“OOOOOOHH!!! He’s ON the MOON!!!”
Heh. Gus has The Jimmer’s game tonight. w00t w00t.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Long, Caplin tied atop women’s pool; Auriemma’s daughter is favorite to win
Andrew Long and Jon Caplin — my best man and Becky’s cousin, respectively — are tied atop the 14th annual Living Room Times Women’s NCAA Pool with 200 points out of a possible 240. Each got just 3 first-round games wrong and 4 second-round games wrong. Meanwhile, Jenna (Auriemma) Stigliano, wife of past pool champion Todd Stigliano and daughter of… Read more »
NIT & NIT Pool down to Final 4
The NIT Final Four is set — Colorado, Alabama, Wichita State and Washington State — and four contestants are still alive to win the 7th annual Living Room Times NIT Pool: Mike Quinn, Jeff Morrison, Matt Thomsen and my 3-year-old daughter, “Loyette.” Quinn, a 2001 Illinois State alum, currently leads with 176 out of a possible 252 points. He got… Read more »
Crazy like a gray fox?
There has been a lot of virtual ink spilled on the topic of the NYT pay wall. Just visit Daring Fireball for a run down of some of the better comments on this. The short of it is this, the pricing model is confusing and complicated, and subscribing to a print edition (either weekdays or Sunday only) will net you… Read more »
Generic Republican generically enters presidential race with generic ad
I’ve long said Tim Pawlenty is the “Generic Republican” — that mythical figure in the polls, who does better against Obama than actual Republicans with actual name recognition — much like Richard Gephardt was the “Generic Democrat” in 2004 who, in retrospect, would have stood a much better chance against Bush than any of the more exciting but deeply flawed… Read more »
USC fan Ken Stern rides VCU to men’s pool lead; Timbrell, Paine 31-for-32 in women’s pool while Geno Auriemma’s daughter lurks; Morrison atop NIT pool
Ken Stern, a USC Trojan and long-time blog reader who lives in Thomaston, Maine, leads the 16th annual Living Room Times Men’s NCAA Pool after the opening weekend, with 193 out of a possible 252 points and a pool-best 12 of the Sweet 16 teams. Among those twelve is VCU, though Stern actually picked USC to beat the Rams in… Read more »
I love March
What a great opening four days. Yeah, "my" teams (USC, Gonzaga and Notre Dame) are all gone, but still, a lot to love so far, and a lot to look forward to. I’ll update the pools tomorrow. Must sleep now. Meanwhile, here’s my "As-You-Go" Giant Bracket (larger version here; webcam and explanation here):
Brief pool update
I know I’ve been lax with pool updates so far this year, due partly to work and family obligations, and partly to my attendance at the Denver games Thursday and Saturday. But anyway, here is where things stand at the moment: Men’s pool: Through the first two Sunday games, Ben Sloniker leads with 176 out of a possible 210 points… Read more »
6 (or 7) mids win; Shtraks leads pool, Jordon & Hunter 2nd, Obama on a roll
Six “below the Red Line” mid-majors — seven if you count Gonzaga — survived the first two days (or three days, in VCU’s case) of the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Here’s my #GiantBracket: Meanwhile, in the 16th annual Living Room Times pool, Greg Shtraks of Montclair, New Jersey leads the LRT men’s NCAA pool with 124 points out of a possible… Read more »
Well… that was completely awesome.
What a day at the Pepsi Center. Wow. More later. Must sleep. P.S. Here are the pool standings. Mark Jordon went 15-1 and leads the 16th annual Living Room Times men’s NCAA pool with 69 points out of a possible 76 (he earned 60 points yesterday, on top of his 9 from the First Four). David Mathues is second with… Read more »