One ACC team remains in the NIT and 4 are left in the big dance. Here's a quick rundown of the pre-weekend schedule:
Tuesday
[31]Louisville (-4)* hosts [60]Mississippi State (9:00, ESPN)
*This almost certainly undersells it. Despite the game being at the Yum! Center, Pomeroy lists it as "semi-home" for Louisville, rather than "home." Treating it as a home game probably bumps the spread up to -5 or -6.
Thursday
[30]Florida State (+6) vs. [7]Gonzaga in Los Angeles (10:07, TBS)
Friday
[14]Clemson (+1) vs. [9]Kansas in Omaha (7:07, CBS)
[3]Duke (-10) vs. [44]Syracuse in Omaha (9:37, CBS)
Just be you. You is enough. - K, 4/5/10, 0:13.8 to play, 60-59 Duke.
You're all jealous hypocrites. - Titus on Laettner
You see those guys? Animals. They're animals. - SIU Coach Chris Lowery, on Duke
Louisville is getting blown out at home by Mississippi St. Won't make the NIT semis in New York.
I should probably cross-post this in the Coaching Carousel thread.
At least two ACC teams will keep playing on the weekend. Here's the first.
Saturday
[26]Florida State (+4) vs. [7]Michigan in Los Angeles (8:49, TBS)
Just be you. You is enough. - K, 4/5/10, 0:13.8 to play, 60-59 Duke.
You're all jealous hypocrites. - Titus on Laettner
You see those guys? Animals. They're animals. - SIU Coach Chris Lowery, on Duke
Does anyone have a sense of the timing for Sunday's games? Night like Saturday's, or old-school "done in time for 60 Minutes"?
"Amazing what a minute can do."
Last year the Sunday games were at 2:20 and 5:05. Not sure if that will carry over this year.
Just be you. You is enough. - K, 4/5/10, 0:13.8 to play, 60-59 Duke.
You're all jealous hypocrites. - Titus on Laettner
You see those guys? Animals. They're animals. - SIU Coach Chris Lowery, on Duke
I'm with you in hoping for the first game. Our church service begins at 5:30pm with choir practice for our Easter program at 4:00pm. Either way, I'll miss some of the game. Our pastor is a big Duke fan, but that doesn't change a thing. Hoping The Lord is a Duke fan. GoDuke!
Tip times are officially 2:20 and 5:05 for Sunday's games.
If we win tonight, I bet we are the 5:05 game
If we win tonight and Kansas wins, I bet a lot of $$$ that we are the 5:05 game
Coach K on Kyle Singler - "What position does he play? ... He plays winner."
"Duke is never the underdog" - Quinn Cook
Hoping?
"Roy Williams, after living a full life, died. When he got to heaven (a bit of a stretch here), God was showing him around. They came to a modest little house with a faded "u"nc flag in the window. "This house is yours for eternity, Roy, said God. This is very special; not everyone gets a house up here."
Roy felt special, indeed, and walked up to his house. On his way up the porch, he noticed another house just around the corner. It was a three-story mansion with a blue and gold sidewalk, 50-foot tall flagpole with an enormous Duke flag and, in every window, a Duke logo.
Roy looked at God and said "God, I'm not trying to be ungrateful, but I have a question. I was a good coach, I won 3 NCAA titles (not honestly, of course), 800+ games and I even got into the hall of fame. So why does Coach K get a better house than me?"
God chuckled, and said "Roy, that's not Coach K's house, it's mine!"
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.