March Madness

It's time for our second annual March Madness tournement. Compete against the hosts and last years winner Clint, trust me he's already talking smack. Winner gets a prize. It's a yahoo league you can enter here. No password needed.

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Top 5 in review

Last episode, Loren and I picked our Top 5 possible Cinderella teams for the NCAA tourney. Below you'll find a list of our predictions and what has taken place after the first two rounds. Remember we picked these teams before the seeding was announced and we chose to include only teams that might be a 10 see or lower.

Loren
5. Virgina Tech - Did not make the tournament field.
4. Utah State - Made the tournament as a 12 seed. Lost first round to Texas A&M by the score of 69-53.
3. Marquette - Made the tournament as a 6 seed. Did not qualify for the list. Lost first round to Washington 80-78.
2. Florida - Made the tournament as a 10 seed. Lost first round to BYU in double OT 99-92.
1. Washington - Made the tournament as a 11 seed. Beat Marquette 80-78 in the first round and beat New Mexico 82-64 in the second round. Will pay West Virgina on 3.25.10 in the Sweet 16.

Derek
5. Cornell - Made the tournament as a 12 seed. Beat Temple in the first round 78-65. Beat Wisconsin in the second round 87-69. Will play Kentucky on 3.25.10 in the Sweet 16.
4. Virgina Tech - Did not make the tournament field.
3. Florida - Made the tournament as a 10 seed. Lost first round to BYU in double OT 99-92.
2. St. Mary's - Made the tournament as a 10 seed. Beat Richmond 80-71 in the first round and beat Villanova 75-68 in the second round. Will play Baylor on 3.26.10 in the Sweet 16.
1. Washington - Made the tournament as a 11 seed. Beat Marquette 80-78 in the first round and beat New Mexico 82-64 in the second round. Will pay West Virgina on 3.25.10 in the Sweet 16.

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Two Time Champs in or out?

This morning it was announced that Oregon State’s Baseball team will not be part of the NCAA tournament. Looking solely at their record this year it’s not hard to see why. With an 11-13 Pac-10 (or is it Pac-9 until next year) and finishing 6^th in the conference you would think that there is no way the Beavs would make it. But this is the NCAA’s baseball tournament where common sense does not usually come in to play. Going into the selection the Beavers were thought to be a bubble team they had the following things going for them:

Two Time Defending Champions

Series wins over Arizona ST, Arizona, UCLA and Georgia

Total of five series wins versus tournament teams

Three wins over #1 seeds

Unfortunately the Beavers had many bad loses this year as well. Specifically a three game sweep to USC to end league play. My gut is if they win that series they would still be playing.

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