Sure, it’s not quite the same as the first weekend. But the 2nd weekend of the tournament is where even more drama happens, in many respects - can Davidson actually pull a Mason? Which #1 seed will bite the dust in a most unsavory fashion? And when will it get warm enough for girls to wear skirts and flipflops? (Not that we’re watching, honey.) For these reasons and more, we humbly log in to our MMOD account and bring you our live thoughts as the games progress.
7:10: Let’s get this started. The first pair of games: (7) West Virginia vs. (3) Xavier in the West, and (1) UNC vs. (4) Washington St. in the East. The West game tips off now, with the East game starting in about 20 minutes.
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We hesitate to call this a “liveblog”, since that seems to be all the rage and we’re tragically unhip. But we’re all watching these games, we’re all eatin’ some snacks and drinkin’ some drank, and we all have opinions. So let this post (and those that follow) be your virtual couch, and let the comment board be your virtual way to tell us that we’re idiots. We wouldn’t want it any other way. Oh, and don’t forget your old friend March Madness on Demand - we’re relying on it to get us through the one class we’re thinking about going to today.
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7:00 - Finally, here is the lineup with evening games, in order of scheduled tip-off:
MIDWEST: (6) USC vs. (11) Kansas State (in Omaha)
WEST: (2) Duke vs. (15) Belmont (in Washington, D.C.)
EAST: (4) Washington State vs. (13) Winthrop (in Denver)
WEST: (8) Brigham Young vs. (9) Texas A&M (in Anaheim)
MIDWEST: (3) Wisconsin vs. (14) Cal-State Fullerton (in Omaha)
WEST: (7) West Virginia vs. (10) Arizona (in Washington, D.C.)
EAST: (5) Notre Dame vs. (12) George Mason (in Denver)
WEST: (1) UCLA vs. (16) Mississippi Valley State (in Anaheim)
Our posting will be non-existent from this point on, since we kind of have a show to run. But we hope those of you watching at home will keep the updates coming - that’s what the comments are for. We’ll catch you at the end of the night’s games, and we’ll be recapping the evening games tomorrow morning.
We hesitate to call this a “liveblog”, since that seems to be all the rage and we’re tragically unhip. But we’re all watching these games, we’re all eatin’ some snacks and drinkin’ some drank, and we all have opinions. So let this post (and those that follow) be your virtual coach, and let the comment board be your virtual way to tell us that we’re idiots. We wouldn’t want it any other way. Oh, and don’t forget your old friend March Madness on Demand - we’re relying on it to get us through the one class we’re thinking about going to today.
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2:40 - And now, for the late afternoon games:
SOUTH: (6) Marquette vs. (11) Kentucky
SOUTH: (4) Pittsburgh vs. (13) Oral Roberts
WEST: (6) Purdue vs. (11) Baylor
MIDWEST: (8) UNLV vs. (9) Kent State
As a warning, there will be a gap in this blog - I forgot two things: my computer is dying, and I have a softball game at 3:30. So we’ll all float on anyway …
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We hesitate to call this a “liveblog”, since that seems to be all the rage and we’re tragically unhip. But we’re all watching these games, we’re all eatin’ some snacks and drinkin’ some drank, and we all have opinions. So let this post (and those that follow) be your virtual coach, and let the comment board be your virtual way to tell us that we’re idiots. We wouldn’t want it any other way. Oh, and don’t forget your old friend March Madness on Demand - we’re relying on it to get us through the one class we’re thinking about going to today.
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12:15 - Let’s get this started - today’s early games:
MIDWEST: (1) Kansas vs. (16) Portland State
SOUTH: (5) Michigan State vs. (12) Temple
WEST: (3) Xavier vs. (14) Geogia
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