The Big Ten, One Cool Cat
If you’re in town for the conference basketball tournament, don’t forget to stop by the recording location the Big Ten has setup at Conseco — you’re wanted for a spoken word session:
In that spirit, slam poetry will make its debut at this year’s Big Ten Basketball Tournaments. Fans will be encouraged to write their own scripts, or they can read one of several poems produced by the Big Ten, including the slam poetry featured in the original PSA. Patrons are welcome to stop by the recording location near section 2 on the main concourse to tape their version of Big Ten basketball slam poetry. Selected renditions will be showcased on the Conseco Fieldhouse video boards during the games and will also be posted on the Big Ten website.
Northwestern and Michigan, the two Big Ten schools you know would just dominate a spoken word throw-down aren’t likely to be sending that many fans to Indianapolis, so which group is the favorite in Indy this weekend? Hoosier fan waxing about Pink Houses with a cheek full of Red Man? Overall-wearing Boiler fan? What about Michigan State fan dropping “THIS IS SPARTA!” while rocking a black beret out?
Spoken word is for queers.
Good poetry is a gift from Olympus, but I strongly doubt you’ll hear any of it at the Big T(elev)en tournament. “Slam” poetry? Come on.
Other than today’s Dispatch article about men who purchase $200 jeans, only to refuse to wash them for six months, this is the most depressing thing I’ve heard this week.
Bring on the Apocalypse.
Is this the follow up peace to Eddie George talking about his penis?
I got da bad stomach pain dis morning. Gotta spend a few hours on da hopper!
Did I really spell “piece” as “peace?”
I think I need nap time, what the hell is wrong with me? I’m usually the grammar and spelling nazi.
Here’s a Haiku for tomorrow’s game:
Izzo loses hair
while Neitzel misses his shots
and Raymar gets stuffed.
Spoken word is for dudes that like hairy chicks.
I don’t have an opinion on “slam” poetry. But I did read that Oden practiced with the Trailblazers today. That’s good news.
Tons of bubble teams taking lumps
at this point, a win is almost a guarantee
I don’t know something tells me that the type of dudes or dudettes that read ” slam ” poetry are not the type to drop a few haiku’s and then remove there shirt paint thier body scarlet and grey and go nuts after a transition 3…… there is a time and a place for that, and the booth outside of the concession stand at a basketball tournament just ain’t it…….. or maybe its just me
they need to shoot the ball well today to have any chance at all. this team can be good if they push the tempo and drive to the hoop. we need 20 from j butler and 15pt 10 rebs from
koasta ya koasta like he just coast up and down the court.. turnover or get scored on I can’t believe the hype with that kid he would be eaten alive in the nba