Oh the horror....

by nymetsfan1226 on Feb 19, 2010 2:29 PM EST

If you take a look at Joe Lunardi's newly updated bracketology, (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology) the first thing you can find is the obvious 1 Seed for Syracuse, and the opponent: 16 seed, Stony Brook. But if you are an insider, like me, you click the match-up and find something potentially horrible.....

First you see the wax poetic on Syracuse:

SYRACUSE
A season sweep of Georgetown is just another piece of a very special Syracuse season. The home loss to Louisville is now forgotten.

Then the terrible news:

STONY BROOK
The America East race is coming down to Stony Brook (10-2) and Vermont.

VERMONT!!!!! Are you kidding me?

In the America East, Stony Brook is 1/2 a game ahead of Vermont. Now I understand the America East Tourney will determine the NCAA team, but can Lunardi torture SU fans anymore than by matching us up with that conference, and potentially that team?

God help us all if that happens because EVERYONE will talk about that terrible day back in 2005.

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I want Vermont to win. Better yet, all the best to them. After 2005, I wanted to play them in any capacity. This is our chance,
REVENGE MY FRIENDS(I hope).

What does Syracuse do...SHUT IT DOWN. Nuff said.

by agentdp009 on Feb 19, 2010 3:25 PM EST reply actions

Then...

I want to get Richmond in a later round. We’re settling all the family business.

Hopefully

by Trapped_In_ACC_Hell on Feb 19, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions

Nooo!

I want to stay away from Vermont! And Richmond! Far far away!

I don’t want to have nightmares.

by wildcatlh on Feb 19, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions

Best way to deal with your fears

is to face them head on.

I just saw a Vermont plate on a truck on the way to work today (which is rare, as I am in WA), and it got me all fired up. I hate the whole state so much. Probably unhealthy actually.

by KaiserKyle on Feb 19, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions

Richmons is actually ranked in the top 25 this week

So maybe we don’t want to face them. And the Vermont revenge wouldn’t be as sweet without Tom Brennan there. God, I hate his smug face whenever he’s on my TV talking about Syracuse.

Go Tartans!

by voteprime on Feb 22, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions

Stony Brook is my father’s alma mater. I’m not quite sure why that’s relevant here, but since I work for him, if the game were to be during the day on the Thursday or Friday, it could get me time off from work to watch the game (though I was able to actually go to the first round game last year, so hopefully either way I could watch….)

by wildcatlh on Feb 19, 2010 3:38 PM EST reply actions

Actually

Looking more at that, it would have us playing FSU as an 8 seed, potentially, in round 2. FSU is my sister’s alma mater and my brother’s alma mater, and a personal rooting interest of mine (the 99% of the time they don’t affect Syracuse, that is).

This could call for a family trip to Buffalo.

by wildcatlh on Feb 19, 2010 3:40 PM EST up reply actions