March Madness - 2010 NCAA Basketball Championships

Ashley Judd posing as GG all this time. You sexy devilish southern, how come you did let a brutha know about this? I would not have charged you a bucket of chicken! LoL... Say Hi to Morgan Freeman.





Y'all think Kentucky is going all the way?

How about Duke and OKlah.?

 

Hehe!

 

We're about due for some new banners to hang up in Rupp Arena.

 

This is the best time of year for basketball fans. Forget the NBA, I love all the conference tourneys and see kids who play just because they love the game. Seeing that pure joy and excitement when they win their way into the Big Dance, that is just the appetizer. Then you get to the main course with the big dance, The first weekend being the best because you never know what surprise you are going to get which david is going to slay goliath.

I think what Jay Bilas said on ESPN about this being the weakest field may yeild for a very exciting tournament because there is no clear cut super team this year like in years past, everyone of the top seeds are vulnerable. Although after seeing the brackets I think they clearly showed some bias in making Duke the #1 in the south and giving them the "easiest" path to the final 4 putting them in the weakest of the 4 regions. All in all though I have been saying that I believe this is the year of the "out of no where" champion ie. Arz 97, Syr 04, Fla 06.

Anyway I say let the madness begin. Oh on a side note one of the things I look forward to most is the end of the tourney and One Shining Moment and this year CBS decided to revamp it again and while Jennifer Hudson is a talented woman, I think CBS made a mistake after hearing their little preview I can honestly say I did not like what I heard from her. I love the original and the Teddy Pendergras versions better.

 

I wish. As GZ stated, that's actress Ashley Judd. She is a regular at UK games. They recently had a 'Hoops for Haiti' auction where they auctioned off dinner for 6 with her at John Calipari's house. It sold for $98,100. Apparently, someone really wanted to have dinner with her. LOL

If you had ever offered to take me somewhere besides behind the dumpster in a dark alley, maybe you would have known it was me. LOL

Kentucky is hungry for a championship. We don't like to go this long without bringing a title home. LOL I haven't been able to keep up with the other college teams because of work so I really can't comment on them. Our team is young, but they have talent. Calipari also knows how to win games. If he can keep them settled and not let freshman nerves get in the way, I think they can go all the way, baby!!! (In my best Dick Vitale voice) LOL

 

Look for John Wall to make the tourney his personal showcase before he leaves for the NBA. From what I have seen, he is clutch.

 

duke is a joke. west virginia shoulda got a #1 seed. the big east is much stronger than the acc this year.

go morgan state! lol

 

what an opening round for march madness!
notre dame and vandy, adios.
georgetown is fighting to keep hope alive. what a game for ohio. "sheeeiii..."

 

President Obama picks Kansas to beat Kentucky in NCAA Championship Final.

Vice President Biden picked Syracuse to win the men's NCAA basketball championship.

 

Well the son of Iranian immigrant Ali Farokhmanesh and white woman plus the son of Ghanian immigrants Ahelegbe, Kwadzo knocked top seeded Kansas.

 

lol. nice factoids

 

My Owls got blown out by Cornell. : (....
oh well, our football team had a winning season and a bowl game : )

m.

 

well even tho the men's bball team didn't win the national championship, y'all still had a winning season. making it to the big dance is nothing to sneeze at. (take that from a morgan state alumn whose team was crushed by 30+ by west virginia in round 1) lol :smt056

 

I really enjoy watching this, even the NIT. Kentucky looks really good in winning this.

 

It's always funny to hear the national media try to pronounce the names of those two. The nation knows who they are now. Folks here are really getting fired up about Northern Iowa. With Lucas out, I think UNI will beat Michigan State.

 

Second Round of the NCAA tournament last night

MICHIGAN STATE 85, MARYLAND 83
No. 5 seed Michigan State advanced to play nineth-seeded Northern Iowa in the Midwest Regional semi-finals in St. Louis.

CORNELL 87, WISCONSIN 69
The Big Red entered the the tourney with no victories in four previous appearances and upset fifth-seeded Temple in the opening round. They are the first Ivy League team to advance to the round of 16 since Penn in 1979.

XAVIER 71, PITTSBURGH 68
Jordan Crawford scored 27 points, including a breakaway dunk with just more than two minutes remaining to help Xavier beat Pittsburgh 71-68.

