College Basketball

[bookworm]

A good friend of mine is in town for one night (she lives 3000 miles away). I'm delighted we're meeting for dinner, but it's at the same time as the BC/Nova game! And I haven't seen her for six months, so it can't be a sports bar catch up.

Oh, the humanity...

[TazLuv]

lawyerlee, I pitched a fit too when we lost, don't get me wrong. But its over. The fans that kill me are the ones that are still ranting about it a week later and all that fans that will STILL be talking about it next season. :)

[lawyerlee]

Yeah, dude, that's totally lame. You should have heard the crazy rumors flying around Lawrence this week, especially that Brandon Rush and Julian Wright are headed for the draft. Um, are you kidding me? That's really what I'm worried about. :rolleyes: ;)

[lawyerlee]

I'm sad for Wichita State. They tried so hard, but just couldn't get over the hump. :(

[J&T2005]

:( for BC

[rene']

I'm sad for Wichita State. They tried so hard, but just couldn't get over the hump. :(

Me too.:(

They just didn't look like themselves tonight. It just wasn't meant to be.:(

[kugrrly]

WOW George Mason beat UCONN! What an upset!!!!

[lawyerlee]

WOW George Mason beat UCONN! What an upset!!!!
That was just crazy. Until it was officially over, I just kept thinking that UConn would find a way to win. I can't believe a team widely considered a bubble team came into the tournament and pulled off these victories. It's pretty freaking awesome. :)

[polkadot]

I knew nothing of this thread....and know not much about basketball...but my tigers are in it to win it!!!

geaux tigers!!!!

Big baby...is the bomb!!! I mean he is huge....how can you cover that?

this is sooo exciting for such a young team....

[JillyB]

What a weekend! I'm still in shock about UConn and Nova losing. And I'm really enjoying watching LSU play...the more I watch them, the more I like them! And would you believe that I came *this* close to winning my office pool?!?! I can still finish second (20% of the moo-lah), if UCLA makes it to the championship game. So now, I'm torn...I really like LSU's team, but UCLA wins me some monies. What's a girl to do? ;)

[lawyergirl25]

I'm in 7th place in the office pool no matter what happens, so I'm cheering on George Mason and LSU! :)

[kd 9.21.02]

I'm heart broken about UConn. We were at the game and I too believed they'd find a way to pull it off. Once we went into OT, I thought we had it and would start to play UConn b'ball and GMU would be tired. I also thought UConn should have gone inside on that last shot. Would have either gotten the basket and one, just the basket, or just the foul. Oh well. Coulda, shoulda, woulda. I'm terribly sad. Couldn't sleep last night. And am actually working from home today because I'm still so nauseous.

[Smurfy]

Hello,
I just found this thread... For all other UCONN:( fans out there, at least the women are still in it!!! :D :o
Go Barbara, it's your birthday.... (sing it with me) :p

[msnicolea]

I totally empathize, kd. Sports losses can really hurt--I have gone through some very painful losses, and even though I try to have perspective, it sure feels better when your team wins!!!!

MY DH still can't watch the clip of Duke beating Kentucky in the NCAAs back in the day--it makes him physically ill! And it makes no differnce that UK has won the championship since then--it still kills him. And , ohmygod, don't get me started on old Celtics losses--those are even worse for DH!

[kd 9.21.02]

I totally empathize, kd. Sports losses can really hurt--I have gone through some very painful losses, and even though I try to have perspective, it sure feels better when your team wins!!!!

MY DH still can't watch the clip of Duke beating Kentucky in the NCAAs back in the day--it makes him physically ill! And it makes no differnce that UK has won the championship since then--it still kills him. And , ohmygod, don't get me started on old Celtics losses--those are even worse for DH!

So onto our next sports passion... When's Yankees opening day? :)

[lawyerlee]

I'm so sorry, kd. :( It stinks so bad when your team loses like that. I think the closer you are to something big, the worse it hurts. In 1998, K-State hadn't lost a football game all season and was in position to play for the National Championship. We found out during the Big 12 Championship game that UCLA had lost, so we were like, "This is it!" We lost the g-damned game in OT. Old men were crying. I still can't deal with it. :( Just to say that you're not alone. ;)

[rene']

lawyerlee ~ The K-State women are playing in the WNIT "final four" tonight in Manhattan. I am taking my two DD's to watch it. So, there's a little bit of basketball still going on.....

Go Cats!:D

[msnicolea]

So onto our next sports passion... When's Yankees opening day? :)


April 3rd--Yankees vs. A's!!!!!

[polkadot]

Geaux Tigers!!! LSU men and women in the final four...it doesnt get any better!!!

[kd 9.21.02]

LSU men and women in the final four...it doesnt get any better!!!

It sure does.... When they BOTH win it's damn awesome!

