College Basketball Thread

“See dayhiker. You are not the only one with Miss St in the final four.”

“I didn't bother to check on the first game and listed Texas southern. I see now that it's UNC Asheville. That's what mine should read, like it'll matter.”

“Kentucky
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Arizona
Pitt
Illinois
Miss St
Syracuse
Florida
Wake
Duke
Missouri
Dayton
Connecticut
Maryland
Louisville
Xavier
LSU
Marquete
Notre Dame
Creighton
Wisconsin
Stanford
St. Joe
Ok St
Mich St
BYU
Tulsa
Central Mich
Wisc Milwaukee
Alabama
Auburn
Southern Illinois
Indiana
Penn
NC St
Butler
Memphis
Weber St
Colorado
UNC Wilmington
Purdue
Oregon
Cincy
Western Kentucky
Cal
Troy
San Diego
Gonzaga
Utah
AZ st
Colorado St
Holy Cross
Austin Peay
Manhattan
ETSU
Sam Houston
Iupui
Wagner
Utah St
Vermont
Play in winner
SC st

All hail me!”

“This can't be the real Cocoa. Alabama is above Auburn.”

“MIDWEST
Kentucky (64)
IUPUI (1)
Oregon (37)
Utah (18)
Wisconsin (27)
Weber St (34)
Dayton (36)
Tulsa (44)
Missouri (53)
S Illinois (20)
Marquette (47)
Holy Cross (10)
Indiana (21)
Alabama (22)
Pittsburgh (57)
Wagner (6)
WEST
Arizona (63)
Vermont (2)
Cincy (29)
Gonzaga (33)
N Dame (28)
Wis-Mil (30)
Illinois (56)
W Kentucky (11)
Creighton (41)
C Michigan (42)
Duke (54)
Colo St (12)
Memphis (45)
Arizona St (25)
Kansas (55)
Utah St (8)
SOUTH
Texas (59)
TBA (7)
LSU (43)
Purdue (26)
Uconn (58)
BYU (16)
Stanford (48)
San Diego (17)
Maryland (51)
UNC-Wil (15)
Xavier (52)
Troy St (13)
Mich St (38)
Colorado (40)
Florida (62)
Sam Houston (3)
EAST
Oklahoma (60)
SC St (5)
California (39)
NC State (35)
Miss St (50)
Butler (19)
Louisville (46)
Austin Peay (14)
Oklahoma St (31)
Penn (32)
Syracuse (61)
Manhattan (4)
St Joes (23)
Auburn (24)
W Forest (49)
E Tenn St (9)”

“He might be the real GOD, because a deity knows the TRUE order of things!”

“arc, why do you have a TBA in the middle of the pack. When there's an upset that can't be your to be announced entry. You sound like Dunadan back in football season when he didn't submit all his teams.”

“I couldn't help but notice how much respect Arc gave Creighton in his picks.
Cocoa, you are truly self-transcendent. Did you break your wrist typing in Bama above Auburn?
Looks like we all respect Kentucky, especially you boys whose teams have had to play them.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!”

“Dunadan already has 257 points.
I really thought So. Illinois would pull it out against Missouri. All of the other games went my way, barely. Cal and NC St goes to overtime. Gonzo wins again against a very worthy opponent. Some very tight ball games, folks.”

“Dunadan already has 257 points.
I really thought So. Illinois would pull it out against Missouri. All of the other games went my way, barely. Cal and NC St goes to overtime. Gonzo wins again against a very worthy opponent. Some very tight ball games, folks.”

“If I post it twice does that give me 514 points?”

“Current scoring after day 1:

arclite 732
arky/chili 708
Dunadan 701
dayhiker 698
cocoa 687

The boys from Bama aren't faring too well. That dang transplant fella is running away with it so far.”

“Hey DICK (vitale) Go lick Duke's balls some more you prick. The Tigers proved they deserved to be in the tournament.

I may be in last today, but there's a lot of basketball left. I hope I didn't jinx myself”

“Well, the Tigers sucked. But I aint in last place,,,,,,yet.”

“I would say our scores reflect the tournament this year. A rookie with little talent lucks out at first, but the heavy hitters come out ahead in the end.

