You’ve braved 20-degree weather and paid six other people to join you–just to get tickets to the NCAA Final four. You’ve permanently tattooed you forehead with the Raiders logo, and dressed your girlfriend in a homemade suit of pom-poms. Dude, you need some serious professional couch time. Or a visit to a serious sports bar–in the good old O.C.

Dave & Busters’ for the BlackBerry Crowd

If you drive a Boxter, drink micro beers and carry a business card, this is your sports bar. An elaborate 20-screen video dome in the Viewpoint Bar keeps you directly in front of the action. No more straining to catch that winning turnover at the five-yard line, or missing that Hail Mary three-pointer from the sideline. Got the half-time blues? Not to worry, there are lots of high tech games to play. Like Carismo, a NASCAR-type simulator that puts you in a real race car chassis in front of a 60″ screen, where you can actually feel the car respond to your every move. You can also cut loose on a dance simulator, play world-class billiards, or a dozen other challenging video and sports games. The beer is bountiful, the bar babes are beautiful and the food is plentiful. D&B’s in O.C. Where the 5 and 405 Freeways meet in the Irvine Spectrum.

ESPN Zone at Downtown Disney an “E” ticket ride

The spoiler. Makes ordinary sports bars feel like Disney’s It’s a Wonderful World ride. Over 36,000-square feet of non-stop sports. An SUV-sized 16-foot screen and more than a dozen “small” 36-inchers get you close enough to lip read every expletive, every contested foul, even a close-up of Jack Nicholson smiling at the cheerleaders. If you’re team’s down by 20 and you think you’ll be out fifty bucks, you can let it all out in any of the many interactive games; heck, you can don a safety line and climb a rock at the huge rock-climbing wall. And if you’re teeth are floating, but you don’t want to miss the action, no problem, the restrooms have TVs.

Centerfield Sports Bar & Grille pub on steroids

It’s an action-packed sports bar. It’s a cozy neighborhood pub. It’s the one and only Centerfield Sports Bar & Grill in Huntington Beach. Watch your favorite sporting event on any of the six big-screen TVs. Or feast on a hearty meal without missing a touchdown or lay-up on one of the many smaller monitors scattered throughout the bar. The mouth-watering menu hits a home run. And if you strike out at the bar, or get bored at halftime, you can always shoot a little stick or challenge your sports buds to a spirited video game or electronic dartboard. Why, you could even get some work done if you bring your laptop, which you can plug into the wireless Internet hotspot. Centerfield Sports Bar & Grille 17296 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach.

The Off Campus Pub that’s on Playboy’s list

This college bar gets an A for athletics. And a B for best location right across the street from Cal-State Fullerton. Named by Playboy magazine as one of the top 10 college bars in the nation, this sports-watchers paradise is like one continuous kegger, highlighted by themed club nights and weekend concerts that draw capacity crowds. The CSUF sports memorabilia and dizzying array of beer ads make Off Campus feel like a party at “Animal House.” You can celebrate a home team win by grabbing your significant other and booging on the sunken dance floor. Or by hopping on stage and singing a couple of bars of You’ve lost that lovin’ feelin’. Come by yourself or bring your party buds. And don’t worry, the student-priced beer and appetizers leave you plenty of money for next semester’s textbooks. The Off Campus Pub 2736 East Nutwood Avenue, Fullerton.

National Sports Grill state-of-the-art for the sports state of mind

Voted Best Sports Grill in Southern California for ten straight years (by Orange County Register’s annual readers’ poll), National Sports Grill is the high- tech bar for high-intensity sports fans. Giant-screen TVs and banks of monitors showing a cornucopia of college and pro athletic competition are virtually everywhere. So whether you choose a table or barstool, you won’t miss a play. If you bored with the pre-game predictions, or half-time nonsense, you can play one of the remote NTN trivia games, or challenge your party buds to a game of 8 ball on one of the pro billiards tables. Suggestion: snack while you rack, order their famous cheese fries. And share a pitcher with fellow players’ buy a club membership and get any beer at a discount price for a whole year. One caveat: If you come for a big sporting event, it’s standing room only, so get there early. National Sports Grill 5970 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park.