Of course I'm pulling for the UConn women, but if it can't be them I hope your men & women pull it off. I really like "Big Baby."

[JillyB]

Well, I'm glad to "hear" that there are so many other women "programmed" like me...where sports' losses hurt in a way that's so hard to explain (especially to those that *gasp* don't follow sports like us). :)

polkadot - Enjoy supporting BOTH of your teams!!!

[polkadot]

Well, I'm glad to "hear" that there are so many other women "programmed" like me...where sports' losses hurt in a way that's so hard to explain (especially to those that *gasp* don't follow sports like us).

i could have written that post myself...i still get pissed when I think about losing the TN football game this year....TN sucked....and we still lost...can you tell i am still bitter. :p

and those that dont follow sports? What the hell do you do all weekend??? ;)

[Myra]

This tournament has been amazing. I was just reading in the Times that only four people on ESPN's brackets have picked the final four correctly. I am licking my wounds after Duke's and Nova's losses and will be concentrating my energy on rooting for GMU.

[TerpsFan]

GO Lady Terps

This is very exciting since the shame of our men losing in the first round of NIT...:(

Fear the turtle!

[lawyerlee]

lawyerlee ~ The K-State women are playing in the WNIT "final four" tonight in Manhattan. I am taking my two DD's to watch it. So, there's a little bit of basketball still going on.....

Go Cats!:D
I'm so jealous! You'll have to do some Wabash Cannonball for me! :D

[lawyerlee]

Whoa! :(

Sampson replaces Davis at Indiana (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2387372)
ESPN
By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Oklahoma's Kelvin Sampson is leaving the school to become the next head coach at Indiana, multiple sources told ESPN.com.

Sampson already told OU athletic director Joe Castiglione of his plans and met with the Sooner team Tuesday afternoon.

A press conference announcing his hiring at Indiana could take place as early as Wednesday afternoon in Bloomington.

Sampson replaces Mike Davis, who took over for Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight in 2000.

[lawyerlee]

Congratulations to the K-State women's team - they're in the NIT Championship game on Friday night against Marquette! Woo hoo! :D

[rene']

Congratulations to the K-State women's team - they're in the NIT Championship game on Friday night against Marquette! Woo hoo! :D

It was awesome! Not a pretty game, but we'll take it!

Go Cats!

[lawyerlee]

How about our Wildcats, rene?! I'm so excited for them and their WNIT Championship. :D It was a lot of fun to know that they were going to win at the end. :)

[rene']

How about our Wildcats, rene?! I'm so excited for them and their WNIT Championship. :D It was a lot of fun to know that they were going to win at the end. :)

I'm so happy for them!

Yay!:D

[JillyB]

How very sad...:(

From ESPN: Army women's basketball coach Dixon dies (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/news/story?id=2400335)

And she was only 28...how horrible!

[msnicolea]

I was just coming to post this--how awful.

[Koala_Gurl]

I am just in shock! I went to HS with Maggie and played BBall w/ her there. So scary this can just happen!

[TazLuv]

Very scary indeed. I had a friend from high school die of something similar a few years ago - he was 26 years old, healthy and athletic - no warnings at all. So sad for her family, I remember them talking about her during the tournament since her brother was coaching too. Just tragic. :(

[lawyerlee]

How awful. It's scary to think that someone who is the same age as you are can die so suddenly like that. :(

[pewee9196]

Ladies
I work at West Point and have several of the players in my class. Please keep the girls and the Dixon Family in your prayers. The community is devestated esp the freshmen girls. It is so hard to explain what a different place USMA is and what a huge impact she had on all the cadets here. She was a truely amazing person, coach and leader. They had a memorial for her today to try and let the girls begin the healing process.

[JillyB]

*whew!* We dodged a bullet...Beilein is staying at WVU. (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2423256)

What is going on at NC State? Something smells fishy to me, because everyone keeps turning the coaching job down. The one that really surprises me is Steve Lavin. I thought he would jump at the chance to coach there and leave broadcasting in the dust. Of course the rumor here is that Lavin thought Beilein was definitely going to take the job, so he withdrew his name from consideration. If that's true, I bet Lavin is kicking himself now after hearing that Beilein turned the Wolfpack down.

More rumors here indicate that Coach Beilein leaving for Raleigh was a "done deal"...until he ran into "tax issues" with the way NC State was going to provide him the funds to pay his $3M buy-out on his current WVU contract. He recently fired his agent (not sure if it was b/c his poor handling of this or the Indiana "mess"), and I was just talking to my smarty pants best friend who is a tax attorney. And she was describing a way that Beilein could've avoiding the "tax issues" that he was running into. I told her that he should hire her to be his agent. :) But as a selfish Mountaineer, I'm glad that Beilein is staying put...at least for one more year.