The greatest thing about the NCAA Basketball tournament is that one game can ruin a 2 week stretch for somebody. With some fair luck on my side my bracket isn't quite wrecked but I did happen to get 6 games wrong. I had Georgetown going to the Elite Eight and I have Vandy and Marquette going to the Sweet Sixteen. However, it is completely possible to win any bracket pool as long as you still have your final four teams still playing and I do have that.
The best thing about the UNLV and UNI matchup is that if these teams played 10 times I honestly believe each would win 4 times...and they would tie twice. That is how equal the game was and it played out exactly as I imagined, just with the wrong winner.
Across the bracket, the Texas and Wake Forest game was another great 8-9 game and I thought for maybe 15 of the 45 minutes played in this game, I saw flashes of the Texas team that was ranked in all of the polls for multiple week. It just wasn't enough as two half court buzzer beaters at the end of regulation and end of overtime both were close and got my heart racing, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
On to the Big East...honestly....this is why suicide rates spike during tournament time. I understand the occasional upset that a big time team loses to what used to be a no-name team. I'm a Jayhawks fan, I've had to experience it a few times in the past 5 or 6 years. But stillllllllll, Georgetown! Not only did you get beat by Ohio University, you got your butts whooped. Ohio University! 7-9 IN THE MAC CONFERENCE. Ohio only played two tournament teams in their regular season. They lost to Pitt by a large margin, and then lost to Robert (Robbed) Morris by 2.
The worst part about the Georgetown loss and Villanova's near loss to Robert Morris? It fuels the fire to those who think the tournament should be expanded to 68 or 96 or however many teams the expansion is pushing right now. I don't agree with the expansion, but sadly I can see the proof the expansion pushers now have in their arsenal. Since Ohio probably shouldn't have been in the tournament as it is--automatic bids are wonderful :) --certain people can now say that there are more teams that didn't make the tournament that could upset a "power conference" team. The thing is, there are 65 teams in the tourney right now, and I don't think the selection committee left out the team that should win the tournament. Adding another 3 or 31 teams isn't going to do anything but put more money into pockets that are already full. If the tourney is one or two games longer, pay the players if they win, but that brings up a whole new controversial topic.
I need to go get ready for the Gophers game against Xavier, but everyone can breath a sigh of relief after yesterday, Kansas wasn't the first 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed.
M. I. N. N. E. S. O. T. A. minnesota. minnesota....Yeaaaaah Gophers!
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