Again, instead of letting tweets take over my blog, I’m going to temporarily confine them to the window below — and not just my tweets, but tweets from everyone on my college basketball list.
Go Mid-Majors! Beat Other Guys! Also — with apologies to La Rev and the gang, and a shout-out to David K. — Go Washington! Beat ‘Eers! But most of all, GO BIG RED!
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UPDATE: Complete transcript below:
greggdoyelcbs: 4:56 PM How about it? RT @SpaceCenter: How about $50 for every #UK win starting tonight & if the Cats win it all we will double it & make it $400.
greggdoyelcbs: 4:58 PM Butler played a tougher non-conference schedule than Syracuse. By 14 thousand miles. FWIW.
tsnmike: 4:58 PM RT @slrussell: New handout: I think XU is making it clear once and for all how it feels about media folks who want to call it a mid-major. bit.ly
jppalm: 4:58 PM RT @tomdmaloney: Tune into Lakeshore Sports Tonight, w/ jppalm on 89.1 FM, www.thelakeshorefm.com 219-769-9577
greggdoyelcbs: 5:00 PM Lookie lookie RT @Deuce_Shoes: @greggdoyelcbs I’m in for 100 if the Cats win it all. 200 if I win my office pool.
TheBigLead: 5:02 PM Love the NCAA Tournament, but gotta go w/ World Cup RT @SI_ChrisBallard Better sporting event: NCAA Tourney or World Cup?
brendanloy: 5:02 PM Sweet 16 live-tweeting at BrendanLoy.com: bit.ly Go Mid-Majors! Beat Other Guys! Keep @midmajority going thru at least Sat!
BracketDobber: 5:03 PM LET’S GO ORANGE! RT @Moiso13: SHUT IT DOWN!!!!
Mark_Schlabach: 5:03 PM Pat Riley in the house in Salt Lake
Mark_Schlabach: 5:03 PM So is Jim Harrick
brendanloy: 5:04 PM @ballybasketball BOING BOING BOING!
RealJayWilliams: 5:04 PM How do you think Syracuse will play without Onuaku down low?
Mark_Schlabach: 5:06 PM Plenty of open seats in Salt Lake City
greggdoyelcbs: 5:08 PM I don’t believe it. Syracuse opens in a ZONE
brendanloy: 5:08 PM If Butler makes Elite 8, very tempted to drive there for Sat. Alas, $ and kids 🙂 RT @Mark_Schlabach: Plenty of open seats in Salt Lake City
greggdoyelcbs: 5:09 PM These teams are as tight as Roger Goodell’s sphincter
JohnGasaway: 5:10 PM Much easier to “hold Syracuse to *one* tough shot” with Onuaku out.
Mark_Schlabach: 5:11 PM Butler’s defense about as ferocious as Syracuse’s 2-3 in early minutes. 3 straight turnovers for Cuse
greggdoyelcbs: 5:11 PM I take it back. Only Syracuse is as tight as the sphincter
BracketDobber: 5:12 PM Wow. Orange look unbelievably lazy right now. Offense very off.
greggdoyelcbs: 5:13 PM Butler and Syracuse are shooting more air than a pellet gun. Or something. But they suck at the moment
theupsetblog: 5:13 PM Butler should be up 10-0 with this start. Not taking advantage of lackadaisical Cuse effort.
RealJayWilliams: 5:14 PM One of the misconceptions on #Cuse is that they get the ball down low a lot. Jackson barely get touches. The #Cuse is a jump shooting team.
Mark_Schlabach: 5:16 PM Butler’s Ronald Nored really hounding Rautins off and on the ball
BracketDobber: 5:16 PM I hope they had caffeine available in the Orange huddle. Jeez!
theupsetblog: 5:17 PM RT @pac10buster: Oregon State to play BYU in home (Corvallis/2011) and home (Provo/2012).
Mark_Schlabach: 5:18 PM Cuse goes first six mins w/o FG. Boeheim calls timeout after Hayward 3 makes it 10-1
aglock: 5:19 PM The afternoon snack is not working out well for the Cuse so far. Sleepy start for the Orange, sweet start for the Bulldogs
JohnGasaway: 5:19 PM “Highly uncharacteristic”? Turnovers virtually equal for ‘Cuse and their opponents in BE play.
Mark_Schlabach: 5:19 PM Obviously, Cuse having more problems with Butler D than vice versa at this point. Dogs knocking down 3s
theupsetblog: 5:19 PM The Butler looked at Gus Johnson’s face, the 1st Two Rounds of sorrow still fresh on his face, and decided to take adv of Cuse energy.
BracketDobber: 5:19 PM This game is going to make me drink…even more than normal.
rushthecourt: 5:20 PM SLC: small but vocal Butler crowd on their feet early. Cuse looks slow.
DanWetzel: 5:21 PM With Syracuse University playing at same time, Carrier Dome isn’t much for environment as WVU-UW tips. Maybe a 1/3 full
greggdoyelcbs: 5:22 PM Syracuse is making my sphincter analogy look really, really good
Mark_Schlabach: 5:22 PM Cuse is 0-4 on FGs with 5 TOs
TheBigLead: 5:22 PM Butler’s MVP in the first 7 mins: the guy face-guarding Rautins. Totally taken him out of the game. Can’t get open. Where’s Wes?
theupsetblog: 5:22 PM SLC isnt Provo my man!! Haha. RT @BracketDobber: I hope they had caffeine available in the Orange huddle. Jeez!
theupsetblog: 5:23 PM BYU and Oregon St agree to home-&-home 2011-12. is.gd BYU plays at Texas and at Oregon State in 2011. #gobigorgohome
RealJayWilliams: 5:23 PM Give your picks for tonight…. RT @Revis24: Who watchin the games tonite?
aglock: 5:23 PM If this were Aussie Rules Football, Butler would have two goals and Syracuse one behind.
Mark_Schlabach: 5:23 PM Rick Jackson finally scores FG for Cuse
aglock: 5:23 PM Butler 2-0, Syracuse 0-1
TheHoopsReport: 5:23 PM Matt Howard’s porn star mustache – cool or not cool?
greggdoyelcbs: 5:23 PM My Twitter connection is almost as bad as Syracuse’s offense
midmajority: 5:24 PM Syracuse only had a rouge to show for its first seven minutes. #canadianstylefootball
theupsetblog: 5:24 PM Butler only shooting 4/11 …. Cuse just awful on offense. awful.
aglock: 5:24 PM Butler looks like it’s seen a 2-3 zone before.
rushthecourt: 5:25 PM SLC: SU trying to force it inside. Need Rautins to open it up.
greggdoyelcbs: 5:26 PM Refs missed that. Right in front of me. Off Hayward. Rautins saw it and he’s pissed
greggdoyelcbs: 5:28 PM Twitter Status, there is a problem – don’t panic. I’M PANICKING
brendanloy: 5:28 PM Sweet 16 live-tweeting ff.im
ballinisahabit: 5:28 PM Interesting. Huggins started Casey Mitchell instead of Mazzulla.
goodmanonfox: 5:29 PM Bob Huggins opts to start Casey Mitchell – a shooter.
tsnmike: 5:29 PM Interesting choice: Huggs starts Casey Mitchell instead of Mazzulla. He’ll be in soon enough.
aglock: 5:30 PM The game in SLC started at 5:07pm local time. Not fan friendly. RT @MrTRiseAndFire: The crowds on TV look embarrassing at both arenas.
Mark_Schlabach: 5:30 PM Cuse has extended its zone a bit and Butler hasn’t looked good last two trips
greggdoyelcbs: 5:30 PM Hayward gets into the zone and won’t shoot it. Let ‘er rip, son.
goodmanonfox: 5:31 PM Sitting next to Greg Paulus right now, my intern for the weekend. Trying to get into college hoops coaching.
RealJayWilliams: 5:31 PM Everyone making such a big deal that #WVU lost PG Darryl Bryant but Da’Sean Butler can do it all. #WVU will get by #Washington.
Mark_Schlabach: 5:31 PM Rick Jackson just picked up 2nd PF. Cuse has only one big on bench with Onuaku out
SethDavisHoops: 5:32 PM Just said on CBS Syracuse is cautiously optimistic Onuaku would be available for Final Four, though prob not 100%. Gotta get by Butler 1st.
greggdoyelcbs: 5:32 PM Two fouls Hayward. That’s no good for Butler. He’s out. Yikes.
theupsetblog: 5:32 PM Bob Huggins Soprano jumpsuit looks much better in Syracuse than Morgantown.Now if he could migrate to Rutgers all would be right in da World
Mark_Schlabach: 5:32 PM Hayward just went to bench with his second PF, too. Nine mins to go
ballinisahabit: 5:33 PM Is “Onions” appropriate for TV?: Bill Raftery is a nut.He’s like your crazy uncle. The one at all the family reuni… bit.ly
greggdoyelcbs: 5:33 PM Can only send. Can’t read. If you’re talking to me, I’m ignoring you but not on purpose. Maybe.
tsnmike: 5:33 PM First sub off bench for WVU: Dalton Pepper, in for Mitchell. Huggs will try to keep Mazzulla’s minutes down until needed.
BracketDobber: 5:33 PM 8 turnovers, 8 points?
TomJolly: 5:33 PM Hoping to channel my inner @LewisHowes while speaking at #NYPA conference in Albany on Fri. Anyone here going?
SethDavisHoops: 5:33 PM Member of Syracuse’s coaching staff told me their biggest concern was Butler’s halfcourt D. Lotta turnovers early.
greggdoyelcbs: 5:34 PM Refs decided they like Syracuse. Interesting.
JohnGasaway: 5:34 PM Heard! Approve! RT @jscottfitzwater Elmore with defensive rebounding %! Did you heard that, @JohnGasaway?
tsnmike: 5:34 PM Now, he’s needed. Two straight WVU TOs advancing ball. Mazzulla in at 16:03.
ballinisahabit: 5:35 PM RT @SethDavisHoops: Just said on CBS Syracuse is cautiously optimistic Onuaku would be available for Final Four, though prob not 100%.
TheBigLead: 5:35 PM would be nice if MMOD was working for the Wash-WVU game … hey CBS, you guys on this?
brendanloy: 5:35 PM Butler up early over Syracuse, but ESPN Radio is broadcasting the UW-WVU game, which is 4-2 Huskies at first TV timeout. Ugh. #itsawar
Mark_Schlabach: 5:35 PM That would be nine turnovers for Cuse at 7:36 to go
greggdoyelcbs: 5:36 PM Hello, lost and found? I’m looking for WES JOHNSON
rushthecourt: 5:37 PM SU really struggling with TOs so far. No clean passes. Crowd very flat here.
Mark_Schlabach: 5:37 PM Because of those 9 TOs, Butler has taken 19 shots to Cuse’ 9 so far
Mark_Schlabach: 5:38 PM Onuaku gives Jackson an ear-ful of advice coming out of timeout
greggdoyelcbs: 5:39 PM Mack killing Cuse just inside that first layer of zone. Killing ’em.
greggdoyelcbs: 5:39 PM See!!!!!!!!!!!!
greggdoyelcbs: 5:39 PM Damn I’m good. If I were 6-8 I’d be Jay Bilas. And if I had more hair. And was smarter …
greggdoyelcbs: 5:40 PM Rautins is a whiner. Just noting. 14 minutes into the game and I’m onto that knucklehead
theupsetblog: 5:41 PM Interesting. CBS sends SLC market to Wash/WV. Without a squad in the Sweet 16 close to home…why not let us watch the game playing IN SLC?
JohnGasaway: 5:41 PM Butler’s shot chart should be put on a t-shirt for every team about to play Syracuse. Wearing out the middle of the zone.
greggdoyelcbs: 5:42 PM Mack is taking over this crowd. They LOVE him here in SLC.
aglock: 5:42 PM Yup. RT @JohnGasaway: Butler’s shot chart should be on a t-shirt for every team about to play Syracuse. Wearing out the middle of the zone.
theupsetblog: 5:43 PM omg, we get it! Andy Rautins has a dad named Leo who also played at Cuse and a little in the NBA! I THINK WE HEARD THE LAST 3542 TIMES!
aglock: 5:44 PM That was weird. The ref looked like he was starting to call a foul with arm raised, but got knocked OB and Cuse put the follow in for 2.
greggdoyelcbs: 5:44 PM Since Hayward went out with 2F, Butler has outscored ‘Cuse 16-11. Wow.
aglock: 5:45 PM Gus Johnson saying “Vanzant” should be bottled for awesomeness.
Mark_Schlabach: 5:45 PM Shawn Vanzant’s 3 from left corner makes it 31-19. Another Cuse TO. Every time Cuse gets closer, Butler answers
TheBigLead: 5:45 PM syracuse officially in trouble. Butler only 3-of-11 from deep, but many open looks. those start to fall & SU can’t solve this M-to-M D …
theupsetblog: 5:46 PM RT @realfreemancbs: Huggins to forward Wellington Smith: “A f—— midget is whipping your ass.” I will be laughing at that quote for t …
greggdoyelcbs: 5:46 PM No kidding. What the hell’s wrong with me?RT @delmarheel: @greggdoyelcbs Dude, you talk alot of shit.
PeteThamelNYT: 5:46 PM RT @BrettmcmurphY: 12 combined turnovers in first 7 minutes in the Carrier Dome. Kind of resembles a Syracuse football game
brendanloy: 5:46 PM Butler 31, Syracuse 21. Love it. GO BULLDOGS!
SethDavisHoops: 5:46 PM How about Butler starting out shooting 38.5% and 3-11 from three….and leading by 10. Memo to Cuse: Value. The. Ball.
rushthecourt: 5:47 PM SLC: Cuse unprepared for Butler defense? Lots of hesitation and poor decisions so far.
theupsetblog: 5:47 PM hahaha the look on Boeheim’s face after the Mack 3. translated: are you guys really losing to these hoosier hicks? REALLY?
aglock: 5:47 PM I’m really impressed/surprised by Butler’s effectiveness inside the arc so far. Cuse in a good deal of trouble if that doesn’t stop.
greggdoyelcbs: 5:47 PM Butler without Hayward and now Mack. They have to rest but still …
aglock: 5:47 PM RT @Big12HoopsBlog: @aglock that ref is Mark Whitehead, and every rule is open to interpretation at any time with him on the baseline
Mark_Schlabach: 5:48 PM That was Butler’s first turnover of the half. Up 31-21 at last media timeout. 3:25 to go
greggdoyelcbs: 5:48 PM Shelvin Mack (Lexington) is great. How did Tubby and Billy G not get this kid?
brendanloy: 5:48 PM 16 1/2 minutes into the game, Butler just committed its first turnover. #midswin
mom2twinsplus1: 5:48 PM @brendanloy WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ballinisahabit: 5:49 PM When WVU gets their defense set, Wash cannot score. Turnovers and long boards leading to breaks and easy buckets
ballinisahabit: 5:50 PM Syracuse is surprising me more. You knew Butler would play hard, smart. Waiting for Wes Johnson to decide to play.
ballinisahabit: 5:51 PM RT @SethDavisHoops: How about Butler starting out shooting 38.5% and 3-11 from three….and leading by 10. Memo to Cuse: Value. The. Ball.
