Update: Well that blew up in our face like a Dan Kendra science experiment, didn't it?
That Jonny Flynn's pretty good.
Go ahead, bring on the Haterade. We know: This blog is a shell of itself.
You didn't really think we were going to leave you hanging without our Super Sleeper this year did you?
We might have fallen off the blog game big time, but we will NEVER miss an opportunity for self-promotion. Like ever.
So far we're 2 for 2 with these kinds of things (Northwestern State in '06, San Diego in '08) so, yeah, there's some pressure on us this year.
It'd be easy for us to play it safe and go with the conventional pick of Portland State over Xavier (Game in Boise, Terrell Holloway is hurt, Xavier's on a slide, PSU already won at Gonzaga and played UW close, Jeremiah Dominguez is sweet) - but we've always blazed our own path here at The Realests.
Our goal is to pick the BIGGEST upset of the first round.
How do you think we became the 69th most influential sports blog?
So instead we're going with the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks over perennial choke-job Syracuse:
• Jim Boeheim is Mr. First Round Exit (see Richmond in 1991, Vermont in 2005)
• Remember in 2006 when everyone was clinging to Gerry McNamara's nuts after 'Cuse won 4 games in 4 days for the Big East Tourney title. Know how they fared in that tournament? Lost in the first round. McNamara? 2 points. Watch Jonny Flynn do the same.
• Syracuse is a horrible, HORRIBLE defensive team. They are really, really lazy on that famed 2-3 zone and rank 109 in defensive efficiency. Providence put up 100 points on this crew.
• A team that will read the headlines and think it's WAY better than they are. Paul Harris is a huge underachiever and Eric Devendorf is a wankster.
• SFA can light it up (112-111 3 OT win over North Dakota State).
• A great inside-outside combo of C Matt Kingsley and F Josh Alexander. If Alexander gets hot from 3, watch out since 'Cuse doesn't even bother to guard people out there.
OK, we're done here.
Editor's Note: To the comment below: Shit, do we have to do everything around here? Why don't we just give you the trophy...
3.17.2009
2009 SUPER SLEEPER: STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
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5 comments:
Ok smarty pants, now that I've had to scratch the 'cuse from the elite eight, who the F do I replace them with?!?
Michigan?!? Cause I don't have any respect for Oklahoma, Arizona St or Temple.
I've got an idea, how about we skip all this tourney mess and you just pay me my winnings.
Fuck you guys. Fuck you so hard.
I concur. You didn't even pick SF Austin in your OWN bracket.
That was pretty real.
hey I want to point out that there is no need whatsoever to say bad worse and to insult in such a vulgar way like Oops Pow Surprise did in his comment, shame on him!
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