Mar 23 2021

The Breakfast Club (Said and Done)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.

This Day in History

Patrick Henry declares, ‘Give me liberty, or give me death,’ German parliament grants Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers, President Reagan proposes anti-nuke ‘Star Wars’ program, Movie ‘Titanic’ wins 11 Oscars

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.

Rita Rudner

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Mar 22 2021

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Regional Quarterfinals- Day 2, Evening

More games. After this the men take a break until March 27 when the Sweet Sixteen begins.

Here are this afternoon’s results. I’ll post the scores for the evening games as they finish. #11 UCLA is this year’s Cinderella team coming from he play ins to make it to the Sweet 16 where they will face either #10 Maryland or #2 Alabama.

 

Seed School Record Score Seed School Record Score Region
7 Oregon* 20 – 6 95 2 Iowa 22 – 8 80 East
8 Oklahoma 15 – 10 71 1 Gonzaga* 26 – 0 87 West
14 Abilene Christian 23 – 4 47 11 UCLA* 17 – 9 67 East
13 Ohio 13 – 7 58 5 Creighton* 20 – 8 72 West
8 LSU 18 – 9 78 1 Michigan* 20 – 4 86 East
5 Colorado 22 – 8 53 4 Florida St.* 16 – 6 71 East
10 Maryland 16 – 13 77 2 Alabama* 12 – 5 96 East
6 USC* 22 – 7 85 3 Kansas 16 – 7 51 West

 

And the last four start times and channels.

 

Time Network Seed School Record Seed School Record Region
7:10 CBS 8 LSU 18 – 9 1 Michigan* 20 – 4 East
7:45 TBS 5 Colorado 22 – 8 4 Florida St.* 16 – 6 East
8:45 TNT 10 Maryland 16 – 13 2 Alabama* 12 – 5 East
9:40 CBS 6 USC* 22 – 7 3 Kansas 16 – 7 West

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Mar 22 2021

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64- Day 2, Evening

This is the last of the heavy lifting. Tomorrow starts the two days second round of games for the women which will cull the teams down to the the Sweet 16.

Here are the a scores for this afternoon’s games

 

Seed School Record Score Seed School Record Score Region
10 N. Carolina 13 – 10 71 7 Alabama* 16 – 9 80 Hemisfair
14 Drexel 14 – 8 53 3 Georgia* 20 – 5 67 Henisfair
11 BYU* 18 – 5 69 6 Rutgers 14 – 4 79 Mercado
14 Stony Brook 15 – 5 44 3 Arizona* 16 – 5 79 Mercado
13 Wright St.* 13 – 7 66 4 Arkansas 19 – 8 62 Alamo
13 VCU 16 – 10 32 4 Indiana* 18 – 5 63 Mercado
12 Belmont* 20 – 5 64 5 Gonzaga 23 – 3 59 Mercado
15 Mt. St. Mary’s 15 – 6 45 2 Maryland* 24 – 2 98 Hemisfair
10 UCF 16 – 4 51 7 Northwestern* 15 – 8 62 Alamo

This evening’s games:

 

Time Network Seed School Record Seed School Record Region
6:00 ESPN 10 Michigan St. 15 – 8 7 Iowa St.* 16 – 10 Mercado
6 ;00 ESPN2 15 Troy 22 – 5 2 Texas A&M* 23 – 2 Mercado
7:30 ESPNU 12 UC Davis 13 – 2 5 Missouri St.* 21 – 2 Alamo
8:00 EDPN 15 Marist 18 – 3 2 Louisville* 23 – 3 Alamo
8:00 ESPN 11 Bradley 17 – 11 6 Texas* 18 – 9 Hemisfair
10:00 ESPN2 11 S. Dakota 19 – 5 6 Oregon* 13 – 8 Alamo
10:00 ESPN 14 Wyoming 14 – 9 3 UCLA* 16 – 5 Hemisfair

 

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Mar 22 2021

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Regional Quarterfinals- Day 2, Afternoon

Definitely some upsets yesterday. First up, #8 Loyola Chicago trounced #1 Illinois. #11 Syracuse eked (no pun intended) a win past #3 West Virginia. Much to Amondo’s disappointment his #7 Florida (Gators) went down to #15 Oral Roberts. In the final game of the night,  #12 Oregon St. literally sent #4 Oklahoma St. walking home.

After yesterday’s upsets, bmaz from emptywheel speculated on Twitter that there are no clean brackets left. I suspect he’s right.