DanWetzel: 5:51 PM There are strip mined mountains that aren’t as ugly as WVU’s offense.
TheBigLead: 5:52 PM 17 minutes, 10 turnovers, 7 FG. That’s what’s Syracuse has done so far against Butler. Could be a bad night for the Big East (WVU losing)
Mark_Schlabach: 5:52 PM Matt Howard just picked up his 2nd PF with 2 mins to go
PeteThamelNYT: 5:53 PM We are mass live blogging the Round of 16 here. We have on-site and off commentary here…. nyti.ms
greggdoyelcbs: 5:53 PM This is UNI vs. Kansas, all over again
TheBigLead: 5:53 PM Andy Rautins body language: angry and frustrated. This defense getting to him. Can’t get open, can’t get his shot. SU in deep trouble
greggdoyelcbs: 5:54 PM Um, refs are making it up to Butler. Holy cow …
Mark_Schlabach: 5:55 PM Butler by 10 at the half. Cuse did not look good, to say the least
PeteThamelNYT: 5:55 PM This WVU-Washington game has all the atmosphere of a 16 vs. 1 game where both teams are 2,000 miles from campus. Wash up 12-10, 7:51 left
aglock: 5:55 PM That was a really crummy half of basketball for Cuse. Butler had something to do with it, but that was just sloppy. Slow, bad decisions, imo
BracketDobber: 5:55 PM Painful. Excruciatingly so. RT @NunesMagician: Worst half of the season. Bar none. Crazy.
Mark_Schlabach: 5:55 PM That’s a season-low in 1st half points for Cuse
theupsetblog: 5:55 PM did he really just say “are they losing it in the lights” ??? the lights are in the ceiling you dummy.
TheBigLead: 5:56 PM Butler 35, Syracuse 25 at the half. Largest halftime deficit this yr. 8 baskets, 12 turnovers. I don’t see the ‘Cuse winning this one
aglock: 5:56 PM Is CBS restricted from switching to the WVU-UW game at this time because it’s NC-17 content?
ballinisahabit: 5:57 PM Last play defines the half for Cuse: Mack bobbles the ball on a breakaway, has time to gather himself, makes the layup. Hustle back maybe?
greggdoyelcbs: 5:57 PM Mariotti next to me on press row. But he’s inside watching games on TV. Jeez.
ballinisahabit: 5:57 PM RT @JustinDYoung: Does Wesley Johnson realize he’s being watched by people with bank accounts in Switzerland? C’mon man…play like a pro
rushthecourt: 5:57 PM SLC: As bad a half as we’ve seen from the Orange this yr. Butler not letting Rautins get looks and denying all entry passes.
aglock: 5:59 PM Wow, did all the Kentucky (and Cornell???) fans just decide to show up at 9:30pm? Dome is empty.
ballinisahabit: 5:59 PM Butler is up 10 at the half, and is shooting 40% from the floor. Who saw that coming?
TheBigLead: 5:59 PM Iowa should wait until Butler loses to Kansas State Saturday and offer Brad Stevens the coaching job. Brilliant def game plan 2nite
JohnGasaway: 5:59 PM I know the score doesn’t reflect it, but Washington is scoring on every trip right now.
aglock: 6:00 PM So who else had potential Butler-Xavier and Cornell-Washington regional finals?
aglock: 6:01 PM Kidding aside, the composition of this Final Four may have an impact on whether the NCAA opts out of its TV deal.
ballinisahabit: 6:01 PM RT @raphiellej: Norm Roberts doing the MMOD Halftime Show with @JonRothstein and Jason Horowitz.
goodmanonfox: 6:02 PM Justin Holiday’s brother, NBA rookie Jrue, watching in Washington section. myloc.me
ballinisahabit: 6:02 PM RT @goodmanonfox: Justin Holiday’s brother, NBA rookie Jrue, watching in Washington section. myloc.me
ballinisahabit: 6:02 PM Wow, Pondexter has three fouls, two offensive
DanWetzel: 6:03 PM Why I love WVU. Mountaineer fan just showed up wearing shorts and a racoon cap. It’s 39 degrees and raining outside.
TheBigLead: 6:03 PM RT @tyduffy: World Cup 2010: Is Maradona Insane? Nike’s New Fairy Purple Shoes bit.ly
goodmanonfox: 6:03 PM This is one ugly offensive game; Washington fortunate to be up 3 with Pondexter having 3 fouls. myloc.me
theupsetblog: 6:04 PM RT @DanWetzel: Why I love WVU. Mountaineer fan just showed up wearing shorts and a racoon cap. It’s 39 degrees and raining outside.
TheHoopsReport: 6:05 PM Butler has missed a ton of easy shots – layups and open 3’s. They are totally outplaying Cuse and could easily be up 15-20.
RealJayWilliams: 6:07 PM Bitler reminds me of the “Super Cuts” commercial: Get in, get confident. Confidence is all teams need to win big time ball games.
goodmanonfox: 6:07 PM Greg Paulus sitting next to me and starts slapping the floor during timeouts. myloc.me
SethDavisHoops: 6:07 PM I hope everyone is following @GregAnthony50. We both have our laptops on the desk, tweeting away. He’s running the point, I’m Anderson Hunt.
PeteThamelNYT: 6:07 PM Utah is a fairly conservative state. Locals may not want to be within earshot of Jim Boeheim’s halftime speech. Butler up 35-25 at half.
greggdoyelcbs: 6:08 PM In Mariotti’s defense, (1) he knows I don’t like him and (2) I’m wearing a tight T-shirt. Add it up and (3) he was scared inside
theupsetblog: 6:08 PM RT @PeteThamelNYT: Utah is a fairly conservative state. Locals may not want to be within earshot of Jim Boeheim’s halftime speech. Butle …
RealJayWilliams: 6:09 PM Why would Quincy Pondexter even put the ball on the ground? Just go straight up. Have to understand the situation when you have 2 fls.
ballinisahabit: 6:09 PM RT @goodmanonfox: Greg Paulus sitting next to me and starts slapping the floor during timeouts.
greggdoyelcbs: 6:09 PM Turnovers in first half: Syracuse 12, Butler 2. TWO!
theupsetblog: 6:09 PM so they expand Carrier Dome from b-ball size to football size for the regional…and all the seats are empty. hopefully Cornell fills it up.
PeteThamelNYT: 6:09 PM Hard to say. Lot won’t come till 930ish. RT @KyleRowland: @PeteThamelNYT Estimate on the number of Cornell fans in the Carrier Dome?
theupsetblog: 6:10 PM Weve been tuning out J.Sloan 4 20yrs Lol RT @PeteThamelNYT: Utah…Locals may not want to be within earshot of Jim Boeheim’s halftime speech
SethDavisHoops: 6:10 PM Quincy Pondexter with three fouls. Major problem.
greggdoyelcbs: 6:11 PM Onuaku coaching up Jackson before 2nd 1/2. I think he’s saying: Rick — stop missing bunnies.
ballinisahabit: 6:12 PM Impressive play for Holiday. Making up for Pondexter being out.
theupsetblog: 6:12 PM RT @sportsguy33: I’m about to blow your mind. Ready? Greg Gumbel is 63 years old.
ballinisahabit: 6:13 PM Dear WVU: You can’t make an entry pass from the top of the key. They teach you that in middle school. Throw it to the wing! Get an angle!
greggdoyelcbs: 6:13 PM Mariotti’s out here for second half. Way to go, Jay. That team in orange? It’s Syracuse.
PeteThamelNYT: 6:14 PM Things I never thought I’d type. Washington has no answer for Deniz Kilicli. The Big Turk has 6, nearly double his average. UW 29-27.
JohnGasaway: 6:14 PM When I woke up this morning I did not think I would be seriously considering talking about Deniz Kilicli.
greggdoyelcbs: 6:14 PM Syracuse’s DaShonte Riley: Worst freshman 7-footer since Shagari Alleyne?
greggdoyelcbs: 6:15 PM Even if I tried to forget, he’d do something to remind me
Mark_Schlabach: 6:15 PM Only the fourth time all season Cuse has trailed at half and it’s the Orange’s biggest halftime deficit
ballinisahabit: 6:16 PM HAHAHA RT @BeyndArcMMiller: Nice to see Huggins get Deniz Kilicli off the sideline and into the game ow.ly
goodmanonfox: 6:16 PM Source told FOXSports.com that Gonzaga assistant Leon Rice just accepted Boise State job. Further proof Mark Few isn’t going anywhere.
rushthecourt: 6:17 PM Love it. RT @OntheDLpodcast: Am I the only one who loves the fact that Gus Johnson’s glasses are at least three sizes too big for him?
greggdoyelcbs: 6:17 PM Two possessions, two TO’s. Syracuse really tightened up its game at halftime
Mark_Schlabach: 6:18 PM Might be big play by Rautins there. Beat 2 Dogs for long RB and nailed 3
greggdoyelcbs: 6:19 PM Does Gordon Hayward not realize he’s a great player? DO something, brother
Mark_Schlabach: 6:19 PM Much quicker pace to start 2nd half, which favors Cuse obviously
theupsetblog: 6:19 PM Butler is being stupid now. They have taken 4 threes in a row. Being patient and making good passes, but only for the most open 3-pt shooter
greggdoyelcbs: 6:21 PM If Boeheim doesn’t tell his players to pull their heads out their a$$, he’s not a HOFer
Mark_Schlabach: 6:21 PM Cuse has not only turned it over a bunch, but many of them have been ugly, too
theupsetblog: 6:22 PM looking back, even if Cuse wins, can’t believe people really had UTEP beating Baylor in the first round. #alittletooexcitedforupsets
greggdoyelcbs: 6:23 PM I swear, Bill Self is coaching Syracuse tonight.
greggdoyelcbs: 6:24 PM Mariotti gone again. Idiot.
BracketDobber: 6:24 PM UNLEASH THE WES AND ANDY!
theupsetblog: 6:25 PM RT @benbags: Some K-State fan just sat down next to Pat Riley & she hasn’t stopped talking to him. He looks slightly annoyed.
greggdoyelcbs: 6:25 PM Rautins only Cuse player worth a damn tonight
SethDavisHoops: 6:25 PM Can anyone explain to me why Wesley Johnson is setting up on the block and not moving on offense?
Mark_Schlabach: 6:25 PM Rautins bringing Cuse back, down 39-35
ballinisahabit: 6:26 PM Am I the only one that thinks Butler looks a little rattled right now?
theupsetblog: 6:27 PM Rautins shows off his NBA range, he could play in the NBA like …. HIS DAD LEO. you totally didn’t know that or see that coming.
greggdoyelcbs: 6:27 PM Wes Johnson decided to show up. Welcome to the game, Wes. Damn he’s good.
Mark_Schlabach: 6:27 PM Cuse takes a 40-39 lead with 8 straight points. Two big 3s by Rautins and Wes Johnson. Butler timeout
rushthecourt: 6:27 PM Wanna know which school has most fans represented at ES arena tonight? Utah. By far.
rushthecourt: 6:27 PM Code about to be called on Butler. Syracuse has arrived.
midmajority: 6:28 PM 39-37 at 14m 2H. Holding on. Remember, 5-seeds have to work 5 times harder.
BracketDobber: 6:28 PM Holy moly where did this come from? I know…they’ve woken up! (for now)
TheBigLead: 6:28 PM Gus Johnson getting the pipes warm as Rautins and Wes hit back-to-back 3’s from about the same spot, take 40-39 lead
theupsetblog: 6:28 PM RT @rushthecourt: Wanna know which school has most fans represented at ES arena tonight? Utah. By far.
rushthecourt: 6:28 PM SLC: Um. They’re back.
JohnGasaway: 6:28 PM Butler opens the second half alternating between giving the ball away and missing threes. ‘Cuse up one.
brendanloy: 6:28 PM Argh, Butler falling apart all of a sudden. Syracuse takes first lead, 40-39.
greggdoyelcbs: 6:29 PM Time to turn the glare from Wes Johnson to Gordon Hayward, who is the most useless great player ever
TheBigLead: 6:29 PM developing situation worth monitoring all night … writer on writer RT @greggdoyelcbs Mariotti gone again. Idiot.
Mark_Schlabach: 6:29 PM Cuse starts 2nd H with 15-4 run; makes 6 of 9 shots
midmajority: 6:29 PM I just spilled half a Coke on my pants.
Mark_Schlabach: 6:30 PM Not at GT U didn’t RT @GTBlogScott: Didn’t know that was possible Schlabach: That was Butler’s first turnover of the half.
lukewinn: 6:30 PM Pat Riley chilling in the K-State fan section. The Beas must’ve hooked him up with tix. Don’t know why Harrick is three seats away, tho
rushthecourt: 6:31 PM Kidding re: code, but ‘cuse has arrived of course. And some people survive codes. RT @tsnmike: Waaaaaay premature. Or are you kidding?
brando_minich: 6:31 PM @brendanloy Go Butler! GO IUP! Go Cornell!
greggdoyelcbs: 6:32 PM So now Hayward is here. Wes Johnson showed up. Mariotti? Still gone. Dude, just write from the hotel
theupsetblog: 6:33 PM Matt Howard clearly the biggest “Adam Keefe” on the floor right now. We welcome better comparisons, also.
greggdoyelcbs: 6:33 PM In another region, Washington beating WVU though A-A Pondexter has 3 fouls, 0 points?!?!?
ESPNAndyKatz: 6:33 PM Story on Gonzaga associate head coach Leon Rice getting the Boise State job today: bit.ly
PeteThamelNYT: 6:34 PM If the N.C.A.A. Tournament makes hundreds of millions more by expanding to 96 teams, perhaps then they’ll have functioning wireless Internet
midmajority: 6:34 PM I’ve wanted to tweet these together for so long: #toobigyo #omgdunx
TheHoopsReport: 6:34 PM Syracuse has a better FG pct, 3-pt pct, same FT’s, and outrebounding Butler, yet Butler leads by 3. And Butler shooting 3-18 on 3’s.
ESPNAndyKatz: 6:34 PM Courtside here at the Carrier Dome. There is no flow to this game. A total of 24 turnovers. WVA can’t get the ball in the post often.
