<p>Ok, so the only final four team I have left is Connecticut. I found myself cheering for Washington and then went to bed because the game was so late, and Washignton was up by 15! My heart is just not there and I was sad Connecticut won.</p>
<p>I think this is like stifled trash talking. Maybe trash whispering…</p>
<p>What can I say? I’m a Duke Mom.</p>
<p>…and I think Coach Calhoun is a real jerk. He showed a total lack of sportsmanship and professionalism. There that’s better. :)</p>
<p>1sokkermom~oooooooh, I totally agree about Calhoun!!!</p>
<p>My S has gone to Calhoun’s basketball camp for a week for several years in the summer. He is really great with the kids, showing the side of him that makes him a great coach for the most part. I agree that last night showed the nasty side- that technical was a bit nuts.</p>
<p>Fairfax, VA</p>
<p>“we are all surprised around here at how Mason has done at the tournament”</p>
<p>So are we</p>
<p>They deserved it. I hope they win it all now.</p>
<p>Miracle on hardwood, but they believe…</p>
<p>Okay . . . so while I have a lead I have to taunt everyone else. I am not sure what to say except at this point in time I am in first place! How could some of you make the picks that you made! ;-)</p>
<p>(If you check the brackets it does not look good for me going forward. 
With UConn losing I think I have already maxed out my points!)</p>
<p>D sort of ruled out going to George Mason as it seemed too much of a commuter school- As we’re from NY, she would be spending her weekends on campus and it did seem pretty empty on the week-end that we visited. But who knows-- this win may make her give GMU a second look. She is a real sports kid and is planning to major in sports management. I was counting on her going to a SUNY school, so this win could cost us $40,000 more. Anyway, I am rooting for NOVA now. D went to basketball camp at Hofstra when Jay Wright was coaching there. He is an incredibly nice guy. Even for the 2 week session that my d attended, he invited the campers and parents to a get together to meet the Hofstra team and coaches and he also sent the kids tickets to attend the Hofstra games during the season. He is an extremely classy guy.</p>
<p>Fairfax County pride. Go Mason.</p>
<p>Woah! What a wild ride this tournament has been. I really feel for those kids who have lost as seniors!</p>
<p>26 years since no #1 seeds were in the Final Four.</p>
<p>Well, I got <em>one</em> of the finalists. Funny thing is, they’re over-performing and are gauged to be much better <em>next</em> year.</p>
<p>Happy to see Texas go out. Too many Texans would be insufferable if they had the NCAA basketball championship to go along with the NCAA football championship and the White House.</p>
<p>How can you be so cruel and remind us of White House. Have some compassion man.</p>
<p>Looks like a 2-way race between BJM8 and TheDad. Depends on whether UCLA beats LSU (TheDad wins) or not (BJM8 wins). And if UCLA wins it all, HoopsDudeDad makes a tremendous leap from next to last to runner-up.</p>
<p>For those of you who watch SEC basketball, how does Big Baby compare with Big Country (Reeves) from 11 years ago?</p>
<p>Simba, I’m a compassionate moderate. ;)</p>
<p>My D used to go around saying “No new Texans.” Then my sister and her husband moved there though one of my Texan friends insists that the People’s Republic of Austin has nothing to do with the State of Texas. I do recall General Sherman’s statement on the subject of Texas.</p>
<p>The friend may be correct…Republic of Austin is the only blue dot in the red sea.</p>
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<p>Better range, less developed rebounding skills than Bryant Reeves. Better defense (much better at using his size and weight). Overall, I’d say he’s slightly better offensively than Reeves. Reeves was better on the boards.</p>
<p>Thanks, LDerochi. It will be an interesting game. I don’t think UCLA has faced a team as good defensively as LSU. But vice-versa. UCLA’s guards will be the best that LSU has faced. UCLA has handled other big men (Powe) and a great forward (Morrison) but not both on the same team, I don’t think. </p>
<p>And, either way, a Smithie parent wins the CC tournament. Go Smith!!! (Undefeated in football since 1872. They have a t-shirt that says so.)</p>
<p>Simba, yeah, but y’all got Kinky Friedman to keep things interesting.</p>
<p>dudedad~we are still surprised about how Mason has done–but I am soooooooooo excited that they beat UConn!!! What a great Cinderella story! I’m sure no one can honestly say they have picked the four teams going to Indy! I only have UCLA left in my Final Four. But S2 is a big Florida Gator fan, so he is probably the happiest basketball fan in our family right now!</p>
<p>Check out the overall Yahoo standings. The person in first place has all 4 of the final 4! Pretty unbelievable.</p>