#NuAIDS Time-Delayed Madness – Sweet Sixteen (no Chmura smh) Time!

Our calendars and body clocks are off, I know.  Shit, I believe I had an afternoon nap every day this workweek.  Scion of the law-talkin-guy profession, me.  Thus, the Round of 16 is two days late.

But this is one of the bestest gifts #NuAIDS done gave us…because the round is slotted perfectly for TV.  Yes, I love flipping around in the early, Bacchanalian rounds.  But it will be nice to be able to watch every one of these games today, in their entirety (book and Football Manager for halftime or in case of blowouts).  Plus, we are on shit-ass International Break (again), so the sportsball appetite will be immense by tip-off.

These are all very compelling matchups, too.  We got us some Best Coasters, Jesuits, even random-ass private evangelical schools (and not complaining about that last bit, Oral (Deffo Counts) Roberts has been delightful to watch).

Quite ready for the Premiership to return next weekend, though.  Even if that means Everton wrecking my pill-addled mind even further.

Aprapos of nothing, here is a great song, before we look at the first two hoopsball tilts:

12MW Oregon State (+7) v. 8MW Loyola-Chi**** (2:40, CBS)

Oh man, this is probably the coolest matchup of the lot.  Niiiiiiice Beaver is historically terrible at all things revenue sport, and has caught the hottest wave of their modern existence.  They needed to win the Pac-Twaaaalve torneo, and did it.  They’ve been a Mack truck in the first two rounds, as have their Jesuit opponents.  Betting against Sister Jean (magical nun/witch) seems a fool’s errand, but these teams are dead equals in my mind.

5S Villanova (+7.5) v. 1S Baylor (5:15, CBS)

Sweet, sweet entropy.  In the Year of Our Diamond Joe 2021, Nova and Bay-Bay are what passes for “chalk” and/or “blue bloods.”  And only one can advance to the Flacco Eght.  Baylor.  It will be Baylor.  Reminds me of a True Hippo Story, I worked as an engineering tech (summers during undergrad) with a guy we called Baby Koresh.  He had been in a cult for like 5 years, but left after he got caught banging the leader’s wife.  That guy could tell a story over a spliff (we almost always toked up doing end-of-day paperwork), lemme tell ya.