Well this has definitely been a less enthusiastic edition of the UCTPE but that’s alright because we renewed the domain name yesterday so all is well at The Basement. Before I get to the standings update, I just wanted to point out that as much as Pat pretends to hate picking against Troy, there’s this [...]

The next round of tourneys start today, including the Big East, and with the slew of 3-point conferences opening up soon, the picks get more important. A standings update will follow this post, but I’ve got a sizable lead over Pat that is by no means insurmountable with the vast majority of points still up [...]

MAC (1-pointer)
1st Round: #7 Western Michigan over #10 Bowling Green, #6 Eastern Michigan over #11 Northern Illinois, #9 Ohio over #8 Ball St., #5 Buffalo over #12 Toledo
Quarters: Western Michigan over #2 Central Michigan, #3 Akron over E. Michigan, #1 Kent St. over Ohio, #4 Miami (OH) over Buffalo
Semis: Akron over Western Michigan, Kent St. [...]

America East (1-pointer)
1st  round – #1 Stony Brook over #8 Albany, #4 Boston U. over #5 Hartford, #3 Maine over #6 New Hampshire, #2 Vermont over #7 UMBC.
Semis: BU over Stony Brook, Vermont over Maine
Champion: Vermont
Once a Coppenrath fan, always a Coppenrath fan.
Summit (1-pointer)
First round: #1 Oakland over #8 UMKC, #5 IPFW over #4 South [...]

Four more conferences to pick before tonight, all 2-point conferences.
Ohio Valley (2-pointer)
Semis: #1 Murray State over #4 Eastern Illinois, #2 Morehead St. over #6 Tennessee Tech
Champion: Murray State
We missed the first round of this tourney, but don’t worry about it, you didn’t miss anything. Looks to me like Murray State is the clear class of [...]

Southern (2-pointer)
Opening round: #3 Davidson over #6 Elon, #4 UNC-Greensboro over #5 Furman, #4 Citadel over #5 Samford, #3 Chattanooga over #6 Georgia Southern
Quarters: Davdison over #2 WCU, #1 Wofford over UNC-G, Citadel over #1 Appalachian State, #2 College of Charleston over Chattanooga
Semis: Wofford over Davdison, C of C over Citadel
Champion: Wofford
You wanna know something [...]

Not worth updating the scoreboard yet, though the Patriot League was not kind to me.
Big South (1-pointer)
Semis: #1 Coastal Carolina over #4 UNC-Asheville, #3 Winthrop over #2 Radford
Champion: Coastal Carolina
Thoughts: We missed the first round of this tourney but it went all chalk so I’m fine with that. Coastal Carolina continues chalk cheese corduroy chapter [...]

Ladie-, well probably more like just gentlemen, the best time of year at TPB has finally arrived (two days ago). It’s time for the Ultimate Conference Tourney Pick’em (fuck exclamation points). If you need a refresher course on the rules, click here. Pat and I will be going head-to-head, picking every game of every conference [...]

Well, if you’re at all familiar with the Basement’s track record then you know two things. First, we tend to be a bit lazy in our promptness. So in the vain of posting our NFL predictions after week 1 had already been played, it’s time to present to you the 2010 Parents’ Basement death pool [...]

NFC East
Philadelphia Eagles (12-4) – The Eagles are a team that usually gets stronger as the season goes on, and I think they’re set up to do that even moreso this year. It will probably take some game experience for Andy Reid and offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg to figure out the best way to use [...]

So last Wednesday night on the eve of the NFL season opener I went through and picked every game on the NFL schedule just to whet my whistle. Of course, the other point of doing it was to prepare myself for the all-important Parents’ Basement NFL preview, but then I figured it would only be [...]

Well it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything, and I was ready to post something last week until the Francouer trade went through and I went into a deep depression that I’m only now coming out of. While the public treatment of Minaya as a GM infuriates Pat, it’s slightly different for me [...]

Just wanted to get in a couple thoughts while I’ve got a few minutes left of free internet. First of all, in Germany, the letters on the keyboard are exactly the same, except the z and the y are switched. That’s more annoying than having the dentist floss you! (for all the Reilly lovers) Thought [...]

So I’m leaving tomorrow for a 7 week trip to Europe. Obviously, I’m very excited about it, but I will say that this is a very loaded part of the sports year, and there are a lot of things I’m going to miss. So here’s my list of the events I’ll miss most, and a [...]

Pat: 14 points, 3 out of 4 2nd round series right.
Bo: 10 points, 2 out of 4 2nr round series right.
Pat pulled farther ahead thanks to the Magic finally taking out the Celtics. Unfortunately,  we have the exact same picks for this round, so the deciding factor will be who wins the Cavs-Lakers Finals.