TheHoopsReport: 6:35 PM Butler is 3-18 on 3’s. I’d say all 18 of them are open looks. If they could even shoot 33 pct, they’d be up 12 right now instead of 3.
ballinisahabit: 6:35 PM Reaallllllly want Rautins to pull from the ribbon on that possession
ESPNAndyKatz: 6:36 PM UW alums in the NBA Jon Brockman, Nate Robinson and Spencer Hawes courtside as well.
midmajority: 6:36 PM Not losing here, that’s not in stooore #toobigyo
ESPNAndyKatz: 6:36 PM Convenient for all of them since Sacramento plays at Boston Friday.
BracketDobber: 6:36 PM Dick Enberg with an orange tie. Well done.
Mark_Schlabach: 6:36 PM Rick Jackson just picked up his 3rd PF with 10:10 to go
tsnmike: 6:37 PM UW represents. @ESPNAndyKatz points out Nate Robinson, Spencer Hawes, Jon Brockman at Carrier Dome. Celts/Kings play Fri in Boston.
Mark_Schlabach: 6:37 PM Gordon Hayward’s 2 FTs and 3 from right wing puts Butler back up 48-43. He’d been quiet
midmajority: 6:38 PM “The baby faced assassin is alive and stroking!” #toogrossyo
TheHoopsReport: 6:38 PM Finally, Gordon Hayward knocks down an open 3. Attention Butler players: Get Hayward the ball more.
rushthecourt: 6:38 PM Gus: “The baby-faced assassin!” Ha!
brando_minich: 6:38 PM @brendanloy Are those the dulcet tones of GUS JOHNSON I hear? YES!!!!!!!
rushthecourt: 6:38 PM SLC: Butler withstands push. TOs continue to plague Orange in key spots.
ballinisahabit: 6:39 PM The babyfaced assassin is alive and strokin’ it! – and people ask why I love Gus Johnson….
Mark_Schlabach: 6:39 PM Rautins just picked up his third. Lucky it wasn’t on Jackson
theupsetblog: 6:39 PM nobody could call Heyward the “Babyfaced Assassin” and make it sound any better. Gus. Johnson.
aglock: 6:39 PM Shhhhh… RT @owensjp: @GregAnthony50 You better get tweeting you are falling behind to @aglock in #twitterhoops bit.ly
Mark_Schlabach: 6:40 PM Matt Howard just picked up his fourth, not good for Butler. Goes to bench with 8:23 left
ballinisahabit: 6:40 PM Now Matt Howard has four fouls
TheHoopsReport: 6:40 PM If you think about it, I guess there’s a reason that the Butler players who are getting open 3 looks are open. Hahn, Nored and Veasley= 0-7.
Mark_Schlabach: 6:41 PM Fouls really becoming an issue now. Jackson just picked up his fourth.
BracketDobber: 6:41 PM Death. Taxes. Matt Howard having foul issues.
Mark_Schlabach: 6:41 PM Jackson out; Riley in. He wasn’t very good in one minute in 1st half
PeteThamelNYT: 6:42 PM West Virginia has nabbed momentum by controlling the glass and leads 36-33 and forcing Romar to call time out. He just broke a clipboard.
aglock: 6:42 PM Getting ahead of ourselves slightly, how sick would Butler in the Final Four in Indy be? Everyone assumed Purdue and Butler was so 2011…
ballinisahabit: 6:42 PM Wow, that was a late whistle. Correct, tho
aglock: 6:42 PM Er, everyone assumed it was Purdue who had the chance to play at home, and Butler’s run would come in ’11
rushthecourt: 6:42 PM SLC: the phantom foul!
David K.: 6:43 PM Basketball’s foul rules really turn me off to the sport. Oh look, you jumped in front of me, that means I get a foul! Oh look, you knocked me over, what? No foul?!?
aglock: 6:43 PM WVU is pounding the glass against a poor defensive rebounding team that fouls a lot? I’m stunned…
theupsetblog: 6:43 PM asking help from some1 who hasn’t watched games at this arena their whole life: are fans at ESA on top of the court more than other places?
ESPNAndyKatz: 6:43 PM Leon Rice was the heir apparent to Gonzaga if Mark Few left. But just like Bill Grier it was clear Few isn’t going anywhere.
ballinisahabit: 6:44 PM Rick the Ruler has four fouls. DaShonte Riley is in right now. HUGE minutes coming up for the Cuse.
Mark_Schlabach: 6:44 PM Big body, playing good defense RT @thinkkaz: @Mark_Schlabach Howard has been awful all tournament. Not as big as you would believe
greggdoyelcbs: 6:45 PM if that last whistle against Butler was any later, it’d be Saturday
rushthecourt: 6:45 PM Credit to Butler for withstanding that Syracuse push. Looks like a close one to the end. Excellent.
greggdoyelcbs: 6:45 PM Still no Mariotti out here. I’m starting to get worried.
BracketDobber: 6:45 PM Are these refs watching on satellite delay?
aglock: 6:45 PM Hey Tweeters, if you want to see me get a shot at @ESPNAndyKatz or @DickieV, I need some more followers. Spread the word! 🙂 #twitterhoops
ESPNAndyKatz: 6:45 PM Lower bowl of Carrier Dome is now filled in so the crowd for game two should be solid.
aglock: 6:46 PM I’m launching my “Like a tweet, find a new follower” plan. If you enjoy some random garbage I write, refer a friend!
brendanloy: 6:48 PM Giving Loyette a bath, laptop on sink, tuned to MMOD. Go Butler!
aglock: 6:48 PM If I advance and draw Vitale, should I tweet all in caps for two days this weekend? Feel free to chime in…
JohnGasaway: 6:49 PM Does Rautins ever shot-fake?
TheHoopsReport: 6:49 PM Might as well enter the “Europe” draft cuz the NBA is not calling. RT @bendoody Jeff Robinson to enter NBA draft. shar.es
Mark_Schlabach: 6:49 PM 5-0 run gives Cuse 54-50 lead with 5:19 to go. Howard coming back into game for Dogs
aglock: 6:49 PM That fast break looked like “Butler bowling,” with players toppling like pins under the force of a Cuse dunk.
BracketDobber: 6:50 PM Andy and KJo #CanuckPower
theupsetblog: 6:50 PM Butler just took 2 timeouts in about 1 minute. they only have 1 left now.
Mark_Schlabach: 6:50 PM they’ve at least gotten him the ball, opening up perimeter RT Syracuse is awful inside except Johnson, and Howard has done nothing
greggdoyelcbs: 6:51 PM For the record, Mariotti is out here but not watching game. Watching his iPhone. Maybe reading this. Hi, Jay.
Mark_Schlabach: 6:52 PM Jackson back in game with 4:18 to go
greggdoyelcbs: 6:52 PM Rautins with 4 fouls. Staying in. 4 1/2 minutes left
greggdoyelcbs: 6:52 PM Butler dissolving
SethDavisHoops: 6:52 PM Rautins picks up his fourth. As Paris Hilton would say….that’s huuuuge.
ballinisahabit: 6:52 PM Wothout Jardine/Hahn firing ill-timed threes, Cuse/Butler might be in control of this game
aglock: 6:52 PM This is more how I figured this whole game would go, with Cuse’s size choking off the smaller Bulldogs…
ballinisahabit: 6:53 PM RT @SethDavisHoops: Rautins picks up his fourth. As Paris Hilton would say….that’s huuuuge.
theupsetblog: 6:53 PM Jardine needs to realize he is not Rautins, he’s wasted a couple possessions and made a couple lucky ones
midmajority: 6:53 PM Agggh. Classic ButlerBall (40% shooting, 9 topg) walks such a fine line. Hang tough, keep Monsterizer out there on the floor…
BracketDobber: 6:53 PM Again, these refs must wish they had a DVR. That or THEY need caffeine.
greggdoyelcbs: 6:55 PM Shelvin Mack: 14 points first half, 0 points second
Mark_Schlabach: 6:55 PM Butler only 1-for-9 on 3s in second half. Shooting 29.4 percent from floor in half, too
ballinisahabit: 6:57 PM This has all the making of a Gus Jeezy classic.
ballinisahabit: 6:57 PM Meanwhile, WVU starting to take control in the paint, up 47-38
SethDavisHoops: 6:57 PM That was Ronald Nored’s eighth made three pointer all season. Only in March, kids.
ESPNAndyKatz: 6:57 PM The West Virginia run has occurred. Washington can’t get into its offense. Missing six layups proves costly it turned into a 3 at other end
greggdoyelcbs: 6:58 PM Boeheim is furious with Rick Jackson, who’s a bigger no-show tonight than Mariotti
greggdoyelcbs: 6:59 PM Butler’s night after THAT roll. Wow.
Mark_Schlabach: 6:59 PM Veasley 3 from corner gives Butler 4-point lead with less than 1:30 to go. Cuse in trouble
goodmanonfox: 6:59 PM Butler on verge of huge upset. Bulldogs up 4 with ball and 1:15 left.
JohnGasaway: 6:59 PM Rautins forcing it. Nored’s inside his uniform.
aglock: 6:59 PM Sick bounce on the Butler 3 after what looked like a walk on the entry pass? Cuse in a lot of trouble
midmajority: 6:59 PM Fearless! Fearless!
ESPNAndyKatz: 6:59 PM Carrier Dome PA announced Syracuse 54-50 when it was really Butler 55-54. Internet slow for everyone.
theupsetblog: 6:59 PM IN-AND-OUT-AND-BACK-IN!
greggdoyelcbs: 6:59 PM no Onuaku KILLING Cuse, and I say good. Liars.
midmajority: 7:00 PM BOING
greggdoyelcbs: 7:00 PM No heart killing Cuse, too. Welcome to Kansas, Syracuse
Mark_Schlabach: 7:00 PM Veasley clapping to the crowd. Dogs going to line with 6-point lead. Big tip-in by Veasley following 3
theupsetblog: 7:00 PM wow, what a tap in. Butler fighting for this one.
aglock: 7:00 PM Syracuse looked like it totally gave up after that tip went. That last possession and the no effort on the rebound was bad.
JohnGasaway: 7:00 PM Incredible job by Nored. In effect Syracuse played the last three possessions without Rautins. And it wasn’t pretty.
TheHoopsReport: 7:00 PM You can put it on the board: Brad Stevens, Gordon Hayward and the kids from Butler are going to the Elite 8. Believe it- March Madness!!!
aglock: 7:01 PM 11-0 run in progress for the Bulldogs. Very impressive
greggdoyelcbs: 7:01 PM Um. AIR BALL? AIR BALLL?!?!??!!?
theupsetblog: 7:01 PM HAHAHA. Jardine jacks up ANOTHER ill-advised shot, and that probably wraps this one up in SLC. THE BUTLER DID IT
Mark_Schlabach: 7:01 PM Hayward just air-balled a foul shot by a foot
GaryParrishCBS: 7:01 PM The over-under on “Butler did it” headlines in papers tomorrow is 75 (and I’ll take the over)
ESPNAndyKatz: 7:01 PM Hometown Butler Bulldogs at the Final Four? Wow. Who knew?
aglock: 7:02 PM Anyone wonder why a team lets an inbounds pass roll 60 feet without pressure and then allows a gimme layup in two secs? Me, too.
ESPNAndyKatz: 7:02 PM I know the Bulldogs have to beat Kansas State or Xavier first but if Butler can beat Syracuse it can win that game too.
brando_minich: 7:02 PM @brendanloy GUS JOHNSON! CANNOT! SAY COMPLETE! SENTENCES!
SethDavisHoops: 7:02 PM Not going Sharpie on this one til I see zeroes on the scoreboard. RT @djhopp: @SethDavisHoops I just went sharpie on Butler. Game over.
theupsetblog: 7:02 PM that was terrible. Butler let Cuse roll the ball all the way down to the other 3 point line,Cuse gets layup in about 2 seconds of game clock
greggdoyelcbs: 7:02 PM And Mariotti is gone. 35 seconds left, 5-point game. He’s gone. That’s how you get to be a star, folks
rushthecourt: 7:02 PM I like the pre-emptive strike. RT @GaryParrishCBS: Over-under on “Butler did it” headlines in papers tomorrow is 75 (and I’ll take the over)
rushthecourt: 7:03 PM Butler a win away from playing at home!!
brendanloy: 7:03 PM WOOOOOOO!!! Lots of celebratory splashing in our bathtub.
greggdoyelcbs: 7:03 PM Rautins on floor to foul?!?!? Boeheim WHY???????????
SethDavisHoops: 7:04 PM I don’t like Butler going with the prevent defense.
midmajority: 7:04 PM RT @jskarp: With apologies to @BracketDobber and reverence to @midmajority, TOO BIG YO!
rushthecourt: 7:04 PM Outstanding question. RT @greggdoyelcbs: Rautins on floor to foul?!?!? Boeheim WHY???????????
midmajority: 7:04 PM RT @wbryan08: BUTLER!!! The @midmajority lives strong!
greggdoyelcbs: 7:06 PM Butler is, sort of, choking from the FT line
BracketDobber: 7:06 PM Well done, Butler. Gotta pull for an all-below Red Line Final Four now. Cornell and X, it’s your turn.
midmajority: 7:07 PM THIS PARTY AIN’T OVER #omgelite #butler #toobigyo
TheHoopsReport: 7:07 PM Butler does not know how to lose (23 in a row, haven’t lost since Dec. 22) and I’m not sure anyone will teach them how this season. Believe.
JohnGasaway: 7:07 PM Butler is the official Final Four host school. One game away from hosting in-person.
greggdoyelcbs: 7:07 PM Game over. Now Mariotti will write like an expert. My column’ll beat him like Butler on Cuse. Prediction.
aglock: 7:07 PM Who was the Butler player who walked over to the cheerleaders and got enveloped? Smart man…
brendanloy: 7:07 PM CNN Breaking News — House OKs Senate changes to health care law’s “fixes,” ending legislative action on Obama’s top domestic priority.
goodmanonfox: 7:07 PM Butler knocks off Syracuse. People thought the weather made this city dreary. Wait til tomorrow after this loss.
greggdoyelcbs: 7:07 PM OK gotta write. Please come back for second game. Xavier-KSU. I might even mention Mariotti again.
tsnmike: 7:07 PM Second No. 1 seed down. SU had 54-50 lead and ball, and one of their many sloppy TOs ended that possession.
ESPNAndyKatz: 7:07 PM Two No. 1s down? Will we see two more? I still say no. But how hard has this tourney been to predict?