 

Seed School Record Score Seed School Record Score Region
8 Loyola Chi* 24 – 4 71 1 Illinois 23 – 6 58 Midwest
4 Wisconsin 17 – 12 63 1 Baylor* 22 – 2 76 South
11 Syracuse* 17 – 9 75 3 W. Virginia 18 – 9 72 Midwest
6 Texas Tech 17 – 10 66 3 Arkansas* 22 – 6 8 South
10 Rutgers 15 – 11 60 2 Houston* 19 – 7 63 Midwest
15 Oral Roberts* 16 – 10 81 7 Florida 14 – 9 78 South
13 N. Texas 17 – 9 61 5 Villanova* 16 – 6 84 South
12 Oregon St.* 17 – 12 80 4 Oklahoma St. 20 – 8 70 Midwest

Afternoon Games

Time Network Seed School Record Seed School Record Region
12:10 CBS 7 Oregon* 20 – 6 2 Iowa 21 – 8 East
2:40 CBS 8 Oklahoma 15 – 10 1 Gonzaga* 26 – 0 West
5:15 TBS 14 Abilene Christian 23 – 4 11 UCLA* 17 – 9 East
6:10 TNT 13 Ohio 16 – 7 5 Creighton* 20 – 9 West

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Mar 22 2021

Cartnoon

Plastics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Plastic is in everything, from the clothes we wear to the water we drink. John Oliver explains how plastics are harming the planet, why recycling isn’t the solution you think it is, and why fixing the problem will be up to not just consumers, but corporations and policymakers.

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Mar 22 2021

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64- Day 2, Afternoon

In 2019, ek hornbeck wrote: “Ok, I’ll bite. WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU THINKING GIVING NOTRE DAME AT 30 – 3 A #1 SEED AND SNOOTING UCONN AT 31 – 2?! Bless your hearts (which you’ll recall refers to someone with an Oedipal Conflict in Dixie)!”

This year Notre Dame is not playing, neither the women or the men and Muffet McGraw has retired.

Here are the a scores for the First Day of 64.

Seed School Record Score Seed School Record Score Region
13 Cent. Michigan 18 – 8 72 5 Iowa* 18 – 9 87 River Walk
10 Marquette 19 – 6 63 7 Virginia Tech* 14 – 9 70 River Walk
9 Wake Forest 21 – 12 61 8 Oklahoma* 18 – 8 84 Alamo
13 Idaho St. 22 – 3 63 4 Kentucky* 17 – 8 71 River Walk
14 Middle Tenn 17 – 7 62 3 Tennessee* 16 – 7 87 River Walk
11 FGCU 26 – 2 66 6 Michigan* 14 – 5 87 River Walk
15 Jackson St. 16 – 5 52 2 Baylor* 25 – 2 101 River Walk
16 N. Carolina A&T 14  – 2 58 1 N. Carolina St.* 20 – 2 79 Mercado
12 SFA 24 – 2 52 5 Georgia Tech* 15 – 8 54 Hemisfair
9 S. Dakota St. 21 – 3 55 8 Syracuse* 14 – 8 72 River Walk
16 Mercer 19 – 6 53 1 S Carolina* 22 – 4 79 Hemisfair
9 Florida St. 10 – 8 59 8 Oregon St.* 11 – 7 83 Hemisfair
16 High Point 22 – 6 59 1 Uconn* 24 – 1 102 River Walk
13 Lehigh 10 – 5 53 4 W. Virginia* 21 – 6 77 Hemisfair
9 Washington St 12 – 11 53 8 S. Florida* 18 – 3 57 Mercado
16 Utah Valley 13 – 6 44 1 Stanford* 25 – 2 87 Alamo

This afternoon’s games:

 

Time Network Seed School Record Seed School Record Region
12:00 ESPN 10 N. Carolina 13 – 10 7 Alabama* 16 – 9 Hemisfair
12:00 ESPN2 14 Drexel 14 – 8 3 Georgia* 20 – 5 Hemisfair
12:00 ESPNU 11 BYU* 18 – 5 6 Rutgers 14 – 4 Mercado
2:00 ESPN2 14 Stony Brook 15 – 5 3 Arizona* 16 – 5 Mercado
2:00 ESPN 13 Wright St.*  18 – 7 4 Arkansas 19 – 8 Alamo
2:00 ESPNU 13 VCU 16 – 10 4 Indiana* 18 – 5 Mercado
4:00 ESPN2 12 Belmont* 20 – 5 5 Gonzaga 23 – 3 Mercado
4:00 ESPN 15 Mt. St. Mary’s 17 – 6 2 Maryland* 24 – 2 Hemisfair
4:00 ESPNU 10 UCF 16 – 4 7 Northwestern* 15 – 8 Alamo

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Mar 22 2021

The Breakfast Club (Political Sarcasm)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.

This Day in History

Britain enacts the Stamp Act on its American colonies; The ‘Garbage Barge’; Skater Tara Lipinski reaches the record books; The Beatles release ‘Please Please Me’; Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Sarcasm all around the world is always against right wing and against people in power. That’s the definition of political sarcasm.

Bassem Youssef

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Mar 21 2021

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Regional Quarterfinals- Day 1, Evening

Four more games.

