10:13-Digger has gone with the orange tie and highlighter
today. It looks much better than the
yellow on yellow he had yesterday, but he does like payback games.
10:18-Certain people (cough, my parents, cough) think that I
have been writing too much about drinking.
Because of this I told myself that the next couple pieces I wrote for
this blog wouldn’t mention drinking at all, but then I decided to do this
running diary. Therefore, any time I
would normally use an alcoholic word in this diary, I am going to replace it
with the name of a character from The
Wire (which we are currently watching on DVD). If you haven’t seen The Wire, too bad.
10:22-I’m going to go make some eggs.
10:36 – I finished cooking the eggs and popped open a nice,
cold McNulty. There’s some sort of ESPN montage
going on right now.
10:37-They show some West Virginia fans going crazy in the
street. Is it because there teams is
playing, or is it because they have escaped the state of West Virginia. This is unclear.
10:38-Jay Bilas thinks West Virginia will speed the game
up. Apparently the magic number is 69.
10:39-First words from Sharky at the Garden: He gets bad
cell phone reception at the Garden.
Hopefully, I’ll get a few updates as the game goes forward.
10:41-Tim Higgins is an official for the game. I remember there used to be an ND fan that
always made a big deal about hating Tim Higgins. I’m not exactly sure why this was, but he’s
the only college basketball official who’s name I recognize.
10:43-Irish get the first score
10:45-McDonaugh tells us that there are a lot of WVU players
from the New York area, which is really surprising as I thought they all came
from West Virginia.
10:46-Bob Huggins has as many wins as John Wooden had? That’s upsetting to me.
10:48-Mike Brey has summoned Harangody AND Peoples. I don’t
know if our best strategy here involves giving Peoples playing time.
10:52-Coming out of the commercial break, I have now
finished my eggs and am watching the cheerleaders do something on the
court. I wonder if the cheerleaders are
able to have a spring break? It seems
like they would love Cancun more than any other Notre Dame Students.
10:53-When I make a movie about this basketball game, I am
going to cast Alec Baldwin as Bob Huggins.
Picture Baldwin in a sweatsuit, picture it.
10:54- Sharky says a Bunk (a large McNulty) at MSG costs
$9. The Chinese McNulty I’m drinking
cost less than 50 cents.
10:56-A commercial for Bud Light with Wheat that includes a
huge bottle of Bud Light making out with a huge bushel of wheat on the
beach. I’m confused, I thought all Beer
was made from wheat. I’m going to do
some research.
10:59- Raftery: “Did you think Mike Brey would be this good
when you coached with him?” Jay Bilas: “Yes, I did.”
11:00- Harangody dropping threes again, this isn’t what we
want him to be doing.
11:04 – ESPN is really pushing the World Cup. They’ve got the U2 song going, and at the end
of the commercial they’re using some sort of African style font.
11:05-LOCAL ADS, coming to you this week from . . . North
Texas, and a car dealership. Hopefully
it’s Buddy Garrity.
11:07- Alright, I’ve found it. According to Wikipedia, the new Barksdale
from Anheuser-Busch is “Bud Light Golden Wheat,” which is apparently a response
to the amount of golden wheat obtained from craft breweries around the
country. If I want to drink a Golden
Wheat McNulty, I think I’ll just stick with Samuel Adams.
11:10 – The Irish have only had one field goal in the last
ten minutes, is it because of the Mountaineer zone, or because of the Irish
Slow Burn.
11:11- Hansborough for THREE!!!
11:12-The Mountaineers have opened up a six point lead going
into a commercial with mechanical arms dropping oil in a car.
11:13- 3:07 left in the first half
11:15-There’s a montage leading into the commercial break,
and I’m pretty sure that the West Virginia mascot is a female. I have no problem with this at all, and
wonder when we will have a female Leprechaun.
11:17-Rece Davis uses the phrase “wall to wall” when
discussing Kentucky. Ha, Ha, Ha,
boooooooooooooo
11:19-Our feed is
skipping a lot. A couple minutes ago, it
skipped over an entire Irish score. We
have no idea who scored the last points
11:20-Hansborough for THREE!!!
11:21-HANSBOROUGH AT THE BUZZER!!!
11:22-They’re reviewing it . . . what is this football.
11:23-Rece Davis is touting how good their camera crew is
because they got the shot that overturned it.
11:25-I don’t think that Alec Baldwin is the best Baldwin
brother to play Bob Huggins in my movie.
My halftime project is going to be looking through pictures of the other
Baldwin brothers.
