Post by: dolphin on March 15, 2007, 11:22:13 PM
Michigan State won!
Indiana won!
Duke lost!!!
Some very good first round games tonight. Xavier vs BYU was a very good one. So was VCU vs Duke.
GO BUCKEYES!!!
Post by: Gregg on March 16, 2007, 07:29:43 AM
Post by: dolphin on March 16, 2007, 10:49:32 AM
Post by: dolphin on March 16, 2007, 09:13:07 PM
Wisconsin won!
Purdue won!
5 out of 6 Big Ten teams still in it.
And Gunug's Kansas Jayhawks stomped Niagara!
Post by: Shades of Gray on March 17, 2007, 08:25:00 AM
(EDIT: I miscounted - I picked 26 of 32), and 7 of 8 in the second round yesterday. So far except for Vanderbilt, my Sweet sixteen picks are right on).
Post by: Gary S on March 17, 2007, 10:33:34 AM
On Wisconsin
And my Alma matter, the Southern Illinois Saluiki's won.
Go Salukis!
Post by: Gregg on March 17, 2007, 11:40:33 AM
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the scoreboard kept me felling like Illinois would win, but they forgot to play the last 2 minutes.
We watched that one here. They let it get away from them; a real heartbreaker. Everything broke down at the end.
Post by: RHPConsult on March 17, 2007, 02:31:42 PM
It looks like there's good reason the Buxks are Nr. 1.
Just the same, congrats to Xavier. G-r-e-a-t Game!
Post by: Mrious_be on March 17, 2007, 03:00:15 PM
Post by: kcourt on March 17, 2007, 03:08:53 PM
Kathy
Post by: dolphin on March 17, 2007, 06:44:43 PM
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RHP said... but how do I get my heart out of my throat!
Me too..me too! What a game...XAVIER is one heck of a team. They figured out how to get to Oden and they definetly had us on the ropes. and the rest of the story: We were missing easy layups the whole game, including ODEN. Then when it really really counts...Ron Lewis does his magic...drains a 3 to tie the game and leaves 2 secs. on the clock. Then in OT...Michael Conley decides he's going to take it all on his shoulders and lights em up with 3s and 2s and free throws to ice it with 16 pts. Oh MY Oh My Oh MY...I am flabbergasted and thrilled too.
GO BUCKEYES!!!
Post by: dolphin on March 17, 2007, 10:13:03 PM
Indiana vs UCLA just finished...as did Michigan State vs North Carolina. Both lost. So now it's down to three Big Ten teams left.Ohio State...won!
Purdue plays Florida tomorrow.
Wisconsin plays UNLV tomorrow.
Go Bucks!!!
Go BIG TEN
Post by: gunug on March 18, 2007, 11:03:27 AM
Post by: Gregg on March 18, 2007, 01:28:27 PM
Post by: dolphin on March 18, 2007, 05:59:55 PM
A couple of interesting asides...
We played Tennessee in January and beat them 68-66. Ron Lewis had an end of game 3 that won it! Deja vu!
This most heart warming and proud moment...Ron Lewis graduated from The Ohio State University today. It says great things about the man and the program to see him get his degree.
Post by: Shades of Gray on March 18, 2007, 07:16:49 PM
Post by: Gregg on March 18, 2007, 08:14:49 PM
Post by: Shades of Gray on March 18, 2007, 10:36:22 PM
I did quite well in my picks last Wednesday.
1st round: 26-6
2nd round: 12-4
Post by: beacher on March 19, 2007, 01:00:54 PM
"March 17, 2007
NCAA Renames March Madness ‘March Bipolar Disorder’
Under Pressure from National Institute of Mental Health
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) stunned the sports world today by announcing that its annual college basketball tournament, known to its fans as March Madness, will henceforth be known as March Bipolar Disorder.
The name-change, which both surprised and outraged devotees of the annual ritual, came after the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) demanded that the NCAA drop the “Madness” tag.
While fans across the country argued that “March Bipolar Disorder” did not have the same ring to it, a spokesperson for the NIMH said today that the new name was “more clinically accurate.”
“Each year, the tournament produces extreme mood swings in both its players and its fans,” said spokesperson Carol Foyler. “In our view, those symptoms are consistent with bipolar disorder.”
Even as tournament purists complained that the NCAA had caved in to the medical community, sports marketing expert Colby Teague said that the name-change could open the door to new sponsorship opportunities from the manufacturers of bipolar disorder medications, such as Eli Lilly.
“I could see a scenario where next year it’s called the Zyprexa™ March Bipolar Disorder,” he said.
Among bipolar college basketball fans like Devon Trailor of Chapel Hill, NC, reaction to the controversial name-change was mixed: “I was very excited about the new name yesterday, but today I’m not.”
