Cobra Commander

would it surprise you to hear that this Virginia game is like peeing out a kidney stone?

anytime you get Howard and Wagner together, you get a game that comes down to the wire

there was one day when I was picking up KMOX in the KC suburbs at like 2pm because of how cloudy it was

that would be a solid way for McAfee to distract the ref so that his buddy/buddies could do illegal stuff

*insert obligatory joke*

reminds me of the Duquesne game on Sunday where they had to "yeah but" offensive rebounds because it was offensive rebounds due to some real junky three point attempts First Four tonight.. and I know they've had MEAC/SWAC first four games (Texas Southern vs NC Central), but, it seems like they'd prefer not pairing the MEAC and SWAC in the first four while consistently putting one or both of their autobids in First Four games (I don't think the MEAC and SWAC play each other enough in non-con to trigger the 'no rematches' clause)

Phil on podcasts lines up pretty well with Phil’s writing style. the whole sidebar about far away radio stations (when talking about Bruno on KDKA) reminds me that my unofficial distance records for AM radio are Toronto (Zoomer Radio and the French station), Philadelphia (KYW), Atlanta (WSB) and also one of the Mexico ones in the background. Here in the Midwest, we seemingly get more of the eastern time zone stations because the pacific stations don’t boom over the mountains It is possible I cheated a little when I was packed near a cell tower and coincidentally some radio stations were coming in better there

I think I joked about that on here a month or two ago Jason Kelce running out in a Mummers outfit would be an exquisite in-joke that you wouldn't get unless you're from Philly or you know about Super Bowl parades

Looking around and Kruk’s also a big Rhea Ripley guy so the concept of Kruk being really into various women wrestlers made me realize that Kruk and Mick Foley would probably enjoy each others company. Kruk was out of Philly before ECW really hit but I don’t know if I can imagine him getting into that, aside from my confidence that John Kruk would probably enjoy the Sandman

Depends on how much of that 40% was from three

just heard John Kruk talking about Natalya (bottom of the 7th, Pirates/Phillies). I had heard that Kruk's a wrestling guy but that was a surprise and I don't know how she came up

At the risk of making people sadder: if Gorilla was still alive and upright by April 2001, I’m pretty confident it would have been Gorilla/Bobby for the gimmick battle royal But yes, there’s a “Gorilla Monsoon commentating on Don Callis” match out there too. I can’t find it on YouTube right now but it’s a Kurrgan match.

Gorilla Monsoon almost commentated the entire Vince Russo WWF era

wondering what's a more interesting contrast between fanbases in a 16 seed play-in game.. Howard vs Wagner: Federally chartered HBCU vs a Lutheran college on Staten Island Grambling vs Montana State: Louisiana HBCU that used to be an Ag school vs Montana school that also used to be an Ag school

my quick picks are trying to remember a few factors 1) teams that play scuzzy defense did well in the tournament last year and quite often in recent years 2) NCAA is randomly screwing a few teams geographically (especially in 7/10 matchups) 3) Rick Barnes always sucks in the tournament 4) Gonzaga is better in the tournament in years when they aren't great during the regular season So my quick picks for the final four are UConn, Arizona, Houston, and Gonzaga.

in which Rick Pitino's son winning a conference tournament might have helped keep Rick Pitino out of the tournament

got a play-in game for a 10 seed in case you wanted a reason to have to pay attention to play-in games before submitting your brackets

NCAA doing their best to prevent another UConn/Florida Atlantic/Miami/San Diego State final four by putting UConn/FAU/SDSU in the same region this year

Duquesne is in the tournament for the first time since 1977 after taking a big lead in the first half and having a very sloggy 2nd half Semi-related: i'm gonna try to pick every defense-heavy team I can in the tournament because this style is clearly suffocating college basketball and winning tourney games in the process

and the Ivy League title game ends in brutal fashion for Brown as they choke away a 6 point lead with a minute left and Yale beats them with a layup at the buzzer after Brown missed 2 free throws (also Brown was playing for their first tourney bid since 1986)

and this Saturday of championship games ends with Grand Canyon winning the WAC, and one of their guys dunking at the end of the game, leading to a UT-Arlington player trying to knock him over and another player throwing the basketball at the dunker. Also Grand Canyon got to shoot like 800 free throws on the way to a victory. Sunday: time to find out if Brown or Duquesne can end their tourney drought, or if Temple can make the tournament despite all logic to the contrary

Oregon wins their tournament as the Pac 12 walks off into the sunset. Long Beach State wins their tournament with their head coach that they fired before the Big West tournament started. Also it's worth noting that the Akron/Kent State game ended in an astounding way (a Kent State player intentionally fouled with his team up 1) Edit: and Grambling is in the tournament for the first time ever

today's autobids so far American East: Vermont MEAC: Howard Mountain West: New Mexico Big 12: Iowa State Big East: UConn MAC: Akron MAAC: Saint Peters ACC: NC State CUSA: Western Kentucky still got Pac-12, SWAC (Grambling State aiming for their first bid ever), Big West (Long Beach State fired their coach this week and now they're playing for an autobid), and the WAC left tonight Tomorrow it's Brown/Yale for the Ivy League title, Florida/Auburn in SEC, Duquesne/VCU in A10, Temple/UAB in AAC, and Wisconsin/Illinois for the Big 10 So, there's a 16-19 Temple team playing for a title and Duquesne hasn't made a tournament since the 1970s and Brown hasn't made it since 1986

last Friday: a Temple game is under investigation for suspicious betting this weekend: Temple wins 4 games in a row to make the AAC title game as an 11 seed

the magic of conference tournament season, when Houston is averaging under a point per minute in the title game (34 points with 3 minutes left in the game, on the way to being 30-balled by Iowa State)