http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/poll/_/id/4699#top

3/13/2012 12:01:58 PM

I voted! :American Flag:

3/13/2012 12:03:34 PM

Voted. Bak Bak has got this though

3/13/2012 12:29:13 PM

Make sure you vote against the cooler sounding names in the other matchups...gotta get people out so Staats has a better chance in later rounds

3/13/2012 12:47:27 PM

yah unfortunately bak bak will run away with this

3/13/2012 12:48:52 PM

Cashmere White is also pretty baller.

3/13/2012 12:51:29 PM

^^^dammit, i didn't think that far ahead!

[Edited on March 13, 2012 at 12:57 PM. Reason : ]

3/13/2012 12:57:11 PM

Deuce Bello
Bubu Palo

3/13/2012 1:01:41 PM

Broghammer shouldn't be too much of a challenge. And I think he should win the next round fairly easy. It's after that when it starts getting tough.

3/13/2012 3:02:32 PM

fab mello

3/13/2012 3:04:15 PM

Quote :

"Bak Bak has got this though"

3/13/2012 3:24:10 PM

that 3/14 matchup is a tough one

3/13/2012 9:25:53 PM

they put james mchael mcadoo vs. the plumlees...I dont want to vote for either

3/13/2012 9:37:48 PM

Voted.

3/13/2012 10:58:48 PM

Grandy Glaze's best work was in the late 90's with Janine and Kobe Tai.

3/13/2012 11:03:54 PM

poll-skew your vote in now

voting for the 1st-round ends thursday at 10:00

STAATS BATTLE!

3/15/2012 12:25:58 AM

Voted, but...

DAKOTA

SLAUGHTER

WILL

VICTOR

3/15/2012 12:31:03 PM

Staats Battle vs. Dakota Slaughter in the Sweet 16!!!


http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/poll/_/id/4707

3/20/2012 10:35:20 AM

Quote :

"Hippolyte Tsafack"

3/20/2012 11:11:21 AM

voted.

but if he gets through, he's gonna lose to Bak Bak. that shit is funny.

3/20/2012 11:17:07 AM

need dakota and bak bak the fuck out this tourny

3/20/2012 11:26:42 AM

Quote :

"HEY BU BU"

3/20/2012 11:37:52 AM

Names don't get much better than Hippolyte Tsafack.

Unless, of course, that name is Staats Battle.

3/20/2012 12:07:12 PM

i can't help but call him hippo-light tass-a-fack

3/20/2012 12:07:59 PM

when i hear "bak bak", i hear the aflac duck

3/21/2012 1:07:29 PM

^

3/21/2012 1:10:26 PM

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/voices/blogpost/10881701/

3/21/2012 1:12:29 PM

Fab Melo should not be allowed in this contest

3/21/2012 1:14:55 PM

best name ever was God Shamgod

3/21/2012 1:17:10 PM

Look at TWW, causing N&O articles to be written after our poll skewing...

http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/03/22/1949014/wolfpack-walk-on-advancing-in.html

3/22/2012 12:16:05 PM

Oops, i've been pronouncing it wrong.

It's "Stots" (Dutch)

3/22/2012 12:27:31 PM

^^Nice recycled caption, reading Leslie may have to sit out the next two games for receiving impermissible benefits.

Quote :

"Battle’s father Richard is a UNC graduate. His mother Carol is an N.C. State graduate. Battle’s sister, Cameron, is a UNC grad. Another sister, Sterling, is a junior at N.C. State. The cross loyalties should make for an interesting trip to St. Louis this week for Friday’s Midwest Regional featuring the Tar Heels and the Wolfpack in consecutive games. “It’s pretty crazy,” Battle said, smiling again. “It gets real intense when the games come up. Sometimes, we don’t talk to each other for a while.” Battle said his parents do sit together when the Pack and Heels face off, such as at this year’s ACC Tournament in Atlanta. “I try to keep my eye on them during the games to make sure nothing breaks out,” he joked. As for the ESPN contest, Battle realizes the ultimate test could still lie ahead should he advance. The top seed in his regional is Bak Bak of California. Wolfpack teammate Scott Wood said he’s disappointed not to be in ESPN’s tournament but realizes he has a generic name. “My family tries to keep it simple,” he said. So Wood is throwing all his support to Staats Battle. He’s voted for him, twice."

Lol at all of this.

[Edited on March 22, 2012 at 12:45 PM. Reason : ]

3/22/2012 12:43:20 PM

Yeah, it's all kind of a big joke, but always nice to see the Wolpfack getting some non-negative publicity.

3/22/2012 1:00:01 PM

staats, cameron, and sterling...they don't come more broughton than that

3/22/2012 1:33:07 PM

^Like Braxton Albritton

3/22/2012 1:40:24 PM

of course it's a joke.

3/22/2012 1:49:27 PM

Get your vote in before 10 tonight

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/poll/_/id/4707

3/22/2012 5:15:04 PM

I'm having a hard time deciding between Rakeem Christmas and Shabazz Napier.

3/22/2012 6:49:07 PM

times running out to vote.

i imagine staats is having a tough battle against dakota. hopefully it's not a slaughter.

3/22/2012 9:30:07 PM

Battle defeats Slaughter 70.1-29.9

Battle vs Bak Bak

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/poll/_/id/4761

3/23/2012 9:43:46 AM

we got this

3/23/2012 9:46:14 AM

Wow, so Staats went to battle and slaughtered Dakota. I certainly didn't see that coming.

Bak Bak is going to be the toughest competition he's ever faced.

3/23/2012 9:49:03 AM

3/23/2012 9:54:46 AM

they should correlate name to playing time, if you don't get to play, it just makes you that much more unicorn-ish, Staats for the win!!!

3/23/2012 10:32:54 AM

Quote :

"N.C. State walk-on Staats Battle advanced to the final eight in ESPN.com’s “Coolest name in the NCAA tourney” contest, defeating Alabama’s Dakota Slaughter with 70.1?percent of the fan vote. He will face California’s Bak Bak in the next round. Voting will close Monday night"

Lol. This counts as an observation from the State Kansas game according to the N&O

3/24/2012 3:20:04 PM

Staats vs. Bak

"Bak Bak" is a very interesting and unique name.
But objectively, is it as cool as "Staats Battle"?

3/25/2012 10:24:38 PM

Is it unique? I assumed he was named after a character from Arabian Nights.

Edit: Wiki has that name soelled as Bacbouc. Ah well.

[Edited on March 26, 2012 at 7:41 AM. Reason : .]

3/26/2012 7:38:00 AM

I don't know if he's winning but Staats is dominating the comment section

3/26/2012 9:43:22 AM

Staats Battle 67 Bak Bak 33

ON TO THE FINAL FOUR

Bring on Bubu Palo

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/poll/_/id/4765

3/26/2012 10:34:28 PM

wow, can't believe staats dominated bak bak.

bak bak. i mean, c'mon. that is such a badass name.

3/26/2012 11:43:37 PM