KUBE: Sunday Morning LONG SHOT UPDATE! TERROR COMES TO KANSAS!

This just in from the Donald (who might or might not have drank the beer and stacked the cans in this picture last night):

"Even though the N. Iowa game seemed liked the biggest upset and St. Mary's over Nova was huge, the one that matters right now is Washington over New Mexico. Washington, an 11th seed, will determine the long shot award assuming Cornell loses tomorrow. Cornell, a 12th seed, is the only remaining team that can change it up.

Twenty Five people chose Washington to make it to the sweet 16. Thirty Eight people chose Cornell. There will be a tie, so the winner will be determined by the person who has scored the most points and picked Washington (or Cornell) after the Sunday round."

This is key analysis from our leader. He has had a team of actuaries working 24/7 to get us thins info... yet still tell us nothing. Apparently 63 of you are in the running for the Long shot award. Kukla has tweaked the rules this year to avoid the embarrassment of someone who intentionally was trying to win only the long shot award by totally fishing for long shots. I do not understand it. I am... not that bright.

We will see what happens today and perhaps we are going to see another big upset. Some more tears of joy, and tears of despair. Congress is doing their part today to bring joy and terror to all of our hearts so it is yet another chance for the KUBE to bring us all together. The KUBE is for all people.... who have ten dollars. We will never subsidize our entrants.... the KUBE is not right but a privilege, which leads us to an ugly conversation that we need to have.

Some of you, like our friends in Washington believe in a Free Ride. You think you can submit your brackets, not use Pay Pal and not pay. We will not have it. You will be outed starting tomorrow. It will start with a listing of the names. A ritual shaming, then we will start marching outside of your kids school with placards stating that you are deadbeat. DEADBEAT. You want healthcare for nothing. Soon, perhaps as early as tomorrow they will be insisting that we let not only let illegal aliens (MEXICANS EVEN) into the KUBE and that we pay for their brackets! We WILL NOTR HAVE IT!

DO NOT TREAD ON THE KUBE! FREEDOM IS NOT FREE (and neither is the KUBE!).

Now I hate to beat on the Obama administration any more but seriously... Homeland Security? I don't think so! The Detroit shoe bomber case was one thing but how the HELL was this Ali Farokhmanesh let into the country and who (outside of our friends in the NRA) would give this IRANIAN a basketball? Look at him! He is swarthy, shifty, untrustworthy AND HE WAS ALLOWED BY THE NCAA AND THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO DROP A BOMB ON KANSAS! To see this kind of terror raining down on God Fearing, Evolution Denying people like the people of the State of Kansas should give you pause. I urge all KUBE members to be heard. Call your Senators and Congressman RIGHT NOW! We need to weed anyone who is not real American out of the NCAA right now and enact a total ban. They test for drugs in the NCAA but do they test for pure AMERICAN blood in the most American of all sports and perhaps the only thing we really invented ourselves? NO! Iowa has long been a hot bed of terrorist activities (as anyone who has driven there can attest) and is trying to throw off it's long historical function of being the buffer State between Missouri and Minnesota. The State has long been jealous of Kansas and is now sent it's basketball jihad on a national stage. The winner of the Michigan, Maryland game will have a chance to end this national nightmare and "Keep Us Safe". Al Quaeda, The Taliban, The Northern Iowa Panthers. I give you the facts, you decide!

KU. KUBE? Koincidence? I Think Not!

So I apologize for the lack of updates in this space but... well... aliens took over my body and made me drink too much the last two days. It was not my fault. It was dark, they were big.... I don't remember. I do not thing that the blood on my clothes is mine and my wife is asking some awkward questions but... I digress.

There have been a lot of Komplaints regarding shutting off the ability to get your brackets posted after 11:00 A.M. Thursday. Although it probably cost us 10 entries on behalf of KUBE management I would like say, get over it people.

What is a Megan Tietjens? Where does one of those come from? Are they bred specifically for basketball prognosticating prowess? She was our leader after the first day of games but was knocked in to second place but she looks like a future kompetitor. She also has the hated Ohio State Buck Eyes winning it all. That is a gusty, Big Tennish, unlikable pick. Still, she might be the one. Currently we have Jim Blair leading but he too has picked a much hated and reviled team, the Duke Blue Devils to go all the way.

While many komments might be made about the dramatic moves up and down the chart John De Penalozza's move from 132 to 13 is certainly impressive. On the other hand he is still John De Penalozza. Anne Yannakakis has a VERY interesting bracket (is that a dirty thing to say) with over 630 possible points which is spooky weird. Scott Humes was tied with himself for 3rd. Seriously, what are the odds? I intended to submit three brackets but evidently forget to hit send on my only decent bracket and I am languishing in the deep 100-270 range. Simply put.... I kinda suck. No surprises. Andy Hoffman was 4th after Thursday and 44 after Friday. Dude.

As i sit here Saturday night in the KUBE Kave it is hard to even care about our silly little pool. The reason is simple and that is because the much heralded Northern Iowa Panthers beat the much vaunted number seed in the universe Kansas Jayhawks. No Dorothy, they are in Kansas forevermore (or at least till next season). Rock Choke Jay Hawk. Who would have thunk it but seriously, once again, what a great tournament, what a great country. The NCAA Tournament allows this country to come together in a way we desperately need. I do mourn for my KU fan friends and of course my sister in law but what a great game and how exciting that it can happen. It is possibly one of the signs of the apocalypse so lets all go to church tomorrow morning and hope for the best.

St. Maty's knocking off Villanova was kind of awesome too but in the context of KU/Northern Iowa it was just an appetizer. Tasty but not quite a full meal. But those corn fed kids from Iowa (Ali Farokhmanesh is a time honored Iowa name and family) and that shot that he hit was without a doubt the defining sports memory of 2010. He is noit going to shoot that shot, is he? He is going to pull up and kill some time, right? OH MY GOD he is shooting it...no.....no....NO......YES! Klassik! This could be the year when the big conferences get played out of it but we will see.

Lets look at the bottom of the KUBE standings, shall we? Simon, Red and Amy? Who are they? Do they walk upright? Did the whole family get together to do the brackets? Were they stoned? I want to know. John Winstroer II (El Duce) is right there with the family along with Dawn Hessel. On the other hand there are 141 people above these folks who picked Kansa and we happily be watching them....drop like rocks over the next round or two. Laurie Hyphenated-Name was in fifth but she also has Kansas and will be...leaving the top 5.

270 players. Nice effort.

Go Baylor!