2010 NCAA Tournament Thread......

**Fletch** · 03-28-2010, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by DaBownca

I know man but its DUKE

Cue Dave telling us to stfu and watch the game in 5....4...3...

That call changed the entire momentum of the last 3 minutes!

**cleodine velvet jackson** · 03-28-2010, 06:23 PM

Something wasn't right with that game.

**Fletch** · 03-28-2010, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by cleodine velvet jackson

Something wasn't right with that game.

You ain't lyin', Cleo!

**DaveR** · 03-28-2010, 09:01 PM

http://tournament.fantasysports.yaho...3369/standings

Round
Rank	Bracket	1	2	3	4	Semis	Finals	Points	Possible Pts
1	Curt Clay's picks	25	18	24	8	-	Kentucky	75	75
2	DaveR	21	18	12	16	-	Duke	67	115
3	I Will Win *	23	16	16	8	-	Kansas	63	79
4	waitaminuteman	22	16	16	8	-	Kansas	62	62
5	Davin Dayle	20	16	16	8	-	Kansas	60	76
6	Brooklyn Dogg3	25	18	8	8	-	Kansas	59	59
7	orange all the way	24	14	12	8	-	Syracuse	58	58
8	THE LYNCH MOB	23	14	12	8	-	Kansas	57	73
9	BillB	21	18	16	0	-	Kansas	55	55
10	gatorboy	22	20	12	0	-	Villanova	54	54
11	Downtown Silver Spring	21	16	8	8	-	Syracuse	53	53
12	G-TOWN 2010	22	14	16	0	-	Georgetown	52	52
12	DafunkyOne	22	14	16	0	-	Kentucky	52	52
12	Old Dirty Barristers	24	16	12	0	-	Kentucky	52	52
12	ukwildcats2010	22	18	12	0	-	Kentucky	52	52
16	NillaDaGarilla	23	16	12	0	-	Syracuse	51	51
17	cowboy22	21	10	8	0	-	Kentucky	39	39
18	DCSIGMA	21	10	4	0	-	Georgetown	35	35
19	JustGuessin	-	-	-	-	-	No Pick	0	-

**DaveR** · 03-28-2010, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by cleodine velvet jackson

Something wasn't right with that game.

Originally Posted by Fletch

You ain't lyin', Cleo!

yeah, a #1 seed actually won

**DaveR** · 03-29-2010, 01:42 PM

**Fletch** · 03-29-2010, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by DaveR

Duke v. Butler....bank on it!

**DaveR** · 03-29-2010, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by Fletch

Duke v. Butler....bank on it!

given your picking record, better be Monopoly money

**cleodine velvet jackson** · 03-29-2010, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by DaveR

given your picking record, better be Monopoly money

Now that's funny!

**Fletch** · 03-30-2010, 12:51 AM

Originally Posted by DaveR

given the refs conspiring for Duke, better be Monopoly money

fixed!

**Fletch** · 03-30-2010, 10:26 AM

Brittany Greiner......Sick wit it!

**DaBownca** · 03-30-2010, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by Fletch

Brittany Greiner......Sick wit it!

Funny how she didn't get much ink until she clocked ole girl....shes a beast though

**DaveR** · 03-30-2010, 04:04 PM

Lavin succeeds Roberts at St. John's

St. John's has hired ESPN analyst and former UCLA coach Steve Lavin to succeed Norm Roberts, a school spokesman said Tuesday.

Lavin has been with ESPN the past six years after being fired at UCLA in 2003. He coached the Bruins to the NCAA tournament six times in seven seasons, including one Elite Eight appearance and five trips to the Sweet 16. He inherits a team that could return 10 seniors for 2010-11.

The school will hold a news conference to introduce Lavin on Wednesday.

St. John's has been searching for a big-name hire to increase the team's profile in the New York media market. The university made an overture to Florida's Billy Donovan and a formal offer to Georgia Tech's Paul Hewitt, who declined.

The Red Storm also interviewed former Boston College coach Al Skinner and former Siena coach Fran McCaffery, who took the Iowa job, and were interested in talking to Rhode Island's Jim Baron.

St. John's hasn't been to the NCAA tournament since 2002. The Red Storm has appeared in the NIT twice since that appearance, including earlier this month under Roberts.

