To watch the Final Four or not?
To add to that, it seems like UM seems to always run into a guy that shoots lights out against us: Donald Williams, Luke "40 year old virgin" Hancock, and now Aaron Harrison...
March 31st, 2014 at 12:42 AM ^
Nope. Boring teams.
March 31st, 2014 at 12:49 AM ^
To answer the OP's question. Yes I will watch but not with the screaming I did during our game.
Winning the Big Ten Championship means something. I want a Big Ten team to win the National Championship too.
On Wisconsin. Fuck the SEC.
March 31st, 2014 at 12:55 AM ^
I'll probably end up watching Wisconsin vs Kentucky, should be a good game. I'd prefer if Wisconsin won, but at this point, I don't care that much either way.
Yes, I'll watch. I'm not so butthurt that I'll refuse to watch college basketball's biggest stage.
That's it for me. I don't like any of these teams. When I look at a Final Four and decide Wisconsin is my hands-down favorite team of the bunch, that's pretty bad.
Could've been worse, I suppose. Sparty could've beaten UConn.
Napier is a beast. He is good at basketball and reminds me of Burke :)
That is the plain and honest fact of the matter. Sure, some fans will always complain no matter what or want every call to go their team's way even if it isn't the right call. Tennessee fans complaining about that call even though it was a textbook charge is an example of that.
In general though, many people like myself, would be satisfied if they actually showed the ability to call games in a consistent and objective manner, without being influenced in a significant way by things such as homecourt advantage, angry coaches,etc.
Basketball officials also tend to have larger impact on the ebb and flow of the game compared to other sports. When you combine that fact, with them doing a substandard job on a consistent basis, it is no suprise it results in pissed off fans.
I was sitting in seventh with six people in front of me choosing Sparty to win. All I needed was the boys to beat Kenfucky and I was assured first place and $1,000. I still have a chance for $100, but it would have been great to sit and watch Michigan play Wisky with a grand in my pocket.
Double indigestion...
No reason to watch the absolute joke of a game that basketball has become. When a 180 man using an elbow is deemed more harmful than a 225-250 pound man lowering the shoulder that's when it has crossed the line for me. Off to baseball.
March 31st, 2014 at 12:20 PM ^
I'd be perfectly fine with any of the other 3 winning. Plus I really hope the moron who got the "Kentucky 2014 National Champions" tattoo earlier this year is confirmed as a moron instead of a propher
Even in all those years when we didn't sniff the Tournament, I would watch simply because I enjoy college basketball and am a student of the game. Most years, this is perhaps the single most consistently entertaining exhibition in sports at any level and it can hold my interest whether or not we're in it, althought admittedly it is a bit more interesting when we are in it. Actually, it makes for much easier viewing if you don't have a dog in the fight, as it were, but all that being said, I wouldn't be upset if I had to miss a game for whatever reason at this point.
I can get on with my existence, breathe. Will probably peek in on the proceedings, but--maybe I'm getting old--I don't get real excited about other teams.
When is your execution? That we'll all watch.
Maybe you could do it right after "One Shining Moment"?
Of course I'll watch.
There are 64 teams no longer playing, so they should all pout and go home? The single elimination is what makes the NCAA Tournament so compelling. We were all part of that marvelous show.
Yes, we should watch. We deserve to watch.
Not a chance
I've already invested too much "tube time" in watching the tournament. I'll be traveling on Saturday anyway, so I won't have a chance --- nor will I care --- much about what the teams do. If the Badgers make it into the finals I'll probably watch, but a Florida/UConn - Kentucky matchup will not be all that attractive.
What else am I gonna watch?
Baseball?
I was hopeful about the refs after watching a number of games in the first two rounds. They all called the game pretty well. Now we get to the finals and they bring in the "best" and they are terrible.
March 31st, 2014 at 10:10 AM ^
Can't really stand any of the teams. Want all of them to lose. As that is impossible, I can only be disappointed at the outcome, so why bother? I do want KY to lose most of all; as someone else pointed out, they epitomize everything that is wrong with college basketball these days.
March 31st, 2014 at 10:25 AM ^
Depends on what I am doing saturday evening and monday, but I doubt I will watch very much if at all. Now that Michigan is out, I really don't care who wins, and if I am watching TV can probably find a few things more interesting.
March 31st, 2014 at 10:26 AM ^
Probably won't watch if only to give my wife and son a break from me raving at the television like a lunatic for the past couple of weeks.
That being said, UConn seems the least odious, to me, if I had to root for a team.
March 31st, 2014 at 10:59 AM ^
This is our last chance until fall to watch one of the big two college sports, and I love college sports. I'll watch what I can in that regard no matter what. I used to think that way, where if Michigan lost I lost interest, but then you're just extending your lack of enjoyment longer, IMO. All the emotion and great college basketball will bring me back next week. This tournament has been filled with really great games.
And I can't believe I'm saying it, but I'm pulling for Wiscy big time. I've seen more human qualities from Bo the past few weeks than I have the whole time he's been at Wiscy, and after their win over Arizona, when he spoke about his Dad, I almost started tearing up. So put me on the Badger bandwagon for this one.
March 31st, 2014 at 12:04 PM ^
When he lost it about his Dad, I started tearing up as well. Loved the tories about his Dad, and I hope he can win it. He probably won't because Kentucky MAN ball won't committ a foul. However I won't be watching. No more this year.
March 31st, 2014 at 11:30 AM ^
So tough to lose the way we did, but I'll watch. I really don't like any of the teams in it (although I have no real issues with Donovan or Kevin Ollie, both seem pretty cool). I despise Calipari and Ryan.
March 31st, 2014 at 12:42 PM ^
I might watch, but these aren't must-see games for me, so I could easily not tune in and wouldn't care. On Wisconsin, though.