Finally it is MARCH MADNESS!!!!!. FOR SCORES GO TO UPSET BRACKET Who will be the Number One team this year? Who will be the CINDERELLA team? Could this be the year a 16 seed upsets a number 1 seed? Who will be the most upset minded team? Could we see a one Conference final game. Maybe even a one Conference FINAL FOUR. Will SOMEONE Come Up with a PERFECT PICK SHEET? This year Warren Buffett is offering a $1,000,000,000 (that is one billion dollars) to whoever picks the perfect bracket.Below you will find a link to enter (at least I think it is). https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/ WOW! Lots of possibilities waiting for us. Maybe your favorite School Will WIN First we have to have our 68 teams. So Knowing you can’t account for the NCAA’s Committee, THEY have an altogether sometimes strange reasoning for their picks. One thing I really don’t like is this. The committee has decided to add 4 teams they would not have included in the original 64. They may take one of these teams to play into a 12 seed spot. They may have 2 of these teams play into the same SET OF 16. The way I see it they should have these teams play in by having them play the 16 seeds. That way you have one play in, in each block of 16. Views: 142
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The Final Four
APRIL 9, 2013 We have come to the conclusion of this year’s installment of MARCH MADNESS. The new Champion is LOUISVILLE! From what I could tell from the bits and pieces i was able wake up and catch it seemed to be a truly good competition. Michigan started out strong. Then Louisville made their charge. Nip and tuck til the end. The game could have gone anyway. But it was Michigan which found itself on the short end in the closing minutes. Which meant they were forced to foul to extend the game. As happens in this situation, more often than not, The team trying to catch up gets beat, and that is what happened here. Per my definition of being beat or losing. I see no loser here. I see a strong team that got BEAT. NO LOSERS. We should have also learned a valuable lesson. Kevin Ware, who proved during the season to be a star player for the Cardinals was unfortunately injured during tournament play, could only supply moral support to his team most of the tournament games. The players rallyed around his injury. But as good as Kevin Ware is, the team from Louisville proved they were not a one man team. Many teams would have been lost without a player of his caliber. But they showed that they could all, every player, be a key member to the team. When I was coaching I always told the boys ‘Be ready. We have no set starting team. It depends on the team we are playing, what skills are needed. Each player has a different set of skills”. As a player I preferred not to start. As this took pressure off me. (Everyone expects more out of starters than subs). I usually sat for the first minute. Then finished the game. Great tournament, many upsets, and the overalll number one seed emerges the victor. Although not as bad as many the celebrating fans tarnished the schools win with their irresponsible after game behavior. That is all I have to say about this. See your newspapers for details. If they dare to put the story in without whitewashing it. PROGRAM NOTE: APRIL 8,2013 As Much as we would love to see the game tonight. We will be unable to BECAUSE of the lateness of the start time. You see we live in the Central Time Zone. However our illustrious state leadership has decided in its INFINITE wisdom we must observe ATLANTIC TIME, They call it Daylight Saving Time. But there is just so much daylight in a 24 hour day. So no one has been able to save any. Putting us TWO hours ahead of the sun. So The game should be on at 7 pm instead of 10 pm. So to all of you lucky people who get to see the game ENJOY. 4 am comes pretty early when you are two hours ahead of the sun. UPDATE APRIL 7, 2013 And then there were TWO. LOUISVILLE, and MICHIGAN. The stage is set..I am looking for a close game. One that will keep all fans on the edge of their seats. As you know I have said Michigan will be the new NCAA Basketball Champion. Good Luck to both teams. I must hope that the end of this game and season is not marred by in inappropriate action by the ones who consider themselves fan, yet take away from the the pride of their teams by rioting and tearing things up. Both teams deserve better. These outlaw demonstrations SUBTRACT. from the dignity of the respected teams. REJOICE IN THEIR FEATS. UPDATE: We nearly had another upset. A well played game by both Witchita St. and Louisville. Now we must see if Michigan can overcome the Syracuse Press. Usually I give a lot of trivia here but this year I won’t. Suffice it to say this has been one heck of a tournament. So many upsets. Made a