The 'Cuse

[IanCass]

That sound you just heard was the state of Kansas screaming.

Bucknell 64, Kansas 63!!!

I almost picked them for the Final Four...

[Jamie Howdeshell]

That sound you just heard was the state of Kansas screaming.

Bucknell 64, Kansas 63!!!

I almost picked them for the Final Four...

gulp. i did have them picked for the final four...

[Yano]

That sound you just heard was the state of Kansas screaming.

Bucknell 64, Kansas 63!!!

I almost picked them for the Final Four...

I hate Bill Self. This win, although it kills my picks, feels very good to me.

[IanCass]

I hate Bill Self. This win, although it kills my picks, feels very good to me.

Yano, you are my favorite type of sports fan.

[Yano]

I hate Bill Self. This win, although it kills my picks, feels very good to me.

Yano, you are my favorite type of sports fan.

What kind is that? The vindictive hate-you-because-you-screwed-my-college-team-by-leaving-them-for-Kansas type?

[bartleby]

I hate Bill Self. This win, although it kills my picks, feels very good to me.

Yano, you are my favorite type of sports fan.

What kind is that? The vindictive hate-you-because-you-screwed-my-college-team-by-leaving-them-for-Kansas type?

In all fairness, it's not like Illinois has really been all that screwed by losing Self.

[Yano]

I hate Bill Self. This win, although it kills my picks, feels very good to me.

Yano, you are my favorite type of sports fan.

What kind is that? The vindictive hate-you-because-you-screwed-my-college-team-by-leaving-them-for-Kansas type?

In all fairness, it's not like Illinois has really been all that screwed by losing Self.

You're very right there - it was a blessing in disguise. I always rub it in to my husband that he HATED Weber when he took Self's place as coach, and he turned the team around.

[IanCass]

What kind is that? The vindictive hate-you-because-you-screwed-my-college-team-by-leaving-them-for-Kansas type?

I LOVE vindictive, bitter sports fans who hold a grudge. Like when a player who left as a free agent, or a coach who left, returns and gets mercilessly booed or just receives constant venom from the spurned fans. Detroit Pistons fans, for instance, will always hate Allan Houston for leaving as a free agent - even though they won a championship last year. Or Michigan State (and Big 10) fans always hating Nick Saban. That makes sports fun.

[Marissa]

I had them going to the Final Four. Did anyone else fuck up that badly?

I had them in the Elite Eight. My husband had them in the Final Four.

But you gotta love Vermont and Taylor Coppenrath. It's a great story without this upset. They should have had a higher seed than 13 especially when Iowa was a 10 and Northern Iowa was an 11 and neither had any business being in the tournament. And if Vermont had been a higher seed then they wouldn't have had to play (and beat) Syracuse in the opening round and we'd all be happier people.

[King of Mars]

Fucking Vermont. Goddamn ganja smoking, tofu eating, necklace making, ski lift riding motherfuckers.