BS Tourney Challenge -- Still Up For Grabs

It seems like weeks ago that we started the BS Tourney Challenge. Oh, yeah, it was. Since then, the Boilermakers have achieved about what we thought they might, the Big East was anointed the best conference ever by Digger Phelps, and Penn State won a national basketball championship.

And here we are, with just one more college basketball game to go this season. Remember, the winner of the BS Challenge gets a snazzy t-shirt (similar to picture) and the chance to voice themselves on our airwaves (Webwaves?), while second place only gets a t-shirt. Third place gets an ass-grab from Tim. And remember, coffee is for closers.

So where are we? Our leader in the clubhouse -- and winner if UNC wins the whole thing -- is DELA WHERE????, who accurately prognosticated MSU versus UNC in the final game. Nicely done.

Hail Leroy hangs on to second place and will continue to hang on with a UNC win.

But who can derail these two? The top 8 in the standings all have UNC winning and thus will all remain in lockstep if that happens. However, Digger's Stinky Palm and The Bracket have MSU winning it all and, thus, will finish 1-2 if that happens. Interestingly, only about six entries have Sparty winning it all. So either Purdue's blowout over them made people think they didn't have what it takes or everyone began believing the ESPN hype about the Big East.

If you wind up being the winner -- and really, the only two winners can be DELA WHERE???? or Digger's Stinky Palm -- please shoot us a note at boiledsports@gmail.com so we can correspond and get your guest-spot set up. Your brilliance will be required by early afternoon on Thursday and will be posted Friday morning so start thinking about what to say. It's kind of like the Oscars.

Good luck, all.

Elsewhere in College Basketball

We'll get back to our continuing coverage of Kelvin Sampson dousing his career is gasoline and then merrily smoking a victory cigar in a moment, but for now I wanted to point out two other college basketball stories involving coaches.

This first one amuses me so much. Roy Williams and Coach K are beginning to get a little testy with one another. Williams even used "dadgum" in one of his comments so you know it's heated.

Apparently, Coach K thinks the Heels are being a bit excessive in the way they publicize how injured their stars are and how the team is so depleted by injuries. Well, excuse the hell out of me, Coach, but I have to say that if my team was a top 5 squad despite having lots of guys hurt, I might make comments about that, too. Roy is probably just proud of his men.

Well, either way, Coach Will didn't like it and fired back at the 60-something-yet-curiously-black-haired Coach K:

"Regardless of what somebody else says about they have injuries too, which is a bunch of bunk, so I don't give a crap what somebody else says, but coach their own damn team, I'll coach my team -- in case anybody has heard some statements about that."

Ummmm.... what?

Anyway, the point is these two are pissed and, according to the story, they have a history from back when Williams was at Kansas. They've met multiple times in the NCAA Tourney and back in 2000, apparently the two "had to be separated." From what, hugging? These two almost got in a fight? I will pay anyone $5 who can provide me with footage of this near-fight in the 2000 NCAA Tournament.

Regardless, these two chaps have to settle down a little bit and return to their neutral corners. Before you know it, somebody's $250 silk tie could get wrinkled or designer glasses could get broken.

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The next story is one showing how coaches CAN just get along. Seems Sweaty Bruce Pearl of the Fighting Sweaters of Tennessee called up Coach Calipari to ask him for tickets.... to the game Pearl is coaching against Coach Cal. Yes, Memphis and Tennessee are #1 and #2. I know, I know, I was as surprised as anyone. I was sure ESPN told me Duke and UNC are 1 and 2.

It is kind of cool, though, #1 and #2, both from the same state and playing one another. The story is amusing as well, with the following:

As of Tuesday, tickets were going for as much as $10,000 on Stubhub. The game's timing has a lot to do with the soaring demand.

Oh, no shit? You mean, tickets to Memphis basketball don't normally command a $10,000 per seat price tag? Thanks for clearing that up....

Calipari has come a long way from his days in the A-10, when he incited other coaches to "kill" him and "kick his ass."

Small Time

...Not the rivalry of UNC/Duke, that's big time...biggest rivalry in college basketball, maybe in all of college sports. The actions & words of a-hole guard Gerald Henderson are cowardly and small-time.

"He got our guys in the air, and I came down on him," Henderson said. "It's unfortunate that it turned out like it did, but I wasn't trying to hurt the kid or anything. It just turned worse than it was."

Alright jackass, let's get a few things straight- first off, you don't have the right to call Hansbrough "kid". You are a Freshman, he is a Sophomore. You are a good player, he is great. Punk.

I don't even like UNC, but I can tell you, the footage of the extremely flagrant foul by Henderson infuriated me. He should not only be suspended for one game, but for the remainder of the season (which won't be too long since Duke will probably be out by the third round of the dance).

ESPN & CBS Sportsline both called the foul "ugly"...Duke's piece of crap website nearly acted like it didn't happen. Coach K has a chance to save face and take swift action against Henderson...Chances are, he will roll over, do nothing and continue to be the fraud that he's always been.
"I don't consider myself a coach, I consider myself a teacher." Teach us, oh wise one.