Evening Games

 

Time Network Seed School Record Seed School Record Region
7:10 TBS 10 Rutgers 15 – 11 2 Houston* 24 – 3 Midwest
7:45 TruTV 15 Oral Roberts* 16 – 10 7 Florida 14 – 9 South
8:45 TNT 13 N. Texas 17 – 9 5 Villanova* 16 – 6 South
9:40 TBS 12 Oregon St.* 17 – 12 4 Oklahoma 20 – 8 Midwest

TMC fo ek hornbeck

Mar 21 2021

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64 Day 1- Evening

In 2019, ek hornbeck wrote: “If you’re reading this it’s because I’m still napping. It is the debut of the Lady Huskies in this year’s Tournament and I’d look up the fight song but I’m also lazy.”

He found it later after a nap.

Yup, this is mind bending. Fortunately, ek left me the map, so I don’t have to figure it out. Have I told you how much I hate HTML?

 

Time Network Seed School Record Seed School Record Region
6:00 ESPN 16 Mercer 19 – 6 1 S. Carolina* 22 -4 Hemisfair
7:30 ESPN 2 9 Florida St 10 – 8 8 Oregon St* 11 – 7 Hemisfair
8:00 ESPN 16 High Point 22 – 6 1 UConn* 24 – 1 River Walk
8:00 ESPNU 13 Lehigh 10 – 5 4 W. Virginia* 21 – 6 Hemisfair
9:30 ESPN2 9 Washington St. 12 – 11 8 S. Florida* 18 – 3 Mercado
10:00 ESPN 16 Utah Valley 13 – 6 1 Stanford* 25 – 2 Alamo

* indicates the winner

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Mar 21 2021

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Regional Quarterfinals- Day 1, Afternoon

Last year ek hornbeck created a “New and Improved with Special (and a subtly different pain in the ass) Table for Results. So this is the one I’ll be using today and for future games. The winners  will be bolded and the upset winners will be on the right, the lower seeds are always on the right.

There were some interesting upsets last night:

First, the #7  UConn men failed to advance over #10 Maryland. The next to go was #4 Virginia falling to #13 Ohio. Then #6 Brigham Young (BYU) was toppled by #11 UCLA, Play In winner. I think the biggest stunner of the night was the last game of the night with #3 Texas losing by one point to #14 Abilene Christian.

These are scores for the teams that played yesterday. They will advance to the next round.

 

Seed School Record Score Seed School Record Score Region
12 Georgetown 13  -12 73 5 Colorado 22 – 8 96 East
13 UNCG 21 – 8 54 4 Florida St. 13 – 6 64 East
14 E. Washington 16 – 7 84 3 Kansas 20 – 8 93 West
9 St. Bonaventure 16 – 4 61 8 LSU 19 – 9 76 East
16 TX Southern 16 – 8 66 1 Michigan 20 – 4 82 East
15 Iona 12 – 5 55 2 Alabama 24 – 6 68 East
11 Drake 25 – 4 56 6 USC 22 – 7 72 West
15 Grand Canyon 17 – 6 74 2 Iowa 21 – 8 86 West
10 Maryland* 16 – 13 63 7 UConn 16 – 7 54 East
13 Ohio* 16 – 7 62 4 Virginia 18 – 6 56 West
9 Missouri 16 – 9 68 8 Oklahoma 15 – 10 72 West
16 Norfolk St 16-7 55 1 Gonzaga 26 – 0 98 West
11 UCLA* 17 – 9 73 6 BYU 20 – 6 62 East
14 Abilene Christian* 23 – 4 53 3 Texas 19 – 7 52 East
10 VCU 19 – 7 7 Oregon** 20 – 6 West
12 USC -SB 22 – 4 62 5 Creighton 20 – 8 63 West

* indicates an upset.

**VCU knocked out by positive CoVid-19 tests. Oregon automatically advances

He also decided to break the games into Early and Late sessions. “CBS of course wants you to plant your butt in front of the screen all day, but the truth is that the Early stuff is all CBS all the time so you could watch every single game from beginning to end if sheer volume is your goal.

I’m dividing it because of the tendency of items to slide out of consciousness off the bottom, especially on busy days (Did something happen? I wasn’t paying attention. March Madness!). Thus the Prime Time games will be posted closer to Prime Time.”

Afternoon Games

 

Time Network Seed School Record Seed School Record Region
12:10 CBS 8 Loyola Chi 24 – 4 1 Illinois 23 – 6 Midwest
2:40 CBS 4 Wisconsin 17 – 12 1 Baylor 22 – 2 South
5:15 CBS 11 Syracuse* 16 – 9 3 W. Virginia 18 – 9 Midwest
6:10 TNT 6 Texas Tech 17 – 10 3 Arkansas* 22 – 6 South

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