#4 Pitt vs. #1 UConn LIVE BLOGGING

7:17PM Pitt up early 15-10. Announcers are pissing me off. Completely biased towards UConn, might have to turn on the local radio.

7:26 Stop talking about Thabeet! Blair is kicking his ass.

7:27 We're fouling the crap out of them. This doesn't look good; we don't play well when in foul trouble. But we're still up 17-13.

7:28 We just got 500 offensive boards in a row and then scored. Thabeet just got the ball stolen. HOLY SHIT ALLEY OOP Fields to Young! YES. We look awesome (besides the fouls). I wish the commentators would fucking open their eyes and recognize that. 21-13 Pitt

7:32 UConn's AJ Price is a lil prick. I wish he'd stop making threes. 23-20 Pitt

7:37 EAT IT THABEET! Blair just made a hook shot over the supposedly "best shot blocker in hte big east ever." 25-20 Pitt

7:39 Two quick shots made by Uconn, uh oh. 25-24 Pitt

7:40 ESPN won't stop scrolling UConn graphics across the screen. They must have forgotten that Pitt was playing tonight too.

7:41 Blair misses a dunk???? Then gets his 2nd foul. Shit. 27-26 Pitt

7:44 Price makes ANOTHER three .... ugh. Only up by one. WAIT Blair just shot over Thabeet AGAIN! I'm lovin' it. 31-28 Pitt

7:48 13 points, 11 rebound for Blair. 4 points, 2 rebounds, ZERO blocks for Thabeet. 1:52 left in the first half.

7:50 Blair is absolutely dominating. He's doing anything he wants. I'm in love. 36-30 Pitt

7:51 AJ Price is inhuman; he just drained a fade-away NBA three while getting fouled (not called) as time ran out for the half. INTENSE first half for sure. Blair is a fucking animal; finally people are finding out. He should be made Chancellor. 36-33 Pitt at the half. I wish Jona would get me a beer or a sandwich, but when I yell at her she just shakes her head and walks back into her room. What an awful roommate. HAIL TO PITT!

8:00 I wonder if anyone is reading this.

8:02 Where the hell is Erick. He's supposed to be here by now. This is awkward watching this game alone. He will probably make fun of me for blogging. JONA WHERE"S MY BEER!

8:07 Pondering about all the homework I should be doing. Today I looked like a waif. I just learned that word today while reading Kate Moss' wikipedia article. It means a homeless or abandoned child. I wore Lehe's dungy, green corduroy's, a stained tan button down, AE boots from 4 years ago (no laces), borrowed black female dutch hat from H&M, and no shower. GAMES BACK ON

8:09 Young just tried to soar over Thabeet with a dunk. Thabeet fouled him to the ground instead, but that's his 3rd foul. Good News. 38-36 Pitt, 18:59 remaining.

8:11 "Sam Young is underrated and under appreciated" WURD. Starting to warm up to commentators.

8:18 Erick's here. Bitching at him as replaced blogging in last 7 minutes. 44-39 Pitt, 15:35 remaining.

14:50 Just realized I should put the time remaining instead of the actual time. 44-41 Pitt

14:02 Jona just brought me a water. It's not beer but it will work. 46-43 Pitt

12:00 Sam Young is amazing. Young & Bair 40 pts. Rest of team 9. Damnit AJ Price! ANOTHER Three. 49-48 Pitt.

11:20 4th FOUL ON THABEET! YES

11:01 ESPN now has a Thabeet Cam. A small screen of Thabeet's face on bottom right hand corner.

9:42 UConn takes their first lead of the game. Fuck. Blair just went to the bench after getting poked in the eye. 49-50 UConn.

7:13 Oh shit. 51-56 UConn

6:00 Fields can't make a shot. Pitt guards are 1-26 or something ridiculous like that. 53-56 UConn.

5:30 Thabeet is back in. Hope he fouls out soon.

4:20 Pitt has the lead with Dixon's THREE! WOOT! 59-58 PITT

2:55 Fields makes a THREE! Finally... 64-61 Pitt

2:20 FIELDS AGAIN THREE! WOOT When he starts feelin' it, no one plays with more confidence than Levance. 67-61 Pitt

1:45 Milk that Clock!

1:37 Steal and lay-up by UConn. Followed by a timeout. 67-63 Pitt. This is nerve wracking.

