Twitter: If tourney had 96 teams, we’d be debating whether yesterday’s 82-50 loss to Duke pushed UNC (16-15, 5-11 ACC) to wrong side of the bubble.
FriendFeed: Oscar producers censor planned Tiger Woods jokes; deemed “too rude”
Twitter: RT @SethDavisHoops Three double digit seeds you do not want to play: Murray St, Cornell, UTEP.
Here’s how Joe Lunardi assesses the bubble as of now. He’s got 33 teams as “locks,” including Louisville — which closed out historic Freedom Hall in memorable fashion by beating #1 Syracuse today — and Northern Iowa. Lunardi’s “bubble” consists of 22 teams competing for 11 spots, which he lists, in order, thusly: IN (11, in S-Curve order): Marquette, Wake… Read more »
Twitter: Cornell, Winthrop, East Tennessee State and Murray State are the first four NCAA auto bids in 2010.
FriendFeed: Bars vs. Grocery Stores: Midwest FTW
Twitter: RT @midmajority ETSU repeats!!! Since they’ll most definitely be a 16 seed again, will they give a #1 a tough test like last year vs. Pitt?
Twitter: East Tennessee State, the #5 seed in the nation’s 25th-ranked conference (out of 31), is going dancing as the Atlantic Sun champ. w00t.
Twitter: RT @PeteThamelNYT: Well, we can call off the upset watch here in Albany. Siena now cruising 73-57 in a chippy game.
Twitter: Siena now up 59-52 with 8:04 left.