Suck on it Memphis and Kentucky

Looks like the #1 high school basketball prospect Xavier Henry, who had signed with Memphis, will now almost certainly sign with KU next year as a result of Calipari taking the Kentucky job. Damn, we are going to be awesome next year.

come on memphis

cause if you don't win, my bracket is a: really fucked (because I have the Tigers in the final), and b: mizzou, heated rival of my KU Jayhawks will still be alive.

i survived a good scare from Pitt (I have them winning) for the third time.

attn: CBS

Stop sucking. I realize I live in Big 12 country, but really, do I want to watch A&M stick it to BYU? It's a 16 poitn game, so why would I be interested in watching that when I could be seeing Memphis tied up with the Cal State Northridge Matadors, or could be watching Butler come storming back from getting hit right in the mouth by LSU.

screw you cbs

DJ the Hammer's Bracket....

Via email, here is the Hammer's bracket....

You know I am a Pac-10 homer so I have USC winning 3 games, Zona ASU and Washington all winning 2, Cal winning 1 and I have VCU beating UCLA in the first round. That Manor kid from VCU is very good.

My final four is Louisville, Pitt, Memphis and Oklahoma with Oklahoma beating Louisville in the final.

I have all 4 #9s winning. I have Western Kentucky and Utah St winning as well.

I too have Zaga beating UNC. I have Oklahoma winning the whole thing so UNC would lose in the next round anyway assuming I am correct and I don't trust Roy Williams and Lawson's toe. We will see. It will be fun to watch.

I also have Huggy and WVU beating Kansas in the second round. Too much D from WVU and I think Kansas is too young.

Fish's Bracket

Here’s my Final Four: Pitt, Ok, Memphis, Louisville, with Pitt over Memphis in the final.

Note on the Pac 10 (Maybe underrated this year): I’ve got USC pulling the upset on BC (always got to take the 10s over the 7s), although I couldn’t bring myself to have Arizona winning, or Cal (because they are a 7). But ASU winning in the first day. Harden is a beast.

My stupid upset: Portland State over Xavier (go Vikings, and I've got to represent my former town)

Note on the weak ass Big 10: (and no, I have no idea how they got 8 teams, stupid) I have Michigan State going out early to KU (and yes I'm a Jayhawk, so there's that), Purdue winning one game, but only because they're playing N Iowa, Michigan pulling the upset on Clemson (because they're the 10, and I like them), Illinois wins one game before losing to my Zags, and all the other teams losing out. I'd like to see Tubby Smith beat Texas, and I think it might happen, but Texas should win, or they'll underachieve like they have all season.

Some keys: I’ve got Duke going out to Nova, because they are douchebags, and I have Gonzaga taking out UNC, because UNC is broken and because I am stupid.

Final score: Pitt 76, Memphis 72.

rumble, let the games begin

Congrats Bill Self, Yahoo Basketball Coach of the Year

Rock, Chalk Jayhawk.

So people out there might question Bill Self being named the Yahoo! Coach of the Year - because how hard is it to be a good coach when you're the defending national champs? Well, here's Selfs' winning forumla: lose all 5 starters, 80% of your scoring, return with a ridiculously young and inexperienced team, be ranked throughout most of the season, and with a win vs. Texas tomorrow will wrap up the regular season Big 12 Title.

Craig Robinson of Oregon State, and not to mention Michelle Obama's brother (I'm a Beaver Believer) was also a finalist, but OSU might not quite have made enough of a turnaround this year, but lookout next year, as the Beavs will be right there.

Mike Anderson of Mizzou was also a finalist, but being a Jayhawk I have two words: Muck Fizzou. Nuff said.

Someone who wasn't a finalist (although he's a finalist for the Iba award) was Calipari (sorry coach, forgot your first name) from Memphis. He's in the same boat as Self as far as losing most of his talent from last year and then coming back with a vengeance. I wouldn't be surprised if Memphis got a 1 seed this year. There was some talk of KU getting a 1 seed, but that's just plain sillyness, especially after we followed up that royal beat down of Mizzou with an embarrasing lost to atrocious Texas Tech. Nobody who loses to the Red Raiders deserves a 1 seed. I'd be good with a 2 or a 3 in an easy bracket.

And I'm out (and I apologize for the shitty writing - brain is still not warmed up)

damn you Gonzaga

I was totally hyped to watch the Gonzaga/Memphis game tonight. But it turned into a laugher soon after tip off (which is good because it gave me time to work on my lecture about John Locke's Second Treatise of Government for the class I have to teach on Monday) and was just really shitty until about 6 minutes left. The Zags were down by like 26 points, but they made a run with 5 guys mostly from their second unit and went on a good run. Just like from the song "Cocaine Blues" they made a good run, but they run too slow, and the clock ran out on them. So instead of watching a good performance from the Zags tonight, the only thing worth while, besides Josh Heytfelt's huge oop dunk near the end, were the Gonzaga cheerleaders. So, without further adieu.....