2019 NCAAT 1st Round Friday – Open Thread

Fortunately, I went to bed at around 11 EST, and didn’t wait up to see confirmation that my brackets made ded.  To the games!  I will just preview all since the Friday night thread goes up late.

#10(S) Iowa (+4.5, +178) v. #7(S) Cincinnati (12:15, CBS)

Perhaps JV Cincy is a tad underseeded.  But like with the Gophers yesterday, I’mma zig and go with the mediocre B1G side.

#9(S) Oklahoma (+1, -102) v. #8(S) Ole Miss (12:40, truTV)

Johnny Reb is back, and he’s brought a rounded ball!  Boomer Sooner is always an interesting tourney team.  Hopefully, a decent game.

#14(W) Northern Kentucky (+13, +700) v. #3(W) Texas Tech (1:30, TNT)

Team Building a Homeland FOAR White Chill’uns is back, and they certainly have a shot at a win this time.  Guns Up!! and hoopsball just don’t mix.

#13(S) UC-Irvine (+4.5, +175) v. #4(S) Kansas State (2:00, TBS)

Oh, look forth and see how Vegas believes in Spam’s Anteaters!  And why not?

#15(S) Colgate (+17.5, +1350) v. #2(S) Tennessee (2:45, CBS)

Rick Barnes, Colgate challenges you to a game of horseshoes.  A game of horseshoes!!

#16(S) Gardner-Webb (+21.5, +1750) v. #1(S) Virginia (3:10, truTV)

No, it won’t happen again.  Let’s just get that shit out of the way.

#11(W) Arizona State (+4.5, +175) v. #6(W) Buffalo (4:00, TNT)

Time to circle the wagons, Bills/Bulls, and take out the trash.

#12(S) Oregon (+2, +120) v. #5(S) Wisconsin (4:30, TBS)

Nothing says The South quite likes an easy joke about Oregon and Wiscy.  Yankees go home!!!1111

#9(MW) Washington (+3, +140) v. #8(MW) Utah State (6:50, TNT)

Wanna get some clue of how shit the Pac-Twaaaaalve was this season?  U-Dub went like 15-3 in league play, and will wear their road unis as a dog against Utah Fucking State.

#16(E) North Dakota State (+26.5, +5000) v. #1(E) Duke (7:10, CBS)

Oh Lord, y’all is gon’ die.  And this here is Exhibit A in why one keeps their cable.

#14(MW) Georgia State (+12, +600) v. #3(MW) Houston (7:20, TBS)

Not only is there really a “Georgia State” – but twas also where Lefty Driesell finished up his coaching career!  Not that such trivia will help much tonight.

#12(E) Liberty (+6.5, +250) v. #5(E) Mississippi State (7:27, truTV)

Both of these sides are frighteningly over-seeded, but in no way am I putting cash on the Flamers ,, smh.

#16(MW) Iona (+22, +2500) v. #1(MW) U*NC (9:20, TNT)

Fuck the committee for putting “Jim Valvano, I Own a College” against these cheating fuckstains.

#9(E) UCF (-1, -118) v. #8(E) VCU (9:40, CBS)

Huzzah, we finally get a lower-seeded team who is a favourite, however slightly.

#11(MW) Ohio State (+5, +180) v. #6(MW) Iowa State (9:50, TBS)

tOSU, another side that didn’t deserve a bid, up against one of my favourite sides (in a tourney without my shitty wolves).  We all can write the ending.

#13(E) St. Louis (+10, +450) v. #5(E) Mississippi State (7:27, truTV)

Nightmare fuel “kinda rapey” mascot up against the Castrated Turkeys.  So much fun, one might make it to halftime before falling asleep.

0 0 votes
Article Rating
King Hippo
Reclusive, vulgar Broncos fan. Also a proud fookin' Evertonian. Likely dropped on my head repeatedly as a small child. [Insert George Carlin quote followed by thoughtful nod.]
Subscribe
Notify of
245 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Spur

Badgers want those eggs but the Ducks bite hard.

Unsurprised

comment image

Spur

ASU is just going to roll over and take it from 5 Buffalo’s at once.

Unsurprised

SPRING BREEEEAAAAAAAKKKKKKKK!!!

Fronkenshteen

You went to high school with Melissa Stark?

herodotus450

Shut it down! Oregon has a guy named Bol Bol on their roster. Unfortunately injured, but that’s a top 10 name.

Fronkenshteen

Son of Manute?

Spur

yep, a top 12 pick in the draft. He’ll go 1st Round if he’s really injured.

herodotus450

Possibly Uwe. Or Hollywood.

scotchnaut

“I’d like to sponsor Duany Duany as a top 10 name.”

-Jerome K. Jerome

Spur

Taking part in Lent this year is helping me today have a nice early buzz.

Fronkenshteen

Probbo why his Comedy Central show, while very funny, got shitcanned after one season right before Archer started up. I loved him on Dr. Katz and live with Jon Glaser.
https://youtu.be/uSfV_NHxCN0
https://youtu.be/io_Lzn6HmPc

Teddy's Bridge Over Troubled Water

He has a thousand yard stare that makes me really uncomfortable. He perpetually looks like someone just told him his family died. Helluva voice actor though.

