Thanks so much to TUDN for teaching me that descriptor for the Round of Sixteen. Because it’s not goddamned SWEET with Duke and especially U*NC participating.
Anyway, I might have tuned out, but I can still give the imaginarium my uneducated, semi-coherent thoughts on the matchups:
4W Arkansas (+9.5) v. 1W Gonzaga (7:09, CBS)
Oh, fuckballs, I absolutely LOVE the Pig Sooey ML bet here. Not that I think they are better than 50/50 to win, but it’s logically plausible. It’s all about getting value for money, and the Hogs are that.
11S Michigan (+5) v. 2S Villanova (7:29, TBS)
Another South matchup between two teams of dadgum YANKEES. Life comes at you fast sometimes. As seemingly happens every season, Michigan is your rando power conference team who lands a somewhat questionable at-large bid, then goes on a run. Can it continue? Sure. Nova is small, and they have to be medium-hot from three to win.
3W Texas Tech (-1) v. 2W Duke (9:39, CBS)
Chalk bracket says HAI. Please don’t watch this Coach K knob-slobbering. It is beneath all our dignities.
5S Houston (+1.5) v. 1S Arizona (9:59, TBS)
Do the Fighting Blax ™ have that team of destiny feel? Yes, Other Hippo, they sure does! But the JV 500s also could qualify, as the dreaded “post-hype sleeper” who breaks out the very first year you stop drafting/picking them. Not that I am goddamned bitter or anything. Kelvin Sampson is from North Cakalaky, and NC State would hire him in a hot second if they cared one teeny-tiny bit about winning. But they don’t, and won’t. Anyway, the winner here should beat the tar shit out of Villanova. And this will be one fun-assed game.
Oh good, the Tommy Lloyd system comes complete with the same National Championship restrictions on which the Gonzaga program has been built!
I’ve had this song in my head for a full week. So now it’s your problem too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU
Also, Hannah Montana is still talented and still gives me an awkward boner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbdRLyixJpc
should I be happy that the video is geo-locked?
Dook to the Elite Eight.
Maybe they will win it all? Inspires Coach K to stay another year? Idk.
Stole a point there.
I hope the US team all eat bad Taco Bell the morning of their next match.
Ballsy yellow card for diving there, but the correct call.
More like PeFuck!!!
THAT MISSED OPPORTUNITY I CALL IT A BAG OF PISS, BECAUSE IT’S BEING THROWN AWAY IN AZTECA STADIUM!!!
That’s a dive worthy of Greg Louganis, Senor.
Not you, Weaselo.
https://twitter.com/gabehurl/status/1507166126031216650
Holy shit
Suck it Hochuli.