=)”

“Not that anyone cares... and I really have NOT been following Iowa Hawkeye bball this year. AND OF COURSE, IT'S THE **NIT** SO YOU REALLY DON'T STINKIN' CARE

However... last night I see Iowa beat Iowa State 54-53. LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhahhahahahahahaha

Ahhhhhh, always good to have a laugh at the expense of Iowa State.

I guess GA Tech is up Monday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Where are you southern boys to rib about this?? (at least till the game begins. LOLOL!!”

“108 to 76. Now that's more like it.
Auburn pulls it out.
Bama plays a tight one with the Hoosiers, then Indiana can't hit the basket against Pitt.
Kansas has Duke in their future. How sweet that victory would be.
Big 12 looking pretty good. Pac 10 goes bye-bye, except for a lucky Arizona.
SEC looking pretty good, also. Mich. St. and Florida could be a good one.
I would give this tourney an A+ so far. Lots and lots of great games.....”

“I'm going to post results as of end of day Friday and then end of day Saturday.

End of 1st round:

chili 1432
dayhiker 1431
arclite 1410
Dunadan 1386
cocoa 1382
arky 1374”

“End of day Sat:

chili 1858
dayhiker 1840
arclite 1802
cocoa 1801
Dunadan 1797
arky 1767”

“It's Sunday morning as with apologies to REM it's the end of the world as I know it and cocoa feels fine. I think I noticed blood in the Coosa River this morning on the way to work. As I walked up to the office the sound of locusts were heard and the moon had turned to blood. Auburn is wearing cinderalla's boots, I mean glass slipper.

Congrats Auburn! War Dame EAGLE!

dayhiker 2220
chili 2213
cocoa 2187
arclite 2175
Dunadan 2137
arky 2135

Wow, the three traditional football powers have crept into the 1, 2, and 3 spots. New kid Florida is in 4th. Never been Kansas is in 5th. Does anyone smell pork. Based on the Sweet Sixteen results, the only thing needed to succeed in this poll is a football tradition. Sorry, but a tradition is not made in 12 years.”

“Somehow, I just knew the tournament would turn out to be very unpredictable. Given that two of my final four teams are out, I will fall like a rock in the next round.”

“cocoa still have all 4 of his. An Auburn guy at the top again. Perish the thought. The Orange Trinity strikes again.”

“Must..... not.....lose.....to......Dunadan.”

“The pride of the SEC is on your shoulders arky.”

“The mark of a great racehorse is how it comes down the stretch. My main horse is still standing, thanks to some luck in the first round.
How many points did everyone give Butler??????
I might stink at prediction, but I'm not last! Arky, you are goin' down, man!!!

I would like to send my condolences to Arclite. Big time ouch......

Auburn????? Well, they had their run.

Could Duke have had two better teams to play to get to the Sweet 16?
Maryland must go!!!
Good luck everybody!”

“OK, I just got a team in a radio promotion for the Sweet Sixteen. I get a T-shirt and Pizza Hut meal whatever (just for having magic dialing fingers)

However, if my team wins, I get a home entertainment system. So I suppose the Syracuse Orangemen suck, eh?”

“Oh, Lizzy.....
Sorry about them mean Georgia Tech basketball players.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, just give me my crown now and save the trouble......”

“Thank you Dunny... sniff...

Now... what about those Orangemen?? Any chance they'll win me a 7-piece home entertainment system????”

“Let's put it this way, Lizzy. "If the Syracuse Orangemen win the NCAA tournament, the newly ordained Basketball God will add another entertainment center to your collection".
Methinks the odds are against them.”

“I'm not driving to Iowa to put in an entertainment system, and how dare you volunteer my servies Dunadan!”

“I would volunteer to drive up there and install the system (that is what our family business does on the Gulf Coast) but there are two things wrong with that idea.

One, the Orangemen are not going to win.

Two, with what I have left in the tournament, the orangemen have a better chance of winning the whole show than I have of being the new BB god.”

“Dayhiker, the pretender.
Dunadan, the real deal.

Deal with it, you Jayhawk wannabe.

Orange won't be a contending color after this weekend. That includes you, Cocoa. However, there will be a lot of blue.”

“Boooo... hissss... waaaaaaaaah...

Go men of orange! May citrus rule!!”

“Oooops. I guess if Auburn and Syracuse are playing each other, then we will have to endure orange for one more game...

By the way.....Dunadan collects another 64 points. Hooooraaaayyy!”

