Sweet Sixteen, Thursday Edition

Wisconsin and Syracuse will thoroughly bore us until Louisville and Michigan State tip off (a slight improvement). The nightcaps are more compelling, with Ohio State/Cincy (upset alert) and Florida/Marquette (guards aplenty).

Of course, since our game is Friday’s last, we are assured of being one of the last nine teams playing. Who would have ever imagined…

About BJD95

1995 NC State graduate, sufferer of Les and MOC during my entire student tenure. An equal-opportunity objective critic and analyst of Wolfpack sports.

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74 Responses to Sweet Sixteen, Thursday Edition

  1. DividedWeFall 03/22/2012 at 9:37 PM #

    http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030612aaa.html

    Dear Adidas,

    Where’s the love? Mind you I’m ok with NOT wearing orange uniforms but its the principle of the matter

    xoxo,

    NC State

  2. wolfonthehill 03/22/2012 at 9:44 PM #

    Two pretty poor-quality games so far tonight. OSU-Cincy not promising to be much better…

  3. BJD95 03/22/2012 at 9:48 PM #

    Still waiting for some offensive flow. But Cincy/OSU at least looks a bit like basketball. Ohio and NC State will put on much better shows tomorrow. 🙂

  4. packalum44 03/22/2012 at 9:49 PM #

    Had Louisville and NC State in the Final Four. 2 sleepers. 2 teams playing extremely well late in the season.

    I don’t see UF beating Marquette or Marquette beating Louisville.

    I think Kansas/State game is much closer than a 7 pt spread. If I was a betting man I’d take the Pack any day.

  5. BJD95 03/22/2012 at 10:07 PM #

    Eh, my upset pick not looking so hot. Explains why my bracket looks like hot garbage.

  6. choppack1 03/22/2012 at 10:16 PM #

    Not surprised to see Spartans go down. They were the fashionable pick by msm to win it all. I haven’t been sold since duke and unc dominated them.

    They are solid and they are tough but you need more than that to keep up with the horses of Syracuse, UK and unc.

  7. Dogbreath 03/22/2012 at 10:29 PM #

    Kentucky
    Louisville
    Ohio State
    NC State

    That’s my final four bracket and I’m sitting pretty in the 98th percentile nationally on yahoo.

  8. Dogbreath 03/22/2012 at 10:31 PM #

    You have to have two guards who can fill it up and a big guy that cleans glass to win the NCAA tourney. That’s been the formula every year since about 1966.

  9. BJD95 03/22/2012 at 10:36 PM #

    I’m not sure Sparty has ANY guards whatsoever. Well, other than nondescript placeholders. Classic overachiever team that has a low tourney ceiling.

  10. GAWolf 03/22/2012 at 10:39 PM #

    BJD: Can you please check the author forum. I need a favor. Thanks!

  11. Carnot 03/22/2012 at 10:45 PM #

    Sitting at 824th on Yahoo (99.97th percentile). If Cinci pulls it off against OSU I should go up dramatically. Hopefully the Pack can ruin it all tomorrow.

  12. choppack1 03/22/2012 at 10:55 PM #

    Could be a dark night for big 10. I’m not impressed by their overall athleticism.

  13. Since74 03/22/2012 at 10:56 PM #

    Anybody else think Thad Matta looks like Gene Hackman?

  14. BJD95 03/22/2012 at 11:07 PM #

    GA – I left a response. Think I can indeed do it.

  15. BJD95 03/22/2012 at 11:10 PM #

    Yes, he does. It’s the jowls.

    Cincy totally out of gas. Was fun while their mini-run lasted.

  16. Lunatic Fringe 03/22/2012 at 11:23 PM #

    The first day of games have been pretty “yawn” boring this year. The Florida/Marquette game is the best basketball being played on a floor with the ASU logo all year long.

  17. Wufpacker 03/22/2012 at 11:26 PM #

    ^ LOL. Sparky might need to be defibbed.

  18. Since74 03/22/2012 at 11:27 PM #

    How do ya put pictures on here? I got two good ones to illustrate my point.

  19. Lunatic Fringe 03/22/2012 at 11:46 PM #

    I really could do without the commercial with the lady singing the Spandau Ballet song.

  20. Wufpacker 03/22/2012 at 11:57 PM #

    Agreed LF. I’m not a violent person, but I’ve gotten to the point that I just want to punch her (I guess I have a little bit of tension building for tomorrow…sorry).

  21. redwolf87 03/23/2012 at 12:05 AM #

    I don’t listen to Dave Glenn a lot–only do these days now and then, due to unfortunate changes in the talk radio flora in the Triangle–but he was pretty adamant today that Florida wouldn’t beat Marquette, no-way-no-how.

    What a tool. Would have gotten more out of Limbaugh.

  22. Since74 03/23/2012 at 12:31 AM #
  23. MrPlywood 03/23/2012 at 1:11 AM #

    That’s funny, I want to punch the dweeb who listens to his car.

  24. gumby 03/23/2012 at 8:27 AM #

    CaptainCraptacular Says:
    March 22nd, 2012 at 8:52 pm
    I don’t know what you guys were watching. Cuse-Wisconsin was a very good game. MSU and Louisville is the unwatchable game.

    ^ what the good…err…craptacular captain said. SU-UW was a good close game…

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