We are coming to you LIVE from FINAL FOUR Headquarters for LAist... In the house are a UCLA alum and a UCLA hater. The gloating and trash talk has started already and the pizzas have been ordered. Great times. As usual, we have the CBS crew in the house. Greg "Dont Call Me Bryant" Gumbel, Clark "Sqeeze the Orange" Kellogg, and the third guy who will remain nameless because he is always wrong (Yeah thanks for the heads up on the BC game there guy).

The UCLA game is second tonight... so we might go through some of the pleasantries before the big game. For the record, LAist likes Florida in this first game, they are just too big. Which is what people have been saying about George Mason opponents all season. Hmmm... think we would have learned something. Anyway, without further ado, let the fun times begin...

2:59 PM: Inside the Dome at Indy is Jim Nantz (whose golf commentary we love) and the always hated Billy Packer, the smugest and smarmiest person in college basketball. We like to call him the Anti-Dickie-V. How can such an old guy come off so mean? Jeez....

Florida looks like they are ready for business, while George Mason looks like a 3rd grade class on a field trip to Disneyland. We will see if that changes when the ball goes up.

3:09 PM George Mason gets on the board first... pretty good shot on good D by Florida. You can TOTALLY tell that both teams are nervous. Florida is young and George Mason has never been in a building this big. They can feel the eyes of the nation on them now.

3:27 PM: Signs of life from GM now as they make 3 free throws to break a Florida run, and a fastbreak layup to trim the lead. Immediately the online fans (courtesy of Y! Chat) are hollering that Florida is done. That is the 4th sway of the room in as many minutes. Ahh the fan, gotta love em.

George Mason goes on their own run and Florida goes scoreless for over 3 minutes to close the gap to 13-16

3:45 PM: Our first funny commercial of the night. The Budweiser commercial with the weird sushi... "Reminds me of a place out here" my bud says. Of course the online gang at Yahoo are all over the fish in the face remarks. Yes... gotta love the fans.

3:54 PM: GM plays a little sloppy to close out the half but are in GREAT shape just down by 5 at the half 26-31. The room is amazed that GM is actually in it. The online gang agree. UF is either playing to the level of Mason, or Mason is just playing a great game. Their D has forced 9 turnovers and that is always good. They are getting killed on the boards however 16-4.

4:16 PM: Uh oh... UF comes out hot. A three, a swat by Noah, and another 3. 26-37 Florida. The guys are goin nuts here. "Its over..." the UCLA hater says. The online crew (which are overrun with SEC backers) are ready to crown Florida champs. Im sure the mood in the room will change as soon as GM goes on their run (cmon guys go on the run...) Packer lets a little smile lose across his face as I know he hates to see Cinderalla make it. Heck, he hates a lot of things... but that is for another day.

4:50P PM: After thinking that the game is getting away from Mason, they show a little heart by cutting the lead to 13. It isnt looking good though. Billy is on a roll...

Packer: (commenting about one of the GM players) I don’t care that you have the Connecticutt uniform on, on the playground, I will take it to ya.

Whoa, tough talk from Billy... What does Billy know about the playground? Maybe he was thinking about a game of Jacks next to the swings or something. Amazing. The comments on Yahoo are priceless... dont think the editor would be too happy if they were posted though.

5:06 PM: Well, that's a wrap. 56-70 UF and they have just rebounded the ball four consecutive times. LAist is gonna call this game. Cinderella is (un)officially out of the dance. Good run though. The mandatory shots of the losing bench are starting. The towles over the head, the tears flowing... Oh well. At least we were right... This time anyway.

5:08 PM: Florida moves on... ITS TIME TO FOCUS NOW BABY!!! UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA!!! The alum is going nuts... "Gametime baby!! Gametime!!! The hater is looking for more pizza. Its gonna be a great night.

5:25 PM: Dick Enberg does his annual “Senior Class Award” speech. Lets face it, the game is better for guys like this who stay in school and work on their game. There are a ton of kids who think they have it and end up with nice NBDL careers. Which reminds me, I hope our guys stay for four years. Farmar and Afflalo can take this program to new heights.

The guy presenting the award is speaking like he is in a wind tunnel. JJ Reddick is the winner and is about as thrilled as he can be… seeing as how he and his team was bounced early. He has the look of a teen getting his prom picture taken by his parents… and he’s taking his sister. Not good times.

5:29 PM: Coach Ben looks good, he's calm, cool, he is answering the questions like he already knows the outcome. Nice... Now the postgame speech from the George Mason locker room. Man its like a funeral. Exact opposite of the poem that they were laughing at in the beginning. Oh well... UCLA BABY!!!

5:40 PM: The Mission Impossible themed promo was kinda cool. Man UCLA better win. The excitement is in the air... Nantz sounds a little more in to it, Packer... well he's just Packer. No predictions from them yet, but the overall thought is that LSU is gonna win. Oh well... No love for the West Coast still. GO UCLA GO!!!!

