2017 Madness – Sweet Sixteen Friday Open Thread

King Hippo - March 24, 2017March 24, 2017

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How do you ensure getting your cheer and/or dance squad featured on the preview post? You beat one of the hated Blues, that's how... #4S Butler v. #1S North Carolina (7:09, CBS) I've never wanted to hear a cringeworthy Jim Nantz "The Butler did it!!" pun MOAR in my entire stupid life.

2017 Madness – Sweet Sixteen Thursday Open Thread

King Hippo - March 23, 2017March 22, 2017

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The well sure is running dry FOAR teams fer which to root. There's WCS' cousinfuckers, and 15 shades of hate and/or rape. Huzzah, Murrika. #7MW Michigan v. #3MW Oregon (7:09, CBS) Well, two teams I expected to sputter and fade have instead blitzkrieged through the tourney's early rounds. Hopefully, they will at

2017 Madness – Sunday Nofunday

King Hippo - March 19, 2017March 18, 2017

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Hey, at least we got rid of Notre Dame! Documenting the atrocities... #7MW Michigan v. #2MW Louisville (12:10, CBS) Welp, the Wolverines did not go out with a whimper like I thought they might. In fact, they looked good enough to represent an even fight with the Cardinals, the lone non-evil ACC

2017 Madness – Saturday Games

King Hippo - March 18, 2017March 18, 2017

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At least there are fewer games today. I have lost my Christmas Spirit. #5W Notre Dame v. #4W West Virginia (12;10, CBS) Each side got a bit of a scareon Thursday, but the name of the game is "Survive and Advance" for a reason. Hopefully, it will be fun and competitive, only

2017 Madness Open Thread – Friday Evening Block

King Hippo - March 17, 2017March 17, 2017

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The marathon is almost over. You can see the finish line cresting just over the hill. Just. Keep. Drinking!! #16MW UC-Davis v. #1MW Kansas (6:50, TNT) Again...win the game, Aggies...I buy a shirt. But I suspect I sneak in a power nap here. Fuck the Jayhawks, fuck Sam Brownback, fuck Josh Jackson. #10S

2017 Madness Open Thread – Friday Afternoon Block

King Hippo - March 17, 2017March 16, 2017

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Day #2 - we can do this!! Rest is for the weak, and you can sleep when you dead. Or comatose. I'll give ya that. #10MW Oklahoma State v. #7MW Michigan (12:15, CBS) Starting it off with a quality fixture! The Pokes are a Hippo Sleeper (tm) and the Wolverines are a

2017 Madness Open Thread – Thursday Evening Block

King Hippo - March 16, 2017March 15, 2017

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Hey there, fellow casual office gamblers! How fucked is everyone's bracket so far? At least the drinking and/or drugs can start now. /ok, increase in volume and intensity #11W Xavier v. #6W Maryland (6:50, TNT) It's not so much that I love Xavier, as much as I find Maryland warmed over dog turds.

2017 Madness Open Thread – Thursday Afternoon Block

King Hippo - March 16, 2017March 15, 2017

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Here we go, kids! Ready to take your sloth to a whole 'nother level?? All times EST because Hippo. #12W Princeton v. #5W Notre Dame (12:15, CBS) Ivy tourney (yes, they finally gave in and held one) champ and the ACC runner-up. This game will feature all the 3s, and one presumes

Better Know A Bracket (2017) – West Region

King Hippo - March 15, 2017March 14, 2017

Speaking of sploosh!! didya get a hold of all the CBS foofs going all in FOAR Gonzaga in they Final Four picks?? I mean, I get that this is, by far, the easiest of the regions...but no fucking region is that easy. The Zags are still the 4th or 5th

Better Know A Bracket (2017) – Midwest Region

King Hippo - March 14, 2017March 14, 2017

Welcome to the mildly difficult region that is the Midwest, home yet again to perennial #1 seed, U*NC of the Midwest, Kansas. But those annoying, simplistic rhymin' fuckwits will have to earn they supper this year, with a pathway that includes Miami/Sparty, Iowa State, then likely Louisville or Oregon in

Better Know A Bracket (2017) – South Region

King Hippo - March 14, 2017March 13, 2017

Have you EVAR wanted to see the Venn Diagram of a CBS wet dream? Well, it's the cast of Big Bang Theory discussing the 2017 South Regional bracket. U*NC and Kentucky on a rose-petal lined street to a regional final matchup? YOU BET!! And UCLA along for the ride, just

Better Know A Bracket (2017) – East Region

King Hippo - March 13, 2017March 13, 2017

As you may recall, Villanova saved what little dignity and self-respect 2016 had, winning the national title on a buzzer-beating dagger and denying Ol' Roy Williams and his merry band of cheating, nigh-illiterate Holes the national title CBS and ESPN so desperately longed for. The reward for such party-crashing, and achieving