Butler. America’s college basketball sweetheart. Whatever. It’s game to advance to the second weekend. No jumping ahead. Fill in the cliche. One game at a time. One half at a time. One 4 minute section of the game at a time.

Not much to say other wise. As is every game at this time of the year. It’s a big one. The biggest until the next one.

Hopefully, everyone understands the rules at this point. Moderated chat. Comments controlled for repetition, idiocy, trolls, because I don’t like you, and complete whim — bwah-ha-ha. Yeah, I’ve been drinking, why do you ask?

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Okay, if you live in one of these areas, these are the links for Pitt gamewatches:

Cleveland, OH

Denver, CO

Los Gatos, CA

New York, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Scottsdale, AZ

San Francisco, CA

Washington, D.C.

I wish I could do the Cleveland one, but it just won’t happen today.

I’m kind of amused by that, but as I said before: Pitt loves to find reasons to make themelves the underdog.

“It may actually benefit us,” said guard Gilbert Brown. “I think we thrive in being in an underdog role when people don’t expect us to succeed. So it plays in our heads and we want to go out there and prove everybody wrong that thinks differently.”

Adds Wanamaker: ” … the Pitt program has always been overlooked. But we take that as motivation, especially playing against a team like Butler. As we’ve said they’re America’s team. So it just motivates you more.”

Butler is also playing underdog/disrespect cards. See the thing is. Pitt is favored by around 7.5 points. Lots of the punditry is saying that Butler can win, but still picks Pitt. Don’t get me wrong. I’m nervous. I’m always nervous. But I have to laugh at the lengths that Pitt players (and possibly the coaches pushing these buttons) are going to find disrespect and underdog cards.

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SilverPanther here. Game watch info for NYC.

NYC Alumni Club is doing their thing at the Village Pourhouse on 3rd Avenue and 11th St. in the East Village. In Williamsburg, I’m heading to the 4th Down on N.4th St. between Bedford and Driggs. It’s a newish sports bar with big open space. Game will be shown on huge brand new projector screen with game sound. Bunch of drink specials and you can bring in food from outside. If Pitt wins, free shot (I don’t know of what.?.?.) for everyone. HTP