This has been a crazy month. I have been in and out of the Las Vegas Valley for the past two weekends and will be headed there for my third straight week. What a tournament we have had. The Rebels lose on a lucky shot by Ali was the only dagger on the weekend. But overall this was an awesome tournament.
I really like when these smaller schools winning these games. I like teams like St. Marys and Cornell. These are teams who actually try to play good teams during the season. Ill give credit where it is due but Northern Iowa is all luck. Those kids play hard and they get lucky. Kansas overlooked them and UNLV got a horseshit call on steal by Oscar Bellfield who called timeout but was not granted it by the ref. That left 19 ticks on the clock for Ali to throw up a wild three that went in.
Cornell is a great team. They played hard all season and had a tough loss to Syracuse during the season. I think the MWC getting four teams in was good for the conference even though they all lost early that conference has almost all there key players back for every team, which means its only going to get stronger. It will be a four team if not five team race with Utah's development next season.
I have to tell you my bracket isn't very good. My girl picked a better final four then I did. I fell into the Kansas trap into the final four when my gut told me Ohio State. Although I do have West Virgina winning the tourney because I think Huggins has the team to do so this season. I like Baylor but they will have problems with St. Marys. Northern Iowa is the new Loyola Marymount heading to the elite 8 over a beat up Michigan State team. Ohio should take care of NIU but who knows. Cuse will have a tough time with Kansas State who I think is playing the best basketball of the tournament besides Kentucky. As for the Wildcats I don't think they play hard enough to win and Calipari doesn't deserve to win with a team that was bought.
My guess is one of these small schools becomes George Mason and we will see this tournament end with a great final four and Championship game. All the games thus far have been great.
Oh you want to know about DUKE? I really don't care what they do, think they have the easiest road to the final four but anything can happen.
As for the March Madness Homie week!
I was 20-12 this weekend on bets coming through big on Sunday going 4-1 and my boy Mike going an impressive 8-0 on every game he bet that day. We had a blast sitting in the sports book 12 hours a day hanging on the edge of my seat with money on every game. I wish I had more money to blow on these games that's how much fun it is. Mike T yelling obscenities in the sports book causing everyone to look at him in disgust. Jack sleeping at 6pm in the middle of a noise crowded sports book. we had to cover in in cocktail napkins for that. They you have my boy Eddie starting the weekend 0-5 but rolling his way back with 7 out of his last 10 bets winning. And last but not least we have the what i should have done guy. Frankie! Every bet was I should have done this or I should have done that. Come on Frank only straight bets only man. You know better then that. I also want to know what goes on with that OFF NITE ACTION as you call it.
Ranking for the tournament look like this!
#1Mike T
#2 Sims
#3 E Double D I E
#4 Craig
#5 JACK D
#6 Frankie
If Jack and Craig wouldn't have snuck off to the tables during games to LOSE money they might have had a better ranking. Frankie gets the last seed becuase the first time in HOMIE POOL history all his teams were out after Saturdays games.
"Frankie you cant bet parleys." -Jack Degree
All in all what a great first week we will do it again next year!
SIMSZEE
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
MARCH MADNESS HAS BEGUN!
My prediction from about month and half ago!
Rebels get screwed again in the rankings you win 2 road conference games and lose votes in the polls. Especially in the coaches poll, how the hell does that happen. I'm done talking about these ranking its never going to matter.Rebels need to be 8-2 in the next ten games to be in the tourney as an at large. This is manageable because they can lose one at home to BYU or UNM and probably on the road at SDSU. We will probably win the first game in the tourney play Utah or UNM and its not going to matter. I say we are 7 seed. Hopefully Utah or SDSU wins the tourney sending four teams to the big dance.
BYU, UNM, UNLV as solid locks. If SDSU can rebound and get better, they finish 4 or five win the tourney they will be the fourth. Utah maybe a little young still.
MID SEASON RESUME 16-4 over all, 4-2 conference Key Losses: Kansas State #13 ,USC (on probation), BYU #10Bad Losses: Utah (at home)
PREDICTIONS: 24-6 over all 12-4 in conference maybe ranked #23I would like a 6 seed in the tourney and win that game putting us in the second round against a team we can beat at a 3 seed or maybe an upset for a 14 seed. We could win that game giving us a shot at a 2 seed and maybe an upset. Its all hypothetical from here we just want to be in the dance no higher than 8 or 9 seed. If were higher we are going to upset some teams.
