Live Blog: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Alright so we are back. I had a Rockstar and feel much better. I apologize to Rick Pitino and Talor Battle for spelling their names wrong, but we should be in for a fun night.

6:34 The Badgers are down one early (5-4), UConn came out firing 14-7, the Gators are already up twenty points, and the Fightin Jimmers are up 4 points.

6:37 Are we shocked that Brett hates Jimmer?  Sam Ryan is an absolute smokeshow by the way.



6:40 Dan's girlfriend asks Nate Dawg why he is dressed up? He goes 'Drug deal' and leaves. Classic line, kidding of course.

6:44 Who is the asshole that scheduled the Badgers, Kemba Walker, and Jimmer at the same time. Not winning whatsoever.  We are watching the Badgers because Gpa Dan loves them.

6:46 Grandpa Dan is wearing the Doug Christie jersey right now, if you don't know what I mean. Here's the video 

6:53 Badgers playing at their pace right now, they still look sluggish. Good to see Bo looks like a Grinch per usual.  

6:54 The Fightin' Mormons are off to a slow start, not surprising to me. What is surprising is UConn coming out so strong being up 14 with 5 minutes left.

6:55 I don't understand how the Badgers have got so sloppy in the last couple of weeks. They have been so good about not turning the ball over.

6:58 Eric nearly dropped his bear and save it like Matt Howard. A classic save

6:59 Good news Badgers fans, you are already half way to last game's total of 33. Also Tim Jarmusz shouldn't be allowed to shoot ever.  You hear me? Ever.

7:02 Doug Christie is in near snuggle right now, I don't know where to rate this on the unacceptable scale. His mancard will be questioned at a hearing at a later date.

7:04 Good news the Badgers are hitting their threes, bad news they left their defense in Dane County.

7:06 Deep ONIONS from Jimmer!   BYU up four at halftime.

7:08 So I looked who is leading the money bracket I am in, and the leader has Belmont/UCLA in the Elite Eight. I am okay sitting in four.

7:10 After Taylor hit his last three, I yelled Let's Go Bucky!  I will now run in traffic.

7:15 Hey the Badgers put up 34 in the first half!  Break out the champagne, go crazy folks! Go crazy folks!

7:19  Fant updates his Florida visit for us, and he is at the dog track with his dad. We have told him if he wins big, he needs to finance Sports News on Tap.

7:20 Three games are halftime, and the only one that is going on, its a 32 point thrashing. I feel really nice about my Florida to the Final Four. They have been the only one to blow out their opponent today.

7:27   We have been quoting the Ducks all day long, you needed a video.

7:28 We got baskeball on again with a little Kemba going on. I am very impressed with the Huskies, make me feel good about them to the Elite Eight.

7:35 The Fightin Jimmers are doing pretty well against Wofford.  I am putting myself on Jimmer Watch, he has 23 with 15 left to go.

7:38 The Badgers need a good first five to seven minutes to pull away from this one. If they let Belmont hang around, it could be a nailbiter.

7:41 Right now the Bison of Bucknell are in Badger range only having 27 points with 13 minutes to go. I think they will make it past 33.

7:43 Jordan Taylor with NBA range there. When he is making those late shot-clock picks, they are dangerously tough.

7:45 Fightin' Jimmers up by 9, Gators win by 28, and the Badgers are starting to pull away. It makes me feel good for everyone buying into the popular upset, hopefully they stomp on their throats.

7:51 Badgers are letting them hang around, c'mon Bucky. I need this to happen.  It would be real nice to go 4-0 to start off the night.

7:56 In case you were wondering what Onions came from, here it is from Ian Eagle:
    "And I turn to him, and I knew Raf’s Raf-to-English translation like the back of my hand. I was able to provide listeners with the track that they needed to follow along. But I had no idea what he was talking about. So I turn to him during the break and say, ‘Bill, Raf, I don’t get that, what is that? Onions? What, it was so good that you cried?’ He said, ‘Hey Bird (Raf’s nickname for Eagle) ... BIG BALLS.’ And that was it. That’s when ONIONS was born.”


