I usually take the Thursday and Friday off off the tournament to watch games. Still doing it this year even though we aren't dancing. Just curious if anyone else does the same.
Watching the Tournament
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None this year. I almost always take Thursday/Friday off, but this year, I delayed asking off to see if we could make a late season push. With the late injuries and stuff, by the time it got close enough, I had lost motivation to do so. Still kinda wish I was off to watch the games as it's my favorite sporting event by far, but I guess I'll just have to deal with it.
I'll take off Thursday afternoon and all day Friday. The entire first weekend is great, but the first Thursday and Friday of the tournament are my favorite two days of the sports year. I set up 3 tvs in my basement and only move to get food, beer, or go to the bathroom.
I work from home and only one of 20 employees who's vacation isn't tracked. It doesn't matter to me. I just want Duke, Kansas, and UNC, destroyed!!
Company just sent out an email to all employees that we are hosting a "company-wide all day brainstorm" in our cafe area which conveniently features beer taps and catered lunch. Guess I wont have to take any time off.
Are you saying this "brainstorming session" features beer taps, or your cafe area does, because if it's your cafe area I'm going to need an application.
I don't have beer taps, but I will be "testing" the DirecTV service in multiple conference rooms on Thursday and Friday. It helps that it is Spring Break, so there's not a lot of people working this week anyways.
The cafe does. Side product of having Heineken/Dos Equis as clients of the company. Can't complain, even though they have to lock the taps during the week until Friday afternoon...
I work while watching it.
It sucks ISU isn't in it but it will be nice just watching the games with no dog in the fight
It sucks ISU isn't in it but it will be nice just watching the games with no dog in the fight
Nice. I was thinking that such a perk may not be the best thing for my career longevity.
There is definitely something to this. The anticipation of ISU's draw and them playing the games is great and there's a lot of pride that goes with that, but the UAB debacle really sucked the life out of me. Then the finality and "end of an era" thing with Georges 2 years ago, and Monte/Matt/Naz/Deonte last year made those tournaments difficult emotionally. This tournament should be pretty wide open so it should be fun to just kick back and watch without being so invested.
That said, I have no desire to make that an ongoing situation and will be ready to have us back in there next year.
I didn't vote in the poll because I am disabled and just do some free-lance web design stuff but, I'll be watching games all 4 days and my brother takes Thurs and Fri afternoon off and we get together every year to watch games. It's a tradition we started several years ago and even without ISU, we will still have a blast and enjoy a couple afternoons together!!
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Don’t want to be loose with the ball around St Bonaventure. Have to be around 6-7 steals by now.
Usually take Thursday-Friday of the Big 12’s off and then the Thursday-Friday of the big Dance.
Passed on taking off the Big12, but will always probably take this Thursday-Friday off. We’ll have 5-7 guys at a buddy’s place with a full setup and food and beer. Should be glorious.
Passed on taking off the Big12, but will always probably take this Thursday-Friday off. We’ll have 5-7 guys at a buddy’s place with a full setup and food and beer. Should be glorious.
Bonnies would be up more if they were more comfortable when getting to the rim. Not a lot of shots getting blocked, but they’re rushing it.
I’m off Thursday and Friday. The goal is not stop watching all weekend except for a few hours Saturday to go see Georges and naz.
First time in 5 years, I’ll be able to watch it all. 2013 trip to Vegas. 2014 went to San Antonio. 2015 we lost in first game on Thursday. Too depressed to watch. 2016 had Des Moines tickets. 2017 went to Milwaukee.
First time in 5 years, I’ll be able to watch it all. 2013 trip to Vegas. 2014 went to San Antonio. 2015 we lost in first game on Thursday. Too depressed to watch. 2016 had Des Moines tickets. 2017 went to Milwaukee.
Boy, really letting them play. UCLA guy absolutely clobbered him on the shot three feet from the ref and that guy was not going to call it (another guy did).
