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Notre Damn Is ‘Poppin Their Collars Now’
Published 3/21/2008 by Chris Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... on the highlights below, I guess it’s all for the better. Perhaps worse than the loss itself was that Gus Johnson couldn’t even get his “rise and fire!” on. Although at the 1:42 mark he does give us a gem: Maryland lost as well last night to ‘Cuse, so my only rooting interest left this March is for Jamie’s bracket to implode when Louisville loses today. UPDATE: After the jump the completely insane pre-game speech from Jim Larranaga. From The Sporting Blog (via HHR ): Slightly less inspiring that his “UNC is Superman, but our fans know we’re Kryptonite” ...

The Tournament Has Seriously Been Lacking Magic
Published 3/21/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... VCU). Yesterday, there were none (K-State over USC was not an upset, I'm sorry). The "magic" that Laranaga referred to in the above speech appears to be gone for the moment, and that's really a shame. I like the magic, I like the mysticism, and that's probably the reason I got only 10 picks correct out of a possible 16 yesterday. Hopefully today's games prove me wrong because I've got another three upsets penciled in (Siena, St. Joes and St. Marys, if you must know). (Video H/T to Hugging Harold Reynolds )

Someone Should Tell Jim Larranaga That Leprechauns Are Immune to Magic
Published 3/25/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... Mid-Majors Basketball, EastHere's a reason why coaches shouldn't let cameras into the locker room before games. When you're going up against the school that pretty much invented the pep-talk cottage industry, you've gotta come up with something better than crumpling up a piece of paper. A little too much comedy and way too much about what happened with a completely different team. (H/T Hugging Harold Reynolds)   Permalink | Email this ...

The Tournament Has Seriously Been Lacking Magic
Published 4/13/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... VCU). Yesterday, there were none (K-State over USC was not an upset, I'm sorry). The "magic" that Laranaga referred to in the above speech appears to be gone for the moment, and that's really a shame. I like the magic, I like the mysticism, and that's probably the reason I got only 10 picks correct out of a possible 16 yesterday. Hopefully today's games prove me wrong because I've got another three upsets penciled in (Siena, St. Joes and St. Marys, if you must know). (Video H/T to Hugging Harold Reynolds )