We are coming off a terrible first round, I’ll have more on that later. I sneaky love the Round of 32. But this is the round that really defines how people view the Tournament. You get a team like McNeese fighting for a Sweet 16 while others expect to be there. You get the standalone games early before getting smacked in the face with games later. Let’s get into it....
Welcome to March Statness. Round 2 is around the corner and will allow no reprieve to the pixels on your screen. But for now - let’s crunch some numbers. Colorado State scored 11 in the opening round JUST LAST YEAR! Literally a year ago on march 21, 2024. I need my fellow stat guys to step up. We’re better than that! Then we have AI. This was comforting to see....
I want nothing more to sit here and tell you guys the first round was awesome. I want to spin zone this and say the first round really wasn’t that bad. I don’t necessarily care about upsets, because it makes the Tournament better with good teams. That’s what makes the first round elite. 32 games where you expect something. There were 3 games where a team had the ball and a chance to tie from three....
Falling ass backwards into allegedly hundreds of thousands of dollars in NIL money. It’s all perfectly 2025. Not that he doesn’t work hard at what he does. There might even be some other student managers who know rap lyrics. I’m not saying Amir Khan doesn’t deserve this any more or less than other managers. that lead to him becoming one of, if not the #1 story of March Madness. Then they move on with their lives....
This has been going on for I don’t know 15 years or so? Maybe even longer when you go back to when Calipari was at Memphis and Pitino was at Louisville. They have been compared to each other, especially when Cal took over Kentucky. Outside of that, yeah, I don’t get the comparison. Two completely different styles of coaching. Pitino used to run that matchup press that he made famous, Cal the dribble drive offense....
One year ago to the day I wrote this blog. I called for John Calipari to be fired, the program torn down and built all over again. Chicken money came in, Cal was gone. We heard it all. Where’s the NBA talent, he doesn’t have a Tournament win, he was our 5th choice. Wins over Duke, Gonzaga, Louisville, Tennessee, Florida and others came flying in. Then there were the injuries to Kerr Kriisa, Jaxson Robinson and Lamont Butler....
Minor league baseball is great for a handful of reasons. Anytime you might get out to a minor league ballpark it’s a great time. Let me introduce the Chesapeake Oyster Catchers! I mean, that’s just a pussy in a glove. That’s a straight up vag. It’s actually the first logo that you might smell through the screen too, pretty neat. They even have the baseball up there where the uhhhh…nvm....
Look at this call that fouled Kadary Richmond out of the game! The sad thing is I don’t even know if this is the worst call of the game. That’s how bad it is. It’s physical, sure. But every possession is a foul. The refs became the story in a game where they don’t need to be around. They’ve ruined every moment. They’ve gotten basically 40 calls wrong. Don’t listen to Gene Steratore who just blindly agrees with whatever the refs say....
If you’re not super familiar with Merab, he’s - how do I put this? Respectfully, not the sharpest tool in the shed. Like I said, he’s not always the sharpest tool in the shed. It’s getting to the point where I don’t know how self aware he is, though. Is Merab the Mintzy of the UFC? I don’t know where kayfabe begins/ends with these guys!
Cuban was very vocal during the entire Luka era about how he basically saw him like a son. You couldn’t find a bigger Luka Guy than Mark Cuban. That, would be Mark Cuban. It was Cuban who hired Nico Harrison in the first place. It was Cuban who sold his shares to the Dumont Family. Are there no lawyers out there that could say “Hey Mark, this is a pretty unusual situation....
Unfortunately, KAT had to miss that game and at the time, it was reported for personal reasons. That was really the only detail we had going into that game. Soon after, it was reported that KAT missed the game to attend the funeral of a family friend. A pretty normal thing for anyone to do. Did that stop Draymond Green from doing Draymond Green things? Gee, and people wonder why players think there’s a problem with NBA media?...
God damn that was an ass whoopin!!!!! Boy oh boy it feels good to win a tournament game in that fashion. That should change this year. The Crab 5 were so good today, so dominant, Colorado State should be counting their days. It’s truly a great day to be a Terp. Today was a great step towards that. Dominating on the national level feels great…but now let’s string a few of those together....
Plan the parade, baby! It’s been some long, shitty years as a Philadelphia Flyers fan. Just year after year of this dickhead organization being plagued by mediocrity. In 2009, Ovi scored his 42nd goal of the season on February 18th. In 2015, he scored his 42nd goal of the year on March 3rd. In 2018, he scored his 42nd goal of the year on March 12th. In 2023, he scored his 42nd goal of the year on March 25th....