11:28-I just got distracted from my project by a commercial
for the movie Hot Tub Time Machine
with John Cusack, Daryl from The Office,
and Michael Cera’s friend.
11:30-I’ve found some pictures of Daniel
Baldwin, Stephen
Baldwin, and William
Baldwin. I’m torn between Stephen
and Daniel for the role. I’ll wait until
I see Huggins again to make a decision.
11:36-Halftime word from Sharky, apparently the crowd at MSG
is mainly pulling for West Virginia.
Thus proving #76.
11:39-I think they just played Jay-Z’s Empire State of Mind, but I’m not sure because I haven’t heard the
song before. This despite the fact that
I just bought the song on iTunes solely because Bill Simmons mentioned it in
his mailbag today. I have yet to listen
to it though.
11:41-The second half has begun, and the Irish quickly tie
it up.
11:42- I think we’re going to need some more production from
Harangody in this half if we are going to win the game.
11:44-West Virginia takes a six point lead, and we go to a
commercial.
11:46- Sharky’s girlfriend has commandeered his Blackberry
and I am now explaining to her the idea of writing a running diary for a
basketball game.
11:51-I just popped open my second McNulty. Hopefully this means that I don’t have a The Wire problem.
11:53-WVU lead is back up to six
11:54- Abromitis at the line. Apparently he is a great player this year,
even though he didn’t play at all the past two years. This is how Mike Brey operates.
11:56- I think I’m going to go with Daniel Baldwin to play
Bob Huggins in my movie of this game.
Not only does he have the weight on him, but he has that alcoholic look
on him, and we all remember Bob Huggins DUI issues of previous years (although,
understandably he was living in Ohio back then).
12:01 – Kansas State is good this year? Do you remember when Bob Huggins was the
coach of Kansas State? Neither do I.
12:05-The ball has been going back and forth for awhile, but
we’re still down eight. Mike Brey is
smiling about this for whatever reason.
12:07-We are now down ten with less than ten minutes to
play. McDonaugh tries to console the
viewer by saying how tough it has been with the rims in this game. I am not consoled.
12:11-The announcers are now talking about ND giving up its
football independence and all that stuff Swarbrick was saying earlier this
week. It’s not a good sign when the
announcers of a basketball game are talking about Jack Swarbrick’s comments on
our football independence.
12:13-Less than eight minutes remaining. We’ve gotta get something going now.
12:14-Harangody makes a couple free throws, we’re down
eight.
12:16-Harangody is fouled while shooting a three. The real question is: WHY IS HE SHOOTING
THREES???
12:18 –Da’Sean Butler has scored half of the points for West
Virginia, and Harangody sends him to the line.
12:19-The team is falling apart. McDonaugh mentions our short bench. I wish they’d ask Brey about that one.
12:22 –Abromitis gets fouled, and misses the first one. Brey takes the timeout with the team down
seven and 4:50 remaining. Let’s see some
Mike Brey strategery.
12:24-Hansborough for THREE!!
12:25-Four point game, make that six.
12:25- HANSBOROUGHT FOR THREEEEEEEEEE!!!!! FROM THE NBA LINE!!
12:26-Three and a half to go, it’s a three point game.
12:27-Ben Hansborough has brought us back into this game.
12:28-Offensive Foul, it’s going our way into the media
timeout. Huggins is mad.
12:30-Is that Ellen
Page in an ad for Cisco? Is this what
her career has come to? Oh wait, she has
a role in Inception this summer,
never mind.
12:32-It’s a ONE POINT GAME (have I overused the caps
function yet)
12:34-WVU opens up a five point lead, as Tim Higgins stops
the action for no apparent reason
12:35-I’m doing Mike Brey style fist pumps as Hansborough
makes it a three point game.
12:37-Butler’s free throw makes it a four point game, and
the Irish keep possession on their end.
12:38-Hansborough at the line, makes them both and a two
point game
12:39-There’s a timeout, 47 seconds left. I think this diary has shown how I watch
basketball games. I spend three quarters
of the game thinking about superfluous shit like commercials, coaches, and
announcers, and then spend the last ten minutes of the game caring.
12:41-That’s it, the Irish lose. After Butler (a.k.a. the only player on West
Virginia) missed his chance for the dagger, Tory Jackson had a three point shot
for the win and missed it
12:44-Well, that’s all from here. The first Notre Dame Basketball game I’ve
watched in its entirety all year ends with a last second loss (reminds me of
football season). Two days from now
we’ll all have brackets to fill out, and thanks to the last two weeks, the
Irish will be back in action once the Madness begins.
GO IRISH, BEAT BOILERMAKERS!!
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