Post by: dolphin on March 19, 2007, 05:53:30 PM
Post by: Gregg on March 20, 2007, 07:28:21 AM
Scooped The Onion! I'm impressed!!
Post by: dolphin on March 22, 2007, 08:55:52 PM
Post by: RHPConsult on March 22, 2007, 11:33:59 PM
I gotta double-up on my hypertension med!Go Bucks!
Post by: kelly on March 22, 2007, 11:34:52 PM
Post by: dolphin on March 22, 2007, 11:36:15 PM
The dream stays alive...oh my oh my. I thought we had lost it in the first half. What a game...oh man what a game. What a comeback from 20 points down. On to the ELITE EIGHT and we play Memphis on Saturday.GO BUCKEYES!!!
Post by: Gregg on March 23, 2007, 07:31:42 AM
Good luck fans! (except Kansas)
Post by: RHPConsult on March 24, 2007, 11:45:54 AM
Will it be OK with you if Dolphin, Dick Miller, Jack, Kathy, other assorted "Indian Country" layabouts together with Yours Truly root rather vigorously this afternoon for the gallant lads from Columbus?
Go BUCKS!
Post by: dolphin on March 24, 2007, 02:45:58 PM
GO BUCKEYES!!!
Post by: kelly on March 24, 2007, 05:52:03 PM
Post by: dolphin on March 24, 2007, 05:54:27 PM
Post by: RHPConsult on March 24, 2007, 05:56:32 PM
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YES
92 to 76
You betcha!
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 24, 2007, 06:09:11 PM
Both the paper and the reporting of useless 'news'. Humbug! "Root" for whomever/whatever you want, that's what all the pigs I know of do. 
Always seemed rather uncivilized to me... Similar to the belief that some ancient warrior ancestor must have passed on enough genes to make some difference in ones capabilities. 
Exactly what is the relationship between a schools team and its prior/current alumni? 
Other than monetary, of course! We all know who has the highest salary at most higher education facilities (and it's not the most praiseworthy professor). I think I heard that your Columbus school had about a 1 in 10 graduation rate amongst its athletes. I think I could understand that at Vanderbilt. But it is closer to 1 in 4 at Tennessee and UoM. Oh well, I'm sure some of those dollars will trickle down to the English Department for more remedial classes!
Post by: Dick Miller on March 24, 2007, 06:42:15 PM
Post by: dolphin on March 24, 2007, 08:36:23 PM
Post by: Gregg on March 24, 2007, 09:23:00 PM
Post by: kcourt on March 24, 2007, 10:19:27 PM
Go Bucks!
Kathy
Post by: gunug on March 25, 2007, 04:50:30 AM
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OUCH the Kansas Jayhawks are out of it. UCLA beat them 68 to 55 I believe. Sorry gunug!!!
I think they just got worn out; UCLA was running circles around them! At least my nephew (in the KU Basketball Band) can come home and shave now. I did get to see him last night on the game.
Ohio State looks pretty tight still; they should beat UCLA!
Post by: Gregg on March 25, 2007, 02:48:08 PM
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At least my nephew (in the KU Basketball Band) can come home and shave now. I did get to see him last night on the game.
We always got a kick out of seeing our son in the stands at Mizzou games; basketball and football. That's neat that you saw your nephew. We have a niece at Illinois who sits in the student "Orange Crush" section. We have yet to see her on TV. Her cousin, our nephew, is there too, but not in that group.
Like your newest new avatar. Are you rotating them?
Oh yeah, we were pulling for UCLA.
Post by: dolphin on March 25, 2007, 07:00:35 PM
another #1 seed goes down. What a game! Georgetown is going to be very tough for the Buckeyes. However; I have faith in them.GO BUCKEYES!!!
Post by: Gregg on March 25, 2007, 08:41:49 PM
Post by: gunug on March 26, 2007, 08:28:09 AM
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Like your newest new avatar. Are you rotating them?
I was exploring the idea of the Fool as shown in the Tarot deck and looked around for images of fools, clowns, and jesters. There is something in a book by Richard Grossinger that got me started on this.
That is, as I recall, from an old comic called the Jester or something like that (I've had the image for awhile); if there isn't enough detail to tell the big head is the moon and the Jester is draped across him! I tried putting up a different picture of myself that I really hated and called it my evil twin!
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 26, 2007, 09:31:47 AM
Perhaps you didn't notice that my post was before the losing game, not afterward. No change as to my opinion of 'sports', especially the 'educational' leagues, as a result of these games. Frankly, these two posts contain the sum of all my comments about any sports related event in my 63+ years! I just don't get the vicarious relationships, I guess.
