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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:00 am
CAROLINA #1 Go TARHEELS (and then GO TERPS! Go Cuse! - that will be a great second round game but i do have MD over Syracuse, barely)
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Midlifer
Member
04-16-2003
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:05 am
<midlifer is thinking of putting hermie and adven in their separate corners>
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Adven
Member
02-06-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:06 am
What is a Tar Heel, anyway? Sounds like something you'd get from smoking with your feet. Give me a good old fashioned Screaming Eagle any day.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:11 am
Gonzaga makes me think of cheese. Go Terps! Go Spartans! Go Huskies! (are they even in the tournament?)
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:12 am
Tar´heel n. 1. a native or resident of North Carolina; - used as a nickname. This storied nickname originated during the War of Northern Aggression, and according to a 1912 newspaper, the term was first heard in Virginia between 1862 and 1863. According to the article: "The designation was applied in jest to North Carolina about the camp-fires, following the custom of naming the soldiers from several states after the most distinctive product of that state. At the time, tar was perhaps North Carolina's best known product, and by a very easy change, the troops from this state were called 'Tar Heels'. In a like manner, troops from the lower portion of South Carolina were called 'Rice Birds.' It was a very common remark about the camp-fires for one soldier to shout to another as a third approached: 'Look and see if he's got any tar on his heels!'. The North Carolina soldiers accepted the name in good graces, declaring that like tar they held fast to whatever ground they stood, 'stuck' to what they began, and left their marks wherever they went…" Lenoir News, 4/12/1912
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:15 am
Midlifer, Adven started it. He pinched me. And I love Carolina Blue. And the Hokies. I wish the Hokies were in it.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:16 am
Mocha - Washington plays UAB tomorrow
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:20 am
K thanks Legal.
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Adven
Member
02-06-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:26 am
Thanks, LB. I never knew that - which I guess is obvious from my stab at where it must have come from. Actually, there are a bunch of team names that seem incomprehensible to me: Buckeyes, Hoosiers, Boilermakers, Orangemen. The Demon Deacons of Wake Forest. The list goes on.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:38 am
Ok most of the men in my office left work early to watch the game.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:49 am
My brother is taking a personal day tomorrow to stay home and watch the games!
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:52 am
last year i had this radio which barely got CBS - i sat through all the static and still loved it - this year i am happy i am home with a TV although they better not show the wrong games- cant believe my top 3 are all playing today
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Adven
Member
02-06-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 11:09 am
I've checked the brackets and decided who I'm hoping for. I will consider it money well spent if even one of them makes it to the Final Four. In no particular order: Gonzaga Wake Forest Memphis Richmond Illinois Xavier Vanderbilt Dayton Go Demon Deacons!!!
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 11:47 am
some nice choices there adven- a few that people say will be upsets
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 1:30 pm
First Round UPDATE 12)Manhattan 75 5)Florida 60 9) Charlotte 73 8) Texas Tech 76 13) UTEP 83 4) Maryland 86 (whew - all my picks survived so far)
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 1:33 pm
Go Terps!!
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Adven
Member
02-06-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 1:57 pm
Thanks, LB. The teams I hope for tend to get bounced with alarming regularity, so I'm forced to get a little more realistic as the tournament goes on and back teams that are more competitive. I do have hopes for Gonzaga and Wake Forest, though, and Xavier could be a dark horse. Glad to hear about Manhattan. They almost made my Elite Eight. And, M, just for you: KICK BUTT, TERPS!!!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 2:25 pm
Thanks darlin I needed that.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 3:17 pm
Oh, man, that was a close one. GO TERPS!!!!
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 4:01 pm
First Round Update #2 13) VCU 78 4) Wake Forest 79 16) Liberty 63 1) St. Joseph's 82 9) Southern Illinois 64 8) Alabama 65 12) BYU 75 5) Syracuse 80 (can you get any closer games than today… looks like Syracuse will be playing Maryland Saturday)
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 4:12 pm
I think I heard Texas Tech is locking horns with St. Joe's on Saturday. Woo-hoo, GO TEXAS TECH!!!!
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Adven
Member
02-06-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 4:38 pm
GO DEMON DEACONS OF WAKE FOREST!!
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Adven
Member
02-06-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 5:01 pm
RUN, (WAKE) FOREST !!! RUN!!!
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 5:08 pm
Lol adven - i wouldnt want Manhattan to be yelling that on Saturday
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 5:16 pm
Man, I'm slow today. It took me a few seconds to get that. Good one, Adven! Go DUKE! Win me some money! Ummm, when do they play?
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