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Man, if Slaughter had hit that wide open 3 pointer to cut UCLA's lead to one a few minutes ago who knows where this game would be right now. I appreciate the resolve of WKU because I felt we would just crumble in the second half.

 

Glad U of L eliminated the Volunteers. That game with North Carolina should be very interesting.

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So I'm really thinking 3 of the 4 #1 seeds make it to the Final Four: Kansas, UNC, and UCLA.

And I think Texas makes it on the other side. Then the usual Big XII chokejob happens and we're left with UCLA vs. UNC.

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I'd love nothing more than for Louisville to knock out UNC. I can't listen to any more man love for Hansbrough.

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No UNC needs to play Kansas. I've been surrounded by KU fans since August and anytime UNC gets the slightest amount of love they launch into a Roy Williams hate-fest. I'd love to see UNC beat KU just to see their heads explode.

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Kansas fans still hate Roy Williams? It's one thing to be upset for a little while but when a man goes back to his alma mater and the one school he always said he wanted to coach at - how can you hold a grudge for that long?

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No UNC needs to play Kansas. I've been surrounded by KU fans since August and anytime UNC gets the slightest amount of love they launch into a Roy Williams hate-fest. I'd love to see UNC beat KU just to see their heads explode.

oh yes, it's funny to watch isn't it

 

That whole response was what made me an ardent UNC supporter during their title run a couple years ago

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Kansas fans still hate Roy Williams? It's one thing to be upset for a little while but when a man goes back to his alma mater and the one school he always said he wanted to coach at - how can you hold a grudge for that long?

 

It's fucking Kansas. They have the attitude that they're college basketball royalty, which means they feel they're entitled to the best of everything. It also means that once a coach is hired, he may not leave until he's either fired or he retires. There is no "moving on" from Kansas, and if you do, then you are public enemy number 1, like Roy Williams.

 

 

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So I just found out via 11 news that there's going to be a rally for UT before the games at around 4:30. Now if this is free, I'll probably go then walk back home to catch the tip-off.

 

Anyone else in the Houston area going to the rally or going to the games?

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It's fucking Kansas. They have the attitude that they're college basketball royalty, which means they feel they're entitled to the best of everything.

cue f tea

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So I pissed the KU fans off at work even more. I had no local sports for my center package yesterday so I used the UNC game and I had a pic of Hansbrough grabbing a rebound over someone and the overline said "Unstoppable?"

I got some KU fans calling about that one.

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Curry's going nuts. 18 points in the first 11 minutes of the second half. I admit, Davidson has probably proven to have the easiest draw of any 10 seed, but that shouldn't diminish how fantastic they've been. Curry's the focal point, but the whole team is on tonight, just dismantling Wisco.

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The slight fake-pause-three where the defender ended up in the first row and the acrobatic layup are going on Curry's all-time highlight reel.

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Wisconsin never had a chance after about the ten-minute mark. They're not built to erase large deficits in short amounts of time.

 

Curry has outscored Wisco in the second half by himself.

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Ugh, Stanford had a great start to the second half and pulled within one at about the 12 minute mark then Texas seemingly flipped a switch and has dominated since. Sweet 16 was all I wanted but was at least hoping, and confident, that they would hang with Texas all night but hasn't happened.

 

Edit: At least Davidson's performance will completely over shadow the shit kicking the Cardinal took the last 10 minutes of this game.

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I wasn't expecting such a shit kicking from Davidson.

 

And Texas ended up looking very good in victory, that's why I have them going to the Final Four.

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I was worried about the Stanford game. Two huge guys in the middle that could dominate at any point they chose against our small lineup.

 

I was surprised to see us win by 20 and honestly thought we would've collapsed after they came to within one, but Barnes got our guys back in order and we finished strong.

 

Next up.. I don't know if I'd rather see us against Memphis or Mich. St. As a student going to UH, I'd like to see Memphis lose either tonight or Sunday.

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How awesome is it that all the Davidson students that the school paid the way to come see the team get to see them in two games this weekend?

 

That's pretty awesome. I have some friends who go to Davidson and they took up the offer to go. From what they've told me they've been having a blast. My chances of winning my bracket pool went up after this because it sorta makes up for having USC make the Elite Eight out of bottom of Kansas's bracket. Most of the people in my pool had Wisconsin in the Elite 8 versus Kansas so no true harm done.

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Talk about getting your soul taken from you...I know Memphis is the better team but 30 points better? Clearly they came out with something to prove.

 

And Villanova's getting beat pretty bad as well (somewhat expected though).

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Well, Davidson looked good and the guys on CBS were pumping them up to have a shot against Kansas but....I just don't see it.

 

Maybe it's my own selfishness wanting to see KU lose to UNC, but I really think KU is too good for Davidson.

 

As for the other bracket, I thought Texas would go to the Final Four but damn, Memphis looked good.

 

All four No. 1's in the Final Four? It looks likely. I think UNC has the toughest test though.

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Well I got one of my national title game teams to the Final Four. Now let's see what else happens. The only No. 1 seed I don't have in the Final Four is Memphis.

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