Gothamist: March Madness, Baby!

Hawthorne

Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:01:06 -0500

wrong huskies. think u-dub.

joel

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:30:15 -0500

Fear the huskies, people. Fear them. Uconn alllll the way! ... i hope.

eebmore

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:29:31 -0500

Yes, Mick, I agree. Duke is to college basketball what the Yankees are to Professional Baseball, everyone loves to hate them. I think the Carolina Duke hatred Chapel Hill love can be boiled down to a Have and Have Not antagonism ... public university populism opposed to private university elitism. Besides, Nixon went to Duke! So Duke has to be evil, right? Personally, I have nothing more against Duke than I do against any other Atlantic Conference team other than my Terrapins. But yesterday (hell, the whole damn weekend) was such a sweet sweet victory. We were jumping, screaming and hugging after the game; all the while yelling "F... Duke!" at the television. Nobody, not even us devout Maryland supporters expected anything from our young team this year. The past five games have shown that the team has really found it�s voice and surpassed everyone�s expectations. I�m not going to stick my foot in my mouth and predict that we�ll make it to the final four or anything, but I�m hoping for a NCAA run as exciting as the ACC tournament.

Mick

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:13:40 -0500

See, this is what I mean! One mention of Duke and fires ignite. But being a Duke grad, I've dealt with that everywhere. Duke is even pretty hated in NC. In NC, Chapel Hill is on par with Heaven. And I mean that seriously. Why else would God had made the sky Carolina Blue? Gag, Ech!!

Frankenstein

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:52:27 -0500

Seton Hall beating Arizona? Not likely...

tien

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:32:19 -0500

ugarte, you're right. i'll update with some princeton info soon. gene, i think a lot of teams have local connections, but i would have gone insane researching all 65 teams.

Gene

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:15:05 -0500

The Pittsburgh Panthers have an local NY connection. Two of their best players, Carl Krauser and Chris Taft are from the Bronx and Brooklyn (I forget which is which at the moment).

eebmore

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:14:24 -0500

Oop! I meant "Mick" not "Mike". Sorry about that Mick, but we kicked your arse.

eebmore

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:12:32 -0500

Kind of agreeing with Mike; except of course for the "Duke, Baby!" comment. Why? Because we handeed you your arses yesterday afternoon! Who is the ACC champ this year? HA!

ugarte

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:03:44 -0500

If you are going to include Seton Hall and Monmouth in "Gotham", what about Princeton?

Mick

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:00:04 -0500

There just is nothing like being emotionally invested in college sports, be it, basketball (Duke, baby!), football or soccer. I've seen friendships made and broken over my beloved ACC basketball. If you are in the right town there is simply nothing like the excitement found during the ACC and NCAA tournaments. School is interuppted, jobs allow for absences. Or else TVs are simply wheeled in and everything stops so a game can be caught. It's just so much fun.

Jen

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:17:04 -0500

Gothamist likes to cover New York, but we've been known to cover non-NY and national stuffs (the Presidential election, Arnold for governor, Hollywood, weird tech stuff in Japan). It all filters into our lives somehow. Plus, part of the NCAA tournament is held in New Jersey.

Hawthorne

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:08:32 -0500

I'd argue to say that besides a local pro-team winning a championship, the NCAA tournament is the largest sporting event in the country including the US. In regard's to j's comment, there are plenty of other schools outside of the South and Midwest and Gothamist gave props to the local talent. But being an AZ Wildcat I gotta disagree with the Seton Hall pick. Go Cats!

tien

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:25:44 -0500

jen - sure thing. i hope everyone uses that bracket. it's clean and fun! j - there will be ny sports coverage, hopefully some everyday, but the ncaa tournament is big enough to cover with any site, no? besides, if you continue to read, there is coverage of the local teams in the tournament, as well as some rudimentary analysis. anyway, i hope people enjoy the sports stuff.

j.

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:18:45 -0500

If Gothamist is going to cover sports now . . . then shouldn't the posts be about, um, NY sports? Who gives a crap about the college tournament. All those big southerna and mid-western schools. Bah!

M

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:06:16 -0500

Go Huskies!

Jen

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 08:48:36 -0500

This is awesome! Now, if Gothamist had some sort of bookie sideline, we'd be set. Thanks, tien!