 

Other Scores of the Second Round of the NCAA tournament

DUKE 68, CALIFORNIA 53
Duke center Brian Zoubek had 14 points on 6-6 shooting as well as 13 rebounds. Nolan Smith had 20 points and Kyle Singler added 17 for the Blue Devils who were able to overcome an off game by star guard Jon Scheyer who had only seven points on 1-11 shooting.

NORTHERN IOWA 69, KANSAS 67
The win by Northern Iowa with the help of Ali Farokhmanesh sends the Panthers to the Sweet Sixteen tournament round which experts predicted would have been occupied by Kansas.

WASHINGTON 82, NEW MEXICO 64
Washington took a huge halftime lead 44-32 and used that to propel them to victory. Matthew Bryan-Amaning had fifteen points and nine rebounds for the Huskies.

BUTLER UNIVERSITY 54, MURRAY STATE 52
Butler University was seeded number five in the 2010 NCAA Tournament bracket coming into the game with Murray State hot off its win over Vanderbilt with their last second shot that gave them the win at the buzzer.

WEST VIRGINIA 68, MISSOURI 59
Michael Dixon had 15 points to lead the Tigers, and J.T. Tiller had 13, but only shot 2-9 from the field. The Mountaineers had a big advantage at the free throw line, going 25-33 while Missouri shot only 12-20 on charity shots.

ST. MARY'S 75, VILLANOVA 68
St. Mary's began the NCAA Tournament with the tenth seed but battled with Villanova to win convincingly and advance to the Sweet 16 round of the tournament. St. Mary's was led in scoring by center Omar Samhan who outmatched the Villanova team by scoring 32 points. The 6-11 center snared seven rebounds and had two blocked shots.

 

Kentucky, Duke, Michigan state still holding it down.

 

Why will the Kentucky Wildcats win it all?

2010 is Kentucky's year. Kentucky is clearly one of the most dominant teams in the nation, with a record of 32-2. The one aspect of Kentucky which is seen as a weakness is their lack of experience. Sure their team is full of freshman, but some of the best freshman in the nation. Four of the their players, Wall, Bledsoe, Cousins and Patterson, can arguably be considered in the category of top 10 players in the nation.

With an experienced coach and an unbelievably talented and confident team, the fact that the players don't have much experience will not effect the Wildcats. From John Wall to Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins, and Patrick Patterson, the Wildcats have an army of diverse players who assume their role in the offense when called upon. Everyone knows John Wall is one of the best in the nation, including Eric Bledsoe.

Kentucky's 100-71 win on thursday, and their conquering defeat of Wake Forest, proves that they mean business. If Kentucky can continue to play with the same intensity they exhibited the past two games, there should be no doubt that the Wildcats will be crowned National Champions.

Source: Bleacher Report

 

Schedule of NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010 - Resumes on Thursday

Below is the NCAA Sweet Sixteen Basketball Game Schedules 2010:

March Madness 2010 Games Thursday

Number 1 Syracuse faces number 5 Butler Thursday at 7:07 p.m. EST. Both teams are 30-4. Broadcaster: CBS

Number 11 Washington faces number 2 West Virginia on Thursday at 7:27 p.m. EST. Team records are 26-9, 29-6.Broadcaster: CBS

Number 6 Xavier faces number 2 Kansas St on Thursday at 9:37 p.m. EST. Team records are 26-8 and 28-7. Broadcaster: CBS

Number 1 Kentucky faces number 12 Cornell at 9:57 p.m. EST on Thursday. Team records are 34-2 and 29-4. Broadcaster: CBS

March Madness 2010 Games Friday

Number 6 Tennessee faces number 2 Ohio St at 7:07 p.m. on Friday. Team records are 27-8 and 29-7. Broadcaster: CBS

Number 3 Baylor faces number 10 St Mary’s at 7:27 p.m. EST on Friday. Team records are 27-7 and 28-5. Broadcaster: CBS

Number 9 UNI faces number 5 Michigan St at 9:37 p.m. EST Friday. Team records are 30-4 and 26-8. Broadcaster: CBS

And number 1 Duke faces number 4 Purdue at 9:57 p.m. EST Friday. Team records are 31-5 and 29-5. Broadcaster: CBS