College Basketball twenty-four 2.5 hour running diary

11:52 PM: Looks like I'm getting this thing started with the end of the MNF game. Quite a good game, back and forth in the 4th, long TDs, late FGs.

11:52 PM: And the first bit of action is Rian Lindell missing wide right.

11:54 PM: Game ova. Quinn gets his first win. Bills fall to 5-5. Colts are in line for a wild card. Woo.

12:00 AM: Here we go people. The only good team for about 12 hours, Memphis is playing UMass.

12:03 AM: Starting with Digger, Rece, Bob, Jay and Hubert Looks like Knight has lost some weight. I love that man. He needs to be in cream and crimson.

12:06 AM: Memphis had 38 wins last year? Damn. How in the world did they lose the Championship? Chokers. I write too little for timestamps. Oh well, started the format, can't stop.

12:08 AM: The marathon begins, or so says some announcer dude.

12:10 AM: WFT! The back of memphis' unis are a different color than the front. Ugh, it looks AWFUL. Nasty. And UMass scores first.

12:15 AM: The Memphis unis kind of look like dirty snow/clean snow. They really are just atrocious. Early on the umass zone seems to be working pretty well. They're up 9-4.

12:20 AM: Apparently the umass coach was an assisstant at memphis last year. Subplot woo! Lots of shots aren't falling and memphis is within 1 at 9-8.

12:25 AM: Lots of turnovers, this is sloppy slop. It's almost as if they haven't played any games yet this season. I hope this doesn't continue all day.

12:32 AM: Memphis finally takes the lead, 9 minutes in at 11-9. This is just terrible basketball. I need to find a site with real time stats. ESPN isn't showing turnovers. lame.

12:35 AM: And CBS in the winner. Both teams, 11 minutes in, have 7 turnovers. Just awful. Memphis is up 15-13.

12:38 AM: Both teams are hovering around 20% shooting. Have I mentioned how bad this game is yet? Memphis 17, Mass 16.

12:42 AM: Memphis is 0-8 from 3. But I refuse to belive it's because of the foot back the NCAA moved the line. And there they just hit one. Up 22-16.

12:49 AM: Really nothing interesting happening. Both teams are creeping up towards 30% shooting, but nothing of note. They take a break after an intentional foul with memphis up 27-21.

12:52 AM: The only bad thing about this new BCS deal is that it won't take effect until 2011. We have to listen to Joe Buck ruin even more games.

12:55 AM: They are a combined 4-23 from the 3-point line. Sheeeeeesh. Memphis up 33-25.

1 AM: Pete Newell died. Dude knew how to teach big men. On an equally somber note, this game is terrible. A combined 4-25 from 3. 14 turnovers and 26% shooting for UMass. 10 TOs and 31% shooting for Memphis. Has college bball always been this bad?

1:12 AM: I'm preparing meat and beer, I'll be back when I'm done feasting.

1:27 AM: While I'm still eating...the only reason UMass is still in this game is because memphis is forcing up bad shots and turning the ball over. Although mass is giving it back just as often.

1:42 AM: Calipari's daughters are pretty hot.

1:47 AM: UMass is way tired. Admirable effort, they were overmatched and they put up a decent fight for the first 3/4 of the game. Memphis is up 59-44 with 8 and a half left.

1:54 AM: This dude Gaffney for UMass is playing hard. 11 points, 16 rebounds, 5 blocks and 2 steals. He's playing the 5 for UMass and is at least 3 or 4 inches shorter than the guys he's up against.

2 AM: Some dude who ESPN says is the best recruit in the country is announcing what school he's going to at 8:45 this morning.

2:05 AM: All of the sudden Memphis is up 74-49. This got out of hand really quickly. The announcers keep saying Tyreke Evans is good. I guess he's alright, but this doesn't seem like competition that really tested him. He took lots of turrible shots and at least 8 of his points have been from uncontested fast breaks.

2:10 AM: I still can't get over the ridiculous unis that Memphis is wearing. I'm not sure I made a big enough deal of how absolutely ugly they are. Finally under two minutes to go. 78-55.

2:15 AM: Game is wrapping up. Gaffney is definitely my player of the game. He finished with 16 pts, 19 rebs, 7 blocks and 2 stls. I liked the way UMass defended memphis, even though it didn't exactly work out. They played off around the perimeter, trying to keep memphis from driving. A better team can really make that work. Memphis is still good, though. Final 80, 58.

2:18 AM: They're already underway in the Saint Mary's-Fresno State game. 16-11, SMU. Apparently some guy named Patti Wells is good for St. Mary's and I shoud watch him.

2:20 AM: I'm told his name is actually Patti Mills. Shows how much I know about him and the WCC.

2:24 AM: One of the guys on Saint Mary's is one of the traitors that transferred out of IU. I'm officially rooting for Fresno. Too bad they're gonna lose. St. Mary's gym only houses 5000. My high school had a bigger capacity than that. 22-16, St. Mary's.

2:30 AM: I'm already giving up. These games suck, and I'm le tired. I suck.

12:16 PM: Penn-Drexel game finished pretty crazily. Drexel with 2 free throws up by 2, only made one, Penn comes down the floor and gets fouled on a three. They miss the first, make the second, miss the third on purpose and get the rebound. Threw it back up and airballed it. Drexel wins. Women's basketball is next. Oofa.

12:24 PM: Some idiot female announcer just said "10 [seconds] on the shot clock, 10 [seconds] on the game clock." There were 9 minutes 55 seconds left in the half. I think it's Pam Ward. She is terriful.

12:35 PM: The Jayhawk fans sound like they are all 10 years old. And there's confirmation, apparently it's a field trip for some 3rd-5th graders. This might just get annoying.

12:47 PM: Screw women's basketball, I'm watching something else.