We're all nuts over "the Madness" - this is March baby. My birthday (and Shaq's) there is SXSW which I STILL have yet to attend... and there is NCAA basketball. It's so lovely, and I had to steal some songs from the greatest pool EVER... I love Mister JF even though I don't know if I've ever met him... though I must have and I have no memory. Anyway, here's some songs - sing along if you'd like.
Sung to "My Love" by Justin Timberlake If I pick you a Sweet Sixteen
Would it have to have the Wolverines
If I told you the Elite Eight
Should I put in Michigan State
Well baby I know the Final Four
And I'm picking them for sure (not Duke)
These teams represent my heart
And I can't wait for tipoff to start (say F-Duke)
Because, I can see us placing bets
Hoping Pittsburgh cuts down the nets
I can see us watching a game
Rooting for teams like Notre Dame
On UNC let it ride? Don't let me bet for the Crimson Tide
All I see is a repeat
There's only one team to beat
All I want to win is Flori-da
(So don't bet on Duke) Flori-da
(So don't bet on Duke) Flori-da
Ain't no other team can take the top spot, Flori-da
(So don't bet on Duke) Flori-da
(So don't bet on Duke) Flori-da
Joakim Noah is bound to get real hot, Flori-da
Flori-da
Sung to "Ironic' by Alanis Morissette Bob Knight...Texas Tech team
Down 10 points...he starts to scream
It's sixty-five teams...controlling their fate
It's a buzzer beater...one second too late
And isn't it March Madness
Don't you think
A little too much sadness
For bubble teams on the brink
It's like hooooops, in the middle of the day
You should take off work
Both Thurs and Friday
Follow my advice
A sick day you should take
And hoops you will watch til its over
Sung to "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt My sheet is brilliant
My picks are pure
I saw a WAC team
In the Final Four
Should I let it ride on Boise State
Do they use their football plan
But I won't pick, them to win
'Cause I don't think they can
They're pitiful
They're pitiful
They're pitiful, it's true
I saw them play, there is no way
I'll pick them to win it all
'Cause this still isn't football
Sung to 'Faithfully" by Journey Tourney run
Former cham-pi-on
Team's been up and down
This sea-son
Restless coach
Sweats a lot each game
Swearing all his words
At his play-ers
They say that the road games are tough to win in this conference
Right down the bench is Hayes and Osby
And playin' man to man ain't as easy as its sounds to me
Mike Jones, you shoooot the three
But what the Ter-erps ne-eeed....DJ Straw-berry
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Sung to "Mr. Brightside' by The Killers Looking at every page
Reading every stat line
Gotta fill my sheet out
Because I'll win it all
It started out with one pick
With all my sheets I will stick
It was only one pick
It was only one pick
On no team I will sleep
Is Wake really that bad
Will the Tar Heels choke
Or is it Duke that will gag
Now they're about to tip off
Hope I made the right pick
And it's Duke way ahead
But the Terps are coming back now
Clemson shoots the three now
Will it go
And I just can't look
Tech is killing me
Hokies take control
U...N...C
Are they better than B.C.
Do they get a first round bye
J.J. Redick serving fries
How much do I have to pay
Jarrett's pool is calling me
Got to send my picks on time
I'm gonna let it ride
Sung to "My Humps" by the Black Eyed Peas S..E..C teams drive me crazy
On the Pac Ten I am hazy
Big Ten teams treat me nicely
Big East teams are real fiesty
Nova and then U-CONN
Shooting, they be hooping
Thru the tourney they be playing hot
Dickie V be yelling
About Duke he be telling
Coach K, miss Bat-tier
There's WoJo, floor he keep hittin
Days off I will be taking
Sickness I am faking
My picks I will be making
At noon I will be waking
For hoops, for hoops, for hoops, for hoops
You love my tourney pool
My pool, my pool, my pool
My pool they got you,
You could be winning
Winning all the money from me by signing up with me
You could be winning
Winning lots of money from me, from me, from me
Sung to "Vertigo" by U2 Uno, Dos, Tres, Sixty-Four
How low, how low
How low of a seed will Maryland go
Sung to "Whip It" by Devo When the brackets come along
You must pick em
Brackets, Pick em good
Twelve seeds, sleeper choice
It's not to late, to pick em
Pick em good
Sung to "Since You've Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson Since Duke's been gone
I can enjoy March for the first time
They're not moving on
Yeah, Yeah
Thanks to Duke, won my bet, they are gone
They lost to UCONN
Sung to "Moondance" by Van "Adam" Morrison It's a marvelous night for a mustache
And the Zaga kid's got it all thin
It is awkward and brown and it's wispy
Looks like someone Dirty Sanchez'd him
Sung to "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Melloncamp Little Pool about March Madness
Sixty Four teams doing the best that they can
Jay Bilas says Nova will go far
Andy Katz says Memphis is gonna be a star
Oh yeah, March goes on
Long after your brackets are officially done
Oh yeah, the pool goes on
Long after your bracket have been ELIMINATED!!!
Sung to "The Thunder Rolls" by Garth Brooks 6:30 on a Sunday
Selection time in sight
Bubble teams are a hoping
That they'll play on Thursday night
And the top seeds roll
Championship's their goal
Sung to "Only Want To Be With You" by Hootie and the Blowfish Sometimes I wonder, if Kansas will ever win
The get so close only to choke it in the end
Kentucky's struggling and I don't know why
Better start to win or they'll make Ashley Judd cry
But please don't be a fool
Join Jarrett Fischer's pooool
Sung to "Don't Stop Believin" by Journey (the greatest band ever) Just a homegrown pool
Started it in middle school
Started with just ten friends
The pot...was...small
Then as the years went on
More people came along
And it's in fifteenth year
We're still going strong
Some will win, some will lose
Depends on the teams you choose
But have no fear when your teams are done
Pool goes on and on and on and on...giggidy giggidy
(Daily Mael agrees - Journey is tops, man!)