TheHoopsReport: 7:07 PM Butler just got past its toughest foe of the season, will face KSU/Xavier next, and then could play the Final 4 in its hometown Indianapolis
TheBigLead: 7:08 PM Butler!? Terrible finish for the Cuse. Two No. 1 seeds done. at least WVU is carrying the Big East banner, up 10 with 8 mins left. whew.
jppalm: 7:08 PM Last time 2006. 2, 3, 4, 11 RT @Greg_Gaston: When, if ever, has there been a Final 4 without any of the #1 seeds? Any info out there?
aglock: 7:08 PM Are they eligible to play in Lucas Oil Stadium? 🙂 RT @JohnGasaway: Butler is the official Final Four host school. One game away.
TheBigLead: 7:08 PM RT @greggdoyelcbs: And Mariotti is gone. 35 seconds left, 5-point game. He’s gone. That’s how you get to be a star, folks
brendanloy: 7:08 PM BUTLER WINS!!!!!!! BUTLER WINS!!!!!!! Mid-majors rule!!! @midmajority in Dawg heaven!!! #midswin YAY!!!! One win from Indy!!!
ESPNAndyKatz: 7:09 PM Lorenzo Romar just got a T. Not happy. He ripped off his coat.
jppalm: 7:09 PM Anyone have the final turnover count in the SU-BU game?
midmajority: 7:09 PM RT @Nyghtewynd: Wow…it sure takes a big-time football program to be a great team…thank you! THANK YOU MAJOR FB COLLEGE! @midmajority
SethDavisHoops: 7:10 PM Brad Stevens to Gus: “It’s as poised a group as I have ever been around….There is no mid-major….just guys playing basketball.” Amen!!!!!
midmajority: 7:10 PM In the arena… With the dagger! RT @PsyMar THE BUTLER DID IT!
GaryParrishCBS: 7:10 PM Now do you see why I kept Butler ranked around 20th all year and refused to move the Bulldogs up? #top25(andone)fail
ESPNAndyKatz: 7:11 PM Syracuse PA still hasn’t announced the Syracuse score in the Carrier Dome.
TheHoopsReport: 7:11 PM Shelvin Mack didn’t score a single point in the 2nd half. Matt Howard only had 9 pts. But future NBA 1st rounder Gordon Hayward stepped up.
ESPNAndyKatz: 7:11 PM Here it is. Just announced it. A little bit of shock.
midmajority: 7:11 PM RT @brendanloy: BUTLER WINS!!!!!!! BUTLER WINS!!!!!!! Mid-majors rule!!! @midmajority in Dawg heaven!!! #midswin YAY!!!! One win from In …
brendanloy: 7:11 PM BEST. TOURNAMENT. EVER.
SethDavisHoops: 7:12 PM Stevens and Shelvin Mack very even-keeled. They have more work to do. Watch our halftimes to see footage, or check out CBS College Sports.
aglock: 7:12 PM It definitely shouldn’t say “gregg doyel” RT @owensjp: What should the trophy for the #twitterhoops winner say??? @aglock @greggdoyelcbs
TheBigLead: 7:13 PM Syracuse result has me panicked for Kansas State -4.5. Hope CBS shows that entire first half and WVU-Wash goes to overtime.
brando_minich: 7:13 PM @brendanloy See, this is why I didn’t pick ‘Cuse initially. I KNEW it. Kansas was a much smarter pick . . . #fb
midmajority: 7:13 PM Will the universe implode when everything in Gordon Hayward’s SMAC RAP comes true?
midmajority: 7:13 PM RT @RedLineUpsets: [RED LINE UPSET ALERT] Butler 63, Syracuse 59 | is.gd
aglock: 7:13 PM Rick Jackson definitely with the Venus De Milo night in the paint. No hands. The rest of the Orange didn’t distinguish themselves, either.
jppalm: 7:14 PM correct RT @UDFlyers: UCLA, Florida, George Mason …. and LSU ??
aglock: 7:14 PM Any chance 20,000 pissed off Cuse fans decide to use their tix now and root on Cornell angry-mob style?
midmajority: 7:14 PM RT @EdXeno: The ‘Cuse is on fire–burned down, really–and the Butler did it. The @midmajority lives on.
midmajority: 7:14 PM RT @simmonsclass: @midmajority #MMF4…it’s happening
midmajority: 7:15 PM RT @wbryan08: All I have to say is @midmajority @midmajority @midmajority…everyone lay down your alms and pay homage.
SethDavisHoops: 7:15 PM Guess it’s time to go Sharpie on Butler. Still don’t believe it.
jppalm: 7:15 PM got the turnover count – thanks.
theupsetblog: 7:15 PM RT @raphiellej: You can’t bore Gus Johnson three games in a row, Syracuse. Sorry.
TheBigLead: 7:16 PM Butler shot worse from the field, worse from 3, & was outrebounded. Still beat Syracuse. That teenager outcoached Jim Boeheim #painful
TheBigLead: 7:16 PM RT @StevenScrivner: @TheBigLead Instant karma for those Syracuse fans who showed up to boo UK’s shootaround?
TheHoopsReport: 7:16 PM Any other experts out there who had a documented prediction of Butler winning tonight? I’ve been a huge believer in that team all year.
jppalm: 7:16 PM Butler better today. RT @jeff1317: is butler that good or was syracuse overrated?
aglock: 7:17 PM Butler didn’t even play that well. That’s the damning part of this.
ESPNAndyKatz: 7:17 PM Washington trying to come back but Venoy Overton’s decisions on two of the last three trips hurting Huskies.
midmajority: 7:18 PM RT @gmoore21566: Say what you want bout Gordon Hayward, but Brad Stevens is the real babyface assassin! @midmajority @defiantlydutch
aglock: 7:18 PM Welcome to the Final Four: Butler, Xavier or Kansas State! Um, what????
JohnGasaway: 7:18 PM Overton is not a paragon of wise decision-making at the moment.
ESPNAndyKatz: 7:19 PM West Virginia’s free throw shooting has been solid to keep the lead going. 10 of 11 so far.
brando_minich: 7:19 PM @brendanloy Big loser in 2010 tourney: Big East. One team left, and we haven’t even gotten to the Elite Eight.
midmajority: 7:19 PM RT @WM_VA_Josh: @midmajority Do you believe in #TOOBIGYO-cles? YES!
TomJolly: 7:19 PM Hmmm … And people are sitting around watching the tourney and saying, “We should change this thing.”
PeteThamelNYT: 7:19 PM Nate Robinson, sitting in the front row behind me, has sworn at the officials at least 20 times. I’m not exaggerating. WVU up 58-50.
SethDavisHoops: 7:20 PM My Sharpie bracket on the CBS studio desk. That is permanent ink kids. yfrog.com
SethDavisHoops: 7:20 PM 
midmajority: 7:21 PM RT @_johnlee_: Dear Teams Above the Red Line, THIS is what happens on neutral courts. xoxo, @midmajority
TheBigLead: 7:21 PM Re-watched end of Syracuse loss. at 54-50 they went Scoop airball (force), Rautins TO, Rautins missed 3, Scoop missed 3. Butl, 60-54. WES??
SethDavisHoops: 7:22 PM Gus Johnson resisted the urge to shout at “The Butler did it!” as time expired. My respect for him has grown exponentially.
midmajority: 7:22 PM OK, statute of limitations on “Butler did it”: 10 more minutes. Get’ em out of your system! WHOOOO
brendanloy: 7:24 PM If Xavier wins tonight, @midmajority will know on Night 1 of the Sweet Sixteen that he’s going to the Final Four. #season6forever #midswin
rushthecourt: 7:24 PM See-ya-cuse looked to have Butler dead to rights w/ two runs. Credit to Butler for one of the gutsiest performances of the season to hold.
midmajority: 7:25 PM SMAC RT @mwmiller20 If Butler and X play Sat., NCAA might have to put in those European soccer crowd control barriers between fan sections.
aglock: 7:25 PM K-State’s really good, but not a classic bball power. RT @MrTRiseAndFire: @aglock No love for K State?
DanWetzel: 7:26 PM WVU killing on the boards 38-25. Key to the game. Huggins team just tougher.
ballinisahabit: 7:26 PM RT @NunesMagician: No. RT @JamesonFleming: Anyone out there want to explain how Syracuse happened?
TheBigLead: 7:27 PM free to roam because not a player agent RT @WFNYTD Worldwide Wes courtside at the Carrier Dome..shady relationship w/ Calipari! Sickening.
jppalm: 7:29 PM Another black eye for the Big East. SU didn’t lose because of Onuaku. He was the only Orangeman w/o a turnover.
midmajority: 7:29 PM We know what an X win tonight means, and no, we’re not going to jinxxx it.
rushthecourt: 7:30 PM See this: bit.ly @thehemogoblin: Guttiest, not gutsiest. Wait. Gutsiest is a word? English language disappoints me s’times.
aglock: 7:31 PM Boeheim did a great job this year, but it’s fair to mention that Cuse has only gotten past the S16 twice since 1989.
theupsetblog: 7:31 PM Is this damn WVU/UDub game over yet? U-G-L-Y
jppalm: 7:32 PM yep – looks like one in a row for the BE! RT @Blacketologist: wow that’s harsh. West Va’s still playing. You watching that one?
ballinisahabit: 7:32 PM After Cuse lost in the Big East tourney, I wrote this: ow.ly (pats self on the back)
midmajority: 7:33 PM RT @sevenandsevens: @midmajority Is this what happens when Syracuse leaves the state of New York? Love neutral courts! Sincerely, all no …
brendanloy: 7:33 PM @midmajority Oops. Sorry. #nojinxyo
aglock: 7:33 PM Yup, 1-1. RT @BeyndArcMMiller: @aglock Both times reached title game, eh?
midmajority: 7:33 PM RT @valpo2006: @midmajority Now it’s time for some TOO BIG (RED) YO! #toobigyo #bigred #midswin #ilovethencaatournament
SethDavisHoops: 7:34 PM Just went Sharpie on West Va.
jppalm: 7:34 PM You’re right – that was more of a tweak at the turnovers than a point about Onuaku. RT @tsnmike: Arinze makes a difference.
PeteThamelNYT: 7:35 PM Nate Robinson’s Huskies may be done, but he’s not. Getting final heckles in on referees. Case study in classy. West Virginia wins 69-56.
jppalm: 7:35 PM OK – Six of seven BE teams to lose lost to lower seeds RT @Blacketologist: when it’s all said and done, i’ll wait for an informed analysis.
midmajority: 7:35 PM RT @PsyMar: @midmajority Using kenpom pythag, odds of mid in F4: 60.4%. Mid in NCG: 33.5%. Mid WINS IT ALL: 7.7%.
TomJolly: 7:35 PM RT @jksports: The Chicago kid with autism who picked correctly every 1st & 2nd round NCAA game had Syracuse tonight
theupsetblog: 7:36 PM RT @PeteThamelNYT: Nate Robinson’s Huskies may be done, but he’s not. Getting final heckles in on referees. Case study in classy. West V …
aglock: 7:36 PM Brew of champions! Atta Quaker! RT @amandarykoff: Seats at the bar, tall cold Yuengling in hand. Yes, I am ready for hoops.
rushthecourt: 7:36 PM Fantastic line. Truth. RT @SethDavisHoops: Brad Stevens to Gus: “There is no mid-major….just guys playing basketball.” Amen!!!!!
goodmanonfox: 7:36 PM West Virginia is now the Big East torch bearer.
goodmanonfox: 7:37 PM Crowd booing Kentucky loudly when they just walked out onto the court.
brando_minich: 7:37 PM @brendanloy I love the irony of ‘Cuse losing while the Carrier Dome is in NCAA Tourney use.
DanWetzel: 7:37 PM Kentucky-Cornell game will tip at 10:06
ESPNAndyKatz: 7:37 PM Bob Huggins, one win away from Final Four. That’s quite a homecoming for Huggins at West Virginia.
goodmanonfox: 7:37 PM The West Virginia section just became HUGE Cornell fans. Cheering like crazy for the Ivy Leaguers.
ballinisahabit: 7:37 PM (raises hand, nods in agreement) RT @BIAHtheTrizzle: Did anybody catch the dance Flowers just did? that was freakin’ awesome.
ESPNAndyKatz: 7:37 PM Huggins would be first coach in Final Four wearing a golf windbreaker. Right?
PeteThamelNYT: 7:37 PM Its no doubt that this is a Pro-Cornell crowd. Dome roared for the Big Red when they left the tunnel.
ESPNAndyKatz: 7:38 PM Boos for Kentucky when it ran onto the court. Loud cheers for Cornell. Crowd is into it.
aglock: 7:38 PM RT @goodmanonfox: The West Virginia section just became HUGE Cornell fans. Cheering like crazy for the Ivy Leaguers.
midmajority: 7:39 PM Please enjoy all of this as much as you can. We’ll be fondly remembering these days for Seasons and Seasons. #midswin #midsride2gether4ever
aglock: 7:40 PM Kentucky’s about to play a road NCAA game. Cornell fans, delirious (and tipsy?) WVU backers and pissed-off neutrals in Cuse all going Red
ballinisahabit: 7:42 PM It always amazes me how open players get on those back door lob plays. Everyone has that play in the play book.
ballinisahabit: 7:43 PM Haha @BIAHtheTrizzle is right, Gus Jeezy is on fire right now. “You’re gonna like this one, Lenny, its got a lotta biiiggg guys”
midmajority: 7:44 PM RT @tahobgoo: @midmajority There is no way that a Big 12 team is going to lose to eggsavier #reversejinx
ballinisahabit: 7:45 PM I expect one of these a night RT @jeffborzello: I’m eating animal crackers and drinking beer…is there a bigger contrast in ages for those?
ballinisahabit: 7:46 PM RT @JustinDYoung: I wish Gus Johnson would call them the Zah-vee-A Musketeers.
theupsetblog: 7:46 PM Xavier not responding well to K-State speed. Game feels an awful lot like K-State’s previous matchup v. BYU. Pullen + Clemente=Lightspeed
greggdoyelcbs: 7:47 PM Kansas State 8, Xavier 4. KSU is faster. Xavier is weaker. Mariotti isn’t here. None of this shocks me.
ballinisahabit: 7:48 PM RT @greggdoyelcbs: Kansas State 8, Xavier 4. KSU is faster. Xavier is weaker. Mariotti isn’t here. None of this shocks me.
GaryParrishCBS: 7:48 PM Thanks for having a long memory RT @Title_BU: @GaryParrishCBS You’re forgiven for getting out in front of the public in Butler love circa 06
PeteThamelNYT: 7:48 PM I’d say the Dome is going to be 75-percent pro-Cornell, as the WVU fans will be on the Big Red bandwagon.
ballinisahabit: 7:49 PM I love that speech from Mack: “Take what you want”
greggdoyelcbs: 7:51 PM Pullen and Clemente are best guard combo in tournament. KSU
greggdoyelcbs: 7:51 PM And KSU’s bigs are better, too. Xavier is a nice story from my hometown, but I don’t see how it rallies from 13-4 down
midmajority: 7:51 PM WAKE UP X
greggdoyelcbs: 7:52 PM But if does happen, at least I’ll see it. Mariotti? He’s writing on that first game. The one he skipped.
