May as well add another addiction to the pile. Is “Jones” or “Jones-ing” even used any more as a euphemism? Back in the day you could have knocked me over with a feather when someone explained to me that, “Me and Mrs. Jones” was about a guy and his heroin habit.
Back in my bartending days I would have to work doubles all the time so I would set my VCR(!) and record the games, go home at 11pm and then watch everything on tape, go to bed at 5am, wake up and do it all over again. I was made of stronger stuff back then.
I’ve not watched much ball this year so I’ll list the tilts on tap and give you bad info regarding one or both teams.
To The Games!
#11 VCU/#6 UNC:
Herbert Davis doesn’t strike me as that good a coach-he’s a middling talent, just as he was as a player in the pros. But he gets A+ and that covers up deficiencies quite a bit. VCU was 16-1 to close out the season and wasn’t seriously challenged in their conference tourney. Phil Martelli didn’t get a head coaching job until he hit his 40’s and he doesn’t have a losing season-he’s going places, hopefully to the next round.
#16 Howard/#1 Michigan:
Them Wolverines made the Big Whatever look like the garbage conference that it is-romping thru the sked as though they were in the MEAC. Sorry, Howard.
#11 Texas/#6 BYU:
I’m always suspicious of west-ish coast teams because they always collapse when the rubber hits the road and BYU fits that bill for me. I’d be amazed if they blew out Texas.
#10 Texas A&M/#7 Saint Mary’s:
Saint Mary’s has a shit ton of blow-out wins to their name this year. Like, a lot! They also split with Gonzaga and lost to Santa Clara twice by single digits. ColoUr me intrigued.
#14 Penn/#3 Illinois:
The Big Whatever sucks and Penn closed the season on a 10-1 run. Give me that sweet, sweet upset.
#9 Saint Louis/#8 Georgia:
Kinda worried about this 9 seed-they piled up a ton of wins in the early/middle of the sked and finished 3-3. Their leading scorer gets buckets at a 13 point rate so they have no go-to guy. This looks like a romp for Georgia.
#14/Kennesaw State/#3 Gonzaga:
What/Who/Where is a Kennesaw? Was it an implement used to cut down Redwood trees in the 19th century? Let me know in the comments. Them Zags will choke in the next round, not this one.
#15 Idaho/#2 Houston:
I’d think that the #2 seed just has to score about 50 points to win this one.
Enjoy the games monkeys!
As great as they’ve been during the first half, Howard’s not going 73% from three in the second.
a Michigan Man denies such pleasure
If there isn’t already, there should be a non-profit that provides somewhere to send livestreamed data to be saved and reviewed and/or made public
I’d like to thank Hippo’s migraine nap for missing the inevitable Duke comeback. I’d like to shake my fist at Hippo’s migraine nap for the next 6 hours as I wait to be able to go to sleep for reals.
Also, VCU can fuck right off. Fuckers.
Oh shit, they’re kicking HI I’M MARK DAVIS out of the club.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48252529/nfl-owners-set-vote-raiders-succession-plan
Won’t someone think about Tonight Girlfriend and her financial needs? Oh, the huge manatee!
Things happen fast around here. Just had 19-year-old male shot twice, once in the back, the other in his testicles. Seriously.
Kept him awake and talking before medics got there.
He’s probably at the hospital now.
That gets the adrenaline going.
You joke with him that it’s probably a blessing he can no longer feel his dick smgdh
Well this is a first. My flight to Ayoland is delayed by an hour because it’s too fucking hot and the plane can’t carry a full load and still take off from the shorter Burbank runway.
Jettison the fatties!
Surpised they’re delaying instead of just sending the baggage on a later flight. I guess just since it’s close to sunset
Fun Fact: “Full Load” is one of the many, many radio call signs the Secret Service uses to summon the White House cleaning staff for any “poopsie doodles” by the Paedo-In-Chief
Well then you’re going to love all the rain here!
Ugh, the required license renewal course doesn’t have 2x speed on the videos. Did you know you aren’t supposed to drive into other cars or do stupid shit while driving?
Has anyone ever called the left lane “the number 1 lane”??
I do when I’m building traffic novels but that’s more by coincidence than anything else – the right-hand lane is the one most likely to merge, etc. so it’s easiest to have that be the highest-numbered one.
There is an entire genre of novel about traffic?
Boring as fuck and go on interminably. Must be a Russian author.
Yes. That’s what it’s called
“left turns are on the left side of the roadway”
NO SHIT
You aren’t allowed to hit pedestrians? WHO KNEW??
And apparently you aren’t supposed to drive while stoned out of your mind! Crazy!
Unless they have it coming
what if they already were dead?
I’m going to get my Real ID in a couple weeks just like a Real Boy.
Then I’ll be able to
vote!buy cigarettes!The first person who dares to ask me if my name is the same as it was on my birth certificate at the polls is going to get a knuckle sandwich. We’re going to Fist City!
I saw Fist City at the Roxy in 1998.
Don’t drive in front of trains. Got it.
f-35 got hit by iran, but somehow made it back to base
yet it cannot handle a brief rain shower or a gentle breeze
Hey! We picked the same upset!
VCU is dictating the pace vs UNC. The latter’s answer is to feed their ugly, awkward 7 footer the ball. That ain’t gonna work.
Pabst Pete Hegseth is genuinely shocked that simply chugging beers and sucking on Donny hasn’t been enough to win this war.
IRAN JUST DOENST LOVE MURICKA AND TRUMP ENOUGH
f-35 got hit by iranian anti-air defense earlier
he is gonna have to suck a little bit harder now
https://www.rawstory.com/michele-tafoya-starbucks-gas-prices/
IF THE LIBTARDS JUST DRANK LESS COFFEE WE’D HAVE WON ALREADY
melissa stark would NEVER
Tafoya is a breathtakingly stupid person.
Jawja
The ex-wifey went to Penn for her medical degree. Since our great-great-great-great-great-great grandkids will still be paying for that, I’m tangentially a Quaker. Any Big Five school is capable of making and breaking brackets, and the denizens of Philly are always amicable and good-natured.
Made a joke elsewhere that, “High Point is gonna win-it’s right there in the name!” and am enraged I didn’t follow thru with an upset pick.
Wait. The winning bucket was scored by a dude that hadn’t scored all year? I luv this kind of stuff.
This is why the first round is the best round. It all gets kinda staid from the sweet 16 onward
he has made many, many 3 pointers
that was his FIRST deuce all year
Ah, it is important to diversify your portfolio during these difficult times.