Twitter: I didn’t realize this: “Hurt Locker,” which beat box-office king “Avatar,” is the lowest-grossing Best Picture winner EVER. http://bit.ly/cGbQc6
FriendFeed: UConn women go for record-breaking 71st consecutive win tonight vs. #6-ranked Notre Dame
FriendFeed: You know those signs that tell you to watch out for falling rocks? Well…
Twitter: NYTimes: National Enquirer’s “barbarians at the gate” crash journalism’s snootiest party http://nyti.ms/9RwzPf
FriendFeed: It’s a Battle of the Mustaches (and monarchs) in CAA title game
Twitter: Some quality title-game action today: ODU-William & Mary (CAA), Gonzaga-St. Mary’s (WCC), Siena-Fairfield (MAAC), Appy State-Wofford (SoCon).
Twitter: How hopelessly nerdy am I? I’ve seen 4 movies that were nominated in any category last night: Avatar, Star Trek, Transformers & Harry Potter.
Twitter: Holy cow, @naterohnert and #6 Denver upset #3 MTSU in Sun Belt quarters Sunday: http://bit.ly/cpvrVG. Will play #2 North Texas in semis Monday. Two wins from Dance!
The latest bubble update from Mike Scullin’s NIT-ology is instructive, both for thinking about this year’s NCAA Tournament, and for thinking about how an expanded, 96-team field would change the nature of the discussions that we have at this time of year. With respect to the current state of the NCAA bubble, Scullin writes: I’m sure this is a common… Read more »
Congratulations to Jeff Freeze, a resident of Burns Harbor, Indiana, and a blog reader since 2005, who won the 6th annual Living Room Times Oscar Pool tonight — and set an all-time record in the process, with 74 out of a possible 80 points. Freeze got only six categories wrong, all worth one point apiece: Best Film Editing, Costume Design,… Read more »