March Madness

**indytraveler** · 03-02-2007, 10:50 AM

Hello fellow intercotees... Yesterday marked the annual right of passage for so many college basketball players. Yes it is MARCH and that means in the next 30 days we will get our fill of college basketball games both mens and womens. Staring this weekend thru next with all the conference championships into the actual 64 1/2 teams that make up the bracket. I'm not looking for anyone's final four picks yet but rather if anyone has tried to spend March in front of a TV set?

**citizensnoopy** · 03-02-2007, 04:43 PM

I'm so excited for March Madness this year! Hoping my UCLA Bruins can pull it off!

**kakn7294** · 03-03-2007, 11:31 PM

I hate basketball - I can't stand the squeaking noise of the shoes on the wood floor! However, I do watch and am rooting for Pitt even though they look bad lately. Maybe this will be the year they can pull it off.

**DizneyFreak2002** · 03-04-2007, 12:25 PM

I'll be paying attention to the Big East tournament this year since my college made it... St. John's finally got it.... Doubt they will last long, but, who knows... Hopefully this leads to a NIT birth at least....

**Melanie** · 03-04-2007, 06:04 PM

Gig 'em, Aggies!

Hmmmm, I'm saying that about basketball.

Yep, gotta pull for my husband's alma mater this year, since my team (Wake Forest) stinks this year.

Love March Madness!!

**DWHUBBY** · 03-04-2007, 09:35 PM

THE BEST MONTH OF COLLEGE SPORTS...PERIOD!!! You have the roads to the Final Four (Go Tar Heels) and the Frozen Four (Go UMAINE). A little early yet for predictions but why not get the ball rolling, right?

**Donald A** · 03-04-2007, 09:52 PM

I hope the University of Akron gets in. I got my undergrad degree there. There was an interesting article on Yahoo about how LeBron James supports the Akron Zips as a lot of those players played with LeBron in HS. The MAC can produce a decent spoiler team. Remember Kent State's run several years ago?

**Advnt05** · 03-05-2007, 08:03 AM

Go Yellow Jackets (GA Tech)! I think we can beat anyone but can also lose to anyone. It should be fun to watch. My only hope is that Memphis goes down or I will not be able to live with my mother in law.

**Scar** · 03-05-2007, 09:58 AM

Well, I know Rutgers isn't getting in. The football team actually won more games (11-2) than the basketball team (10-19).

**mamacatnv** · 03-05-2007, 01:00 PM

We love it although we tend to just watch Our Nevada Wolfpack until we get to the big dance

at the end of the month. We have the WAC

tournament coming up -

This is a small town and we have no pro sports. The big resort in the center of town will be lit up in UNR blue. It will become festive with that "holiday" electricity in the air. The sports bars will be full, lots of beer and wings will be consumed in the coming weeks. We love it!

**DizneyFreak2002** · 03-05-2007, 08:05 PM

The Big East Tournament starts Wednesday... My team, St. John's gets to play Marquette in the first round... They beat Marquette the first time they played them... Let's see if the Red Storm can make it twice... If so, then we get Pittsburgh... That's where the run ends...

**RedSoxFan** · 03-10-2007, 09:56 PM

I'm pulling for the Kentucky Wildcats. DS19 is a freshman there.

**DizneyFreak2002** · 03-11-2007, 01:42 PM

Georgetown is looking good.... Duke, no so good.... I have to root for a Big East team.... Georgetown is one of my picks for a Final Four slot....

**citizensnoopy** · 03-11-2007, 06:34 PM

I'm bummed that UCLA didn't get a 1 seed. They sort of imploded last week.

**Melanie** · 03-15-2007, 09:49 PM

Wow!

Duke just went down, down, down. Bet the Carolina fans are smirking mightily right about now.

**DWHUBBY** · 03-16-2007, 06:53 AM

you better believe it !!

**Jen0610** · 03-16-2007, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by Melanears

Wow!

Duke just went down, down, down. Bet the Carolina fans are smirking mightily right about now.

There was a whole lotta cheering going on in our house last night. Any time the Dukies get beat, it is a time for a party.

**Jared** · 03-16-2007, 08:20 AM

Yesterday marked the beginning of a solid--not great--first round. Something exciting needs to happen today.

Duke should not have been a 6-seed. No other team with that resume would have played a good team like Virginia Commonwealth in the first round. Like Notre Dame in football, Duke is constantly seeded too high and loses early in the Tournament. This Duke team was mediocre.

My Final Four consists of Florida, UCLA, Georgetown and Texas A&M. The Aggies scared me yesterday, trailing Pennsylvania midway through the second half.

Brittany, don't be upset about your Bruins. Top seeds rarely win.