53.8 Fields goes to the line, one-on-one. Makes the first. Makes the second! 69-63 Pitt.

35.3 BLAIR IS AN FUCKING ANIMAL. Can't say it enough. Just grabbed the ball out of Thabeet's pussy hands and passed to Dixon for a layup. 71-63 Pitt.

22.6 UConn has zero timeouts. Pitt has one left. Pitt possession. 71-65 Pitt.

17.9 Blair has 22 points, 23 rebounds, and player of the game. UConn is trying to foul their way back in the game. I think we got this game wrapped up. Will be the first time PItt has ever beat a #1 seed in school history.

7.2 Erick doesn't think Pitt should be #1 in the nation now with this win. I think they should. WTF ERICK!?

0.0 secs WE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Final score 76-68. I'm going to go burn a couch now. Can't wait for the next time we face UConn in two weeks at home, Yayyyyaaaa.

Hail to Pitt!

Hail to Pitt: To Be #1 in the Nation

We already know that Pitt f'ing rocks, but they got a little bit cooler this evening when current #1 ranked UNC lost to BC. This good news-- coupled with #2 UConn's loss to #8 Gtown and Pitt's last night win over Gtown-- will propel Pitt (currently #3) to the top No. 1 spot in the NCAA's coaches poll.

Pitt has been ranked second before, but never No 1. In 2006-07, the Panthers were ranked No. 2 for two straight weeks. And that marked the first time since Jan. 28 , 2003.

Some song to celebrate:

#2 Famous (sort of) People Celebrating Xmas

Marquette Basketball Team

I hate Marquette by the way; I'm glad they lost to Tennessee a couple days ago. James is a total dick. Pitt is still undefeated, ranked #3 in the nation. Which reminds me, I wonder what our favorite team member Austin Wallace is up to these days...

...according to facebook...

Austin is saying im tired of hearing all this he said, she said shit, unless he said, she said she on my DICK!!! 3:36pm

I couldn't have put it any better myself.

Things from All Over Pittsburgh

1.The most losingest MLB team in histroy, the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit a new low today by signing two Indians to their pitching staff who won a throwing contest in their homeland. I'm not even fucking kidding; it was called the "Million Dollar Arm" contest. The two winners threw the most pitches at least 85 mph inside the strike zone. This is the most embarrassing Pirate news I've heard... since .... earlier this season when they became the most losingest team in MLB history. Go Buccos!


2. The Pitt Basketball team moved up two spots to #4 in the nation, leaving 3 of the top 4 teams from the Big East. We are so bad ass.


3. The one-time showing of Mysteries of Pittsburgh premiered Sunday night at the Regent Square Theatre, ending the Three Rivers Film Festival. It sold out quick, and over 150 people were turned away. There were mixed reviews, because get this: the director changed the book's story around, can you believe that?! Unheard of.


4. Contrary to popular belief, Pittsburghers like art & culture more than sports. In a study among 14 similar cities, Pgh also ranked as one of the safest, but that doesn't make up for having one of the biggest populations of impoverished children. :( Poor Creaty.


5. Girltalk came to Pittsburgh on Saturday. Young girls across the region dolled themselves up in glitter, brightly colored headbands, and slutty things from American Apparel before forcing their significant others to join in on the underage grind-fest.

Girltalk, whose real name is Greg Gillis, is a native of Pittsburgh, has a house in Polish Hill, and dates a girl named Kendall. My very reliable source, simply known as CoolJ, told me, "Yeah, she is pretty cool. She works/ed at Remedy. She has a dance night."

Reports from my other sources (AKA facebook albums) indicate that everyone was really wasted and sweaty at the concert. When interviewing one anonymous girl who attended, she said, "There was a lot of Steelers stuff. I don't remember really, I think I drank too much."

In College Athlete news...

DEVELOPING...

According to my sources (AKA facebook): Austin Wallace is saying Kograts to his fall 2K8 neos... Weve got 20 NUPES on the yard...whos Fucking with us???

Does anybody know what the hell this means?

University of Pittsburgh's very own campus celebrity and Junior baller, Austin Wallace, is mostly known for leading the Pitt basketball team's pump-up circle before each home game. I've never really seen him do much else besides that. One time I did talk to him in the bleachers when he was injured last season, and I guess he was nice. I also guess he is leading some 2008 "neo" revolution you should probably not be "fucking with."