tournament season worthy of watching. I Still stand by my original conviction that all four final teams should have come from the Big Ten. Regardless of what my old NEMESIS Sir Charles thinks. (which was always a little far out). The Big Ten had its best shot at an ALL FINAL FOUR shootout. Only team that really let me down was WISCONSIN. They truly had the best shot bur as noted they also have the spells of non-concentration, of which they fell victim. Did they get beat by a better team? NO! They LOST because they did not give their all. As I have said before and will say again. You only get BEAT if you give it all you have and and still end up on the short end of the score. But you LOSE if you don’t leave it all on the court. Granted somedays you may not have as much to give as other days. But Wisconsin just completely melted down. I really don’t feel they respected their opponent. ENOUGH. Locally I find we have one person who had 4 of the final 8. And believe it or not has 2 of the final four. Some of you may have done better. I don’t see how. As much as I would like to see another upset. Odds are really against it so as it stands I see Louisville Vs Michigan in the final game with MICHIGAN the Champions. Both teams are really good. But it will come to MENTAL and PHYSICAL Toughness. I think both team are pretty equal in the MENTAL toughness…. But Physical toughness? Again you have to go back to their conferences. Big Ten definitely the most physical Conference in the country. Michigan has proved they have this PHYSICAL toughness throughout the Big Ten season. Scale tips to Michigan. RESULTS FAVORITES MY PICKS WHY? Because…. I really don’t know. Just a glutton for punishment, I guess Views: 117
NCAA MARCH MADNESS BEGINS
Will Duke upset Louisville? Will there be no number one seeds in the final four? Although I am not a Duke fan. and I don’t have a favorite in this game, I kind of would like to see the UPSET. Well I said I look forward to UPSETS (except in my bracketss). But how about this 16 UPSETS 3 number 1’s and 3 number 2’s. This has to be one heck of a bracket busting season. I wonder, if any of you have a perfect bracket now. The least Busted brasket appears to be the Midewest. Let the games begin: Yes folks it is here, and again this year I will be posting a RESULTS BRACKET , IF FAVORED TEAMS WIN, and MY PICKS. Check here to see how the the teams advance, If the favored teams win, and if you can out pick me. GOOD LUCK ! MAY YOUR TEAM WIN ! I am looking forward to many upsets. (I love seeing brackets turned upside down). RESULTS BRACKET FAVORED BRACKET I think we now have 16 upsets. Including 3 number 1 seeds and 3 number 2 seeds. How is your bracket looking. MY PICKS YES !! I know I have an improbable FINAL FOUR. But remember I said earlier I thought these teams would have won ANY CONFERENCE they may have been in. Thus I have this FINAL FOUR. However let me say this ALL have had Multi-minute scoring lapses. So anything can happen. Any of these teams could be CHAMPION. WISCONSIN should have had enough of these through out the season they will not fall into that slump again. (Although they may fall asleep during the game just as they did during the Purdue LOSS. I am hoping they have matured since that game, and that will not happen again). WISCONSIN Looked like the same team that showed up that played Purdue earlier. Very DOWN. What can I say..YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR GAME. Everytime you set foot on the floor. PRACTICE included. Views: 117
2013 Academy Awards Winners: My Reaction
As a rule I see the ACADEMY AWARDS as merely a way to promote the worst pictures. That has been the way it has been since the 1970’s. Occasionally they slip up and give a legitimate award. I tend to agree with Woody Allen, when he said something like, and here I paraphrase,(only because I can’t remember the direct quote). You can not judge art. No one really can. The things I might consider art another may consider junk. One would have to be able to completely divorce himself from all preconceived ideas. Open mindedness is a hard state to find. I have none of the preconceptions. I know what I like. I know what I don’t like. But I am able to put aside my feelings and make a pure judgement. Granted I may sometimes judge things by the cover. By that in regard to movies. I will some times read the plot and make a decision on whether or not it interests me. Some really interest me, and I may see them and be truly disappointed. Others I will say, “Okay I won’t pay to see this. I will wait for the TV or DVD release and see if any of my friends bought it.” Sometimes the plot just reads so thin. I don’t even think of seeing them. So here are my reactions to this years awards. I will rank them as I feel they should have been. Exception