PeteThamelNYT: 7:52 PM Need a primer on Cornell? Here’s some inside info the assistant coaches who put together the Big Red 5 years ago. nyti.ms
JohnGasaway: 7:52 PM Good move by Mack pulling Frease. Kelly went right around him. Cats totally ignored his roll on pick & roll.
BracketDobber: 7:52 PM Seconded! Thank you, guys! RT @orange_runner: Thx 2 the SU mens bball team for a memorable season!
jppalm: 7:53 PM true also. RT @tsnmike: The turnovers were amazing. Add on episodes of poor shot selection that equate to turnovers, as well.
TheHoopsReport: 7:53 PM Random thought, but I just remembered I had a dream the other day that Wally Judge had like 35 pts and 35 rebounds in a game. Hahaha.
aglock: 7:53 PM Syracuse fans not real happy with that performance: “Coach of the Year loses to a 12 year-old, you da man Jimmy!” Check out Syracuse.com
TheHoopsReport: 7:54 PM Why I’m having dreams of Wally Judge and not unicorns is beyond me.
Mark_Schlabach: 7:54 PM Xavier coach Chris Mack really working hard for a T. Grilling Karl Hess, who won’t go near him
SethDavisHoops: 7:55 PM Onuaku is a huge key to Syracuse’s halfcourt offense. Not saying they would have won, but O would have run much more smoothly w/ fewer TOs.
aglock: 7:57 PM The ppl in SLC seem to have significantly tightened the rim Xavier’s shooting at since the last five mins of the Butler game…
theupsetblog: 7:57 PM As a result of seeing the stupid and unfunny shirtless Southwest Airlines ad…over…and over.. I will be flying Delta from here on out.
SethDavisHoops: 7:57 PM Ashley Judd sitting in front of William Wesley, they just hugged hello. It’s officially on.
greggdoyelcbs: 7:58 PM Jordan Crawford dunked on LeBron once. I bet Xavier would settle for a 15-footer. KSU up 19-7
SethDavisHoops: 7:58 PM Ask CBO to run the numbers RT @chucktodd: RT @Joshuamcsee: theory that a team that watches an upset before their game less likely to choke
ballinisahabit: 7:59 PM RT @SethDavisHoops: Ashley Judd sitting in front of William Wesley, they just hugged hello. It’s officially on.
rushthecourt: 8:00 PM Kstate looks terrific defensively tonite so far.
aglock: 8:00 PM Is Kasey Keller wearing a white keeper jersey, or did Seattle mummify him to preserve him for this season?
theupsetblog: 8:01 PM Well….at least Gus got 1.
PeteThamelNYT: 8:05 PM I spent most of pre-game trying to see if Alex Tyler had enough scruff to not look like a “clean shaven Ivy Leaguer.” nyti.ms
jppalm: 8:05 PM not the same injury – either in quality of player or known duration. RT @PurduePete04: SU Didn’t face the injury penalty for Onuaku
aglock: 8:05 PM Yeah, I’m not sure on the gold shorts. RT @bchobbs: @aglock wide angle makes Philly players look naked from waist down. Very wrong. WTF
midmajority: 8:05 PM Big problems. Relentless athletic size. Bench blasted by fouls. Chris Mack will basically have to coach his balls off.
ballinisahabit: 8:05 PM Crawford makes some athletic plays in transition. Pretty layup
JohnGasaway: 8:06 PM Again Jordan Crawford with the Jimmer Fredette scoop.
jppalm: 8:06 PM gotta get in while you can. RT @slmandel: Cornell fans chanting “Over-rated” BEFORE the game. … Rookie move
GaryParrishCBS: 8:07 PM That’s tomorrow night! RT @tom_hart: @GaryParrishCBS thanks for coming on, now get out of that hotel room and get to your prom already!
tsnmike: 8:07 PM Fans booing Kentucky — no class in that.
aglock: 8:08 PM Man, Dome crowd is really loud and pro-Cornell.
PeteThamelNYT: 8:09 PM Jon Jaques draws a charge on John Wall. Cornell started in an odd man-zone hybrid.
JohnGasaway: 8:10 PM Cornell has failed to score on first three possessions. Temple & Wisconsin say “That’s possible?”
PeteThamelNYT: 8:10 PM Foote just took Cousins to the post and the Carrier Dome EXPLODED. 2-2. Kentucky is playing a road game. “Let’s Go Red.”
rushthecourt: 8:10 PM Cousins and Foote trade moves. Good ones.
midmajority: 8:11 PM Cornell fans sound LOUD early. Anyone in Syracuse, what’s the crowd split like?
ballinisahabit: 8:11 PM That was NASTY by Dale.
goodmanonfox: 8:12 PM This place is loud and rocking – as if the ‘Cuse was playing. Cornell up 7-2 early.
BracketDobber: 8:12 PM Keep doing what you’re doing, Big Red.
aglock: 8:13 PM I’m not imagining this, right??
PeteThamelNYT: 8:13 PM Dale drains a 3-pointer to put Cornell up 10-2. Cousins responds with a bunny inside. This is going to be a ball-game, folks.
Mark_Schlabach: 8:14 PM Kansas State leads the country in FT attempts, but hasn’t taken one tonight.
SethDavisHoops: 8:15 PM When Cornell shoots, it does not send a single player to the offensive glass. They’re all behind the halfcourt line to stop transition.
PeteThamelNYT: 8:15 PM Cornell up 10-6 at first TV timeout. Refs letting em play. Cornell really struggling to turn the corner on O. Sending no one to O boards.
TheBigLead: 8:15 PM i see Jordan Crawford has learned the patented crab dribble from LeBron. Dammit. X on 20-9 run, only down 4. 2 fouls on Sutton, Samuels. ugh
ballinisahabit: 8:16 PM Xavier coming back. Down 28-24. Crawford is killing in transition
aglock: 8:16 PM Wonder whether Cornell will start to hit the O-glass a bit more soon. They can’t concede every second-chance opp. They hurt Tem/Wisc with it
aglock: 8:17 PM Someone should liveblog the catspause.com game thread. That would be a rip…
midmajority: 8:17 PM Before we get too deep in the late games, Dubl Bally is at SLC, thanks to @kevinheaslip. One win down! twitpic.com
midmajority: 8:17 PM 
ballinisahabit: 8:18 PM Fouls killing K-State right now. Pullen, Samuels, Sutton have two, Xavier getting to the line.
greggdoyelcbs: 8:19 PM To clarify: on an average night, Pullen-Clemente is a better combo than Wall-Bledsoe. But if Bledsoe is shooting lights out, I take it back
aglock: 8:19 PM Weird lineup on floor for Cornell. Not enough offense.
TheBigLead: 8:19 PM crazier wish-list than Oregon RT @MikeVacc BC’s Al Skinner has moved into a prominent place on St. John’s’ wish list
ballinisahabit: 8:19 PM Well, Kentucky is back in this. 9-0 in two minutes.
aglock: 8:19 PM Oh, Foote’s back in?
midmajority: 8:20 PM A Bally was at UNI>KU, SMC>NOVA and now BUTL>SYR. Coincidence? Oh, of course. @ballybasketball #midswin #ballysdreamcomestrue
TheHoopsReport: 8:20 PM Can someone explain why Louis Dale and Jeff Foote were out of the game a second ago? Why would they ever sit at all in this game?
SethDavisHoops: 8:20 PM I picked Kentucky by 17. Hope I’m wrong but….
PeteThamelNYT: 8:21 PM Kentucky is on a 12-0 run, taking the Dome back to a quiet reality. 14-10 Kentucky.
JohnGasaway: 8:21 PM Remember: Cornell did business on offensive glass against Temple & Wisconsin, both of whom are better on defensive glass than Kentucky.
aglock: 8:21 PM Kentucky’s defense starting to really lock down on Cornell. Very impressive run for the Cats.
greggdoyelcbs: 8:22 PM Gone. Writing 4,000 words on a game he never saw. Some dude now sitting in his seat. RT @josephacampbell: Mariotti update??
brendanloy: 8:22 PM bit.ly RT @midmajority A Bally was at UNI>KU, SMC>NOVA and now BUTL>SYR. Coincidence? @ballybasketball #midswin
midmajority: 8:22 PM Eeeenteresting RT @bubbaprog @midmajority I’m hearing all the disappointed Syracuse fans are fully behind Cornell
brando_minich: 8:23 PM @brendanloy OK, are there three games going on? This Xavier/KSU game is completely different then when I first was watching. #fb
SethDavisHoops: 8:24 PM They’re working on Cousins’s back during the time out. Doesn’t look too serious….I think.
brando_minich: 8:25 PM @brendanloy “We’ve taken Kansas State and Xavier, and switched the players mid way thru the 1st half. Let’s see if anyone notices. #fb
SethDavisHoops: 8:25 PM By the way when I say I hope I’m wrong, it’s because I want a close game. Not rooting for either team. (For UK fans…inhale…exhale…)
midmajority: 8:25 PM Jeff Foote: master of the #omgivydunx
Randletr: 8:26 PM @brendanloy what’s a bally?
greggdoyelcbs: 8:26 PM Did anyone see what I did to Kansas after the UNI loss? I might have done it tonight to Syracuse. Shoot …
brendanloy: 8:26 PM Why is CBS showing me Xavier-Kansas St. instead of Cornell-Kentucky? Because I’m in a Big 12 market? Ugh. Thank heaven for MMOD, but still.
greggdoyelcbs: 8:27 PM Fascinating that I’m getting TONS of comments, all positive, on my Mariotti commentary … and none on my basketball stuff
DanWetzel: 8:27 PM Back to the Big East RT @MikeVacc: Sources tell The Post that BC’s Al Skinner has moved into a prominent place on St. John’s’ wish list
PeteThamelNYT: 8:27 PM RT @WojYahooNBA: RT @MikeVacc: Sources tell The Post that BC’s Al Skinner has moved into a prominent place on St. John’s’ wish list.
SethDavisHoops: 8:28 PM With John Wall out, Cornell goes man to man.
ndlauren: 8:29 PM @brendanloy The one time I’m happy to be in an SEC market.
greggdoyelcbs: 8:29 PM Forget what said about K-State having this game on lockdown. I’ll stick to Mariotti play-by-play
aglock: 8:30 PM Kentucky is incredibly impressive defensively right now.
rushthecourt: 8:30 PM SLC: impressive comeback by the Muskies to take the lead into the half. All-Midwest regional final anyone?
TheBigLead: 8:30 PM Kansas State playing as stupid as i thought they would: Fouls mounting (Judge, Samuels w/ 3). bad shot selection. Clemente struggling (2-7)
greggdoyelcbs: 8:30 PM Clemente into photogs, holding back of his head while everyone else leaves court
greggdoyelcbs: 8:31 PM Back of the head is like an eggshell. Hope he’s OK
ballinisahabit: 8:31 PM RT @CHJournal: Xavier on a 28-12 run and now has the lead on K-State. Damn impressive. Would adore a X-Butler regional final.
CBSSportsGang: 8:33 PM Dick Enberg called his first tournament game fifty seasons ago! Check out USA Today tomorrow…its a pretty impressive mark…
midmajority: 8:34 PM Xavier comes from 17-4 down to take a 32-31 halftime lead. #balls
aglock: 8:35 PM Refs really starting to call this closer. Might help Cornell come off curls and screens.
PeteThamelNYT: 8:35 PM Cornell has gone ice cold. One field goal in last 8 minutes. Good sign that they’re only down 16-12.
midmajority: 8:35 PM RT @kellyglista: Let’s go Big Red!!!! RT @alex_faust: Anyone not rooting for #Cornell has no soul. #midswin @midmajority
aglock: 8:36 PM I don’t know that Cornell will find an answer to “vastly superior athletes,” but they’re hanging in.
ballinisahabit: 8:36 PM Why isn’t Foote in the middle of the Cornell zone?
ballinisahabit: 8:38 PM Hahahaha RT @BIAHtheTrizzle: F*** the census
ballinisahabit: 8:38 PM This made me laugh RT @eamonnbrennan: Coury guarding Cousins one-on-one in the post is not a winning proposition for the Big Red.
aglock: 8:39 PM The answer to whether Cornell can run its offensive effectively against Kentucky is “No.”
greggdoyelcbs: 8:40 PM Xavier rallied for halftime lead and Jordan Crawford (8 pts) hasn’t gone off … yet
brendanloy: 8:40 PM Casey Zak and Sharon Greggs — both of whom picked Butler to reach the Elite Eight — take the LRT pool lead ff.im
brando_minich: 8:40 PM @brendanloy A Callipari coached team has trouble with free throws? SHOCKER! #fb
DanWetzel: 8:41 PM We’re 20 minutes from Butler-Xavier playing for the Final Four. This is why big conferences fight to keep the BCS
jppalm: 8:41 PM Is Foote dancing, or is that twitching involuntary when he catches the ball in the post?
theupsetblog: 8:41 PM RT @Andy_Staples: When Foote blocks a shot, does he say, “Kindly do not bring that refuse into my domicile?”
midmajority: 8:41 PM There has to be some way to start the factory up again and get 100 more Ballys… We need more Ballys – the power is undeniable
aglock: 8:42 PM Huge four mins here for Cornell #statingtheobvious
DanWetzel: 8:42 PM BCS conference commissioners: “Can’t we just have Xavier and Butler play in the Fiesta Bowl?”
TheHoopsReport: 8:42 PM Where is Ryan Wittman? Kentucky is totally taking him out of the game.
brendanloy: 8:42 PM 36 contestants still alive in LRT men’s pool ff.im
greggdoyelcbs: 8:43 PM Now Shaq’s ripping Marriotti too? Dadgummit. That’s MY dessert tonight!
brendanloy: 8:43 PM @midmajority YES!!! MORE BALLYS!!! @ballybasketball
aglock: 8:43 PM Cornell’s offense is being throttled and now they’re coughing it up in horrible spots to lead to dunks. Not good #statingobviousagain
GaryParrishCBS: 8:43 PM Cornell needs to make this more of a halfcourt spelling bee.
TheBigLead: 8:44 PM So is this Kentucky defensive performance that incredible, or is Cornell simply returning to earth after last wknd?
