<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Vegas Bookmaker NCAA Bracket: Miami as a #3 Seed, Notre Dame and Butler as #13 Seeds</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 05:29:25 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: knifeyspoony</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904350</link> <dc:creator>knifeyspoony</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:32:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904350</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;That’s the year Sparty beat the Gators for the title, right? IIRC the draft that followed is considered to be the worst in NBA history&lt;/blockquote&gt;I think that was the year Jake Vohskul led UConn past a stacked Duke team (Brand, Maggette, Langdan, Avery) for the title.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>That’s the year Sparty beat the Gators for the title, right? IIRC the draft that followed is considered to be the worst in NBA history</p></blockquote><p>I think that was the year Jake Vohskul led UConn past a stacked Duke team (Brand, Maggette, Langdan, Avery) for the title.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nada</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904322</link> <dc:creator>Nada</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:14:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904322</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;LSU walking off the floor at halftime of their Sweet 16 game against Wisconsin down 22-14 looking completely shell shocked &lt;/blockquote&gt;John Brady, a talking pile of pigshit.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>LSU walking off the floor at halftime of their Sweet 16 game against Wisconsin down 22-14 looking completely shell shocked</p></blockquote><p>John Brady, a talking pile of pigshit.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ButtersBC</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904297</link> <dc:creator>ButtersBC</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904297</guid> <description><![CDATA[Definitely watching that game sometime soon...hope it&#039;s just as hilarious as I remember it]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Definitely watching that game sometime soon&#8230;hope it&#8217;s just as hilarious as I remember it</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jay V Of Considerable Influence</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904296</link> <dc:creator>Jay V Of Considerable Influence</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:59:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904296</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;While all that chaos might sound great, the tournament was pretty terrible.&lt;/blockquote&gt;The best game of the tourney was the Florida-Butler game in the 1st round.  The UNC-Tulsa(w Bill Self) regional final was pretty good too.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>While all that chaos might sound great, the tournament was pretty terrible.</p></blockquote><p>The best game of the tourney was the Florida-Butler game in the 1st round.  The UNC-Tulsa(w Bill Self) regional final was pretty good too.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: starkweather</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904291</link> <dc:creator>starkweather</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:58:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904291</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;They appeared shaky because they started 3 white guys and they had struggled in the tournament the previous 5 years.&lt;/em&gt;And because a not great Georgetown team ran them off the floor]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>They appeared shaky because they started 3 white guys and they had struggled in the tournament the previous 5 years.</em></p><p>And because a not great Georgetown team ran them off the floor</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Dr. Tom</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904285</link> <dc:creator>Dr. Tom</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:56:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904285</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;They were a deserved #1 seed that year, though. Nobody questioned it. They only lost 2 games in the regular season.&lt;/blockquote&gt;I don&#039;t think anyone questioned it, and looking at the #2 seeds it was likely deserved, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/1998-1999/teamcume.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;they didn&#039;t exactly play anyone &lt;/a&gt;in the non-conference that year.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>They were a deserved #1 seed that year, though. Nobody questioned it. They only lost 2 games in the regular season.</p></blockquote><p>I don&#8217;t think anyone questioned it, and looking at the #2 seeds it was likely deserved, but <a href="http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/1998-1999/teamcume.html" rel="nofollow">they didn&#8217;t exactly play anyone </a>in the non-conference that year.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jay V Of Considerable Influence</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904282</link> <dc:creator>Jay V Of Considerable Influence</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:55:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904282</guid> <description><![CDATA[Butters, you can re-live that night....http://vault.ncaa.com/?game=306SR158_s01&amp;timecode=00%3A00%3A05%3A00]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Butters, you can re-live that night&#8230;.</p><p><a href="http://vault.ncaa.com/?game=306SR158_s01&#038;timecode=00%3A00%3A05%3A00" rel="nofollow">http://vault.ncaa.com/?game=306SR158_s01&#038;timecode=00%3A00%3A05%3A00</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: arkbadger</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904280</link> <dc:creator>arkbadger</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:55:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904280</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;LSU walking off the floor at halftime of their Sweet 16 game against Wisconsin down 22-14 looking completely shell shocked will forever be one of my favorite sports memories&lt;/blockquote&gt;fuck John Brady.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>LSU walking off the floor at halftime of their Sweet 16 game against Wisconsin down 22-14 looking completely shell shocked will forever be one of my favorite sports memories</p></blockquote><p>fuck John Brady.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ButtersBC</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904275</link> <dc:creator>ButtersBC</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:52:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904275</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brian Cardinal playing 12 years in the NBA amazed me since I assumed he was 35 his senior year at Purdue]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brian Cardinal playing 12 years in the NBA amazed me since I assumed he was 35 his senior year at Purdue</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: cleet</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904272</link> <dc:creator>cleet</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:51:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904272</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is why I love the NCAA tourney more than any other sporting event, even the bad memories are fun to recall.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is why I love the NCAA tourney more than any other sporting event, even the bad memories are fun to recall.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ButtersBC</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904269</link> <dc:creator>ButtersBC</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:51:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904269</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Hahaha, was that the Stromile Swift team?&lt;/blockquote&gt;You know it, they had some other long and athletic guy too whose name I can&#039;t remember and they had no idea what the hell they were seeing from that defense...think they got all the way to 48 points by game&#039;s end mostly because UW built a big enough lead to sit guys down the stretch, that game was amazing in how weird it was]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Hahaha, was that the Stromile Swift team?</p></blockquote><p>You know it, they had some other long and athletic guy too whose name I can&#8217;t remember and they had no idea what the hell they were seeing from that defense&#8230;think they got all the way to 48 points by game&#8217;s end mostly because UW built a big enough lead to sit guys down the stretch, that game was amazing in how weird it was</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jay V Of Considerable Influence</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904266</link> <dc:creator>Jay V Of Considerable Influence</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:50:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904266</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;LSU walking off the floor at halftime of their Sweet 16 game against Wisconsin down 22-14 looking completely shell shocked will forever be one of my favorite sports memories&lt;/blockquote&gt;In the other Sweet 16 game that night, the Zags shot like absolute shit, and allowed the world the epic Elite 8 matchup between Purdue and Wisconsin. Yay Brian Cardinal!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>LSU walking off the floor at halftime of their Sweet 16 game against Wisconsin down 22-14 looking completely shell shocked will forever be one of my favorite sports memories</p></blockquote><p>In the other Sweet 16 game that night, the Zags shot like absolute shit, and allowed the world the epic Elite 8 matchup between Purdue and Wisconsin. Yay Brian Cardinal!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: cleet</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904263</link> <dc:creator>cleet</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:48:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904263</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;LSU walking off the floor at halftime of their Sweet 16 game against Wisconsin down 22-14 looking completely shell shocked will forever be one of my favorite sports memories&lt;/blockquote&gt;Hahaha, was that the Stromile Swift team?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>LSU walking off the floor at halftime of their Sweet 16 game against Wisconsin down 22-14 looking completely shell shocked will forever be one of my favorite sports memories</p></blockquote><p>Hahaha, was that the Stromile Swift team?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Dr. Tom</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904261</link> <dc:creator>Dr. Tom</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:47:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904261</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt; 2000 was the worst tournament ever&lt;/blockquote&gt;Two number 8 seeds, a number 5, and #1 MSU which won the tourney and was the only #1 seed to make it&#039;s Regional Final.  Iowa St. was the only #2 seed to make it&#039;s Regional Final as well.  Just crazy.While all that chaos might sound great, the tournament was pretty terrible.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> 2000 was the worst tournament ever</p></blockquote><p>Two number 8 seeds, a number 5, and #1 MSU which won the tourney and was the only #1 seed to make it&#8217;s Regional Final.  