UT vs. Tree
It's Candace vs. Candice (and Smoky vs. The Tree) in the women's national championship game, and Jeff vs. Jeff in the Living Room Times women's pool, as March Madness officially ends tonight.
If the Tennessee Lady Vols, led by Candace Parker, beat the Stanford Drunken Trees Cardinal, led by Candice Wiggins, in tonight's title showdown, then Jeff Freeze, a 1992 Indiana alum, will win the 11th annual Times women's pool. If Stanford prevails, then Jeff Vaca, a 1982 Cal alum, will be the pool champion.
The game starts at 8:30 PM EST on ESPN. Gamecast here.
P.S. If Tennessee wins, there will be three contestants in my pools who correctly predicted both the men's and women's champions: Chris Aemisegger, Dan Port, and... Loyette! Heh. (If Stanford wins, there will be no such contestants.)
UPDATE: It's 37-29 Tennessee at halftime.
UPDATE 2: The Lady Vols win!
The final score was 64-48. I guess they used up all the drama in their Final Four win over LSU:
Wow, thats gotta be painful. A Cal alum's hopes of winning riding on the Farm? Jeff probably wants Jeff to win!
Posted by: David K. | Apr 8, 2008 7:57:03 PM
Jeff probably wants Jeff to win!
Yes, and also, Bob Dole wants Bob Dole to win. :)
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Apr 8, 2008 8:07:52 PM
How do they get that outfit onto a drunken student?
Posted by: Leanna Loomer | Apr 8, 2008 8:24:48 PM
No no no, the student is sober when he/she puts on the outfit; then they hide a flask inside the outfit and drink during the game. :) At least, that's what one ex-Tree did...
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Apr 8, 2008 8:25:33 PM
Tampa sure has an ugly court. It's hard to be uglier than Reed Arena, but this mght take it, IMO.
Posted by: Jim Hu | Apr 8, 2008 8:41:27 PM
Well, it's no fun drinking alone...
Posted by: Leanna Loomer | Apr 8, 2008 9:06:41 PM
GO VOLS! Oh that hurts! But for tonight anyway, GO ROCKY TOP!
Posted by: Freeze | Apr 8, 2008 9:32:17 PM
This is Jeff, the Cal alum...and yes, it is ironic that my chance at glory will come with the price of knowing that it was Stanfurd that allowed it to happen. But with the game nearing its home stretch, it's looking like Jeff will win, and not Jeff. So I may be off the hook...I think.
Posted by: Jeff | Apr 8, 2008 10:25:01 PM
Let it be known that, as of about 30 seconds ago, I saved a draft of the "Jeff Freeze wins women's pool" post, and am now continuing to work on it. Will this curse that Lady Vols, as my "Amy Greca wins" post appeared to curse Memphis last night? We shall see. :)
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Apr 8, 2008 10:25:04 PM
Congrats to the Lady Vols for completely taking Stanford out of their game. Bad time to play that badly, but the Tennessee D clearly had a lot to do with it.
sigh.
Posted by: Jim Hu | Apr 8, 2008 10:37:40 PM
Hmm. Tree must have been sober.
Posted by: Leanna Loomer | Apr 9, 2008 1:41:16 AM
I still want to know how Bruce Pearl can be both the mascot and the men's head coach. ;)
Posted by: B. Minich | Apr 9, 2008 4:39:54 PM