Let the Madness Begin…
Khalid’s back. And so is March.
By Khalid Salaam
Yeah it’s been a minute since I last blogged. There was a lot going on, time got away from me, times goes by fast when you’re having fun….one more, it takes two to tango (um, yeah)
I’m supposed to be blogging about the Tourney and had every intention of doing so before games actually started but I came in this morning amped about the Sun/Mavs Game last night. No need to comment but obviously that’s about as good as it gets for the regular season. The Suns were up big at first so I turned to Lost and when I turned back Dallas was up. I thought it was a wrap until Nash dropped 10 in less than a minute. I’m still talking about it. But now I have to write about March Madness.
There’s a TV in the office and we’re watching BC/Texas Tech which is ok but I’m not that into it. I just barely made the time limit to send in my picks to our office pool. This year instead of trying to outthink everyone else (and because of that outthinking myself) I just looked at the brackets and went with the common sense picks. So far so good as I see that BC just won. And Stanford is getting decimated by L’Ville. As far as my Final F picks I got Oregon, Ohio St, G’Town and UCLA winning the whole thing. And really the more I look like it I feel like I got it this year. Oregon has enough athletes to give whomever they play including Florida who I like but they are not a classic all-time team to me. Everyone is wondering why Noah’s draft stock is dropping its because he doesn’t have a dominant go to move in the post. And he’s not a Dwight Howard type who can get by with pure muscle until he learns moves. No he’s the type that can be great only with a great pg. The Suns do have a decent pick though and if he plays with Nash, wow. I like Texas to beat UNC BUT lose to G’Town because Durant won’t score as easy and Texas cannot overcome him having a bad shooting night and still advancing past a confident and good Georgetown team. Ohio St will blow Texas A&M out in the Elite 8. I just don’t see how they can rebound enough and score enough to win against a team with 3 future NBA players on it. And Kansas and future 3rd pick Julian Wright (yeah 3rd) will give UCLA a fair one but will make too many mental errors down the stretch.
15 Responses to “Let the Madness Begin…”
Mar.15 at 3:31 pm
Lake_Show says:
What do you see when the smog clears? U-C-L-A Khalid, great minds think alike oh yea..first
Mar.15 at 3:49 pm
Ryan Jones says:
It hasn’t been a minute, Khalid. It’s been a month.
Mar.15 at 3:51 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Also: I only did one bracket this year, and I had Davidson winning TWO GAMES. Enjoy the Tournament, everybody.
Mar.15 at 4:12 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
ryan stop hatimg. don’t you have some cows to tip over.
Mar.15 at 4:30 pm
Sebastian says:
I like Oregon too, I got them going to th Final Four, but no love for Kansas? Their guards are some of the best in the country and I think they are going to take it to UCLA.
Mar.15 at 4:49 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
I fell for Scoop Jackson’s Texas A&M propaganda. UPENN is giving them a scare.
Mar.15 at 5:12 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
I really like Kansas but their too young to beat UCLA. They can get by a few games but Bruins coach Ben Howland is too cerebral a game planner to let athleticism beat his team.
Mar.15 at 5:18 pm
Thomas says:
julian won’t leave this year.
Mar.15 at 5:29 pm
Omar says:
Man, i saw Blue Chips the other day. That movie still sucks. What’s the chances of Patrick Ewing Jr. being as good as his pops?
Mar.15 at 5:31 pm
Sebastian says:
Thats true Khalid but I gotta stick with my Kansas pick. They just looked too good in the Big 12 Championship. They got guys who can shoot and slash. Rush is a underrated defender who I think will lock Colison up.
Mar.15 at 5:34 pm
Sebastian says:
Omar you didn’t like Blue Chips? Come on that movie was the real deal. Ewing Jr. is a junior right? He won’t be as good as his pops, but he did show flashes this year and one more year under JTIII will be huge. I think he will be a solid pro.
Mar.15 at 6:20 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
I didn’t do a bracket at all this year. Also, Blue Chips was on this morning—and it was better than any of the games that came afterwards. P.S. CBS sucks. Thanks for not showing the Davidson/Maryland game on the East Coast. Jerks.
Mar.15 at 9:21 pm
Sebastian says:
Yeah man, they switch at the end, but they should play the best games nationally. None of that region coverage BS.
Mar.15 at 10:20 pm
FLUXLAND says:
Must of been busy watchin all them Raptors games, ha Khalid? You freaking hater. 13 more games to 20 above .500. Stay tuned buddy, stay tuned.
Mar.16 at 12:59 am
PIMPN says:
again, more hateration on ku. but thats ok. just wait. ku vs. texas in the championship game??????? durant not scoring easily?? slap yourself, ive been watching durant all season, that kid can score whenever he wants to. unless its the second half against the jayhawks, when they put that D on him. ku=champs