Post by: RHPConsult on March 26, 2007, 09:52:56 AM
Post by: Gregg on March 26, 2007, 12:08:36 PM
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A relocation to Columbus can do wonders for such a condition!
Or Knowville, or Champaign, or Columbia, or....
The French are said to be master conversationalists, discussing ideas and concepts of high-minded levels. But, that's because they only have "soccer" to talk about! We have baseball, basketball, real football, hockey, boxing, golf, NASCAR, Indy, Kentucky Derby, etc.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 27, 2007, 10:41:29 AM
Post by: RHPConsult on March 27, 2007, 12:05:47 PM
Post by: Gregg on March 27, 2007, 12:16:09 PM
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Only at "selected" times of the year!
Like
Super Bowl weeks (2 weeks between games)
March Madness (or Bipolar Disorder)
Opening Day (baseball)
Second Day (etc.)
Indy 500
NBA Playoffs
Wimbeldon
All Star Game (baseball)
College Football season
World Series (baseball)
College Basketball season
NFL season
Tour de France
NFL playoffs
and I missed a bunch!
Post by: dolphin on March 31, 2007, 09:49:21 AM
GO BUCKEYES!!!
Post by: sandbox on March 31, 2007, 03:24:42 PM
Post by: dolphin on March 31, 2007, 07:32:36 PM
This was a "heck of a game" and we were victorious. I am a happy BUCKEYE right now.
GO BUCKEYES!!!
Post by: Shades of Gray on March 31, 2007, 07:33:29 PM
Post by: Gregg on March 31, 2007, 08:13:30 PM
Post by: sandbox on March 31, 2007, 11:26:18 PM
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Looking at individual colleges, there is, of course, a mix of good news and bad. Four colleges graduated 100 percent of their basketball periods during the period in question, using the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate: College of the Holy Cross, Davidson College, the University of Florida and Weber State University.
Florida is last year’s national champion and one of four No. 1 seeds in this year’s tournament, but many of the other teams that have topped the polls this year fare less well in the institute’s graduation-based ranking. Of the three No. 1 seeds, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a Graduation Success Rate of 70 percent, but the University of Kansas has a rate of 45 percent and Ohio State University lags with a GSR of 38 percent – and a federal graduation rate of just 10 percent.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/13/ncaa
Florida is last year’s national champion and one of four No. 1 seeds in this year’s tournament, but many of the other teams that have topped the polls this year fare less well in the institute’s graduation-based ranking. Of the three No. 1 seeds, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a Graduation Success Rate of 70 percent, but the University of Kansas has a rate of 45 percent and Ohio State University lags with a GSR of 38 percent – and a federal graduation rate of just 10 percent.
Post by: dolphin on April 01, 2007, 03:30:52 AM
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Ohio State University lags with a GSR of 38 percent – and a federal graduation rate of just 10 percent.
We do need to improve on this.
Glad we got the rematch...
GO BUCKEYES!!!
Post by: gunug on April 01, 2007, 03:31:08 AM
Good luck to OSU! Send me a slice of Buckeye Pie!
Post by: Gregg on April 01, 2007, 03:18:36 PM
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Looking at individual colleges, there is, of course, a mix of good news and bad. Four colleges graduated 100 percent of their basketball periods during the period in question,
They ought to be more careful when reporting on academic success!
Post by: dolphin on April 02, 2007, 05:02:19 PM
GO BUCKEYES!!!
Post by: dolphin on April 02, 2007, 10:28:57 PM
I am proud of The Ohio State Buckeyesfor a Fantastic season.
GO BUCKS!!!
Post by: RHPConsult on April 02, 2007, 10:48:49 PM
The better team really did win tonight!
Congratulations to the Chompin' Crocodiles! (Hmmmm. Is that right!)?
What a pleasure to watch such skill, under so much pressure.
Hardly as relaxing as watching the present TeeEss Banner!
PS: Dolphin – should I take down my Buckeye flag, now?
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Post by: kcourt on April 02, 2007, 11:35:50 PM
Florida takes both football and basketball championships this year. A sad day for the Buckeyes - congratulations to Florida for a job well done. Buckeyes - you have nothing to be ashamed of - second place is good, and you accomplished two of those this season.
Kathy
Post by: Gregg on April 03, 2007, 06:50:28 AM
Florida's "hack a Shaq" trio was too much for the Buckeyes. So the book closes on a great season...
Now: BASEBALL!!!!
Post by: dolphin on April 03, 2007, 07:02:20 AM
We will be back!!!
Post by: kelly on April 03, 2007, 08:57:13 AM
Any Champion has at least two. Three is better.
Not a pretty or fun Game to watch really. Lots of Defense and Fouls.
Post by: MarkM on April 04, 2007, 02:59:31 PM
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Now if it had happened in Ohio.....
Go ACC!