Soooooooooo... I was pretty close. Also told everyone I know MWC will get four teams in. Right now as it stands everything looks to be on track. Rebels were one game off of where i predicted. They should have never gotten swept by Utah. We get them for a third time in the first round of the Conference tournament. If you think we are going to lose please stop reading. This team has the tournament riding on this game. If they lose there out. They win they are in. This is the team that will make or break the Rebels tournament hopes. They cant beat them its going to be over.
Rebels have a great shot and running this conference tournament. I would like to see UNM get upset and Steve Alford not win another conference tournament game. I would like to see BYU and there wussy point guard go down again by UNLV. Jimmer Ferdette should never be considered for player of the year. A player of the year leads his team no matter the circumstances. He did play because he was sick against UNM in a close game for the conference title. Bobby Hurley had the runs in 1991 and Michael Jordan scored 65 will dehydrated . You had a stomach and cost your team.
Darington Hobson would be my player of the year vote. Tre Willis is very close behind. Hobson has a little more talent around him. I think UNM has great shot at making it far in the tourney and we will see how good they are. If they get a two seed they could see a Louisville in the second round. That would be tough. I see UNLV getting a a five seed if they win the conference tournament and if they make second round or finals six or seven seed.
It all shakes down this week in Vegas. Ill be there wouldn't miss this for the world. UNLV has a great shot at continuing there success in the tournament. They must beat UTAH first.
Get it done Rebs!
SIMSZEE
Rebels get screwed again in the rankings you win 2 road conference games and lose votes in the polls. Especially in the coaches poll, how the hell does that happen. I'm done talking about these ranking its never going to matter.Rebels need to be 8-2 in the next ten games to be in the tourney as an at large. This is manageable because they can lose one at home to BYU or UNM and probably on the road at SDSU. We will probably win the first game in the tourney play Utah or UNM and its not going to matter. I say we are 7 seed. Hopefully Utah or SDSU wins the tourney sending four teams to the big dance.
BYU, UNM, UNLV as solid locks. If SDSU can rebound and get better, they finish 4 or five win the tourney they will be the fourth. Utah maybe a little young still.
MID SEASON RESUME 16-4 over all, 4-2 conference Key Losses: Kansas State #13 ,USC (on probation), BYU #10Bad Losses: Utah (at home)
PREDICTIONS: 24-6 over all 12-4 in conference maybe ranked #23I would like a 6 seed in the tourney and win that game putting us in the second round against a team we can beat at a 3 seed or maybe an upset for a 14 seed. We could win that game giving us a shot at a 2 seed and maybe an upset. Its all hypothetical from here we just want to be in the dance no higher than 8 or 9 seed. If were higher we are going to upset some teams.
Soooooooooo... I was pretty close. Also told everyone I know MWC will get four teams in. Right now as it stands everything looks to be on track. Rebels were one game off of where i predicted. They should have never gotten swept by Utah. We get them for a third time in the first round of the Conference tournament. If you think we are going to lose please stop reading. This team has the tournament riding on this game. If they lose there out. They win they are in. This is the team that will make or break the Rebels tournament hopes. They cant beat them its going to be over.
Rebels have a great shot and running this conference tournament. I would like to see UNM get upset and Steve Alford not win another conference tournament game. I would like to see BYU and there wussy point guard go down again by UNLV. Jimmer Ferdette should never be considered for player of the year. A player of the year leads his team no matter the circumstances. He did play because he was sick against UNM in a close game for the conference title. Bobby Hurley had the runs in 1991 and Michael Jordan scored 65 will dehydrated . You had a stomach and cost your team.
Darington Hobson would be my player of the year vote. Tre Willis is very close behind. Hobson has a little more talent around him. I think UNM has great shot at making it far in the tourney and we will see how good they are. If they get a two seed they could see a Louisville in the second round. That would be tough. I see UNLV getting a a five seed if they win the conference tournament and if they make second round or finals six or seven seed.
It all shakes down this week in Vegas. Ill be there wouldn't miss this for the world. UNLV has a great shot at continuing there success in the tournament. They must beat UTAH first.
Get it done Rebs!
SIMSZEE
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