This season, St. John's finished 17-16 overall and 6-12 in the Big East. After knocking off UConn and nearly upsetting Marquette in the Big East tournament, the Red Storm lost in the first round of the NIT at Memphis.

Coincidentally, the Red Storm has a home-and-home series signed for next season against UCLA, Lavin's former team.

Lavin was fired by UCLA after going 10-19, his only losing season and the school's first in 55 years. It was the only season in which one of Lavin's UCLA teams did not win at least 20 games.

Lavin, who had five years remaining on his contract when he was fired, fell into the job when Jim Harrick was fired in November 1996 -- only a week before the season began and 19 months after the Bruins won their 11th national championship. With Harrick assistants Mark Gottfried and Lorenzo Romar already having taken head jobs, then-athletic director Peter Dalis promoted Lavin from unproven assistant to head coach.

His teams at UCLA beat four No. 1-ranked teams, but in his final season, the Bruins had a then-record 10 losses at Pauley Pavilion and the average attendance of 8,348 in the 12,819-seat arena was the lowest since 1993.

**DaveR** · 03-31-2010, 07:45 PM

(it's mighty quiet around here ... y'all must be waiting for Duke to lose or something)

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Figuring out the Final Four

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/dickv...ory?id=5038317

There will be excitement galore in Indianapolis. I mean, look at the Final Four storylines:

• Can hometown favorite Butler, playing only six miles away from its campus, keep the momentum going and win the national championship?

• Will Tom Izzo get his second gold trophy?

• Can Coach K cut down the nets in the same city where he won his first title, upsetting Jerry Tarkanian's UNLV team in the semifinals and Kansas in the title game?

• Will this be the year Bob Huggins leads the Mountaineers to their first national championship, in the school's first Final Four trip since Jerry West & Co. in 1959?

Let's break down the games …

**chldfknungrnd764** · 03-31-2010, 07:51 PM

I'm indeed waiting for DUKE to go down!

**DaveR** · 03-31-2010, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by chldfknungrnd764

I'm indeed waiting for DUKE to go down!

only team I'll be semi-OK with Duke going down to is (Big East) West Virginia ...

**chldfknungrnd764** · 03-31-2010, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by DaveR

only team I'll be semi-OK with Duke going down to is (Big East) West Virginia ...

Will you don a turtle neck in honor of Huggins?

**DaveR** · 03-31-2010, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by chldfknungrnd764

Will you don a turtle neck in honor of Huggins?

hell no ... but always liked Huggins, and what he does with his talent-on-hand

**DaveR** · 04-02-2010, 10:45 AM

Turner dominates player-of-year voting
Updated: April 2, 2010, 10:34 AM ET

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5049701

INDIANAPOLIS -- Ohio State junior swingman Evan Turner is the runaway choice as The Associated Press' college basketball player of the year.

The 6-foot-7 Turner, who averaged 20.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists, received 54 votes from the 65-member national media panel.
Turner missed six games after breaking bones in his back when he fell after a dunk in December. The Buckeyes went .500 without him and then went on to win the Big Ten championship after he returned.

He is the first Ohio State player to win the award since Gary Bradds in 1964. Jerry Lucas of the Buckeyes won it in 1961 and 1962.

Kentucky freshman John Wall received nine votes, while Da'Sean Butler of West Virginia and Luke Harangody of Notre Dame each got one.

**Fletch** · 04-02-2010, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by DaveR

Turner dominates player-of-year voting
Updated: April 2, 2010, 10:34 AM ET

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5049701

INDIANAPOLIS -- Ohio State junior swingman Evan Turner is the runaway choice as The Associated Press' college basketball player of the year.

The 6-foot-7 Turner, who averaged 20.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists, received 54 votes from the 65-member national media panel.
Turner missed six games after breaking bones in his back when he fell after a dunk in December. The Buckeyes went .500 without him and then went on to win the Big Ten championship after he returned.

He is the first Ohio State player to win the award since Gary Bradds in 1964. Jerry Lucas of the Buckeyes won it in 1961 and 1962.

Kentucky freshman John Wall received nine votes, while Da'Sean Butler of West Virginia and Luke Harangody of Notre Dame each got one.

Number 1 pick in the draft. John Wall needs another year!