KBilly is back from Vegas...

I've been out of touch lately...Because I went to Las Vegas for the Final 4! Had a blast. Ate some good food. Saw some good shows (Cirque du Soleil Beatles "Love" is highly recommended) and, of course, gambled away my rent money.
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Saturday went well, with Butler -3 and Kentucky +4/Under 159 tease bets.
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And I had the Nuggets, Knicks and Heat on Sunday afternoon. Plus I did well at the roulette wheel.
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Add in a couple good meals and the sights, and it was a great long weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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But then Monday happened. I liked Butler, because they have a supercute bulldog mascott that likes to hump basketballs and how can't you love that?
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Didn't work out though because neither team could hit a shot...That game went like five minutes without a score to close the first half.
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At least Coors Light sent over a couple friendly girls to console the losers.
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Let's look at some NCAA cheerleaders...

Ahh, college. I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.
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So watching all this college basketball makes me nostalgic...For 19 year old college girls.
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And yes, they were out of my league.
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University of Florida~~~>
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<~~~ Kansas University .

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UNC-Chappell Hill~~~>
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And whatever this is:

4th in my NCAA Pool...

As of 10:30 Sunday March 20, I am in Fourth Place in my office NCAA Pool. Notre Dame is down 11 at the half and if I lose ND, I am TOAST...
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And the worst part of it that my Boss is currently in First. Cocksucker! But we both have Ohio St. winning it all. So, If I can carry Ohio St. Notre Dame and San Diego St. into the Final 4, I'm in good shape.
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I already lost St. John's. I have a Championship matchup of Ohio St. vs ND. If I lose ND before the Sweet 16, my bracket done got busted. I basically need ND to win and Kansas to lose to move back into first, because EVERYBODY -including Obama - has Kansas winning it.
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I was in Last Place in my pool on Friday morning. Then Saturday night, I moved to First Place. Now I'm in Fourth.

Isiah Thomas' Dad lost a bet...

So The Unversity of Washington (Washington State, not D.C. you morons), has a player named Isiah Thomas. I kinda figured it was Isiah Thomas' son...Not because I'm racist, but because I figure that Isiah Thomas' offspring would probably be pretty good at basketball.
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But during the UDub/UGA game, somebody interviewd his Dad, who said that he named his firstborn because he lost a bet on the Lakers 27 years ago.
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"Ummm. What? You named your kid Isiah Thomas because you lost a bet? No, really...Really? No fucking shit, you really named your kid Isiah Thomas? Don't you know that he's going to single-handedly destroy the Knicks in 15 years?"
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If I lost a bet and had to name my kid Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith or Randall Cunningham...I'd get a vasectomy.

Oakland University is in Detroit?

Oakland University is in Detroit, Michigan? The University is probably named after the founder or some other benefactor, but I always figured Oakland University would be in, yaknow, Oakland, California.
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But no, it's 1,500-acre (6.1 km2) campus is located in north Oakland County, Michigan. Go figure.
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I wonder who runs the Oakland University Geography Department...? Anyway, They are playing The University of Texas in Tulsa Oklahoma. Geography class is now over.

My office NCAA pool is really named after Charlie Sheen...

The NCAA basketball Tournement is coming up. And I never coordinate these things. But the guy in the office who does just set up our ESPN.com pool.
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The name is "Tigerblood 2011."
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And yes, the password is "Charliesheen."
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Anyone and everyone should feel free to join because that's more money for me to take off of you...
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This Charlie Sheen character has really put his name out there, huh?
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That's WINNING!!!

St. John's gets home cooking to beat #4 Pitt

I think we can put the debate to bed. St. John's is getting into the NCAA Tournament. But they did need a bad non-call to beat Pitt Saturday.
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Dwight Hardy, is clearly out of bounds before the game-winning shot, but that won't matter on March 13. They have beaten both Duke and Pitt. They have a winninng record in the best conference in the country.
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ESPN reports: "St. John's improves to 17-9 overall, and 9-5 in the Big East. The Red Storm beat a top-5 team for the second time this season, and now have five wins over top-25 teams. And on Monday, St. John's will be ranked in the top 25 in the nation for the first time since Nov. 28, 2000."
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Think about that for a second. In 2000, St. John's had Ron Artest and Mike Jarvis was the Head Coach.