EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2008 Giving this a fresh start. I see there's a St. Joseph's/Oklahoma rematch in the opening round. That St. Joe's team is one of my personal favorites and that game was a lot of fun in 2004. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2008 The best weekend of the sports year is the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. I scheduled Thursday and Friday off well in advance. If you haven't already you must sign up for March Madness on Demand which is amazingly still free of charge. TUESDAY Coppin State vs. Mount St. Mary's, 7:30/4:30 PM THURSDAY Georgia vs. Xavier, 12:20 PM/9:20 AM Portland State vs. Kansas, 12:25 PM/9:25 AM Temple vs. Michigan State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM Kentucky vs. Marquette, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM Baylor vs. Purdue, 2:40 PM/11:40 AM Kent State vs. UNLV, 2:45 PM/11:45 AM Oral Roberts vs. Pittsburgh, 2:50 PM/11:50 AM Cornell vs. Stanford, 4:50/1:50 PM Kansas State vs. USC, 7:10/4:10 PM Belmont vs. Duke, 7:10/4:10 PM Winthrop vs. Washington State, 7:20/4:20 PM Texas A&M vs. BYU, 7:25/4:25 PM Arizona vs. West Virginia, 9:30/6:30 PM Cal State Fullerton vs. Wisconsin, 9:30/6:30 PM George Mason vs. Notre Dame, 9:40/6:40 PM Mississippi Valley State vs. UCLA, 9:45/6:45 PM FRIDAY American vs. Tennessee, 12:15 PM/9:15 AM Davidson vs. Gonzaga, 12:25 PM/9:25 AM St. Mary's vs. Miami, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM Western Kentucky vs. Drake, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM South Alabama vs. Butler, 2:35 PM/11:35 AM UMBC vs. Georgetown, 2:45 PM/11:45 AM San Diego vs. Connecticut, 2:50 PM/11:50 AM Austin Peay vs. Texas, 2:50 PM/11:50 AM North Carolina vs. TBD, 7:10/4:10 PM Saint Joseph's vs. Oklahoma, 7:10/4:10 PM Siena vs. Vanderbilt, 7:20/4:20 PM Oregon vs. Mississippi State, 7:25/4:25 PM Boise State vs. Louisville, 9:30/6:30 PM Arkansas vs. Indiana, 9:30/6:30 PM Villanova vs. Clemson, 9:40/6:40 PM Texas-Arlington vs. Memphis, 9:45/6:45 PM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2008 Easter falls at the perfect time this year. I'm not taking any time off work, but I'll still only miss the afternoon session on Thursday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2008 Tip times have been posted. Gonzaga has to be the least happy with their's as they get a 9:25 AM local tip off for what will essentially be a road game against Davidson. Portland State and St. Mary's are the other west coast teams stuck with early morning tips. Looks like it will be a short visit for TSM's team. Cornell/Stanford is this year's game that no one will see with the Thursday purgatory timeslot of 4:50 PM EST/1:50 PM PST. Also just noticed that Cal State Fullerton is in the same slot as UCLA so that has to suck for CSF fans wanting to see the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike wanna be 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2008 I signed up just like the last two years, and just like the last two years I'll probably find something or someone to do and forget all about it and merely catch up on the upsets on (ech) ESPN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2008 Nice to see Siena (my alma mater) make it to the tournament. They have one career tournament win (against Stanford in 89/also beat them earlier this season). I don't expect them to beat Vandy obviously but they could hang with them because they can shoot the 3 and run the fast break pretty damn well for a mid major. Believe me this will be huge in Albany on Friday night. They are the number one draw around here. I'm only a casual College basketball fan during the season but I love the tournament Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darthtiki 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2008 I get school credit for taking the day off to watch on Thursday Go Titans and Bruins! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted March 17, 2008 Portland State and St. Mary's are the other west coast teams stuck with early morning tips. Looks like it will be a short visit for TSM's team. That, and that whole 16 seed never beating a 1 thing, I'd imagine. As an aside, I wonder if Kamala realizes that Portland State is actually in Oregon, not in Maine, or if he's just cheering for anything Portland-related, even if in name only. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt Angle Mark 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2008 For those in Southern California CBS cut a deal with KDOC so that KDOC can show the Fullerton game locally. It is channel 56 in Los Angeles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Beastalentier Report post Posted March 18, 2008 Tyler Hansbrough plays harder than any of them. He's Tyler Hansbrough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2008 As an aside, I wonder if Kamala realizes that Portland State is actually in Oregon, not in Maine, or if he's just cheering for anything Portland-related, even if in name only. The latter. I'm not that stupid. The University of Maine Black Bears are Maine's only D1 men's team and they stink on ice(Rick Carlisle played there though) so I'm hopping on The Portland State bandwagon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2008 Aw crap, knowing that time now for Gonzaga/Davidson I wish I could change my brackets with CBS and other places. Why is it I somehow knew that game was going to be the noon game? They really stuck it to Gonzaga with that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2008 Why can't you? Most brackets don't lock until Thursday morning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nate 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2008 Why can't you? Most brackets don't lock until Thursday morning. yea I am pretty sure you can change stuff up until Thursday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darthtiki 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2008 For those in Southern California CBS cut a deal with KDOC so that KDOC can show the Fullerton game locally. It is channel 56 in Los Angeles I got to watch Fullerton leave for Omaha today which was pretty neat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2008 For those wondering what games will be aired in your area tomorrow, click the links below (all are PDF files, so you need Adobe Acrobat or something similar). Window 1 Window 2 Window 3 Window 4 Though as was stated above, you really should sign up for MMOD if you can. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 19, 2008 Good thing there's MMOD, because outside of the USC game, I wouldn't want to watch any of the others that'll be broadcasted in the area. Friday's the better day anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2008 Not that it's available to many of you, but the Stanford/Cornell game will be televised nationally on CBS College Sports (formerly CollegeSportsTV). Won't matter for me since I'll get it locally on CBS but most of the country will only be able to see the game otherwise through MMOD as it's in the Thursday local newsbreak timeslot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C Dubya 04 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2008 Giving this a fresh start. I see there's a St. Joseph's/Oklahoma rematch in the opening round. That St. Joe's team is one of my personal favorites and that game was a lot of fun in 2004. Well, it is a rematch of St. Joe's against the state of OK, but in 2004 they lost to OK St. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2008 I'm most looking forward to Cornell/Stanford opening round, for obvious reasons. But MMOD at work without ever having to click the "boss" button will be nice tomorrow and Friday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2008 Amazingly, the quality of MMOD this year is even better. The video screen is gigantic for streaming video. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 20, 2008 Where's the commentary on MMOD? Is it non-existent? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2008 I'm not getting any. I can't remember if last year had it or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2008 Commentary is there, they did flash a message about audio problems with Georgia/Xavier so that was probably it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2008 Yep. It's back now, sounding kind of outer-spacey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2008 The quality is amazing. They are really serious about growing the tournament presence through MMOD. Both this and MLB.tv have grown by leaps and bounds in the technology department. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 20, 2008 Xavier really needs to pick up their play. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2008 Another thing I noticed is that you're actually getting the TV ads this year on the stream (I think that's new?)... combine that with the web ads and they are theoretically getting double the ad revenue...although that's probably not true in reality. And the web banner ads are synched with the tv ads. They put a lot of time into this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kinetic 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2008 Georgia! Bulldogs! Georgia! Bulldogs! Sic 'em! Whowhowhowho. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 20, 2008 Goddamn Georgia. Fucking up my Elite Eight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
