Running NCAA men's tournament thread 2012

Looks like New Year's Day the way the Big Ten teams are playing.

 

They've been to four Final Fours since that "fluke win" (when they were a 1-seed), including two in a row in 2009 and 2010 and twice as a 5-seed. They made it to the championship game in 2009.
I'll give you some points, in that it's often been Final Four or bust. Other than the Final Four trips, they haven't been to a regional final.
But still, four Final Fours in 12 years? That's barely cause to check your drawers after a hard fart, let alone say the bed has been shat upon.

 

I hear the calliope playing . . . have a nice life.

 

But seriously, why do parents let their kids play in the Big Ten, and why do kids want to play there in the first place? The pace is sooooo slow and methodical.

 

They lost that 2009 final by what, 30 or so? UNC nuked em off the court like Hiroshima.

 

is it me or are the games boring tonight?

 

Both. You're boring, too.

 

Linda Cohn's latest tweet:

Other than the NCAA tournament, let @SportsCenter know your fave top play of the night. #SCtop10


This is just embarrassing. ESPN doesn't have broadcast rights for the tournament, but they are allowed to show highlights. So they're perfectly capable of putting some outstanding plays in the Top 10. Yet, for the whole tournament, their top 10 has focused on all plays from the sports world not in the NCAA Tournament. This is absurdly stupid.

 

That's the worst thing to happen in the sporting world since Atlanta missed the playoffs last October.

 

It just goes to show how little ESPN cares for anything they don't cover. They show NFL playoff Top 10 plays because it'd be even stupider for them not to. I just don't get though why they refuse to show NCAA Tournament plays. It makes zero sense.

 

Can CBS please stop using that wire camera for live action?

 

Speaking of CBS, did the announcer just say "he got the sack from the rear"? I won't claim to have the best hearing but that's funny as hell if its true.