Saturday, March 21, 2009

March Madness: Round One

10 upsets in two days from round one of the NCAA Tournament. In the midwest, it was #9 Siena beating #8 Ohio State 74-72 in double overtime in the most entertaining game of the tournament so far. Also in the midwest region, it was #12 Arizona taking down #5 Utah 84-71, #13 Cleveland State shocking #4 Wake Forest 84-69, #11 Dayton upsetting #6 West Virginia 68-60, and #10 USC over #7 Boston College 72-55. In the west, #9 Texas A&M beat #8 BYU for the second straight year 79-66 and #10 Maryland taking down #7 Cal 84-71. In the east, #12 Wisconsin escaped #5 Florida State in overtime 61-59. Finally, in the south, #12 Western Kentucky made it two straight years with an upset, winning 76-72 over Illinois, while #10 Michigan shocked #7 Clemson 62-59.

Today's Second Round Games:
East Region
#6 UCLA vs. #3 Villanova 1:05 PM ET CBS
#7 Texas vs. #2 Duke 8:15 PM ET CBS
West Region
#10 Maryland vs. #2 Memphis 3:20 PM ET CBS
#9 Texas A&M vs. #1 Connecticut 3:35 PM ET CBS
#5 Purdue vs. #4 Washington 5:40 PM ET CBS
South Region
#8 LSU vs. #1 North Carolina 5:45 PM ET CBS
#10 Michigan vs. #2 Oklahoma 5:50 PM ET CBS
#12 Western Kentucky vs. #4 Gonzaga 8:10 PM ET CBS

My bracket record (to date): 23-9

No comments:

Post a Comment