The Monster Makes His NCAA Tourney Picks [Photo]
Behold my friends! The Monster has made his picks for the 2012 NCCA Tournament.
Behold my friends! The Monster has made his picks for the 2012 NCCA Tournament.
It's tourney time! Get those Bracketbusters picks in, because March is officially Mad, and we have the song to prove it.
Bracketology noun
1. A term invented by some ESPN marketing wonk implying that there is actual science behind picking which schools will be selected to play in the NCAA Tournament; made to stick because ESPN owns the TV rights to the entire world except for, ironically, the NCAA men's basketball tournament, and don't you just know they're pissed about that.
Now, we know. Last week, we showed you video of a play-by-play announcer going nuts (as in: kicked in the...) as Chicago's Marist RedHawks won on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer...
He, and they, did it again -- Marist shredding its opponent, and announcer Brian Snow shredding his vocal cords.
Maybe it's the Chicagoland legacy of Harry Caray. Possibly John Belushi. Or, maybe they're just mixing Caray's and Belushi's respective favorites, beer and cocaine. Anyway you look at it, Chicago is breeding some amazingly over-the-top play-by-play announcers, and Marist High School is where they're cutting their teeth.
We've seen ex-UTEP dunk artist Randy Culpepper do his thing here in El Paso, but arguably the best dunker around is 5'9" TDub of Team Flight Brothers. Add ESPN, a little Dub Step, some spectacular slow-motion photography, SportsNation's Michelle Beadle, a car and Venice Beach and...BOOM!
Miners senior forward Gabe McCulley gets the baseline feed from center John Bohannon and dunks it home in UTEP's 76-68 double-overtime win over Southern Miss.
Like the Don Haskins disciple that he is, UTEP head coach Tim Floyd says consistency and consistently-good defense are the reasons his Miners are winning big games.
Smart kid, and he has a future in sports talk radio! LeBron, how could you ignore that youthful enthusiasm, not to mention the reasoning? When he talks about 49 states cheering for you...except for Ohio -- man, not only is that a great line but he's also showing he knows his geography! How many other kids would even know there are 50 states?
You know Linsanity has gone to the next level when obscure singers of goofy 80's movie theme songs re-work their tunes to honor the New York Knicks' Asian sensation. That's exactly what happened with Mark Safan, singer of the theme for the amazing 80's basketball/werewolf comedy, "Teen Wolf".
Here's a great sports moment -- it's late in the fourth quarter, score tied between New York and Toronto, New York Knicks Asian sensation Jeremy Lin has the ball in hands...BOO-yah! Oh, the Linsanity!