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NCAA wrap up: Louisville vs. Texas A&M

GibbyZee — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:52:42 +0000

Hey Rick Pitino, thanks screwing up my bracket! Okay, maybe I was crazy picking Louisville to reach the Elite Eight, but I did. I believed in you man, and you let me down.

You’re a great coach, Hall of Fame material, but what the hell was going on out there today? Did you try and stop those kids from attempting crazy three-point shots? No. Have you mentioned to them that they can play defense without drawing a foul? apparently not. And if you’re going to hold for the final shot, for craps sake have a better plan than letting Edgar Sosa take a three from way downtown.

Big props to the Aggies, they played a great game, but Louisville could have, should have won that game if they had played a little smarter. So Rick Pitino, you’re now officially on my shit list. You and everyone else at Louisville. My shit list, baby, and that’s one place you don’t want to be. Dammit.

NCAA Hoops, The Iditarod And More

oddJoe — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:14:35 +0000

If this was a really cool sports blog, we’d probably have a complete wrap up of all the college basketball games from yesterday. We would probably offer our expert analysis on Oregon’s chances after nearly losing to Miami of Ohio, or we’d roast #6 seed Notre Dame for falling to the mighty Eagles of Winthrop. We might even cast some derision on the Jayhawks for running up the score against overmatched Niagara. But I guess we’re not all that cool.

If this were a really well-organized operation, you might get to read some insightful previews of todays games, such as Maryland vs. Butler (you can’t stop those Bulldogs) or Virginia Commonwealth trying to upset Pitt (yeah, right). This is clearly not the case, though.

But you will get two things here at oddsnark that you probably won’t get from most of those cool-ass sports blogs out there. For one, we’ll let you know that Ellen Halverson is still in the running for the Red Lantern Award in the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race as she slogs her way from Kaltag towards the finish at Nome. Yes, Lance Mackey won the race four days ago, but the Last Great Race doesn’t end till everyone is in, and there are still 16 mushers trying to finish, so keep on the trail Ellen.

And second, we revive the story of Louisville cheerleader Becca Manns, who lost her picture phone and ended up with nude photos of herself plastered all over the Internet a couple months ago. To refresh your memory, here’s one of the tame pics from the series:

and for your obligatory NSFW pics, you can go to the NSFW site.

The Cardinals, in case you’re wondering, play a tough Texas A&M team later today. Too bad Becca won’t be cheering them on.

March Madness and scoring points with a girl

oddJoe — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:00:30 +0000

March Madness is fully underway and already I’m dead last in the office pool. I think the whole idea behind filling out brackets is just to demonstrate to yourself what an idiot you can be. Texas Tech over BC? Penn over Texas A&M? What the hell was I thinking?

Anyway, it’s Friday, so to distract me from my bracket woes and to give you cubicle monkeys something to watch until this afternoon’s games start (careful watching that live coverage at CBS SportsLine, the boss might be watching), here’s a little basketball-inspired video on how to score two with a cheerleader:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQLDx1MlUM

Now that’s pretty damn amazing. Maybe if Duke recruited guys who could hit short jumpers like that, they might not have fallen to VCU.