7:57 Updates: Flroida has won, Bucknell is down 40, Bucky up 7, Jimmers up 7 as well. 


8:05 Always a good time for Badgers fans when Jard Berggren is nailing threes. I guessed Mike.  All buzzcuts look alike to me. 


8:07 Another three! Bucky is lighting it up. Up by 16 with 8 minutes left, Eric's highlighter cap is off for the Badgers.


8:10 The Dominos Chicken Box makes no sense whatsoever. What are you going to do send it in? 


8:11 Eric just did the Patrick Cox Tax Masters impression and nailed it the best he could. If you are unlike us, and do not watch daytime TV when this commercial on... here it is. 

8:17  From Pat Luce: The Southwest is butt ugly: i've had better farts were more promising than my picks in that region"


8:18 This is Eric taking over on the mic. Charlie is upstairs contributing to the peeling paint in the bathroom.


8:20 I had a rough start to the tourney this year (0-4 in the first session) but have since recovered nicely with 6 straight wins (soon to be 8 as BYU and WI close out their respective games).


8:23 Big Cat who is in need of a Tiger Snooze snaps at George Lopez, "I thought you need to be funny to have your own late night show."

8:25 The Cougars win and the Badgers are pulling away. Jimmer finishes with 32 5 8. Great performance by him and I am laughing at people who bought into the popular upset with Belmont.


8:28 TBS HD feed has been awful enough to switch to Standard Definition. Step your shit up TBS for tomorrow.

8:31 We have a huge nightcap involving games that could push to the top of the brackets. St. John's/Zaga, Mizzou/Cincinnati, Utah State/Kansas State, and Michigan State/UCLA. Eric and I only agree on one of the games, we might come to blows.

8:35 Grandpa Dan asked me if I knew about Booker T. Washington, and Eric goes 'Yeah he wrestled at WCW for awhile.' We are so screwed as a country.

8:42 UCLA is looking strong tough so far at 18-10 with ten left to go. UCLA also might lead D1 with most white guys with tattoos. None of the other games have yet to get under way.

8:47 Why did anyone pick Michigan State? I feel so stupid. Putting on my clownsuit right now. This is an embarrassment. 25-11 Bruins

8:49 Summers hits a three, we get a 'My God That's Durrell Summers' Music!" UCLA also has Baby Shaq on their team.


8:50 "If MSU doesn't start playing defense and rebounding the basketball I'm going to pop a cork." Eric


8:55 Sparty still down 13, Eric isn't angry, just frustrated. Brett has went into his room to look at Bree Olson videos, can't say I blame him.


8:57 Joshua Smith (#34) on UCLA is weighing in over 300 pounds, and I will say he is bigger than Devante Gardner. Derrick Nix is also pushing some pounds in this game.


9:01 Our commercial game is St. John and Gonzaga which has the Johnnies up by 1. It should be a fun one tonight, I think all of them could be close except for Sparty.


9:05 Eric did not appreciate three goggles from Honeycutt. He did a rant that is not blog appropriate.


9:06 If you would have told me Summers has 12 points, I would think we are up 15, another gem from Eric. I also agree with him.


9:07 Other scores... Zags up 3, Tigers/Nati tied, and Utah State/Kansas State just started.


9:09 Refs are letting a lot of things go right now in the MSU/UCLA game right now. The Bruins up 16, Sparty need a yeoman performance out of Kalin Lucas in the second half.

9:12 Eric isn't too pleased with Steve Lavin's choice of footwear. I see no problems with it personally, and yes we know he is doing it for a good cause.


9:14 Interesting thought from Darren Rovell of CNBC, '1 of 5 people had Belmont over Wisconsin in ESPN's Tournament Challenge.' Put on the clown suit now.


9:20 Wildcats have the early lead against the Aggies (13-10), I hope I am not like the Belmont folk. Gonzaga is up ten already though which makes me very happy.


9:23 Does Gene Keady have the best comb over of all time? I cannot think of anyone who rocks one better.


9:32 Alright we are headed over to the final part of the Live blog for the night. Get ready, hopefully we get a close one because tonight has been boring.