Ten Things I Learned from The Tournament This Weekend, Edward Everett Horton Edition

1. The Big East Conference is overrated (maybe they were just overseeded?), or the Colonial Athletic Association has some really good teams in it (Correction from earlier post: the CAA is now 4-2 in the tournament.  I had forgotten that ODU is in the CAA, also.)

Best hair left in the tournament?

2. He Who Will Not Be Named is a really good basketball player (Someone needs to explain to me how he is not playing at Duke.), or no one should "Do The Jimmer" (That's not a clever innuendo, just a really bad song.)  TJ Fredette meet America.  America meet TJ Fredette.  (Hint: Don't hold your breath waiting for America to call you back, TJ.  She's a fickle, flirtatious lover.)

"Only my mom calls me 'Jimmer'.  Have you heard the song my brother wrote for me?"

3. The Bulldog Bulters are still underrated and also a really good basketball team, or you can't spell Pittsburgh without P.U.

4.  Just calling it the "Second Round" isn't sufficient to get Georgetown to show up for their first game, or the talented VCU men's basketball team (not to be confused with VDU or PCU) is our nation's best kept secret

Is this the last time anyone liked Jeremy Piven?

5.  Rick Pitino looks very sad when he loses, or the Morehead St. (snicker) head coach should be paid more

"No, no one in my family died.  I just lost a basketball game."

6.  Charles Barkley sitting next to Kenny Smith is the definition of a sight gag, or Saint Joseph's head coach, Phil Martelli, is a really good analyst on TV...which probably also means he's a really good basketball coach, too.  (Speaking of sight gags, Martelli does look an awful lot like the love child of Patrick Stewart and Sloth from The Goonies.)

"Sloth and Chunk...friends?  Warp speed.  Engage."

7.  I never want to tune in truTV ever again, or don't look the gift horse of having every game broadcast live on TV and the internet in the mouth

I weep for the future...

8.  Gus Johnson should be allowed to yell, "Finger Roll!" more often, or Jim Nance is the least colorful commentator in the game (CBS let him cover the Final Four, please.)

Gus likes yelling.

9.  Experience is an asset, or several young, highly touted, talented basketball teams wilted under pressure late in games

Interestingly, Reggie Miller is now an analyst with Turner Sports.

10.  Frank Martin is one scary mofo, or sometimes it's better to be feared than loved

(Niccolo Machiavelli) 

Dive into the previous posts (see the Blog Archives on the lower left) to catch up on the goings-on this past weekend.  More posting to come this week as we recover from our weekend hoops overdose.