7) Boston College vs. (10) USC (6) West Virginia vs. (11) Dayton (3) Kansas vs. (14) North Dakota St.

I noticed that, that sucks. I was expecting a camera with St. Mary's or Creighton, at least.

Midwest: Louisville East: Pitt South: North Carolina West: UConn

Lunardi has them as the last team out.

Lavin picked UConn in a blind taste test.

I think the Big East gets three #1s this year, tbh. I might revisit that if Syracuse beats Louisville tonight, but I think with none of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Michigan State making their tournament final, and with the two Big XII teams losing their first games, theres's no one outside of Memphis that can make a legit claim at a 1, and I doubt the committee views C-USA highly enough to put them over one of those other two teams. No way does Duke get a #1 losing twice to UNC as they did. You could have a bizarre situation where the #1 team in the country going into the tournament (Memphis?) isn't a #1 seed.

North Carolina isn't looking too good now, either.

Shit, this guy's still here? Incredible. Pedro Morales

Overtime again at the Garden. Geez, I can't take this.

Put Marino on those Niners teams and Montana on those Dolphins teams, and this wouldn't even be an argument.