Episode 18: 2007 March Madness, 3 / 15 / 07

A blog of the events of the day. BTW, My Final Four Prediction is Florida, Kansas, Georgetown, Ohio state with Florida winning it all over Georgetown.

12:00 Awaiting Davidson vs. Maryland, Texas Tech vs. BC, and Stanford vs. Louisville. Only upset of the bunch that i picked was Texas Tech. Hopefully, Bobby Knight and the Red Raiders come through. I'm really looking forward to the Stanford vs. Louisville game mainly because my neighbor is a Stanford grad. When they lose, he will not hear the end of it. I'll also be wearing my Georgetown jersey the whole day. They tip off at 2:45 today. Looking forward to a long run by Jeff Green and company. I'm sure glad spring break came at a good time. Watch the opening games in peace. BRB, gotta brush my teeth before the games start. Also, there's this weird pain in my leg. FUCKING SHIT MAN.

12:51-Wow, that Texas Tech pick is looking terrible right now. They don't close out on open shooters and they look very unorganized on offense. Not your typical Bobby Knight team. In fact, I'm more upset then Bobby Knight right now. Ummmm, someone get this guy off the zoloft.

1:00- WTF @ davidson rocking Maryland's world right now. 35-30? They are showing the TT vs. BC game here so I have no idea what's going on but I can imagine Stephen Curry lighting up Maryland. Just in case y'all don't know, that's Dell Curry's son.

1:14- Texas Tech has made it a ballgame at halftime with a 43-41 score. They did most of their damage after BC's star player, Jared Dudley, got his 3rd foul. Still BC has this little PG named Rice that is shaking and baking, swishing and dishing. Along with the Davidson vs. Maryland game, we've had a nice Rice and Curry combo so far today. Yes. It's almost lunchtime.

1:25- Just my luck, Texas Tech and BC is about to start the second half and now I have to take my brother to the Doctor's office. I am not a happy camper right now. This is the time where I curse God for creating disease and ruining my opening day of March Madness.

1:40- My brother's doctor's office is in Suffern, NY. To get there, I have to drive through a town called Monsey.....or as I like to call it "Little Israel". And let me tell you, there are droves of Jews out right now and they are walking around mindlessly. I'm pretty sure they are out right now wondering where all the customers are for all their Jewish shops and businesses. "Well, guys....There's this collegiate basketball tournament that happens every year in the middle of March. It's fairly popular within the communities of heterosexual men, cool chicks, college students, and lesbians (also known as Women basketball players)." You'd think that with the rate that Jewish people send their kids to college, one of their kids would let them know.

1:43- I just shouted Positive A out of my car window. Jewish woman turns to me after hearing this and then quickly walks the other way. I wonder what word, name, or phrase would have a similar effect on a whole population of Jews? Maybe the Palestinians could use this to their advantage somehow? My brother just asked me wtf was Positive A. I told him it's some dude from a message board that I post at that wanted to get shouted out. The nerve of this guy. He just called me a herb. How ironic considering he plays World of Warcraft. BTW, Davidson goes on a 9-0 run to start the second half against Maryland to take an 8 point lead. Are we on our way to the first huge upset of the tournament? I don't know who the announcer is but he's telling me that Gary Williams is angrier then a white swingman on an NBA team that has to face the Lakers. RELE.

1:50- I hate doctors. But one thing I love about their offices is their magazine rack. This guy usually has a bunch of People magazines in his rack. Unfortunately, this guy in a yarmulke is hogging every single one of them. I would've thought he'd be hogging the Fortune magazines. My brother sits down with a Time magazine. I ponder b/w a Time magazine or going back to my car to listen to the rest of BC vs. Texas Tech.

1:51- Sunnis vs. Shias....The Civil War in the Middle East.

1:53- BC vs. Texas Tech sounds like a dogfight right now. However from watching the first half, I know Texas Tech is doomed to lose. Texas Tech cannot hang inside with BC. Texas Tech doesn't close out on defense. Texas Tech just doesn't have the athletes or the players to hang with BC AT ALL.

2:10- I'm starting to regret not picking Louisville to go to at least the Sweet 16. But then again, they are also playing Stanford. I hear this Sosa kid's lighting up the cardinals. I wonder if someone will ask him "Has beisbol been berry berry goo to you?" in the post game interview. And then ask him if he's willing to piss in a cup? Only I'd find this funny though.

2:20- Following exchange took place after my brother got in the car.

Me- What took so long?

Brother- I got my shots.

Me- Shots take 5 seconds. Wham Bam Thank you ma'am and you're out. (yes i actually said this).

