It's NCAA Hoops Tournament Time!
by Rexx on Mar 19, 2009 10:10 AM EDT
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Yeah, I know this is an NFL football blog on all things Baltimore Ravens, but this is one of the best times of the year. College hoops all day long for the next four days, then great games the next two weeks leading up to the Final Four, followed by the start of baseball season. Ahhh,....spring is in the air. The NFL has started their OTA's and soon comes the NFL Draft in late April.
For now, our attention may slightly turn away from football (what!?) and to college basketball. Of course many of the Ravens fans are also Maryland Terrapins fans and will root for the #10 seed Terps to upset the 7th seed California Golden Bears, which is a distinct possibility. If they're good enough to get by Cal, then they will have the honor of playing the #2 team in the country, Memphis, in round two and should then be able to watch the rest of the Tourney from the comfort of their living room couches along with the rest of us. No, I'm not a Terp-hater, just a realist.
GO TERPS!!!
The football connection of this post today will be the following: Which current Ravens would make good hoops players? We know that LT Jared Gaither was recruited for basketball as well as a football due to his 6'9" frame. Duh! But who else and why? Perhaps it might be Ed Reed as a point guard or Ngata as a power forward (look out below!)? Have some fun and post your thoughts. Also, today is the last chance to get your picks in as a member of the Beatdown's team as we take on the Redskins fans in Comcast SportsNet's Bracket Challenge 2009. Just click on the ad between stories here on the Beatdown to sign up with us. See prior post for further directions. Good luck and...
GO TERPS!!!
PS- ESPN did a Bracketology with President Obama. I love that they called it "Barack-etology!"
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Clarence Moore
He was a tall and skinny guy. Maybe a PF.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
by Mr MaLoR on Mar 19, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Terps 74
California 63
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
by Mr MaLoR on Mar 19, 2009 1:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Gary Williams
That was his ninth straight win in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
by DT711 on Mar 19, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Great, just great!
I have Memphis winning it all in my Bracket pools. Now here come the Terps to ruin it all for me! Isn’t that friggin’ karma now!?
Rexx
by Rexx on Mar 19, 2009 8:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How much does Gary suck still, Rexx?
Go ahead and say it is the players we got that won the game. But you are wrong, cause we are defintely the smallest and most under-matched team in the ACC this year, but maybe the biggest hearts and drive to win in the ACC.
Garyland sure knows how to coach those kids the right way. Remember, even the great Roy Williams said that he was out-coached when the Terpies got that wonderful win against his baby blues in Comcast.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
by Mr MaLoR on Mar 20, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Few good ones from Rexx and raven
what is Hayes doing on the court..he blew the Duke game with horrid ball handling skills. he picks up his dribble at the slightest pressure and forces his teammates into bad position when he shuffles it off. the game turned on his back to back turn overs..and Gary stinks..he gets the upsets because he gets to play the top 2 team 6 times a year..a monkey could steal 1 of 6…don’t give me that crap MaLor. he’s a consistant bubble coach.
Just don’t bore me too much and most likely, if the lords of the bracket do decide to honor them, this will all be over by next weekend anyhow.
hayes couldn’t start for UMBC
Gary yells and carries on every year but his teams rarely listen.. That 3 crap doesn’t happen on Tobacco road.
yep…love the Terps but think it’s time for Gary and the fat guy to leave. or the fat guy to eat gary like a brazilian anaconda
———In reply to raven after the Wake game from a random fan. “You Are the worst fucking kind of fan. Get lost.”
Dave Neal’s going first round
Also,no way Terps come w/i 20 against Heels!
I think they’re poorly coached and are regularly a team of good athletes, poor b-ball players and that Gary should go for his poor record over the past four years and the way he screams and yells at them during games. I give him little credit for the 2002 National Championship as I see that team as almost magical in nature.
you’ll need everyone to survice the popped Testudo bubble…Go Gary Go Gary Its your Birthday go Gary. At least Wisconsin Green Bay and Sienna get in lol.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
by Mr MaLoR on Mar 20, 2009 2:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Still feel the same way
Gary might have had his best coaching season in a long time. However, the Terps really barely made it in the Tournament in the first place and could very easily been back in the NIT by virtue of horrible losses after leading by double digits, not to mention the Morgan State game. How quickly the Gary fans forget. I root for the Terps but still feel his time will be over here soon. Just my opinion, so go ahead and rag on me all you want, but I still feel the same way.
Rexx
by Rexx on Mar 20, 2009 7:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Most of those are raven's comments though
Gary gets to the sweet 16. Are you going to be happy because Gary got us there or are you going to be upset because your Memphis Tigers are out of it.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
by Mr MaLoR on Mar 20, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uhhh....YES?
Always will root for the Terps but will not be surprised either way. I can easily see us getting blown out by the Tigers. At the same time, based on our level of competition, I can see us taking them down to the wire and even winning to become this year’s Cinderella.
Rexx
by Rexx on Mar 21, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Been a good run
Down by 20 at halftime and Grevis taking crazy shots to try and make himself not look like a fool for his comments about Memphis. Many said we should not have been here.
We are/were here, watch out for the Terps in hte top 25 next year.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
by Mr MaLoR on Mar 21, 2009 4:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It's one thing if your opponent
is bigger than you. Then you should be faster, if smaller. Unfortunately, the Tigers were both bigger and faster than the Terps and Memphis proved to me why they should have been a #1 seed after winning their 27th (?) in a row, and I am now happy that I picked them to win it all in my pool!
Rexx
by Rexx on Mar 22, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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