5:48 PM: The game is about to start... Oh God Oh God Oh God Oh God... They announce Cedric Bozeman the senior first... classy move. He has gone through a lot. LUUUUUUUC!!! Man the freshman has been huge this year. Amazing. God those LSU guys are huge.

5:54 PM: UCLA gets on the board. Hollins hits a jumper. Thank God... just to give you guys a heads up, I will be doing a lot of God calling in the next hour or so.

5:58 PM: GREAT START!!! 9-4 UCLA!!! Great D and Luc has been amazing on the boards. Good to see that the butterflies are gone early. We some food here because there is going to be a lot of action. Here and in Indy. Oh God Oh God Oh God... You know, the constant God remarks reminds me of the Office Space "Oh Face" line... ok that was too much.

6:10 PM: The greatest commercial ever was just played. Three things: 1. Spike Lee 2. Jackie Robinson 3. The 1955 Dodgers. Bonus points for the song in the background. "Did you see Jackie hit that ball?" It wasnt even close. Greatest commercial, EVER.

UCLA is still looking great... 20-10! Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh (Doing the Oh Face) I havent even checked with the clowns on Yahoo chat. Talking trash for sure. Ugh...

6:20 PM: You know for a 310 pounder, Glenn "Big Baby" Davis sure does hit the floor a lot... A LOT! Oh God... Afflalo, who is playing a great game has two fouls. LSU goes to the zone for the first time. Oh jeez... MATA MAKE YOUR FREE THROWS!!! "Maybe he needs to take off the mask." Wow, amazing words from the hater... ugh. How do you go from the greatest commercial of all time (the Spike Lee Jackie Robinson commercial) to probably the goofiest... the Budweiser "Hands Across America" thing is just bad.

JACK BLACK HAS A MOVIE COMING OUT!!! Get your tickets now. Nacho Libre looks funny from the quick commercial that I saw.

6:30 PM: Great D and now Jordan is getting jumper happy. UCLA UP BY FIFTEEN!!! Oh God Oh God Oh God... We dont want to jinx anything. The Hater has officially gone into damage control mode trying to bring up college football next year. The alum is loving every second. The official first call from a fellow fan has come in.

"Are you watching this???" Uh no... just here watching The View... dork. 31-17 UCLA... game is getting sloppy. PLEASE DONT THROW THIS AWAY!!!

6:43 PM: This great nugget from the crack staff at CBS... Magnum Rolle, LSU player, was named after Magnum PI... his mom's favorite show. You couldnt make this stuff up.

Nantz: Please dont think that is a shameless plug of an old CBS show.

Suuuuure, ok Jim. Its not.

6:49 PM: WOW!!!! UCLA up 39-24... Absolutely great stuff. Halftime interview shows LSU's coach stuttering... not too good considering he has a sothern drawl going too. The game is RIGHT where UCLA wants it. A low scoring grind it out affair. 25 points is LSU lowest halftime total of the tourney. Great news... GOD PLEASE DONT LET THEM BLOW THIS!!!

6:57 PM: Seth Davis (the guy that I refused to mention at the top of the post) is right on the money...

Seth: LSU hasnt been able to score because of UCLA's great defense shutting them down.

OH REEEAAAAAALLLLYYY?!??! Where was all that at the beginning of the telecast? Nothing like making goofball analyst eat their words. I would like to see Billy Packer eat something...

7:12 PM: Start of the second half... GREAT BACKDOOR CUT AND DUNK!!! OH MY GOD!!! All of a sudden those goofy replays after every good play arent looking so goofy anymore.

Great point made by that Coke commercial... Free refills SHOULD be a law! What is with paying $1.50 for half a glass of ice and half a glass of soda and then having to pay to get it filled again? NO WAY I SAY! Can you tell that we are trying to avoid jinxing UCLA??? 50-27 UCLA... we are cruising. The Hater is warming up the bus... oh god was that just a jinx?

7:25 PM: Packer trying his DARNDEST to put the game away and jinx UCLA

Packer: I have to mention again that LSU has NEVER beaten UCLA... 0-7 and they are not gonna beat them today.

AAARRRRRGH!!! What are you DOING!?!?! That is the kiss of death!!! The alum immediately suggests salt over the shoulder. God the clock cant move fast enough.

7:54 PM: Yeah... they are calling this one a wrap. 57-37 UCLA with 4 minutes left. Just let the clock run out!!! Its just a matter of not getting hurt now. Carefully we look forward to playing Florida. Are we gonna be as on point defensively like we were against LSU? Florida has a 3 point threat unlike LSU (which killed them actually). UCLA dared LSU to beat them from the outside and LSU couldnt do it. The alum has officially made calls to his buds and starts to rub it in...

"YEAH BABY YEAH BABY YEAH BABY!!!"

The Hater has long left the premises.

8:08 PM: Thats a wrap... 59-45 UCLA wins. And it wasnt even that close!

U!!!
C!!!
LLLLLL!!!
A!!!
U-C-L-A FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!!

See you Monday!