ESPNAndyKatz: 8:44 PM Jeff Foote has played huge but Kentucky pressure too much for Cornell. Spread is now nine. I sense a blowout unless Cornell makes 3s.
midmajority: 8:44 PM UK: ur #omgdunx r tiresom stop kthx
ballinisahabit: 8:44 PM That’s a great way of putting it. RT @GaryParrishCBS: Cornell needs to make this more of a halfcourt spelling bee.
aglock: 8:45 PM The former RT @TheBigLead: So is this Kentucky defensive performance incredible, or is Cornell simply returning to earth after last wknd?
brendanloy: 8:45 PM No way they can keep it up #reversejinx #nojinxyo RT @midmajority Xavier comes from 17-4 down to take a 32-31 halftime lead. #balls
theupsetblog: 8:45 PM Tweet of the evening. RT @DanWetzel: BCS conference commissioners: “Can’t we just have Xavier and Butler play in the Fiesta Bowl?”
ballinisahabit: 8:47 PM Text I just received: “Well, there goes Cornell’s movie deal”
brendanloy: 8:47 PM “Removed his spine” ad is really obnoxious. Also, pet peeve: in the one with the groom watching MMOD at altar, why does the bride say “Mom?”
JohnGasaway: 8:48 PM Already envisioning West Virginia vs. Kentucky.
brendanloy: 8:48 PM Kentucky 25, Cornell 16, less than 3 minutes left first half. Not looking good for the Big Red. Could be worse. Could be a lot better, tho.
raymondsmalley: 8:48 PM @TupeloSports @DrewsView @brendanloy @mmillican Just re-tweeted you on my NCAA Tournament Live Blog
midmajority: 8:48 PM Teh boingers RT @JohnWillmott what [Bally] part is missing?
aglock: 8:49 PM Does Cornell have any chance other than to run everything through Foote and see what happens? Thoughts, folks?
ballinisahabit: 8:49 PM RT @raphiellej: @ballinisahabit Remember how menacing they made Dallas Carter look in “Friday Night Lights”? This could have been part two.
greggdoyelcbs: 8:50 PM By the way, before X game, a Xavier assistant walks by and says he’s been loving my rips of Mariotti. No joke.
DanWetzel: 8:50 PM It’s no spelling bee but Kentucky can manage “b-l-o-w-o-u-t”
brendanloy: 8:50 PM @Randletr @ballybasketball = mascot of @midmajority – bit.ly He’s also in a book that Loyette loves: ballysdream.com
midmajority: 8:51 PM Wow, all the things the could have gone wrong in the Butler game. Howard 5th foul, one wrong rim-boing, Syracuse actually showing up…
greggdoyelcbs: 8:51 PM I had UK winning by 15. I meant to say … at halftime. Yeesh. No Cuse, no Kansas, no PG for WVU … give UK the net NOW
SethDavisHoops: 8:51 PM Darius Miller: White. Ryan Whittman: Rice.
CBSSportsGang: 8:51 PM Sad to hear that Chet Simmons who launched the career of Dick Enberg, Greg and Bryant Gumbel and Jack Buck, among many others has passed.
TheBigLead: 8:52 PM so Cornell has what, 6 points in the last 14 minutes? Hey, you’ll always have Temple and Wisco. Let’s go Kansas State!
aglock: 8:52 PM If you had told me Cornell would hold UK to 30 pts at the half, I would have been thrilled as a Cornell fan.
rushthecourt: 8:53 PM Yeesh. That was a statement.
aglock: 8:53 PM 30-6 run to close the half. You can’t play defense much better for 17 mins or so. Sometimes you just tip your hat
BracketDobber: 8:53 PM From 10-2 ahead to doubled up at halftime. I fear it’s good night, Big Red.
brendanloy: 8:53 PM Cornell doubled up at halftime, 32-16, as Kentucky goes on 30-6 run after Big Red take 10-2 lead. So much for Best. #12 seed. Ever. *sigh*
midmajority: 8:54 PM …These things take a lot of magic. Cornell needs quite a bit right now. UK has the Big Red dubled at the half, 11-0 run in progress.
goodmanonfox: 8:54 PM Kentucky just went on a 30-6 run to close out the half. The Wildcats just overwhelming with their size and athleticism.
GaryParrishCBS: 8:54 PM Hahahaha! RT @TheDrewFranklin: It’s hard to solve a Rubik’s Cube with Wall’s balls on your chin.
brendanloy: 8:54 PM RT @sportspickle: Cornell’s student section looks pissed that they missed a study group for this.
brendanloy: 8:55 PM RT @JoeTaxpayer: Democrats are worried that we will attack them. So I’m declaring tomorrow “National Hug a Liberal Day” (via @MelissaTweets)
brando_minich: 8:55 PM @brendanloy I can’t stand Callipari teams. John Wall seems like a quality guy though.
ballinisahabit: 8:56 PM Nice RT @TheDrewFranklin: It’s hard to solve a Rubik’s Cube with Wall’s balls on your chin.
RealJayWilliams: 8:57 PM WoW, what performance. #Kentucky is just on a Mission this 1st half. When they play defense like that they are unstoppable!
greggdoyelcbs: 8:58 PM Happy no call for KSU, getting that 3 … but how is that NOT a foul??!?!
TheBigLead: 8:59 PM KState-X is a slugfest. Wildcats have 4 guys w/ 3 fouls most of them are worthless ones away from the basket for no reason. like that one
greggdoyelcbs: 8:59 PM I feel bad. Think I’ll let up on Mariotti. Ah, screw it. He’s not watched a SECOND of KSU-X. I’m getting lonely out here
rushthecourt: 8:59 PM SLC: starting to resemble a blockade around here last few minutes.
ballinisahabit: 8:59 PM Hahahaha YESS GUS! “Curtis Kelly … Get it outta here!!”
midmajority: 8:59 PM Was this from a Jon Anderson solo album? RT @gmoore21566 You’re the Ballymaster, channel your inner boing and you will find a way
greggdoyelcbs: 9:00 PM Just figured out why the reffing is so bad in this game. Karl Hess is on the floor. He has TINY fingers. Like, gross.
SethDavisHoops: 9:00 PM I don’t get this Kentucky is a villain stuff. They play hard, together, unselfishly and are exciting to watch. Wish I could be so villainy.
TheBigLead: 9:01 PM RT @ebertchicago: twitpic.com – Dear HuffPost: Slideshows are a cheap trick to force more hits. I refuse to play.
TheBigLead: 9:01 PM 
brando_minich: 9:01 PM @brendanloy Kentucky has taken away the 3, Cornell’s bread and butter. Shooting teams live and die by the 3.
brendanloy: 9:01 PM @MattZemek_CFN The night doesn’t need to be “saved.” It’s always irretrievably awesome thanks to Butler’s win. Anything more would be icing.
CBSSportsGang: 9:02 PM Two guys who look like Verne and Raft are in St. Louis looking for a restaurant that has the Cornell/Kentucky game…suggestions?
aglock: 9:02 PM Speaking for Joe Fan, I’m guessing their reason is just off the court, not on it RT @SethDavisHoops: I don’t get this UK is a villain stuff.
JohnGasaway: 9:02 PM Unofficially, in the first half Cornell scored 0.52 points per possession.
PeteThamelNYT: 9:02 PM Kentucky leads 32-16 at halftime. They went on a 30-6 run to end the half. Wittman has been manhandled by Miller.
aglock: 9:03 PM THAT’S why you find it hard to watch MLS? 🙂 RT @bchobbs: @aglock hard to watch MLS when keepers are wearing long pants.
brendanloy: 9:03 PM @MattZemek_CFN I mean “already,” not “always”
midmajority: 9:03 PM The officiating in the Xavier-K-State game is getting surreal. 1H: calling nothing; 2H: calling dirty looks
brendanloy: 9:03 PM 1.35 vs. Temple, 1.45 vs. Wisconsin, and now… RT @JohnGasaway Unofficially, in the first half Cornell scored 0.52 points per possession.
greggdoyelcbs: 9:04 PM Clemente is so fast, Mariotti can’t even see him. Course, Mariotti’s not been out here …
greggdoyelcbs: 9:07 PM Lord-a-mercy, here’s my Syracuse-Butler story. Don’t let Cuse fans see it … bit.ly
aglock: 9:07 PM Let me rephrase that: I don’t wear long pants when playing goalkeeper for our O-30 team.
GaryParrishCBS: 9:08 PM UK-Cornell got all the hype, but KSU and Xavier are the ones providing a great game. Wildcats up 44-43 with 13:34 left.
ESPNAndyKatz: 9:09 PM In an tournament full of upsets we might actually get a chalk Elite Eight in Syracuse with Kentucky vs. West Virginia in a 1 vs. 2 matchup.
MattZemek_CFN: 9:09 PM @brendanloy: Butler’s a great story, no doubt, but I’m worried that KY or Duke will now have an advantage in the title game. #thinkingahead
brendanloy: 9:10 PM @ESPNAndyKatz And the winner may become the national title favorite.
midmajority: 9:10 PM RT @JohnGasaway Unofficially, in the first half Cornell scored 0.52 points per possession.
Randletr: 9:11 PM @brendanloy loyette loves cause of you…same reason my 6 y/o loves Hobbes, Locke and Paine. (I give because I love!)
brendanloy: 9:11 PM @MattZemek_CFN Xavier winning won’t fix that, though.
tsnmike: 9:12 PM What we learned from West Virginia’s win over Washington. (Huggs gets to stick around for the weekend): bit.ly
brendanloy: 9:12 PM @MattZemek_CFN I’d love to see Butler-UNI in one semifinal and Duke-UK in the other. Would guarantee a David vs. Goliath final.
SethDavisHoops: 9:12 PM Kentucky went on a 6-0 run during halftime.
brendanloy: 9:13 PM Earlier, Loyette pointed to a picture of a sea lion and a monkey and asked, “What’s that?” Then she pointed to Bob Huggins on TV and said, “What’s that?” True story.
ballinisahabit: 9:15 PM Wow taking a charge against Cousins takes some stones
GaryParrishCBS: 9:15 PM Yes. That’s why I picked UK to win the title. Because I hate UK. Hate. Hate. Hate. RT @brandoburn: @garyparrishcbs u really hate UK don’t u
tsnmike: 9:15 PM Eric Blesoe just pulled himself out of the game, holding his side.
TheBigLead: 9:15 PM CBS pulls the plug on that Cornell-UK bloodbath. thankfully. Too bad KSTate-X will be a parade to the FT line in the final 9 mins
MattZemek_CFN: 9:19 PM @brendanloy: Yeah – Syracuse was the only # 1 seed I wanted to advance. #IMEVILSOMETIMES #WOULDBEGUILTYINACOURTOFMIDMAJORITYLAW
TheBigLead: 9:21 PM In the East? Sure. LeBron + Cornell could win 15-20. RT @TupeloSports This Kentucky team + Lebron could make NBA playoffs?
brendanloy: 9:22 PM Well, at least Gus Johnson got both of tonight’s good games.
CBSSportsGang: 9:25 PM 84 percent of the country on Gus Johnson!
rushthecourt: 9:25 PM SLC: KState regaining control here. Prob deserving but BU-XU would be much more fun.
brando_minich: 9:25 PM @brendanloy What’s sad is each time I sit down to watch a shooting team I’ve heard about (fav. style of play), they meet their match. #fb
midmajority: 9:26 PM #omgdunX
JohnGasaway: 9:27 PM I’d criticize Denis Clemente’s shot-selection but there’s been no selection. Just shots.
brendanloy: 9:27 PM Good news: my “upset bracket” in my office pool has Butler in the Elite Eight & is now in 2nd place. Bad news: also has Cornell. Down 36-21.
aglock: 9:27 PM Kentucky has 4 pts in 7:19 this half and Cornell has shaved 1 pt off the lead
brendanloy: 9:28 PM RT @abcpentagon: Gen. Petraeus told reporters in New Hampshire last night that he will never run for public office.
rushthecourt: 9:29 PM The Sharpie never lies. Hasn’t been burned this tournament, has it? Don’t recall one. RT @GregAnthony50: Gotta believe in the Sharpie
DanWetzel: 9:31 PM Butler is the official host school of the Final Four. They might make it like a Christmas Invitational.
TheHoopsReport: 9:31 PM For those who aren’t familiar w/ Xavier’s Brad Redford, he’s probably the best pure shooter in the country. He and Wittman are right there.
jppalm: 9:32 PM which means they’re ineligible to play there. 🙂 RT @DanWetzel: Butler is the official host school of the Final Four.
aglock: 9:32 PM I can’t believe the selection committee set up a possible regular-season rematch in the West Elite EIght. Amateurs.
GaryParrishCBS: 9:32 PM Better turn it on KSU-Xavier. Gus Johnson is turning into Gus Johnson.
rushthecourt: 9:33 PM We got a “Ha-HAAAAAA!!” from Gus. The world makes sense again.
TheHoopsReport: 9:33 PM 3 rules when filling out a bracket every year: Michigan St and Xavier always go at least 1 game further than you think, Clemson loses 1st rd
TomJolly: 9:33 PM Ky. looks awesome. Astonishing how it can change , tho. See Syracuse. RT @jayfeely: Kentucky playing best basketball I’ve seen in tourn.
ESPNAndyKatz: 9:34 PM If it’s a Xavier-Butler rematch in Salt Lake City. Who is running the clock?
theupsetblog: 9:34 PM F Martin is really, really hard to root for. All the man does is denegrate his players.
JohnGasaway: 9:34 PM Very surprised to see KSU running so much of its offense late in a close Sweet 16 game through Curtis Kelly.
midmajority: 9:34 PM RT @stfhoops: (MA) As I witnessed at a La Salle-X this year with @midmajority, the Muskies can absolutely win this game at the line.
brando_minich: 9:34 PM @brendanloy Gus Johnson about to enter sentence fragment mode for the second time in one night! #fb
theupsetblog: 9:35 PM Gus is primed and ready! No one deserves it more after his first set of games.
aglock: 9:35 PM Yup, good pt. RT @jppalm: @aglock possible back-to-back rematches for X
SethDavisHoops: 9:35 PM Clemente is ridonkulous.
rushthecourt: 9:35 PM Not to us. RT @jrcopper: @rushthecourt are there any dumber posts than about a sharpie?
TheHoopsReport: 9:35 PM Are you serious? Denis Clemente w/ a clutch 4-pt play to give KSU the lead. Wow.
RealJayWilliams: 9:36 PM Dennis Clemente is putting on a show right now keeping his #K-State team in a tight game with #Xavier.
CBSSportsGang: 9:37 PM RT @david_schwab: @sethdavishoops & @greganthony50 making it fun to watch hoops & follow twitter at same time. Other analysts take notes.
