USC at Auburn Baseball and Sweet 16 Open Thread

by Gamecock Man on Mar 26, 2025 6:42 PM EDT in Baseball Comment 29 comments

This open thread is for Carolina baseball and March Madness.

In baseball, the 'Cocks take on the Auburn Tigers on the Plains tonight at 7:30. Blake Cooper starts for Carolina and Cory Luckie (1-0 5.40) starts for Aubie. For more on the series, check out The Feathered Warrior's preview.

As far as basketball goes, what else can we say? This has been the best tournament in quite a while, and last night had to take the cake for legendary basketball. We saw Butler upset Syracuse and a double-overtime epic between Kansas State and Xavier, with the Wildcats coming out on top. Can tonight top that? Common sense would say no, but who knows this year. As far as picks go, I've got Ohio St., Baylor, No. Iowa, and Duke tonight.

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Parker Bangs hits a 3-run homer.

Ray Tanner’s hunch pays off. He decided to start Parker Bangs at DH after considering how well Bangs did at Auburn two years.

3-0 ’Cocks.

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by The Feathered Warrior on Mar 26, 2025 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

*two years ago.

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by The Feathered Warrior on Mar 26, 2025 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sweet. Great start.

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by Gamecock Man on Mar 26, 2025 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My bracket:

Ohio State, Purdue, and Baylor.

My personal picks at this point in time:
Duke, Michigan State, Tennessee, and Baylor.

Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
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by The Feathered Warrior on Mar 26, 2025 7:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Lot of offense so far in this game.

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by Gamecock Man on Mar 26, 2025 8:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

3 run homer from Adam Mathews.

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by The Feathered Warrior on Mar 26, 2025 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

8-2 'Cocks.

This could be a long game. We’re only in the top of the 2nd.

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by The Feathered Warrior on Mar 26, 2025 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You'd usually think eight runs would be enough. Mayben not tonight, though.

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by Gamecock Man on Mar 26, 2025 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Def. not tonight.

The ball flies out of Auburn’s park. And Auburn hits extremely well. They absolutely shalacked UGA last weekend.

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by The Feathered Warrior on Mar 26, 2025 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cooper walks the first two batters of the second...

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by The Feathered Warrior on Mar 26, 2025 8:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Baylor is absolutely destroying St. Marys

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by The Feathered Warrior on Mar 26, 2025 8:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I need to do some research on that spammer.

I’ve had to ban several usernames posting that same message over the last few days.

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by Gamecock Man on Mar 26, 2025 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well, I see we're still looking good against Aubie.

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by Gamecock Man on Mar 26, 2025 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes.

The team is playing well tonight.

I went MIA for a bit while I chimed in on the flag debate over at TSK.

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by The Feathered Warrior on Mar 26, 2025 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That cartoon you posted really hit the nail on the head.

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by Gamecock Man on Mar 26, 2025 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah.

I actually just stumbled across that picture. I probably could have saved myself some time and just posted that.

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by The Feathered Warrior on Mar 26, 2025 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah.

To me, in addition to the fact that, as you say, the flag holds the state back, the important issue is the question of whose history gets represented. And I think it’s a problem that, in a state with such a diverse population, one history—and particularly one with a pretty questionable ethical past—gets a lot more air time than the others.

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by Gamecock Man on Mar 26, 2025 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs