The Madness Starts Tonight...

Champs1963 · October 13, 2006 2:11AM

College Hoops gets underway tonight, it would be interesting to know which team everyone here roots for. I'm the die-est of die hard fans of the Loyola Ramblers.

AkbarClone · October 13, 2006 3:16AM

The blood in my veins run Tar Heel blue.

bhl2359 · October 13, 2006 3:28AM

Go Gators!

rounding3rd · October 13, 2006 3:46AM

Fighting Illini for me!!

-Mike

frankhardy · October 13, 2006 3:47AM

The University of Kentucky Wildcats!

tkd7 · October 13, 2006 4:57AM

Penn Quakers

Stone193 · October 13, 2006 5:08AM

Holy Crap!

Is it March already?!

dontippet · October 13, 2006 5:09AM

Another vote for Illini Orange. My former boss was actually listening to a Illini fight songs cd today to get ready for the football game tomorrow.

Don

eyebone · October 13, 2006 5:39AM

Queen's Golden Gaels. No, wait. Sorry....thought this was Canadian Collegiate ball. Never mind.

Eyebone

usmc1986 · October 13, 2006 5:48AM

Minnesota Golden Gophers!!!

FifthScaleRacer · October 13, 2006 5:52AM

Portland State Vikings!!!!

rbdjr1 · October 13, 2006 5:55AM

Miami (FLA)

rd

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themetalsign · October 13, 2006 6:49AM

Uconn Huskies fan here..........

Dave D.

MajorDanby · October 13, 2006 7:38AM

i think mostly everyone roots for their undergrad basketball team...

so, i go with the berkeley bears

halosfan · October 13, 2006 7:40AM

U C L A .... BRUINS!

Sheamaster · October 13, 2006 12:37PM

Fighting Illini

larryallen73 · October 13, 2006 12:45PM

The team which has won 11 national championships, 10 of which were won in one 12 year stretch (7 in a row)... UCLA BRUINS!

aro13 · October 13, 2006 12:58PM

eyebone - Are you a graduate of Queens? If yes, I am sorry to hear that.

NC State Wolfpack.

Carew29 · October 13, 2006 1:52PM

Azusa Pacific University---NAIA.

SportsCardCollector · October 13, 2006 1:55PM

As far as who I root for, I go along with Mike, Don and Sheamaster in cheering for the Fighting Illini of Illinois. But they won't be as good this year because of who they're missing.

ILL!-INI!

GDM67 · October 13, 2006 4:26PM

The team that I've liked since I was in middle school and they made a valiant run to the NCAA title game with a bunch of green kids, the Duke Blue Devils.

I know they've come to be seen at the NCAA hoops equivalent of the Yankees, but when I started watching the game, the Yankees doppelganger in the ACC was UNC and I've always liked Duke as a counterbalance.

mreuter · October 13, 2006 9:37PM

Iowa Hawkeyes

eyebone · October 13, 2006 10:13PM

Aro:

I was an undergrad at Trent University in Peterborough, but they don't even have a basketball team. I did my M.A. at Queen's (and my wife is a graduate too) so therein lies my allegiance.

Don't tell me you are a rich kid who went to Western, Aro? Or worse....U of T?

Eyebone

TNP777 · October 13, 2006 10:41PM

UCLA is my first choice, and for some reason I've always had a soft spot for Duke.

Carew - Azusa Pacific is the last team I would have expected to show up in a question like this. My niece is a junior down there. Nice to hear from someone else that attended or roots for APU.

Geordie

aro13 · October 13, 2006 11:54PM

eyebone - I am embarrased to say I went to York and later St. Bonaventure. My wife went to Mac and Queens (for graduate work). I enjoyed visiting my wife at Queens and thank goodness she did not live in the student ghetto.

eyebone · October 14, 2006 12:08AM

Aro:

St. Bonaventure, eh. Not sure, but wasn't it Bob Lanier (or some other centre from that era) who went to St. Bonnie?

Those Mac guys were always a bit crazy. Many years ago I was out at Trent for the annual Head-of-the Trent rowing regatta. There is a bridge that passes over the Otonabee River and links the two sides of the Trent campus. Two guys thought it would be fun to jump off the bridge and into the river below....nothing too unusual about that except they did so naked. The police picked them up when they swam to shore. They were from Mac.

Eyebone

Stone193 · October 14, 2006 12:20AM

I don't follow a specific team - there's nothing better than March Madness!

But, I can't believe how time flies!

mike

A761506 · October 14, 2006 1:10AM

Even though I don't think they'll be very good this season, my loyalty rests with my alma mater, Michigan State.

NickM · October 14, 2006 1:39AM

UCLA, and I too have a soft spot for Duke (mainly because of Coach K).

Nick

ArnyVee · October 14, 2006 1:46AM

<< <i>Miami (FLA)

rd

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I agree...go Canes!

GOODLIEU · October 14, 2006 5:05AM

St. John's. Win or lose I stand by my old school. Just wish they did'nt get politically correct a number of years ago and kept their Redmen nickname. I hate their Red Storm monicker and the current mascot (Thunder the horse I think) just plain stupid. Bring back the "Chief" from the good old days.

GDM67 · October 14, 2006 1:38PM

<< <i> Not sure, but wasn't it Bob Lanier (or some other centre from that era) who went to St. Bonnie? >>

Yes, Big Bob was a Bonnie.

natetrook · October 14, 2006 4:04PM

Univ. of Arizona

Go Cats! Bear Down!!!

scottopotamus · October 15, 2006 6:47AM

University of Evansville Purple Aces (undergrad)

1st Game at Lipscomb 11-13

Boston University Terriers (Grad School)

1st Game vs. George Washington on 11-10

LWMM · October 15, 2006 10:09AM

Michigan and Duke, per location.

iamthegreatcornholio · October 15, 2006 10:30AM

Georgia Tech wins it all this year...

DUCK FUKE!

detroitfan2 · October 15, 2006 10:43AM

<<Even though I don't think they'll be very good this season, my loyalty rests with my alma mater, Michigan State.>>

I second that:

And I also agree they won't be very good this season. They don't have much compared to past seasons. They'll probably be .500 in the Big 10 and lose in the first round of the NCAA. Hey, wait a minute. Izzo was able to do that with last year's team, and that team only had 3 players drafted by the NBA.