Who’s going to win this thing?: An IM conversation

March 13th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

There’s really no better way of conversing nowadays than through IM. Seriously, it’s perfect. Say someone IMs you that you don’t want to talk to, why, just ignore them. When you see them in public or at work or in class next, just say your Internet was messed or you “weren’t by your computer.” And if they don’t live in your immediate circle, you don’t even have to worry about it!

Can you do that if they’re standing right next to you? If they’re chatting their ass off in the break room, babbling on about Timmy’s soccer game over the weekend? Eff no. (Presumably, this some sort of logic could be applied to the telephone if you don’t answer, but for the purposes of this post, we’ll suspend that logic for now.)

Anyways, E and I conversed about what team might be crowned champion of the NCAA Tournament last night, and I’ve decided to republish it below for you. When Tim Hardaway doesn’t say he hates gay people, this is the kind of stuff I’m unfortunately going to have to throw at you. Apoligies. So, here’s the conversation, realitively the same way it happened live, minus all of E’s “LOLs” and “ROTFLs.” Man that stuff gets annoying after awhile.

R: if you’re going with a big ten squad, go with ohio state, not wisconsin
10:08 PM E: i have them winning it
i honestly think they can
R: yeah, i mean, they lost to florida at florida, nc at north carolina and wisconsin at wisconsin
that’s it
30-3
E: 30-3, all their losses AT 1 or 2 teams
GREG ODEN WITH ONE HAND
R: and lost arguably to the other three top teams in the country
E: yes
they are winning it
i’m convinced
10:09 PM R: i might go with them
but florida still intrigues me
10:12 PM E: yeah, it’s just hard man
i get the feeling they sort of lost focus down the stretch
10:13 PM R: but the can regroup and win
they won the SEC
E: and i’m (admittedly unreasonably) one those guys that sees the difficulty inherent in winning two straight titles and considers that to be more reason than matchups, etc
10:14 PM R: i mean, yes, that’s a good point
but at the same time, i’m of the mind where, if it hasn’t happened in awhile
then it could probably happen this year
what was it? 92-93 when duke won back-to-back?
10:15 PM it’s been a healthy enough amount of time in between for me, where, in my mind, it could happen again
E: yeah
that’s a good counterargument, and on the same terms
10:16 PM R: but again, that’s the same kind of rationale you could use with kansas
bill self hasn’t done dick in the tourney
he’s got a No. 1 seed now
they are a good team
who knows
E: right
R: so, they could maybe win too
E: damn
R: damn, this stuff is hard

Note: Expect a more coherent and complete set of picks later today. Actually, make that tomorrow.