GaryParrishCBS: 9:37 PM And filing a Duke column. My hands are full. RT @tyhale14: @garyparrishcbs on March Madness Central Right now but somehow still tweeting?
ESPNAndyKatz: 9:39 PM Cornell has the crowd back into the game down 10.
brendanloy: 9:39 PM Cornell on a 7-0 run. Within 10 with nine minutes left. As Andrew Sullivan would say, Know Hope. #midswin
ESPNAndyKatz: 9:39 PM It’s amazing the score is just 38-30 with 8:22 left.
TheHoopsReport: 9:40 PM Cuz Mormons get married at 2:30 on Sat. RT @ryan_fagan tip-off for saturday is 2:30, which brought boos from the crowd. not exactly sure why
SethDavisHoops: 9:40 PM Why is Kentucky so three happy?
ESPNAndyKatz: 9:40 PM Kentucky scored just six points in 12 minutes. Wow.
ESPNAndyKatz: 9:41 PM Everyone take a breath. It’s 40-30 Kentucky with 7:37 left.
TheHoopsReport: 9:41 PM Cornell never reminded me of Davidson before, but they do now the way they’re grinding this game out.
midmajority: 9:41 PM RT @Nyghtewynd: C’mon Xavier! I want to see Xavier/Butler in the BIGGEST HATEFEST OF ALL TIME! 😀 @midmajority #omgriots
SethDavisHoops: 9:41 PM Shocking stat of the night: K State has only taken 10 free throws. Spectacular defense by Xavier tonight.
TheHoopsReport: 9:42 PM Chris Wroblewski is reminding me of Jason Richards in the 2nd half.
brendanloy: 9:42 PM Torn about X-KSU. Want X to win for @midmajority and #midswin. But Butler F4 more dramatic if they slay Goliath, not another David, in E8.
TheHoopsReport: 9:42 PM Dante Jackson = “Onions”
aglock: 9:42 PM Hey, good for Cornell not to roll over. Long way to go to get close, though
TheHoopsReport: 9:43 PM Jordan Crawford = Grilled ONIONS
brendanloy: 9:43 PM “Crawford! Again! OOOH!!!!” Gus Johnson in his element!! Xavier by 1 with 2 mins left. Screw it; Go X! #midswin @midmajority
TheBigLead: 9:43 PM well, no shot at a Kansas State cover in regulation, i’ll have to pray for overtime. love the 5-for-10 from the line, Wildcats
aglock: 9:43 PM Think Cornell would have signed for UK shooting 44%, 2-15 from 3 and only +3 on the glass? Yeah, me too. Big Red need a couple of Js
brendanloy: 9:45 PM 32 1/2 minutes into the game, Cornell has only scored 30 points. Kentucky has only scored 40. Crazy.
TheHoopsReport: 9:45 PM Terrell Holloway should have been T-ed up for that. You can’t do that. He grabbed Curtis Kelly for a good 5 sec at the FT line.
brendanloy: 9:45 PM When Gus Johnson says “Here we go, folks!” … IT’S ON.
CBSSportsGang: 9:45 PM Tie Game…less than two minutes…and Gus Johnson
DanWetzel: 9:46 PM Entering game UK averaging 95 ppg in tourney. Cornell 82.5 ppg. It’s 40-30 with 6:28 left.
aglock: 9:46 PM Right now, yes. UK has 8 pts this half. RT @BBaranowski: @aglock Would Cornell be crazy to go to hack-a-Cousins at some point?
brendanloy: 9:46 PM Big misses on both ends. Gus Johnson head a-splosion DENIED. (For the moment.)
midmajority: 9:46 PM Xavier: Blue Blob, big balls.
greggdoyelcbs: 9:46 PM Damn Twitter JUST let me back on. Jordan Crawford is a friggin stud. This just in
TomJolly: 9:46 PM Is there a Gus Johnson ringtone?
greggdoyelcbs: 9:47 PM Mariotti nowhere to be found. All game. If he writes on this game, print it out and wipe your, um, face w/ it
brendanloy: 9:47 PM Every time I look away from Kentucky-Cornell on MMOD, then look back a little while later… the score is the same.
midmajority: 9:47 PM I believe! Has UK scored this half? RT @VCUPav @midmajority, Cornell can do it!
TheBigLead: 9:47 PM RT @CRM_alumnigonzo: FYI @CBS6Albany is STILL on the Cornell-Kentucky game. I’m not joking. 1:53 to go in a tie game.
TheHoopsReport: 9:48 PM Tied w/ 47 sec left. Who do you want in this situation, Frank Martin or Chris Mack? I’ll take Mack cuz he learned from Sean Miller.
JohnGasaway: 9:48 PM I suggest someone with a beard take this shot, Coach Martin.
brendanloy: 9:48 PM @ESPNAndyKatz Amazing it’s just 40-30 two minutes after you posted that it was amazing it was just 38-30.
brendanloy: 9:48 PM GUS! JOHNSON!
midmajority: 9:49 PM gulp
TheHoopsReport: 9:49 PM Well that Jacob Pullen shot had nothing to do with coaching. That’s just a great shot.
goodmanonfox: 9:49 PM Louis Dale cuts it to 6 with 5:30 left in game. Cornell not dead just yet.
brendanloy: 9:49 PM Xavier pulls with 1 with 12.1 seconds left, K-State ball. C’mon X! Make Gus Johnson’s head asplode! #midswin #gusjohnsonheadasplode
brendanloy: 9:50 PM CORNELL WITHIN 6!!! with 5:51 left. #believe #midswin #holycrap
TheHoopsReport: 9:50 PM Not even close to over yet at the Carrier Dome. Here come the Big Red. Down 6.
TheBigLead: 9:51 PM gus johnson wants overtime. i know he does. so does xavier. overtime? please?
DanWetzel: 9:51 PM Kentucky now with 10 points in second half. 42-34 lead on Cornell 4:32. Bizarre game.
brendanloy: 9:51 PM RT @TheBigLead: gus johnson wants overtime. i know he does. so does xavier. overtime? please?
midmajority: 9:51 PM Never give up hope! RT @jscottfitzwater 13-2 Big Red run.
greggdoyelcbs: 9:51 PM Xavier about to be down 3, and its best 3 — redfrod — on bench
TheBigLead: 9:51 PM RT @CRM_alumnigonzo: If I told you my local affiliate @CBS6Albany was still on the Kentucky game, you wouldn’t believe me, would you? I …
brendanloy: 9:52 PM K-State by 3 with 9.7 seconds left, Xavier ball.
greggdoyelcbs: 9:52 PM Here comes Redford now …
brendanloy: 9:52 PM C’mon X, give us One Shining Gus Johnson Head-Asploding Moment!!!
TheBigLead: 9:52 PM also, i’ll take an xavier miss and 2 Kansas State MADE free throws. oh, i would love that. go Wildcats!
TheBigLead: 9:53 PM RT @Michael_Necci: @TheBigLead i just want CBS to switch the game over to KState #CBSFAIL
brendanloy: 9:53 PM Kentucky on 4-0 run since my last Cornell tweet; up 10. Cornell is doomed. #reversejinx
GaryParrishCBS: 9:53 PM Holy God. They fouled this dude.
brendanloy: 9:53 PM “OOOOHHH!!! HE’S FOULED!!!! AND HE’S GONNA SHOOT 3!!!!!”
TheBigLead: 9:54 PM i told you kansas state was stupid. this kind of crap has been happening all game. typical KSU stupidity. oh well, make all 3, lets go to OT
aglock: 9:54 PM Oh my goodness.
brendanloy: 9:54 PM 3 free throws with 5.0 seconds left, needs them all to tie.
brendanloy: 9:54 PM Got the first.
brendanloy: 9:54 PM Got the second.
brendanloy: 9:54 PM Timeout to ice the shooter.
rushthecourt: 9:55 PM Now THAT is funny. RT @BeyndArcMMiller: Why is Chris Kattan on the Cornell cheerleading squad?
JohnGasaway: 9:55 PM Coaches now have indisputable visual evidence for what can go wrong when you foul up three. Amazing.
brendanloy: 9:56 PM Hit the third! Tie game! K-State ball
brendanloy: 9:56 PM OVERTIME!!!
DanWetzel: 9:56 PM Even as UK-Cornell got close (6), it never felt Cornell could win. They have just 34 points. Had they shut out UK in 2nd, still be down 4
goodmanonfox: 9:56 PM Xavier with an assistant from K-State’s Chris Merriweather to go to OT.
brendanloy: 9:56 PM In a weird turn of events, K-State coach is upset because of a crucial FAILURE by the official to call a foul against his team.
greggdoyelcbs: 9:57 PM Onions by Holloway. Three FT with 5 seconds left? Darius Washington has no idea what that’s like
tsnmike: 9:57 PM So now we have Jeff Foote playing the role of Chas McFarland. How is that not intentional?
GaryParrishCBS: 9:57 PM Darius Washington can’t believe he just made those free throws.
theupsetblog: 9:57 PM Len Elmore is Grade A D to the Bag RT @albolte: I’m not sure it’s possible for the CBS color man to be any more in the bag for K-State. Ugh.
brendanloy: 9:57 PM (K-State actually fouled X before the shot, it wasn’t called, then they fouled again on the 3-point shot, which was called.)
rushthecourt: 9:57 PM If Cousins would have done what Foote just did, he would have been kicked out of the game.
TheBigLead: 9:58 PM refs missing calls everywhere – end of KSU game … Foote just tackled Cousins (takedown) and no intentional foul called. Bilas angry
TheBigLead: 9:58 PM “that’s a horrible call. that’s impossible to miss.” – Jay Bilas on Foote tackle of Cousins. Nice of DeMarcus not to flip out
TomJolly: 9:58 PM Thanks! RT @LewisHowes: happy bday to @tomjolly !!!!!!
brendanloy: 9:59 PM RT @faxpaladin: It’s not often that you see a coach livid because his player DIDN’T get called for a foul…
jppalm: 9:59 PM We’re getting KSU-X at my place. How much time left in the first half for UK-Cornell?
brendanloy: 9:59 PM Meanwhile, in the Cornell game, a Big Red player tackled UK’s Cousins and somehow wasn’t called for an intentional foul. Jay Bilas pissed.
rushthecourt: 9:59 PM Not saying that, but come on. RT @blackburnreview: @rushthecourt Yup, its a conspiracy
brendanloy: 9:59 PM Kentucky by 10 with 2:47 left. Does Cornell have one final run in ’em?
midmajority: 10:00 PM I don’t know which is more shocking: K-State’s stupidity on that critical play or the mid-happy officiating. OT in Utah. Down is up.
SethDavisHoops: 10:00 PM Mystified how that foul on Cousins wasn’t intentional. Wasn’t even close.
greggdoyelcbs: 10:00 PM Curtis Kelly to the line is X’s best defense
brendanloy: 10:00 PM 49-37 UK, 2:37 left. #gameover #reversejinx #noreallyitsprobablyover
greggdoyelcbs: 10:00 PM Well, it was …
SethDavisHoops: 10:01 PM Kentucky re-asserted control by abandoning the jump shots and punching it inside. Should never have gone away from that.
aglock: 10:01 PM Now maybe it’s hack-a-cousins time. cornell needs as many poss as possible now.
JohnGasaway: 10:01 PM Kansas State’s defense at the rim in this game has been phenomenal.
theupsetblog: 10:02 PM Can I mute Len Elmore? Gus is all I want to hear right now.
brendanloy: 10:03 PM K-State up 78-74 with 2:46 left in OT. Kentucky up 51-39 with 2:14 left. #midslose?
midmajority: 10:04 PM The visual symbol for Xavier’s play in this game is a 20-lb. pair of blue and silver TruckNutz.
DanWetzel: 10:04 PM 1:56 left some Cornell fans leaving. Yes, victory is unlikely. But when is the next time you even have a chance in the S16?
brendanloy: 10:04 PM Cornell within 10, needs some turnovers. Xavier within 1.
TheBigLead: 10:04 PM Xavier, i swear, seems to make every necessary three. a cover here is going to be impossible. Pullen been a matador since his 3rd foul
brendanloy: 10:05 PM For a second, I was really excited that some key Kentucky player had fouled out. Then I remembered the K-State game is the one on my TV.
brendanloy: 10:06 PM Cornell has the possession arrow. Okay, steal, hit a 3, jump ball, hit a 3, and it’s a 4-point game. #believe
brendanloy: 10:06 PM (To be clear, those things haven’t happened, I’m just saying it would be awesome if they did.)
TheBigLead: 10:06 PM you know what’s shocking? Cornell could STILL cover 8.5 despite that disaster of a 1st half. KState? No shot. none. X shoots FTs too well
JohnGasaway: 10:06 PM Xavier hasn’t had a stop yet in OT.
greggdoyelcbs: 10:07 PM Hey, it was a foul. Dude from Xavier breathed on the KSU center. Legit call
DanWetzel: 10:07 PM In December, Cousins would’ve slugged someone by now. He’s getting hacked. This qualifies as progress
brendanloy: 10:07 PM Why did the one Cornell player pass up that 3? #notfarokhmanesh
brendanloy: 10:08 PM XAVIER WITH ANOTHER CLUTCH 3!! Tied!! 43 second left!!!
greggdoyelcbs: 10:08 PM Holloway is English for Farokhmanesh … which is Persian for ONIONS!
TheHoopsReport: 10:09 PM Terrell Holloway is hitting some ridiculous shots, carrying Xavier. But that last shot was not a smart shot.
brendanloy: 10:09 PM K-State 86, Xavier 84 with 18.1 seconds left. Maybe shouldn’t have tried that one 3. #tryingtoohardtobefarokhmanesh #sillysecondguessing
brendanloy: 10:10 PM K-State with 2 free throws … missed the first … one possession game. Another Gus Johnson Moment???
rushthecourt: 10:10 PM Against Louisville, shoulda been. Any other infractions? RT @UofLCardGame Cousins would have deserved it but hasn’t been kicked all year.
midmajority: 10:10 PM Whatever happens in these last seconds, I’ve so enjoyed watching X this year. I know most of the fans don’t like TMM, but I love this team.
brendanloy: 10:10 PM 3-point game, 18 seconds left. Guessing K-state won’t foul
brendanloy: 10:10 PM OOOOOOOHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheHoopsReport: 10:10 PM OMG, Are you frickin kidding me?
TheBigLead: 10:10 PM what???? he made that shit
brendanloy: 10:10 PM GUS JOHNSON’S HEAD JUST ASPLODED
GaryParrishCBS: 10:10 PM Epic!
aglock: 10:11 PM This KState-Xavier game is insane.
TheBigLead: 10:11 PM oh my gosh, that was like a 28 footer from crawford! gus johnson awesome!
