McNamara's Band, The Tourney, and My Picks

Today is the start of one of the best days in sports!  With it also being St. Patty's Day, the official song today honors the celtic holiday and one of Syracuse's most beloved players, Gerry "We Wouldn't Have Won Ten F&%$ing Games This Year" McNamara.



Of course, Gerry will always be remembered for shooting the eyes out of the ball when we beat Kansas for the the Nat'l Championship in '03followed by his historic run in the 2006 BET (only to be rivaled by Kemba Walker in this year's BET), but one of my favorite memories of Gerry was in his curtain call to the '03 title during the the opening round of the '04 tournament against BYU.

Gerry drops 43 against BYU in the first game of 2004 Tourney

As for this year's picks, I have a lot of chalk and as always I have Syracuse going farther then they probably will in reality.  Some specifics from my bracket:

• Opening Round Upsets: Richmond, Florida State, Michigan State (How the hell do you pick against Tom Izzo in March?)
• My Final Four: Syracuse, Duke, Kansas, and Pitt (Jamie Dixon finally gets there -- the easiest bracket helps)
• Championship: Kansas (81) over Duke (78)
• The only person with more chalk than me is President Obama (which reminds me -- come see the all new First Impressions!)