Mission WSOP

Beasley’s out!  A bunch of white kids from Wisconsin are in.  Man, they bomb the 3-ball.  Wisconsin was 9-22 on threes while K-State was 0-13.  Next stop for Wisconsin is the winner of the Georgetown-Davidson game.  Next stop for Kansas State’s Michael Beasley might be Miami or somewhere in the NBA lottery mix.  Xavier knocked off Purdue after falling behind in the first half again.  Washington State throttled Notre Dame… so much for Notre Dame looking amazing in the first round.

East: (4) Washington State 61, (5) Notre Dame 41
Midwest: (3) Wisconsin 72, (11) Kansas State 55
West: (3) Xavier 85, (6) Purdue 78

Conference-By-Conference

Conference USA: 1-0
Horizon: 1-0
Metro Atlantic: 1-0
Southern: 1-0
Big East: 8-2
Big 12: 5-2
Big Ten: 4-2
ACC: 3-2
Pac-10: 4-3
SEC: 3-3
Mountain West: 1-1
Sun Belt: 1-1
Atlantic 10: 2-2
West Coast: 1-2
America East: 0-1 
Atlantic Sun: 0-1
Big Sky: 0-1
Big South: 0-1
Big West: 0-1
Colonial Athletic: 0-1
Ivy: 0-1
Mid-American: 0-1
Mid-Continent: 0-1
Missouri Valley: 0-1
Northeast: 0-1 
Ohio Valley: 0-1
Patriot: 0-1
Southland: 0-1
Southwestern Athletic: 0-1
Western Athletic: 0-1

My day is complete… Dook is dead!  Bye bye Coach K!  Bye bye Gerald Henderson!  Bye bye to the dirtiest college team in the game!

West Virginia moves on and I’m 1-0 for the day.  Sometimes it helps to pick with your heart.

 BYE BYE COACH K!

I’m done with new shows on CBS.  Sure, last year when "Jericho" was cancelled and the passion of the fans of "Jericho" forced CBS to overturn their decision.  After 7 episodes and NO SUPPORT, "Jericho" is done.  Again!  The series finale is next week and since I have a DVR I don’t even know what day it is on.  I know "Without A Trace" is coming back, I know Britney is on "How I Met Your Mother" and the ultra-lame "The New Adventures Of Old Christine" will allow the madness to continue, whatever the hell that means! 

I didn’t see one commercial leading up to the launch of "Jericho" - Season Two.  And despite seeing a number of commercials for every other show on CBS (even "The Ghost Whisperer") during NCAA March Madness, there was not one for "Jericho".  So, it was no shocker when I went on Yahoo tonight and read the story that "Jericho" is dead after next week. 

It will be hard for me to commit to a show on CBS anytime soon after this and a number of other shows over the past few seasons.  I’m too tired to rant on how inaccurate ratings are anymore now that there are so many other ways to watch a show.  All I’ll say is that if you’re reading this and have never seen "Jericho" before, go rent the first season and enjoy a show that was highly underrated and well appreciated by those who happened to tune in. 

Robert Hawkins and Jake Green, you will be missed!

And for you, CBS, I’m adding you to the Dumbest People In The World list!  I let you off the hook for the Dook-Belmont over USC-Kansas State programming decision because you lucked out with a great game but on this one, NO SOUP FOR YOU!

I was running well and despite a few losses here and there, I was sitting well enough to make a strong run at a nice pick’em record to a big dent to most of my brackets as I had Clemson going fairly deep.

It looked so good, too… Clemson was up 36-18!  And then they just tanked.  Terrence Oglesby had an awful game, shooting 1-11 and 1-8 on threes for Clemson.  I think I found out why.  He was shooting with his eyes closed:

Now that I’m on the edge of elimination from any type of contest with 22 wins on Yahoo and ESPN and 20 wins on the McCain contest, I am still rooting for Texas and Carolina but I’m adding UCLA into the mix and here’s why:

East: (9) Arkansas 86, (8) Indiana 72
East: (3) Louisville 79, (14) Boise State 61
Midwest: (12) Villanova 75, (5) Clemson 69
South: (1) Memphis 87, (16) Texas-Arlington 63

The St. Petersburg location was magical as four favorites lost in four match-ups.  I think they said that was an NCAA first.  Now, we have to look forward to two 12 vs. 13 matches in Round 2.  Some 45-year-old administrative assistant will be winning her office pool when she correctly put Siena and Western Kentucky in the Sweet 16 despite Hal from Accounting’s snickers. 

Conference-By-Conference

Conference USA: 1-0
Horizon: 1-0
Metro Atlantic: 1-0
Southern: 1-0
Big East: 7-1
Big 12: 5-1
Big Ten: 3-1
ACC: 3-1
Pac-10: 3-3
SEC: 3-3
Mountain West: 1-1
Sun Belt: 1-1
Atlantic 10: 1-2
West Coast: 1-2
America East: 0-1 
Atlantic Sun: 0-1
Big Sky: 0-1
Big South: 0-1
Big West: 0-1
Colonial Athletic: 0-1
Ivy: 0-1
Mid-American: 0-1
Mid-Continent: 0-1
Missouri Valley: 0-1
Northeast: 0-1 
Ohio Valley: 0-1
Patriot: 0-1
Southland: 0-1
Southwestern Athletic: 0-1
Western Athletic: 0-1