Running 2018 college rings postseason thread

Lent ended Thursday.

 

C'mon, like those in this den of heathens would know that...

Isn't it enough that a few got the concept of Lent?

 

Then where's @doctorquant?

 

As was noted by Jay Feely on the Michigan homer-cast.

 

No idea, but I was glad to finally be able to drink a beer again.

 

As a casual college basketball fan, I was shocked to find out a week or two ago that UNC won the championship last year. I know I watched the final four. I know I am getting older. But a month ago, if you put a gun to my head, I couldn't have told you UNC won.

Unless you are invested in one of these teams, it is easy to forget these final fours. The sameness of every dome. The sameness of the floor. I like Jim Nantz, but he and Grant Hill are boring as fuck. The same insipid slogans every fucking year on the side boards ("The Road Stops Here"; "And Then There Were Four"). UNC, Kansas, Michigan State, Arizona, and even Villanova are just kinda interchangeable to me. The Duke teams stand out because of course you are going to root for them, but since Laettner, every Duke team is pretty much like every other one. One or two annoying white guys and one or two talented one and doners. Thank god a Loyola or VCU comes around every few years. That second semifinal game was as boring a game as possible. It'll be forgotten by lunch today.

 

It really is an antiseptic environment. The teams could switch uniforms at half and it would take a couple of commercial breaks before anyone noticed.

 

I hope this was a mere typo.

 

On the men's bracket, the tip times of games are very specific. 6:09 p.m. 7:49 p.m. Etc.
Women's tournament?
"6 p.m." apparently means, "Eh, we'll get around to it eventually."

 

Geno Auriemma should be on suicide watch.

 

Hey, we're all good with Geno on this.

 

I was surprised the NCAA doesn't require courtside journos to cover the logos of their laptops.