“Sweet victory over Duke.

I think I'll root for Kansas again this year because it is painfully obvious that Dunadan needs something to feel good about.”

“I will be glad when football season gets here.”

“Wave the wheat my brutha!

What a game, those Marquette....seriously, that was a great game....Riddick misses another three pointer....Collison is some kind of player. I feel bad for Heinrich. Last year he had the bum ankle and now he hurt his shooting wrist.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Can I live vicariously through the Jayhawks since they have a small amount of Crimson in their unis.”

“errrrrrrr, will someone please explain the "rock chalk" part to me??”

“It's KU's lame excuse...I mean, it's their chant that is deeply rooted in their great tradition...yada yada yada!

The footballapalooza I group were fortunate enough to get to see Dunadan personally do the chant. It's actually pretty cool.”

“From the KU student handbook.


World’s Greatest College Cheer
The University Science Club officially adopted the famous “Rock Chalk” chant in 1886. A chemistry professor, E.H.S. Bailey, and some of his associates were returning from a conference by train to Lawrence. As they traveled, they talked of the need for a good, rousing yell. The click-clack of the train wheels passing over the rail joints suggested a rhythm and a cadence to them. At first, their version was “Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU” repeated three times. Later, in place of the rahs, an English professor suggested “Rock Chalk,” a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the limestone outcropping found on Mount Oread, site of the Lawrence campus. The cheer became known worldwide. Teddy Roosevelt pronounced it the greatest college chant he’d ever heard. It was used by Kansas troops fighting in the Philippines in 1899, in the Boxer Rebellion in China, and World War II. At the Olympic games in 1920, the King of Belgium asked for a typical American college yell. The assembled athletes agreed on KU’s Rock Chalk and rendered it for His Majesty.

Rock Chalk Chant
R-o-c-k C-h-a-l-k, J-a-y-h-a-w-k, K-U
R-o-c-k C-h-a-l-k, J-a-y-h-a-w-k, K-U
Rock Chalk, Jay Hawk, KU
Rock Chalk, Jay Hawk, KU
Rock Chalk, Jay Hawk, KU”

“WTF? A Rutgers man giving the history of the KU chant?

I do concur with dayhiker though. Dunadan's redition of it on the banks of the beautiful Hurricane Creek in the rolling Ozark Mountains was impressive.

Of course the 30 pack that arky packed in might have contributed to the moment.”

“Ours is almost as stupid. I won't even post the words to "Nobody Ever Died for Dear Old Rutgers"


RU, Rah, Rah;
RU, Rah, Rah,
Whoo-Rah, Whoo-Rah;
Rutgers Rah

Up Stream Red Team
Red Team Up Stream
Rah, Rah, Rutgers Rah”

“Woooooooooooooooo, Pig Sooie!
Woooooooooooooooo, Pig Sooie!
Woooooooooooooooo, Pig Sooie!
RAZORBACKS!!!!”

“Gosh, there's an awful lot of spelling in that Rock Chalk chant. Could be trouble for freshmen!!! lol

I wondered if it had to do with the Flint Hills type stuff (or is that... SHUDDER... Manhattan area?? LMAO) Least Lawrence is right on the interstate.

Go Syracuse!!!

(ok Violin, tell me the Syracuse chant, would ya?)

I personally think the Minnesota cheer is stupid. Some goey gitchee goey goome stuff.”

“The plot thickens. Here are the current standings


dayhiker 2452
chili 2439
cocoa 2418
arclite 2404
arky 2364
Dunadan 2363

Looks like Dunny may come in last, but his possible NC team will keep him warm at night.”

“How is it that the scorekeeper always winds up winning these things? LOL.”

“Yes! Yes! Dunadan I'm kickin' your a$$!”

“Hey, mommy, Arky is cheating again!
How can this be? Do you remember how I beat Las Vegas all football season long? I don't either.
I will be glad to collect 64 points for three more games. However, Arizona might be the end of the line for the Jayhawks. We'll see who is standing after the end of the game.

Rock Chalk
Jayhawk
Kaaaaayyyy Uuuuuuuuuuu!

Don't forget to wave the wheat. BTW, Missouri immitates KU on the waving the wheat.”

“I almost forgot to say thankyou for posting the history of the Rock Chalk chant. Thankyou. Your imminent banning will be temporarily postponed for that kind act.”