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You could see the explosive athletic ability wasn't there yet last night, but it will come, and even without the full 44 inch vertical Amare is a elite and versatile big man in the league.

All things that are obvious and we all know, but of course it's news since an ex Cub said it. Meh.

This is very old news. Cruz is a mental midget, and the A's want too much. I'll pass.

To be honest, I've been a big college hoops fan going back to the Arkansas team that won it all in the mid 90's, and just about all the best teams I've seen didn't win the national title.

That's why I love pics like that, they show it's about more than winning and losing. Obviously it shows the joy of victory and agony of defeat, but you see the human element and how sports are about the emotion and the passion that it puts into people. Gonzaga I must admit was a lot better than I thought, if you give them a more athletic point guard they are a final 4 team.

Example 38 billion why I love sports, only sports can produce a picture like this (this picture is to this year's tournament what the McClellan one from the Arizona/Illinois game was to last years): Class move by Afflalo and UCLA after the game last night I noticed, they did their celebrating but they also seemed to try and console and congratulate Morrison and Gonzaga on a great game. Actually, here's a quote on it I found: Actually, here's another good picture too. There is no photography like sports photography:

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Mar 24, 2006 -> 07:54 AM) Duke's Sweet 16 streak It must be asked: What good is it to be in all those consecutive Sweet 16s when Duke gets bounced in that round for the 4th time in 5 years? Haha, kinda like the Braves streak of winning the NL East and flopping in the playoffs.

UConn is a 100 percent must win for me tomorrow, Boston College has gotta win for me (I have them winning that region) and I have G'Town pulling off another upset, beating Florida to get to the elite 8. If all 3 of those things somehow happen tomorrow, then damn I'm really really really in good shape.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Mar 24, 2006 -> 12:15 AM) haha no, it's ok I shouldn't have gotten that upset. Yes I am a Gonzaga fan though, just because my favorite basketball player John Stockton went there. Michigan is my favorite team, followed by Gonzaga. But I am glad you don't have to leave, I like reading your posts. It was only a week, jeez people I wasn't going to die. Gonzaga will be back, they probably lose Batista and Morrison, but they have a 7'3 center and a high 4 star SG coming in next year. They just need to teach a little better defense and handle late game situations better. This is the 2nd straight year Gonzaga has completely pissed their pants at the end of a tourney game and lost (last year vs. Texas Tech).

Sorry WT, I didn't know you were an actual Gonzaga fan. I'd have layed off a lot more in the past if I knew that, I just thought you were defending them.

Ha I was all signed out and ready to take a week off. EVERYBODY should have been rooting for the Zags so that I'd be gone for a week.

Perfect night. UCLA beats Gonzaga, IMO UCLA is less a threat than Gonzaga is to Memphis based on styles. Memphis wins, LSU wins, Texas survives, good stuff.

Thanks Paulino for saving my bracket, what a f***ing onions shot. WVU was dominated all game and even their cute little hit a million threes style wasn't enough.

Haha a pretty good pair of games here for the late night session.....Texas wins on a 3 at the horn, then that. Holy s***.

LMFAO!!! NICE JOB ZAGS!! ENJOY THE OFFSEASON YOU FRAUDS!! They get the cakewalk road and blow it, awesome.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 09:56 PM) I think Rex has the right to serve a big serving of crow to a big group of people (myself included) who said the Zags wouldn't make it past the first weekend. Yeah they are doing better than I thought no question, but they have had such a cupcake road. Let's see what happens against Memphis, a team they lost to already.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 09:52 PM) I hope that whore that keeps screaming like Xena princess warrior in the background dies twice.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 09:48 PM) Rowand, I think you severely underrated Gonzaga. I'm still not impressed. They survived against a beaten down Xavier team, rode a 41 to 6 ref clusterf*** to get by Indiana, and are having a very good night against a UCLA team who isn't very good offensively and doesn't have the horses to guard the Gonzaga skill players. I give them credit assuming they hold on and go to the elite 8 and will accept my week off, but I still don't think they are all that good, they have been blessed with an easy road.

Hehe looks like I get a vacation from here. Zags kicking UCLA's ass in the battle of the west coast teams that aren't actually all that special.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 09:39 PM) I'm starting to think LSU might be a legitimate threat to win the whole thing. Their defense and depth is severely underrated. Oh definitely. I almost picked them to beat Texas and go to the Final 4, and if they do beat the winner of this game and make the Final 4, I'll be kicking myself for not having the balls to make that pick.

West Virginia's mediocre defense looking like it so far tonight.

Duke needs to recruit more athletes. Go ahead and call me racist for saying they aren't black enough, but they simply aren't athletic. Even guys like Dockery and Williams are average athletes. DeMarcus Nelson is a very good athlete and they have Henderson coming in next year, they just need to get more athletic. It was really exposed in the Georgetown and UNC at Cameron games and was again tonight.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 09:23 PM) Thanks Rowand and Whitesoxfan 101. Just wanted to be sure. I almost felt bad for Bradley out there at times. Athletic freaks at every position for Memphis. Bradley didn't embarass themselves at all, they played hard and well at times. Memphis is just too damn good to keep up with for 40 minutes, when they are on they are almost unbeatable.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 09:20 PM) Am I wrong when I say Memphis is the most athletic team in the country? No, your 100 percent right, it's not even close. The only team close is UConn, but i'd say they aren't as athletic. However, UConn is better since Memphis has a pretty mediocre front line, their team is pretty much Darius Washington running the point and then a bunch of 6'6 to 6'9 long athletes.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 09:03 PM) Not saying this will happen and I don't see it happening, but if Texas wins the tournament they'll be the reigning baseball, football, and basketball champs, right? That is correct. Crazy s*** isn't it?