Editor’s note: Stats used in this article are from statsheet.com and include all games played during the season.
As The Mont makes their sixth tournament appearance, the school’s faithful fans have by now grown accustomed to the one-and-done Bruins. Perhaps, we are all just guarding our hearts – but the sentiment after the emotional OVC Championship game as well as Belmont drawing an 11 seed on Selection Sunday, seems to be that, ‘we’ve done enough’. I beg to differ.
Our longtime readers (do we have those?) will remember one of the Byrd Cage’s all-time greatest posts: ‘Speaking Sleeping With The Enemy’ a collaborative episode of tom-foolery with Georgetown University’s SBnation Blog – The Casual Hoya. This was a two-part post where each blog asked the other blog questions about their respective teams. Both blogs responded and posted their opponents answers.
This year we wanted to keep the brilliance rolling so we’ve teamed up with University of Arizona’s very own SBnation blog: Arizona Desert Swarm (our name is better) to get you the scoop.
What’s that you say? Yes. Yes, we are ripping off nearly everything about this Casual Hoya tradition - but hey, after the two merciless trouncings they administered to us in the tournament, the least we could do was wantonly steal from them on the internet, right? Right. But enough about those turds. We’ve got a new enemy to sleep with. Wait, what?
Kevin and his amigos at Arizona Desert Swarm graciously agreed to answer some questions for us. Some were legitimate questions some are completely asinine – as is our custom. Hopefully, you’ll laugh. Hopefully, you’ll learn something about the Wildcats. Hopefully, you are not neglecting work to read this.
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(Wilbur and Wilma . . .)
Well party people – we’re going to Salt Lake City!
…And by ‘we’ I mean next-to-no-one from Nashville – save of course those fortunate enough to have Bobby Fisher foot the bill. But no matter! We shall cut out of work and mercilessly yell at television screens across this great southern city of ours!
Was anyone at the Selection Sunday party? Joel was, check out his photos here. How about that Sodexho BBQ? How’s everyone’s gut feeling? It’s always fun to be in a big loud crowd when our name is announced. It’s also fun to see The Bruin ‘faithful’ cheer for literally ANY team we draw.
Anyway, we at the Byrd Cage are working on teaming up with the folks at ‘Arizona Desert Swarm’ like we did last year with those punks at The Casual Hoya. If they cooperate, it will be hilarious and informative, two of our favorite things.
In the meantime, we wanted to set up a place where we can keep the conversation going and to share what the talking heads are saying about The Bruins. So here it goes: Read the rest of this entry »
Look who’s talking…
Kerron Johnson on front page of CBSsports
CBSsports: Picks the Belmont Upset
ESPN: Kerron Johnson in Top-10 Mid-Major stars that could bust your bracket
Dick Vitale via USA Today: Belmont “will not be an easy out”
ESPN: Nashville is one of only two cities to have two teams in the tournament
ESPN Giant Killers: Belmont is ranked the 2nd most likely team to upset
ESPN Giant Killers: Drew Hanlen listed as a player who could cause an upset
ESPN Andy Katz: Belmont Could Beat Georgetown
SBNation: Belmont a “good” candidate for upset
SBNation: More upset talk
NJ.com (New Jersey Local News): Georgetown overrated, Belmont “tricky”
CBSsports: Belmont not afraid of anyone
CBSsports: One of the Top 5 “Must Watch” games
AP: Belmont thinks 5th time is a charm
CBS’ Seth Davis: Belmont in Sweet 16
NBC Connecticut: More Sweet 16 Talk
NY Daily News: Teams to “watch out for”
Bleacher Report: Belmont Sweet 16?
What about you? What do you think?
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