TheHoopsReport: 10:11 PM This is the best tourney game I’ve seen in a long time. Unbelievable.
JohnGasaway: 10:11 PM If you’re watching Cornell-Kentucky, you’re insane.
goodmanonfox: 10:11 PM Unreal shot by Jordan Crawford. I think I can hear Gus Johnson from here in Syracuse.
greggdoyelcbs: 10:11 PM Xavier is Franciscan monkspeak for gonads
brendanloy: 10:11 PM To review, Xavier hit a 8,000-foot 3 to tie it, then K-State missed a makeable buzzer shot, and we’re going to double overtime
midmajority: 10:11 PM HOLY SHIT
jppalm: 10:11 PM You have got to be kidding me!
GaryParrishCBS: 10:11 PM We have officially reached yell-at-your-tv time. What a game.
RealJayWilliams: 10:11 PM This is the best game in the tournament so far. Big shots for both #Xavier and #KansasSt.
ballinisahabit: 10:12 PM RT @Peter_R_Casey: Alright, who’s messing around at Buffalo Wild Wings?
brendanloy: 10:12 PM Cornell still has a chance to be the first #12 seed since 1999, and just the second since 1993, to lose by only single digits to a #1 seed.
GaryParrishCBS: 10:12 PM How’s the spelling bee going, by the way?
brendanloy: 10:12 PM Admittedly, this is probably not what they had in mind. Anyway it’s 56-45 UK with 59.9 seconds left.
rushthecourt: 10:12 PM IT WORKED. TWICE. RT @BigBlueCatsJQ: At the Buffalo Wild wings and we called in the ‘Send it into overtime’ for the Kansas State game.
jppalm: 10:12 PM oh, good. that’s what I’m doing in a house full of sleeping kids RT @GaryParrishCBS: We have officially reached yell-at-your-tv time.
CBSSportsGang: 10:12 PM Double OT, Gus Johnson….what more can you ask for in NCAA Tourament Game!
ballinisahabit: 10:12 PM Best game of the tournament thus far. Crawford may be this year’s tourney MVP right now
ESPNAndyKatz: 10:13 PM Cornell fans giving a rousing applause to Louis Dale. This is over. Kentucky-West Virginia Saturday night. John Wall with the oop!
brendanloy: 10:13 PM Kentucky takes a 15-point lead with an #omgdunx… sigh. Great season, Cornell.
midmajority: 10:13 PM RT @ManagerCoolDan: @midmajority where is the X in monsterballs?
JohnGasaway: 10:13 PM Xavier was down 3 in final seconds of regulation. They let K-State score on *every* OT possession. Still here.
JD: 10:14 PM Gus Johnson isn’t going to have a voice tomorrow.
brendanloy: 10:14 PM Now K-State with the #omgdunx! Up 91-89
rushthecourt: 10:15 PM It needs to be said, no matter your allegiance: THANKS, Cornell. You gave us a lot of enjoyment this season.
brendanloy: 10:15 PM @MelissaTweets The key point is that Gus Johnson is calling the game. His head has asploded several times already.
brendanloy: 10:15 PM Kentucky 62, Cornell 45, final. 🙁
brendanloy: 10:15 PM 91-91, 2:52 left
theupsetblog: 10:15 PM Did the same thing! RT @sbnation: Rewound that shot on TiVo. Gus Johnson: “Crawford’s gotta hurrrrrrrrry…ahhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHH. HE TIED IT!
ESPNAndyKatz: 10:16 PM Tipoff at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Carrier Dome. Kentucky vs. West Virginia 1 vs. 2 in the East.
brendanloy: 10:16 PM RT @midmajority: HOLY SHIT
TheHoopsReport: 10:16 PM I’ll admit I haven’t believed in Kentucky all year long. But after that performance tonight, I am officially believing in UK for the title.
brendanloy: 10:16 PM RT @greggdoyelcbs: Holloway is English for Farokhmanesh … which is Persian for ONIONS!
greggdoyelcbs: 10:16 PM Normally I want to go home eventually but … could this game keep going, please?
JD: 10:16 PM I am really, really, glad I got a TV tuner for my computer. I can rewind the end of this game.
brendanloy: 10:16 PM RT @sbnation: Rewound that shot on TiVo. Gus Johnson: “Crawford’s gotta hurrrrrrrrry…ahhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHH. HE TIED IT!” (via @theupsetblog)
greggdoyelcbs: 10:17 PM hahahaha mariotti hasn’t seen a SECOND of it. not courtside anyway.
brendanloy: 10:17 PM RT @rushthecourt: It needs to be said, no matter your allegiance: THANKS, Cornell. You gave us a lot of enjoyment this season.
SethDavisHoops: 10:17 PM Thanks for remembering! RT @NorthstarBball: @SethDavisHoops called UK by 17. Spot on. Lol
MelissaTweets: 10:17 PM @brendanloy It makes me happy to see you happy! 🙂
greggdoyelcbs: 10:17 PM Congrats to Kentucky. beating Cornell by 17 is like beating most teams by 25
brendanloy: 10:18 PM What about Syracuse-UConn 6 OTs? RT @stfhoops Whatever happens, this is the best college hoops game since the 2008 Championship game.
TheBigLead: 10:18 PM scrolling back and looking at the twitter world after that Crawford 30-footer at the end of the 1st OT … awesome
midmajority: 10:19 PM Ivy champions, Sweet 16. RT @bbstate Kentucky 62, Cornell 45 – bbstate.com
ballinisahabit: 10:19 PM Someone give Elmore a note that says Kelly took a shot to the nuts. not the hand.
brendanloy: 10:20 PM @MelissaTweets Unless the cause is political, eh? 🙂 #iblameobama
aglock: 10:20 PM I agree wholeheartedly with Elmore there. You have to call something
brendanloy: 10:20 PM Xavier 93-91, 1:20 left
brendanloy: 10:21 PM “Turns… fires… GOT IT!” 94-93 K-State, 1:05 left. … First team to 130 in septuple overtime wins?
greggdoyelcbs: 10:21 PM Game of the tournament, right here and now. Let’s all appreciate what we’re seeing.
TheHoopsReport: 10:21 PM I’m not even surprised anymore by all of these incredible shots in this game. There’s been so many, I expect it.
ballinisahabit: 10:21 PM Amen RT @Kosi55: This is why i don’t need sleep 😀
brendanloy: 10:21 PM RT @TheHoopsReport: I’m not even surprised anymore by all of these incredible shots in this game. There’s been so many, I expect it.
brendanloy: 10:22 PM And his own, no doubt. RT @kramtsew Gus Johnson has my blood pressure up.
ballinisahabit: 10:23 PM Lets all take a moment to thank the basketball gods for giving Gus Johnson this game…
midmajority: 10:23 PM This will never get old, ever. RT @fnl4 twitvid.com – Crawford from 2 Miles Away in Overtime #midmajority #Xavier
brendanloy: 10:23 PM Gus Johnson’s cardiologist would like to request that this game NOT go to triple overtime.
greggdoyelcbs: 10:24 PM Curtis Kelly has played 39 minutes, with 20-10-4-4 block .. and that was his FIRST foul. huh?
brendanloy: 10:24 PM X *needs* to win, so this highlight isn’t bittersweet. RT @midmajority
This will never get old, ever. RT @fnl4 twitvid.com
aglock: 10:24 PM I’m waiting for a “Love changes everything” Andrew Lloyd Webber reference from Gus…
brendanloy: 10:25 PM Here we go again! X ball, down by 3, closing seconds! … But this time K-State fouled & he’ll shoot 2 (not 3). Though a bit early for that.
brendanloy: 10:25 PM 25.1 seconds left, 97-96 K-State
brando_minich: 10:25 PM @brendanloy HE’S IN SHAPE!
brendanloy: 10:26 PM
theupsetblog: 10:26 PM Why is that implemented in the college game? Strange. RT @MattZemek_CFN: KSU 2 for 1 if the Cats are smart…………
ballinisahabit: 10:27 PM RT @greggdoyelcbs: Curtis Kelly has played 39 minutes, with 20-10-4-4 block .. and that was his FIRST foul. huh?
ballinisahabit: 10:28 PM I’m sorry to all you K-State fans, but Jason Love’s beard >> Jacob Pullen’s beard
greggdoyelcbs: 10:28 PM Another 3-point KSU lead, last shot for X. Seen this before. Wouldn’t mind seeing it again
brendanloy: 10:28 PM RT @stfhoops #Gus Johnson trending – it’s about time.
midmajority: 10:28 PM That isn’t a waxing gibbous in the sky tonight, that’s a side-view of the Musketeers’ galactic monstrballs.
brendanloy: 10:28 PM 24.3 seconds left, Xavier ball, down by 3. Here we go again…
brendanloy: 10:29 PM But this time, the 3 is short. 🙁
Randletr: 10:29 PM @brendanloy nope that’s it.
TheHoopsReport: 10:29 PM Why do you think Corn had a bad night/Wittman couldn’t get shots? Maybe UK’s D/athleticism/size? RT @beckerjerry More of bad night for Corn
brendanloy: 10:29 PM K-State up 3 with 11.6 seconds left, going to the line for 2 free throws.
JD: 10:29 PM We need a “Things we want Gus Johnson to call” discussion.
brendanloy: 10:30 PM Now a 2-possession (4-point) game, one free-throw left. #midslose? sigh. Now that shot will become a bittersweet highlight
tsnmike: 10:31 PM Duke 104, Kentucky 103. Nobody else remembers that one?
MelissaTweets: 10:31 PM @brendanloy Your political joy will turn to sorrow. #socialistboy
SethDavisHoops: 10:31 PM What a night–and it’s not over! Click over to CBS College Sports when it’s over for hourlong March Madness highlights show. (Or TiVo it?)
brendanloy: 10:31 PM 100-96 K-State with 11.6 left
theupsetblog: 10:31 PM Nobody but Crawford, Holloway, or that one whitey should have taken that shot for X. Too bad.
brendanloy: 10:32 PM RT @GregAnthony50: Gus Johnson is the top Trend world wide….My man!!!
SethDavisHoops: 10:32 PM CBS researcher Wayne Fidelman says 4 OT in ’56 RT @SabrinaS17: @SethDavisHoops what the most overtimes a tournament game went to?
SethDavisHoops: 10:32 PM Canisius beat N.C. State, 4OT in ’56.
midmajority: 10:32 PM I know there’s a lot of anti-X resentment among the TMM readership… but they have to have gained your respect tonight.
greggdoyelcbs: 10:32 PM That’s all folks. Loved it.
TheBigLead: 10:32 PM yes! best cover ever! thank you for missing that three! amazing! woo-hoo!
midmajority: 10:33 PM I have nothing after that.
brendanloy: 10:33 PM It’s over. 101-96, final. K-State vs. Butler for a trip to Indianapolis. Xavier falls one clutch shot short. What a game.
brendanloy: 10:33 PM Best. Tournament. Ever.
SethDavisHoops: 10:33 PM Phenomenal game. Beautiful effort by the kids from Xavier.
SethDavisHoops: 10:33 PM Per Wayne Fidelman…West Va is 11-0 in neutral court games this season.
TheBigLead: 10:36 PM want to see Gus Johnson scream his head off at the end of overtime on the Crawford prayer? is.gd Gus Johnson at his best
rushthecourt: 10:37 PM I am standing in my domicile clapping. Another great night. Friday bunch, you got a LOT to live up to. See you then!!
brendanloy: 10:37 PM Zak, Greggs tied for LRT pool lead after half of Sweet 16: bit.ly 30 still alive: bit.ly ff.im
TheBigLead: 10:38 PM agreed. def in the top 5 RT @WojYahooNBA Outside of duke-kentucky, it’s up there with any ncaa tournament game in last 20 years.
brendanloy: 10:38 PM RT @polarscribe: Two down, one in. Go Butler, Saint Mary’s and Northern Iowa.
TheHoopsReport: 10:38 PM And Duke and Kentucky are both 12-0. RT @SethDavisHoops Per Wayne Fidelman…West Va is 11-0 in neutral court games this season.
TheBigLead: 10:40 PM RT @DanWolken: True RT @JoshGershon: Man Xavier has lost some absolute heartbreaker games in the tournament. Ohio State, Pittsburgh and …
brendanloy: 10:41 PM RT @jonahkeri: Thanks for a wild game, Twitter. You’re the new sports bar for old dudes with babies and book deadlines.
RealJayWilliams: 10:41 PM Great effort on behalf of both teams. #Xavier should keep their heads up high as they played their hearts out.
TheBigLead: 10:41 PM final tweet of the night: Gus Johnson, screaming in overtime: is.gd thank you Kansas State!
brando_minich: 10:42 PM @brendanloy There must be some mistake. My odds of winning the pool have increased somehow. This just can’t be true. 😉
brendanloy: 10:43 PM On the bright side, the Butler vs. Goliath storyline stays alive. Butler-Xavier would have been a little anticlimactic, with a guaranteed mid-major Final Four entrant, sort of like if neither Aaron Boone nor Scott Bartman had ever happened, and the Red Sox had played the Cubs in the ’04 World Series, with SOMEONE guaranteed to break their curse.
brando_minich: 10:46 PM @brendanloy I mean, how can I still be alive when we are halfway to the Elite Eight?!?
brendanloy: 10:47 PM All right, I’m signing off for now. Will resume live-tweeting when tomorrow’s games roll around. I’ll leave you with this…
brendanloy: 10:47 PM
Adding this to the comments since its getting lost in the tweets:
Basketball’s foul rules really turn me off to the sport. Oh look, you jumped in front of me, that means I get a foul! Oh look, you knocked me over, what? No foul?!?
Dude, F*CK CBS! Really, the last 12 seconds of Butler-Syracuse is all you want to show us?!?!?!? Not like, say, the last 3 minutes, when it truly was a tight game? Jeez, what crap!
2009-2010 Big East basketball regular season = 2009 Pac-10 football regular season; Big East performance in the NCAA tournament = Pac-10 performance in the bowl season. Discuss.
While most will be focused (rightly) on the Cornell/Kentucky game, there’s something interesting possibly about to happen in the West, well, interesting for those who subscribe to the “little guys making good” meme:
In the four years since George Mason became the ultimate pretender mid-major to reach the Final Four (pretender in the sense that their basketball program really isn’t worth a damn), here are the seeds of Butler (2007/2008/2009/2010):
5/7/9/5
and here’s Xavier:
9/3/4/6
If these two match up for the Final Four, and the game is reasonably entertaining, you could at least make the argument that would represent something of a beachhead for mid-majors joining the elite NCAA D1 party.
Maybe it’s just me, but it appears traveling is now legal if your Kansas State and you’re on the baseline. That’s twice now.
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