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National Championship Game Starts TOO DAMN LATE!
Okay I will admit that I didn't really care about last night's game anyway so it probably wouldn't have mattered but a 9:21 tip off? That is ridiculous.I understand that CBS wants their west coast viewers to be able to see the whole game but the gam...
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen Preview
Are you ready for the Sweet Sixteen? Well Verb and I give you our picks and preview the games for you right here on Jumping Offsides. The episode is 30 minutes long and has a preview of each game with picks by myself and Verb.Teasers:I pick 2 numbe...
Truly the Sweet 16!
Man was that an awesome weekend of college basketball! I'm sure we all have our top moment of the weekend whether it was the young kid from Gonzaga winning the game with less then a second or watching East Tennessee State compete with Pitt for most ...
Is Your Bracket Busted???
Did you wake up this morning and cry in your cheerios?? Or did you do your crying Friday night after Wake lost? It was an interesting weekend for the tourney as really the favorites all won for the most part. There were really only 2 teams that I t...
Tourney Tip Off is ALMOST HERE!!
Man I love this day. We are only 2 hrs from tip off in the NCAA Tournament and I can barely focus. Unfortunately I am at work today (off tomorrow though!!) and am trying to keep busy this morning or else I will just drive myself nuts.These next 4 da...
4 Regions in 4 Days!
Ok, it's the eve of the Thursday of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. Wow, that was a long way of saying it's the fourth day of 4 Regions in 4 Days. I know, I could've just said the tournament starts tomorrow and that hypes me up a lot but ...
NCAA Tourney Picks Podcast
Today Verb and I did our first podcast with one of us on the phone and it came out pretty good. In fact I doubt you would have noticed had I not told you.We wanted to tell you who we were picking for the tourney and since we weren't planning on anot...
How to Win the Cash in your NCAA Tournament Pool
I know most of us do at least one bracket pool this time of year. Maybe you do it for free, maybe you put a little cash on it. But you surely do it.The question is how have you done? If you win regularly then you can skip this post and instead che...
4 Regions in 4 Days!
So far I have previewed the Midwest and the West. Today I'm going to give you my preview of the East region that will play in Boston. The top seed is Pittsburgh. They are solid inside and outside on both the offensive and defensive ends of the floor...
How to Make the NCAA Tournament Better
Right after the brackets are announced and for the following 24 hours you will always hear about what teams should have gotten in and what teams shouldn't have. It is part of what makes the NCAA Tournament so great.But is it necessary?I have 2 compl...
4 Regions in 4 Days!
Yesterday I did the Midwest, now today I am going to do the West region.This is the region that has Connecticut as the top seed. There was some debate as to who should get the 4th number 1 seed and most people thought it was going to come down to Co...
Selection Sunday Podcast
This week on the Jumping Offsides podcast Verb and I discussed college basketball. And that is it. Was there anything else?*You can find the podcast on the right sidebar*Topics:The GM picks all 65 teams (outpicked Joe Lunardi)Discuss who has an arg...
4 Regions in 4 Days!
It's now Monday and that means we have 3 and a half days to wait until opening tip-off. I can't wait! It makes crazy looking at all the brackets for these 3 days and making my picks and analyzing every game in every region. I'm going to preview ea...
My 65 Teams that are in the Tournament
The GM gave you his 65 earlier today. I was fortunate enough to be able to watch Duke, Stephen F. Austin and Mississippi State win their respective conference tournaments before I was able to post mine. As of right now there is only one more automa...
65 Teams for Men's NCAA Tournament
For the past couple weeks Verb and I have been giving our 65 teams each week on the podcast. But today we are waiting until after the brackets are announced to do the podcast. So I wanted to let you all know who I think the 65 teams are gonna be.I ...
Why Thursday is the Worst Day of Championship Week
I just heard one of the talking heads on ESPN say, "today is Thursday of championship week, which is probably the best day of the week." I 100% disagree with this statement. I don't think there is one best day of this week to be honest. I love cha...
Top 5 Ways To Get Off Work To See March Madness
I am sure that there are a lot of you out there that want to be home for the opening days of the NCAA Tournament. I mean it is probably the best 2 day period for sports all year and if you are stuck at work for part of it that would suck.Hell if you...
Bubble Teams Decide to Play Their Way Out
It must be the hot new thing. I swear this year more then any other year that I can remember bubble teams are trying to play their way out of the tournament as opposed to in. I know this year's bubble is probably bigger then any other year so maybe...
What's Your Verb? - 3/9
I know this is usually sweet sixteen day here at Jumping Offsides but today I feel like I have something that trumps that. I know that selection Sunday is only 6 days away and well this is the perfect week for my final sweet sixteen but I will be gi...
