March Madness is On!

by **Brent Burns** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:24 am

From 12:20 pm EST to 9:45 pm EST, there will be a dizzying array of 16 games (32 teams) being played today. The 12:20 pm game will probably be the start of the run of the March Madness where Seton Hall will tip off against Wichita State in the Washington, D.C. regional. The last game would probably be the Utah State vs. Washington game also in the Washington, D.C. regional at 9:45 pm.

There was an interesting question posed by someone in the Yahoo! news or sports about the work productivity in the offices, etc. will go down because of March Madness. Would that be a problem for all of us for the next 3 weeks?

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by **Gregg Pathiakis** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:56 am

I'd like to see a poll of how this message board cuts down on work productivity!

by **Brent Burns** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:03 am

Gregg Pathiakis wrote:I'd like to see a poll of how this message board cuts down on work productivity!

That is a good one!

by **bste_lax** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:23 pm

In honor of March Madness:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... basketball

by **Brent Burns** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:34 pm

bste_lax wrote:In honor of March Madness:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... basketball

Who would ever know that this vidclip may be the "most talked about?" Matt, thanks for the video clip! I doubt this would have been sent to AFV, wouldn't it?

by **Kyle Berggren** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:59 pm

The quote I heard last night was 13 minutes a day wasted, at a cost of 3.6Billion.... Well, I've wasted 13 minutes today swearing at BC, and I'm sure I'll waste an hour trying to get refocused... A TV in the office was a horrible idea, my attitude & clients will suffer.

by **Kyle Berggren** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:06 pm

BC.... Gonna give me a heart-attack, 2OT.

by **Laxbum** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:20 pm

No kidding, I have BC winning the whole thing and they almost blew it today.

by **Brent Burns** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:22 pm

It is over:

BC 88
Pacific 76

Before the BC-Pacific thriller in 2OT, the first two final games were:

Wichita State 86 Seton Hall 66

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 82 Oklahoma 74

Right now: Big East is 0-1 (Seton Hall)
Big XII is 0-1 (Oklahoma)
ACC is 1-0 (BC)

by **ZagGrad** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:26 pm

You guys using the ncaasports.mmod? Man, I tell you what...it's nutso! I have it going at work and it's awesome. Live feed of all the games going on (except where blackout occurs). Pretty money deal.

by **Brent Burns** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:43 pm

The scores I got come from Yahoo! Sports. I have it minimized right now.

by **Dan Wishengrad** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:55 pm

Laxbum wrote:No kidding, I have BC winning the whole thing and they almost blew it today.

I wouldn't say the Eagles almost blew it -- I'd say my Alma Mater (Pacific) is a tough, underrated team that played up to its potential. Heart-breaking loss, after almost winning the game in that first overtime. Hats off to the Tigers for another impressive tourney performance and congrats to BC. They deserved to win in the end.

by **DanGenck** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:47 pm

Pacific let me down... I had them knocking out Nevada/Montana in the next round. D'oh!

p.s. If Texas A&M beats Syracuse tonight, drinks are on me (of course, if you live in the Kent, Connecticut metro area).

by **Brent Burns** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:51 pm

So far, the second Big East team, Marquette is losing right now. If that is the case, the Big East will be 0-2, so the pressure is on Syracuse to avoid a 0-3 sweep on the first day of the tourney. If it were not a Texas A&M-Syracuse game, I would be rooting for the Orange. However, they are both playing tonight, so I will be rooting for the Aggies because the Orange already have one national title.

SEC is ruling right now with Alabama winning big over Marquette, Florida a little bit ahead of South Alabama, and Tenn and Winthrop are neck to neck.

by **Brent Burns** on Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:31 pm

With Alabama and Marquette are nip-tucking each other, two SEC teams won:

Florida 76 U of South Alabama 50

Tenn 63 Winthrop 61 (I bet KnoxVegas is now having a Major sigh of relief)