In this weekend’s illicit gambling update, UNC (+ Saint Roy) won & UConn (w/ DirtyDirty Jim Calhoun) lost today so the top two positions in our pool are finalized – Shazzbot is the winner & Jaywalkers will come in a close second place, two points back. All that’s left to be determined during Monday’s final is if Zed will drop from bronze to fifth if Michigan State can’t continue their run. Interestingly enough, all human entries in the pool were beaten by the automated method of all top seeds (+ UNC). Thanks to all for playing, next year sweet redemption will almost certainly be mine as there’s literally nowhere* for me to go but up.
Oh yeah, and Bill Self is Coach of the Year! Not too shabby as far as pity-party consolation prizes go.
*Ok technically I beat SMHB & NP by 1 point but that’s not saying much considering I tied the dog whose entry was filled out with the friggin random button.
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This feels good. This feels really, really good. It feels (forewarning, heresy) better than the Red Sox winning last year. It feels way better than the Patriots last couple. Twenty years since they last won it under Larry Brown, Mario Chalmers gave us another chance with a game-tying three from nowhere. I started doing the math just (the middle school years are fuzzy) – I moved to Kansas in the fall of 1988, just after the Jayhawks last won. Two decades, two great coaches, too many chances to lose again. Fan-friggin-tastic.
First, Hondo, 37 of 48
Second, NCAA seeding committee, 35 of 48
Third, as if by zawezome, 34 of 48
Fourth, i’m clueless by sock puppet,33 of 48
Fifth, I apparently can help my dominance by me, 34 of 48
Sixth, ’til Gabriel blows his horn! Jenni, 32 of 48
Seventh, Steve’s Winners, 30 of 48
Eigth, NCAAwhat by kim, 28 of 48 82
Ninth, Gonga Gonga by Shazzbot, 22 of 48
And last & furthermore least, maga boo1793 0 of 48.
I’m losing to a friggin sock puppet even though I picked more due to up-weighting of second round games. We shall see who catches whom when KU & Los Osos de Noticias Malos de UCLA meet up in the final.
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Judging from fan apparel and a half empty student section the Jayhawk to Eagle ratio at Conte Forum for the Kansas/Boston College game was about 50/50. Tyrese Rice held the game close for about ten minutes before the Jayhawks (particularly an emotional Darnell Jackson) blew it open near the end of the first half. After that we were pretty much cheering for breakaway dunks. In the end the Jayhawks won 85-60, moved to 14-0, and proved they’re not just a football school (mmm, yeah). Next they’ll head on towards the Big 12 conference schedule. All in all a pretty good weekend for the Boston-based Kansas expat community. Here’s a bit of the view from section MM row 16.
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