Iowa St. was the only #2 seed to make it&#8217;s Regional Final as well.  Just crazy.</p><p>While all that chaos might sound great, the tournament was pretty terrible.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jay V Of Considerable Influence</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904258</link> <dc:creator>Jay V Of Considerable Influence</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:45:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904258</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Completely forgot Auburn was a No. 1 seed. Good lord.&lt;/blockquote&gt;They were a deserved #1 seed that year, though.  Nobody questioned it.  They only lost 2 games in the regular season.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Completely forgot Auburn was a No. 1 seed. Good lord.</p></blockquote><p>They were a deserved #1 seed that year, though.  Nobody questioned it.  They only lost 2 games in the regular season.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ButtersBC</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904257</link> <dc:creator>ButtersBC</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:44:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904257</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;That tourney was horrible, especially the Final Four&lt;/blockquote&gt;LSU walking off the floor at halftime of their Sweet 16 game against Wisconsin down 22-14 looking completely shell shocked will forever be one of my favorite sports memories]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>That tourney was horrible, especially the Final Four</p></blockquote><p>LSU walking off the floor at halftime of their Sweet 16 game against Wisconsin down 22-14 looking completely shell shocked will forever be one of my favorite sports memories</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: vajayjay redick</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904256</link> <dc:creator>vajayjay redick</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:44:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904256</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;That tourney was horrible, especially the Final Four. No offense to Mich State and the Flintstones.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Dick Bennett tried to single handedly destroy college basketball in that Final 4.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>That tourney was horrible, especially the Final Four. No offense to Mich State and the Flintstones.</p></blockquote><p>Dick Bennett tried to single handedly destroy college basketball in that Final 4.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: cleet</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904251</link> <dc:creator>cleet</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:42:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904251</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;2000 was the worst tournament ever, partly due to Cincinnati losing Kenyon Martin in the C-USA tournament. Cincy was probably the best team that year.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Damn shame, Cincy was definitely the best team and it wasn&#039;t a guarantee they would win but they would have ahd a fair shake.That tourney was horrible, especially the Final Four. No offense to Mich State and the Flintstones.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>2000 was the worst tournament ever, partly due to Cincinnati losing Kenyon Martin in the C-USA tournament. Cincy was probably the best team that year.</p></blockquote><p>Damn shame, Cincy was definitely the best team and it wasn&#8217;t a guarantee they would win but they would have ahd a fair shake.</p><p>That tourney was horrible, especially the Final Four. No offense to Mich State and the Flintstones.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: QueeferSutherland</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904250</link> <dc:creator>QueeferSutherland</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:41:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904250</guid> <description><![CDATA[OTTimberlake to host SNL on 3/9./OT]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OT</p><p>Timberlake to host SNL on 3/9.</p><p>/OT</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: vajayjay redick</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/21/vegas-bookmaker-ncaa-bracket-miami-as-a-3-seed-notre-dame-and-butler-as-13-seeds/comment-page-2/#comment-1904248</link> <dc:creator>vajayjay redick</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:38:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=249108#comment-1904248</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Holy shit. I can’t believe that happened. That’s the year Sparty beat the Gators for the title, right? IIRC the draft that followed is considered to be the worst in NBA history&lt;/blockquote&gt;That was 2000.  In &#039;99 the other #1&#039;s were UConn, Duke, and MSU and all 3 made the F4.  2000 was the worst tournament ever, partly due to Cincinnati losing Kenyon Martin in the C-USA tournament.  Cincy was probably the best team that year.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Holy shit. I can’t believe that happened. That’s the year Sparty beat the Gators for the title, right? IIRC the draft that followed is considered to be the worst in NBA history</p></blockquote><p>That was 2000.  In &#8217;99 the other #1&#8242;s were UConn, Duke, and MSU and all 3 made the F4.  2000 was the worst tournament ever, partly due to Cincinnati losing Kenyon Martin in the C-USA tournament.  Cincy was probably the best team that year.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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