Are You Watching This?!

I don’t even know where to start.

The Connecticut/Syracuse game set a new record for roots last night in a game that was absolutely epic. That word is overused a lot these days, but in this situation it’s an understatement.

There is no better of example of why this technology exists than the unreal fun of screaming at my TV as the players willed their way into overtime after overtime. For your sake, if you’re reading this, I sure hope RUWTbot had your back last night.

update: the game is being replayed on ESPN Classic if you can find a tv…

Well that was fun.

Fresh off of a 10-3, rolling through the playoffs to win it all performance in my NFL Fantasy league last year, I put up a big stinker in 2008. I’ll finish under-.500, miss the playoffs, and I’m still blaming Eli and the Giants D for costing me a must-win back in Week 6.

And just as a side-note, you shot yourself Plax? Really? Really?!?

Anyways, without Fantasy to keep me occupied my productivity on Sundays is threatening to skyrocket, and I just can’t have that. So to keep things interesting I’m dipping my toe into the world of BetUS.com, out first NFL sport sponsor at areyouwatchingthis.com. I’m a sportsbook n00b, but I figure this is a great way to add some spice to the rest of the regular season. This week? I’m liking the Colts giving 6½ at the Browns.

This should be fun.

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Boy this took me a long time to get up. The combination of my rockstar coding skills, crazy travel, and that infernal IRS, streched the to-do list longer than usual. Yeah. Let’s blame the IRS.

After calculating the bonus points for picking correct Final Four games, much congrats to the top 5 users bigsexy, senorpepr, alamowx, lpickrell, and Militia who’ll each be getting a high quality (and handmade!) RUWT? T-shirt.

		Correct Picks	Bonus Points	Total Points
	bigsexy	50	1	51
	senorpepr	49	2	51
	alamowx	47	2	49
	lpickrell	47	-	47
	Militia	46	1	47
	DDrake	45	-	45
	sparticis	44	1	45
	BIGDAWG	44	1	45
	McTool	44	1	45
	bigbelly	44	1	45
	Nuno	43	-	43
	colguy	42	1	43
	SuketoKetchi	42	-	42
	shopgirl	42	-	42
	bouch	41	1	42
	anorexicivan	41	-	41
	jemurray	41	-	41
	kosukeson	41	-	41
	SOLRAC	40	1	41
	OICU812	39	1	40
	flynnwt	39	1	40
	coolguy	39	-	39
	mark	38	1	39
	jo36	38	1	39
	FRUITCAKE	36	1	37
	klong3	36	-	36
	FOOTBALL	35	1	36
	virgilm	34	-	34
	razor	32	-	32
	Dodge298	31	-	31
	SUPERMAN	30	-	30
	Pizznerkins	30	-	30
	Heavymeddler	30	-	30
	redsoxfan2133	28	-	28
	DaSaintFan	27	-	27
	mrman226	24	3	27
	mack788	24	-	24
	RubberSoul	24	-	24
	cos5000	24	-	24
	Pasta2000	24	-	24
	420fire	23	-	23
	katieb	21	2	23
	KNOWLEDGE	22	-	22
	QUICKPICK	20	-	20
	creede1	19	-	19
	marcman9	17	-	17
	Brother	17	-	17
	LionO	17	-	17
	bones	16	-	16
	dalai	16	-	16

Hey everybody, look at me! I’m an idiot!

So it looks like I fatfingered my SQL query for the Pick-em’ Challenge’s latest update. My bad.

The leaderboard is fixed now.

And just like that College Basketball is about to leave us. It’s probably unfair, but it’s hard not to compare the craziness of the College Football season to College Basketball’s season. I had a feeling that the universe would restore balance and have tons of chalk to counteract the Football upsets, but who knew we’d have four #1s?

I think I’m still in mourning that Curry and Co. couldn’t continue the run, but I’m holding out hope that top seeds will make the Final Four more exciting. Eh. I’m skeptical.

3 games left, and they all count for double points. Get those picks in!

Member		Correct Picks
	bigsexy	49
	senorpepr	47
	lpickrell	47
	Militia	45
	DDrake	45
	alamowx	45
	BIGDAWG	43
	sparticis	43
	McTool	43
	bigbelly	43
	Nuno	43
	SuketoKetchi	42
	shopgirl	42
	colguy	41
	jemurray	41
	anorexicivan	41
	kosukeson	41
	bouch	40
	SOLRAC	39
	coolguy	39
	OICU812	38
	flynnwt	38
	mark	37
	jo36	37
	klong3	36
	FRUITCAKE	35
	FOOTBALL	34
	virgilm	34
	razor	32
	Dodge298	31
	SUPERMAN	30
	Heavymeddler	30
	Pizznerkins	30
	redsoxfan2133	28
	DaSaintFan	27
	RubberSoul	24
	cos5000	24
	Pasta2000	24
	mack788	24
	420fire	23
	KNOWLEDGE	22
	mrman226	21
	QUICKPICK	20
	katieb	19
	creede1	19
	Brother	17
	marcman9	17
	LionO	17
	bones	16
	schin101	16

