Thursday Live Blog

Early Games
13 Davidson- 4 Maryland
10 Texas Tech- 7 Boston College
11 Stanford- 6 Louisville

12:22- We've got tip off in Buffalo. Gary already has a good sweat going. -PS

12:29- Back over to BC-Texas Tech. BC has started out with a slow pace taking down the shot clock both trips. Tech broke their necks to give it back to the Eagles. I think BC romps in this one. Texas Tech had one of the least deserving resumes in the field. -PS

12:37- Dell Curry's kid looks like he is 12. If Davidson makes a run to the Final 4, it was the role that Lil Bow Wow was born to play. -PS

12:42- Dudley picks up his 2nd foul. Rice and Marshall are able scorers, but this team runs through Dudley. Huge opportunity for the Red Raiders. They need get themselves a cushion into halftime.-PS

12:48- Maryland is getting roped into a running game with Davidson. Davidson appears to be very comfortable running and gunning. The Terps have a big size advantage. They need to make to slow it down and make it a physical game.- PS

12:53- Louisville is making it look easy and are on their way to running the Cardinal out of the gym. Stanford is playing with a time difference, but Louisville looks better in every aspect. Stanford is reallt struggling against the press. -PS

12:59- Derrick Character could be the x factor on a Louisville run to the Final 4. The kid may be a head case but he is an athletic, physical big man that is currently doing an Ike Turner impression of the Lopez twins. -PS

1:00- MIKE JONES is going to be the reason why Maryland wins or loses over the next three weeks. Against North Carolina, he practically willed the Terps to victory. If there were a way to combine two people, a combination of D.J. Strawberry and Mike Jones would be a lottery pick. Maryland's 8-2 run will probably stop here, as Will Bowers (a slower, less athletic Aaron Gray) has checked into the game. Way to go, Gary. Put in a rhino into a horse race. -JH

1:09- Go home Stanford. This is getting really, really ugly. Way to justify your inclusion. -PS

1:20- Kasko's expert analysis here. I've now watched 1 minute of basketball today. Eat a dick Comcast. I ordered the NCAA Tournament package, they gave me NBA Full Court (my account must be registered under "Simmons, Bill"), then spent an hour on the phone for them to figure out that they don't get the games. Thanks, thanks a ton. Fuck. - RK

1:29- Bob Knight's head is going to explode-- his team manage to bungle a four on one fast break with a botched alley oop that led to a 2 on 1 layup for the Eagles. If it weren't such a close game, I am sure he would have burned a timeout to ream those guys Peter North style. but it looks like he's waiting for the media timeout under sixteen. -JH

1:42- Maryland has just turned the ball over 3 straight possessions as Davidson busts out an 8-point second half lead. That dream I had last night about a perfect bracket... not going so well. -RK

1:49- The Terps come roaring back. This is shaping up to be a classic. I'm a huge fan of what Osby brings to them. His offensive skills are limited, but this guy is a terror on the board and hustles. A glue guy all the way and the best fro in college hoops since Eugene Edgerson.

1:52- Jay Bilas' explanation of why Martin Zino attacked the basket from the right side is an example of why he's the best in the business. Most analysts would have attributed his reverse layup to being caught under two front court players, but it Bilas broke it down further, and attributed to his being left-handed, and getting an easier shot from that side of the backboard. Great, great stuff. Also, while I sang the praises of Osby in the tourney file, it was probably PS who wrote the 1:49 entry. -JH

2:00- Texas Tech has failed to attack Jarred Dudley (3 fouls) all second-half. Why? I have no idea. Boston College had originally countered by throwing Dudley on Tech's unathletic white perimeter 3-point shooter, but still how do you not attack the team's best player if he has 3 fouls at the half? -RK

2:18- Turns out Asshat #3 is live blogging the action, too. Not much to add here, except that I think that the coach of the all-asshat team is going to be the guy from Akron. -JH

3:13- If Butler makes a historic run to the Final Four, I hope Hollywood can get Jason McElwain to die his hair and play the role of AJ Graves. -RK

3:21- According to Bill Simmons' live blog, it took those yuppy douches over an hour to get to round 2 of beers. Good effort, guys. Did the Quik-E-Mart run out of Mike's Hard and Zima's? (Yes, I realize it's sad that our live blog is cross-referencing other live blogs, so what?) -RK

4:06- Butler lost three games in the Horizon League, including the final to a Wright State team who gave them trouble all season. Yet, they are a fifth seed. Does this confuse the hell out of anybody else? -JH