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Slate magazine and Bob Timmermann both hate Stanford. What's a poor guy to do?
But Jon got a small measure of revenge as Stanford's nemesis from last year, Alabama, was bounced out early by Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
I have actually visited that campus. Bought a t-shirt and got a bite to eat.
Golda Meir went to Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Around 9 pm, I will likely be muttering under my breath in disgust or pretending that I think that UCLA has a realistic chance of beating Gonzaga.
By the way, as of right this minute, I'm 8 for 8 on my bracket picks! Anyone else have UW-Milwaukee upsetting Alabama?
I'm surprised Eric Enders hasn't dropped by yet to complain about UTEP's loss today.
Washington-UOP should be an interesting second round game. People who consider Washington overrated do so at their own peril.
Yes, it was quite a drought, Bob. Without all that Red Sox/Cubs angst, but still a drought. All hail Todd Lichti and Howard Wright!
I'm happy to say I covered Stanford's first tournament game in 47 years - although the result was crushing. It took 24 hours, because of a canceled flight, to get to Greensboro, N.C. Five hours later, we had lost to No. 14 seed Siena, and I was heading home.
I don't know if Gonzaga's win shows that they are overrated or whether or not they were just rusty from a long layoff.
If UCLA hadn't made the NCAA tournament this year, it would have been the first time the Bruins missed out 3 years in a row since 1984-86. Those were my first three years at UCLA. But we did win the NIT one year! The next year we lost to UC Irvine in the first round of the NIT.
It was the heyday of Reggie Miller and Pooh Richardson when I was there.
(I should add that we lived in Westwood while Mom got her MLS from UCLA.)
Biggest margin of victory today turned out to be the team that a lot of people thought was primed for a fall, Boston College. The Eagles won by 20.
UCLA's swarming lockdown defense kept Texas Tech to just 62% shooting tonight.
Oh well, I don't have a dog in this hunt anymore. Now I just root for Stanford to lose.
Actually I first root for Kentucky to lose. Then Duke. Then Stanford.
Picked Duke in my pool for the whole enchilada.
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