Chat the Day.

Two things I learned from the Ford Field regional semis on Friday:

Stephen Curry (left) is really good. 33 total points with 22 in the second half against a Wisconsin team that tried to dominate him defensively. He gave an inspired performance that left the crowd in awe.

Curry stole the show on Friday, I think he stole my camera as well.





People at Ford Field are stupid. The design for the court was puzzling to say the least. One riser stuck out way farther then another and the court wasn't even close to centered on the field. Not to mention that 3 players almost flew off the 3 foot stage that the court sat on.






Quick Hits:

Pistons.

LeBron James was in attendance for the regional at Ford Field, and was boo'd excessively when showed on the television broadcast. He eventually was escorted out.

Little did he know, that was the best basketball he'd see all weekend.

The Pistons spanked the Cavs last night at the Palace. The Cavs didn't even show up, LeBron got a technical, and that was that. Really not much came out of this game, except Ben Wallace, who came out of the game when his back spasms started up again.


Tigers.

Season starts up on Monday, or atleast I hope. (Weather). Forecast: Moisture.


Lions.

Signed more guys I haven't (or anyone) has heard of. At least they aren't former Bucs.

Wings.

D-Mac is back and the boys are starting to get healthy. Franzen decided to start scoring like Gretzky.



Big Blue Recruiting:

Two commitments, Cass Tech running back Teric Jones and Ohio defensive back Justin Turner. Jones was the fastest player at the Junior combine in San Antonio,and Turner is one of the top 50 players in the country according to Rivals.com. Jones could end up being a high 3-star or low 4 star while Turner is already a legit four-star.

Rumors of another commitment. Its premium information so all I'll say is Bryce Bryce Baby.

Michigan Hockey:

Frozen Four bound. After beating Clarkson 2-0, the Wolverines head to Colorado to face the Golden Domers of Notre Dame.

My bracket.... saved?

I was 4/4 yesterday in the first day of sweet 16 affairs.. shocking. So far all my Elite 8 are still active and going. Should be an interesting evening down at Ford Field.

As for last night's games... Louisville is such a legit team. I really think that Rick Pitino is one of if not the best coach in the country. His teams just do things the right way. Even when they struggled with turnovers yesterday, they did the little things like rebounding and playing defense and still got away with a win.

UCLA struggled with WKU quite a bit. Western Kentucky completely slowed down the game. It probably didn't help that UCLA was looking way ahead of the Hilltoppers.

---------------

The Pistons played the Miami Heat yesterday. It was a joke of a game. I implore (e-mail, comment) anyone on this blog to convince me that the Heat aren't taking. You mean to tell me that they legitimately have the top 8 guys on their roster out with injury? Daequan Cook was out because he had bubblegum stuck to the bottom of his shoe..

NCAA Tournament Discussion

So my bracket hasn't completely exploded. Yet.

I've got 7/8 Elite 8 teams still in the field (Nice job, Coach K).

Duke is out, and the masses rejoice.

Couple things:

• I still feel like Louisville will beat Tennessee. Butler almost took down the Volunteers in overtime, and I think a well coached Louisville team will knock them off.

I'm pretty sure that Rick Pitino is in the mob.

• Its definately looking like a UCLA v UNC final. I'm beginning to think that UCLA is the only team that would have a chance against Tyler Hansbrough and the Tarheels.

• There are some great match-ups in the Sweet Sixteen, especially in the south regional with Memphis vs. Michigan State (Preview coming later in the week) and Stanford vs. Texas.
  

• I'll be heading over to the Midwest regional at Ford Field next weekend (Pictures shalt be forthcoming). I'm interested to see the MVP of the tournament so far-- Davidson's Stephen Curry.
  

MSU deals with Temple; now faces Pitt

After avoiding being goon-ed at the hands of Temple, the Michigan State Spartans will face the Pittsburgh Panters (H excluded purposely) today.

Spartini will probably have trouble with Pitt, however. ESPN analyst/chair thrower Bobby Knight has predicted that Pitt will win the entire tournament.

Pitt has won 5 straight games coming into their matchup with the 300, winning the Big East tournament after defeating Georgetown.

Should be a pretty interesting game. Pitt has a great front lie of forwards, and Michigan State's strength lies in their guard play. If Michigan State can contain freshman DeJuan Blair inside, then they might have a chance, but otherwise it will take a huge game from both Neitzel and Morgan to win one for the Izzo.

At the half....

of the first set of games on this First Thursday.

Kansas dominating some school.

Georgia up 8 on Xavier. (Crap)

Georgia's coach, Dennis Felton, has a huge case of Tom Coughlin syndrome. This dude was on the hot seat at the end of the year, and with a SEC title run including winning both parts of a double-header his job is about as secure as any right now.


Michigan State up over Temple. Good first half by Raymar Morgan

Let the Madness begin

We are only minutes away from the start of the 2008 NCAA tournament.

To view my picks, check them out on Yahoo

Or, for those too lazy to actually go and look, my final four is UNC, Wisconsin, Memphis, and UCLA, with the Bruins winning the whole thing.

I'll be checking in later today with who impressed, and some comments on Michigan State vs. Temple.