Katie: hey do you know what time the games are on saturday/sunday?
me: no, but i can find out
Katie: i tried looking on line but none of the places i saw listed times. just dates
me: good thing you know me
12:30 and 3p on saturday
Katie: seriously…you don’t know how many times a week i think that
me: 8a and 10:30a on sunday
Katie: coool thanks!!
me: no prob
Katie: got some plans i have to cancel again on saturday. oops!
me: and that’s why you’re awesome. http://areyouwatchingthis.com/tv/stations/kgmb, if you forget

RUWT? is first and foremost a sports site, but the integration with TV listings is what makes it really special. Katieb IMed me this morning asking if I knew when the Elite 8 games were this weekend. I thought a quick jaunt over to Google would solve it, but no dice—everywhere listed dates but not times. And that’s when having TV listings nearby helps.

If you go to http://areyouwatchingthis.com/tv/stations, you’ll see a list of every station you get. Then just click on channel you’re wondering about and you’ll get a schedule for everything sports for the next two weeks. Bitchin’.

Oh yeah. And she lives in Hawaii. Don’t wake up at 8a to watch basketball on Sunday or you’ll be really disappointed.

For two straight years I’ve knocked myself out of the running before the first weekend was through. I made my share of boneheaded picks (why does the Pac-10 hate me?!?), but I made it through the weekend alive in my pool. Small victories kids. Small victories.

But you’re here because you want to see the standings in the RUWT? Pick-em’ Challenge! Here are the top 50 members after 4 days and 48 games of madness, with the top pickers winning RUWT? T-shirts. How’s your bracket looking?

D>cos5000

Member		Correct Picks
	bigsexy	39
	lpickrell	37
	senorpepr	37
	Militia	37
	Nuno	36
	alamowx	36
	DDrake	36
	anorexicivan	35
	BIGDAWG	35
	sparticis	35
	McTool	35
	flynnwt	34
	colguy	34
	jo36	34
	shopgirl	33
	kosukeson	33
	bouch	33
	SOLRAC	33
	jemurray	32
	bigbelly	32
	coolguy	32
	SuketoKetchi	32
	OICU812	31
	FRUITCAKE	30
	Heavymeddler	30
	razor	29
	FOOTBALL	29
	virgilm	28
	klong3	28
	Pizznerkins	27
	mark	27
	SUPERMAN	25
	mack788	24
	DaSaintFan	24
	Dodge298	23
	Pasta2000	22
	RubberSoul	21
	redsoxfan2133	19
	creede1	19
	19
	KNOWLEDGE	18
	420fire	18
	LionO	17
	marcman9	16
	MobiCat	15
	Stevie22	15
	Eltrutori3	14
	mrman226	14
	QUICKPICK	13
	nertho	13

Really, is there anything better? Job Productivity will plummet and Sports Bar Revenues will skyrocket as March Madness descends on us all bringing 48 games in the next four days.

Here at RUWT? we won’t have a full-blown bracket competition, but that doesn’t mean you won’t get a shot to show off your team picking skills.

Do the best job picking teams throughout the tourney and you’ll win prizes and (of course) the bragging rights to hold over your friends heads. Prizes and scoring are still being hammered down, but don’t let that stop you, get picking now!

Hey kids. I just got back from a vacation to Mexico and boy, did I miss you. It’s tough when you’re forced to just get RUWT? on a tiny phone screen, can’t get alerts cause T-Mobile wants to charge you $8 gajillion for each text, and ESPN Deportes is the only sports channel you get. It’s the longest I’ve been “away” from the site, but with March Madness starting and Opening Day just around the corner it’d be the best time to call a TO and sit on the bench for a bit.

We have a few days until the games start (other than the play-in), but here is a heads-up that there will definitely be a contest for March Madness. It won’t be a bracket, but like the NFL Challenge, you’ll have to pick the most games correctly with later games counting for more. Stay tuned.

I’m gonna go pass out.

The NHL finally has some company. CBS has decided to post great plays during games, and a game recap once it’s finished, for all 64 games of March Madness. Did you see the Vandy player hitting a shot from his knees? Did you miss Player of the Year Durant’s quiet 27 and 8? Or maybe you’re a Duke-hater and want to relive the silky smooth jumper that took VCU to the second round? Simply click on any game to view the clips courtesy of CBS, or if you can’t decide what to watch, just check out our Latest Videos page.

If you want to catch March Madness live you can head over to CBS’s March Madness on Demand, but what if you’re using a computer MMOD doesn’t support? I’m looking at you Mac and Linux users… Inspired by a computer science student at Columbia (via), we were able to strip out all the extra stuff and give you the direct link to the stream. Enjoy.