We’re going to get a nasty reputation if we keep doing stupid things again and again. I know it’s getting extra attention from the administration because of Marcus, and because of that Weaver felt he had to act. I honestly believe that without the prior incidents, Weaver would have probably done nothing.
And what’s up with our sorry schedule for next season?
Boy, my NCAA tournament bracket is really taking a beating. Tons of big upsets this year, but my final four are still alive (although Wake Forest is about to lose in double overtime). If I ever win a pool, I think it will be a sign of the end times.
And the Hokies got smoked today in the second round of the NIT. Suckage all around.
I’m sitting here listening to the VT-Temple NIT game on the computer since it’s only on ESPNU; we don’t get that channel (yet). It’s the second half and the Hokies are up by seven in Blacksburg.
Man, it sure brings back memories of the last second Tech win over New Mexico State in 1995. Storming the court is fun.
I hope the Hokies can hold on tonight and advance. Finishing fourth in the ACC and making it to the postseason isn’t bad for our first season in the best basketball conference in the land.
Update: and the Hokies take it 60-50; the first win ever over Temple. Woohoo!
The Hokie basketball train keeps on rolling! A HUGE upset over Duke on Thursday night, and a butt-whoopin’ laid on Miami today.
Might we be headed for the big dance?
* I personally don’t think so. Probably the NIT, but how ’bout that for our first year in the ACC?
I’m sitting here watching the Hokies get destroyed by the Blue Devils. College football season is over, so it’s time I start turning my attention to college basketball. There hasn’t been much to pay attention to though for Hokies basketball though, except for a couple of seasons in the 90s.
But, surprise, the Hokies have been on a roll lately, winning four in a row in a conference where everyone expected us to do absolutely nothing. Watching us beat UVA the other night, showed me that we can do something in the basketball-rich ACC. And it’s always nice to mop the floor with those filthy wahoos. I don’t even capitalize their name because they don’t deserve it. It’s always satisfying to beat them, but perhaps we’ll even make it to the postseason for the first time since 1996.
Hey, you’ve got to have something to do while waiting for football season to begin again, right?
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Man, just as it seemed as if the first round of the NCAA Tournament was going to form in the first round (only three upsets, none of which were really shocking), the second round just destroyed my brackets. There’s always some upsets, and the trick is to pick which ones, but what’s up with the #1 and #2 seeds in the St. Louis bracket losing in the second round?
Just a wacky tournament it’s turning out to be. Lots of close games this year, though no real buzzer beaters of which to speak, but the upsets are aplenty.
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My brackets are filled out, and the games are started. This is the best sports time of the year.
I’m in couple of pools this year, and it was a tough decision filling out the brackets as there are no real dominant teams that have been kicking butt all season long. The key is to have your final four stay intact, which I’ve never managed to do. The best I’ve ever done is to pick three correct final four teams, but I didn’t even win that year. In fact, I’ve never won. 
What I do hope for are some great buzzer beaters. There’s just nothing better in sports than watching a young college kid make that last-second, clutch shot that keeps their dream alive (such as when VT beat New Mexico St. in the NIT quarterfinals – yeah Travis Jackson!). 
Nothing.
POWs and casualities today over in Iraq. The reality of this whole thing has really started to set in. I’m all for this war and what we’re trying to do, but it really sucks to hear the bad news, inevitable as it may be. We really need to find our people, and stop those bastards from doing anymore to them. Finish the job, and come home safe, guys.
Watched the Oscars tonight, and it was pretty well done. There were a few mentions of “peace” and “these crazy time”, and the only real idiot of the bunch was Michael Moore. Man, this guy doesn’t deserve to breath the same air as honest Americans. He’s a disgrace. I will never watch anything associated with him. Ever.
Seems a shame to be focusing on basketball with everything else that’s going, but I thought you’d like to know that my NCAA brackets are shot to hell. Thanks for listening.