if I think another Picture, or Person more deserving that is where I will Place them. Actual winners will be in green.with a note if I did not see them and/or did not care to see them. BEST PICTURE: ARGO: Linxoln: Saw this one. Gave Argo a close run. Amour. Saw this in the French version. Loved the story line. Django Unchained: Saw this. Lots of action. Just was pretty much unbelievable. The rest were tied. Life of Pi: Considered this but decided would wait for DVD. Silver Linings: Same as above. Beasts of The Southern Wild, Zero Dark Thirty. Did not see. Can’t imagine how they got on list. Should not even make it to DVD. Les Miserables. Did not see. Cannot even imagine this great work as a musical. BEST ACTOR: bradley cooper silver linings. hugh jackman les miserables, joaquin phoenix the master. denzel washington,flight. None of these truly deserved Best Actor. I saw much better portrayals in other movies. However of the list they gave us I would have to vote for Daniel-Day=Lewis. Of the listed he probably was most deserving. BEST ACTRESS: Nominees were jessica chastain, zero dark thirty: JENNIFER LAWRENCE, silver linings: EMMANUEL RIVA, Amour. naomi watts, the impossible: quvenzhane wallis, beasts of the southern wild. It was my feeling the only true deserving winner for this category would have been EMMANUEL RIVA for AMOUR. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: NOMINEES WERE: alan arkin, argo: robert de niro, silver linings playbook, philip seymour hoffman, the master: tommy lee jones. lincoln: and CHRISOPH WALTZ, django unchained. Of these I found none deserving. There were many better performances too many other movies to mention here. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: This category I find my choice for BEST ACTRESS, as I did not see her as a supporting actress but as the STAR. So I suppose because I see her as BEST ACTRESS she had to be the outstanding BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS. That person being HELEN HUNT. Of THE SESSIONS, However the other nominees, why they got the nod Is way beyond any thinking I may be capable of seeing. them here. Nominees were. amy adams, the master; Sally Field (who would have been my second choice), Lincoln; ANNE HATHAWAY., (who had to have a lot of nerve, just to take the role on). and jacki weaver, silver linings playbook.’ BEST DIRECTOR; This one is a tough call. You may have an excellent movie but poor direction, or great direction with a poor movie. That being said Nominees are: Michael Haneke, Amour ANG LEE, Life Of Pi David O. Russel , Silver Linings Playbook Steven Spielberg , Lincoln Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild Like I said I have no input on this category. BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY. Again I have seen screeplays I liked better so I must yield to the nominated ones. Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom, (did not see, never even heard of this one). Mark Boat, Zero Dark Thirty John Gstins, Flight (again I never even heard of this movie ). Michael Heneke, Amour, (I felt it was not directed to it’s potential). QUENTIN TARATINO, Django Unchained. (which in my humble opinion the direction left a lot to be desired). BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: This is another category, I do not have the knowledge to call. as I have not read the books (i assume the adaption came from). so Nominees are: Lucy Alibar and Beth Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild. Tony Kushner, Lincoln David Magee, Life of Pi. David O Russell, Silver Linings Playbook CHRIS TERRIO, Argo Probably a good choice, BEST ANIMATED FEATURE BRAVE: Again I have no seen only one of these, BRAVE, The only one I am waiting for DVD is Wreck-It-Ralph. Nominees were: BRAVE: Which I have to agree with this choice. Frankenweenie ParaNorman The Pirates! Band of Misfits (which I will see on DVD) Wreck-It-Ralph The technical categories I will not go into. because I am unaware of what goes into these categories. I understand the success of many movies can rely on these services, so I will only list the winners. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY LIFE OF PI, Claudio Miranda BEST COSTUME DESIGN: ANNA KARENINA, jacqueline Durran BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Nominees were, 5 Broken Cameras, The Gatekeepers, How to Survive a Plague, The Invisible War, and SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN, (although I did not see this I at least heard of it. BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: INNOCENTE, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine. Other nominees were Kings Point, San gilman and Jedd Wider: Mondays at Racine, Cynthia wade and Robert… Continue reading 2013 Academy Awards Winners: My Reaction