Fronkenshteen

The hairy guy on Sparky looks like he should be mending a fishing net when he’s on the bench.

Unsurprised

It’s to complement their massive feet.

litre_cola

Time for a weed nap. May Gamblor bless the cheesepeople while I slumber!

Teddy's Bridge Over Troubled Water

I accidentally bought juice-filled fruit snacks instead of regular ones today so I like to think I can relate to Eli’s life now.

Teddy's Bridge Over Troubled Water

Black Forest juicy snacks ranked:
1. Green Apple – delicious and surprisingly mild. 9/10
2. Grape – uneventful, generic grape flavor. 5/10
3. Cherry – Pretty sure they just injected them with cough syrup and called it good. 3/10
4. Lemon – Tastes like how Windex smells. 1/10

herodotus450

Oregon-Wisc averaging about a point per minute so far.

Spur

Didn’t Aunt Becky give 8K in Marlboro bucks to get her oldest in ASU?

herodotus450

I heard it was 100k in Chuckie Cheez tokens to get into Penn St.

Spur

ASU is really taking it on the chin

Spur

hummus and pita chips goes great with beer.

Teddy's Bridge Over Troubled Water

Ever had dessert hummus? Target has a Snickerdoodle hummus and it’s hard not to eat the whole tub. Dark chocolate hummus and a box of Nilla wafers is a damn good time too.

scotchnaut

Buffalo up by 12. This seems apropos-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L4YrGaR8E4

scotchnaut

His dad was a piece of shit and excrement doesn’t fall far from the toilet.

Spur

Didn’t he save Captain America out of prison?

scotchnaut

I remember a time when up and coming successful coaches would consult with other coaches that had gotten over the hump. Coach K talking to Bobby Knight. Belichick talking to Jimmy Johnson. He’s obviously not gone to another guy in his profession that has overcome the same problem.

scotchnaut

Okay, now that that’s done, can we get behind a Buffalo Bulls team that can send Bobby Hurley back home to Poutville?

litre_cola

No.

scotchnaut

Soooo, you’re not drinking the bull semen?

litre_cola

Only during Stampede.

litre_cola

Rick Barnes competing for the longest tie in history.

Spur

What the fuck is Tennessee doing? This isn’t funny guys

Fronkenshteen

That oughts to do it

scotchnaut

“You know, we have a cool name too.” [sulks]

-UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs fan

SonOfSpam

They do indeed.

SonOfSpam

Obama picked Irvine in his bracket!

(Trump picked IVANKA PISSING ON ME WITH JUDGE JEANINE WATCHING)

Spur

Leadership we need

scotchnaut

The Buffalo Wild Wingers like to run and gun.

WCS

The Big 12, everyone!

SonOfSpam

I hope they put up a Colts-esque banner.

Spur

On to the Virginia bed shitting part duex

scotchnaut

“DO YOU BELIEVE IN PANGOLINS!?”

-Al Michaels, probably

SonOfSpam

comment image

yeah right

Fuck yeah!

SonOfSpam

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Fronkenshteen

comment image

yeah right

FINISH THEM!!!

Spur

Anteaters are high maintenance

SonOfSpam

Tell me how much you’re gonna win in 7 seconds you handsome motherfucker.

SonOfSpam

YOU DA MAN

herodotus450

Turnover number 13 for K State; losing is going to be the least of their problems if Andy Reid gets wind of that.

SonOfSpam

Not over, but…HUGE.

herodotus450

Colgate blowing it as usual, when will the committee wise up and give Sensodyne the bid instead.

scotchnaut

Big Dental will never let that happen.

SonOfSpam

la la la i can’t hear jinx-boy la la la la

litre_cola

I would pay for an Anteater shirt. No question.

litre_cola

Aaaand ordered.

SonOfSpam

WELCOME!!! Beer’s in the fridge.

herodotus450

I’d eat this Aunt I tell you what.comment image?w=1000

herodotus450

If Virgina loses again they should have to change their name to
[checks Wikipedia for list of worst English monarchs]
Ethelred?

SonOfSpam

They seem Unready

scotchnaut

You can take the Anteaters out of Irvine but you can’t take the… uh, vines, um, out of… FIRE! [runs away]

SonOfSpam

comment image

herodotus450

Max Hazzard, the name you want to touch

SonOfSpam

Got it off a hair dryer

herodotus450

They had to take Cartier Djiarra out, but they have a sub with the same name and you won’t even be able to tell the difference.

litre_cola

Are anteaters indigenous to the Irvine area?

SonOfSpam

Only the collegiate ones. Mascot resulted from an enterprising 60s student who printed up a bunch of anteater t-shirts before a student vote.

scotchnaut

The Butler did it!*

*blocked the breakaway layup

scotchnaut

They all left for less-green pastures.

Fronkenshteen

Whoozat big honky in the paint for the Spameaters? Eurotrash?

SonOfSpam

Son of Pac-10 stud (in the 80s) Christian Welp