Brother- I'm supposed to wait 20 minutes just in case I don't get an allergic reaction.

Me- You've gotten this shot multiple times before, right?

Brother- Yeah.

Me- And you never got an allergic reaction before, right?

Brother- I hope you're not trying to make me look stupid. You shouted out someone's message board name out your car window today, right?

Me- (starts the car)

2:31- I'm driving home as fast as I can to try to make the 2:45 time for Georgetown vs. Belmont when my phone starts ringing. It's my boy Goat and he's at Pizza Hut and wants me to come through. He knows I'm a huge Georgetown fan but he gets me with this line: "The foods on me." SONOVABITCH. I ask my brother for sagely advice and all he gives me is "It's up to you."

2:51- I'm in the Pizza Hut parking lot and Georgetown is already down 12-5. FUCKING SHIT MAN.

3:20- After Goat, his boy, my brother and I go through 25 Wings, 10 Cheese garlic breads, 10 cheese sticks, and all you can eat salad bar, I go to check on the score. Georgetown up 8. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS LIKE MARV ALBERT IN LEATHER WITH A CHICK HALF HIS AGE!!!!!!

3:30- WTF IS THIS?!?!? This brown motha fucka ordered some garlic knot crust pizza or some shit. What kind of faggot metrosexual pizza are we about to consume here?!?!?!

3:32- I can't believe I am missing the georgetown game because of this terrible tasting faggot ass metrosexual crust ass pizza.

3:45- Me and my brother are OUT!!!! Unfortunately, ODU vs. Butler is on the radio. No updates on Georgetown. ESPN radio really sucks. At least ODU vs. Butler is a close game. Back and forth though.

4:01- Back home. HOME SWEET HOME. Unfortunately, Georgetown is not on TV and ODU vs. Butler is. This is some racist shit for real. Whichever game has more white people on the court will get on TV. At least Georgetown is up by 15.

4:25- This guy campbell from Butler just drained 3 three point baskets and put some serious distance between them and Old Dominion. This game looks like it's a wrap. So they switch to Penn vs. A&M with Penn up by 2 with a little more then 10 minutes left. WOW, that would destroy pretty much everyone's bracket.

4:35- Acie Law decided to take over on the offensive end and A&M put their best one on one defender on Penn's PG. Pretty much looks like the end. Georgetown is up 66-46 so I'm probably gonna take a nap until the second batch of games come on.

8:30- I think pizza hut made me sick. I shitted twice in the past half hour. Not pretty. I just took a lomotil. If my posts start not to make sense, it's the lomotil. At least Duke's only up on VCU by 2. I'll tell you what though. I was wrong about McRoberts. The guy can ball. Looks like a legit NBA prospect. Showing off a vast array of skills. Impressive. I love the way VCU plays though. Pressing all the time and Half court traps. Love it. That's the way basketball should be played.

9:00- Paulus has gone off. He has hit a couple of big three pointers and now Duke is up 8 with a little under 10 minutes to go. Paulus is a nice little player. Type of guy you hate when you're against him but love him when you're playing with him. Grimey little fucker. I still hate the dude though. BTW, Michigan State is spanking Marquette. Was not a good showing at all by them.

9:10- Didn't take VCU long to make this a game again. Jesus, if they advance, this is a team that can give anyone fits. They play good defense and get great guard play. And any time you press all the time like they do, 8 point deficits can vanish in a couple minutes with a couple turnovers.

9:13- My stomach still hurts. Fucking garlic knots pizza. I'm clutching my stomach and moaning and groaning when my sister tells me that she wants to eat at the Cheesecake factory tommarow night. I moan and groan louder. She doesn't seem to get the picture. I point toward my stomach and then to the TV. I don't think she cares. If this isn't a real factory that makes different cakes, I'll be extremely dissappointed. I'm imagining something like the Pawtucket Brewery from that episode of Family Guy that was a parody of the Willy Wonka movie. MY SISTER BETTER HAVE A FUCKING GOLDEN TICKET!!!!!!!!!

9:25- Demarcus Nelson just tied the game with 10 seconds left. HOLY SHIT

10 seconds later- UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, easily the best game of the night so far? Maynor drills a shot from the top of the key like he has ice water in his veins. This guy is the perfect type of point you need to make a long run in the NCAA Tournament.

That's all for tonight. My stomach is too much for me right now. It's like there's a suicide bomber entering my stomach every 2 minutes. Hopefully, if this predicament doesn't put me on the Disabled list, I'll come through with a Day 2 blog. Enjoy the late night games.