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Four days in. By now we all might have gotten our fill of Gus Johnson, and definitely have had more than enough of Bill Raftery doing his best Tourette’s impression. WITH THE KISS! GRUGGGG!!! We’ve screamed at the players that we love to hate. Now we are subjected to what could be the worst three days of our lives – when we have to listen to Doug Gottleib take up 45 minutes of Sportscenter. We get to hear the term “Bracket-buster” more than anyone should ever have to endure. That being said, we also have some time to reset, restock our fridges, and “be contributing members of society” for a few days.
So, with all of that out of the way, here’s an incredibly superficial review of the weekend:
The Buckeyes lost to Siena, who many people (after the fact) claimed that they had said Siena was the new George Mason. Siena gave Louisville a good game in the second round, which maybe lessens the blow to Buckeyes fans. For me, it doesn’t. Hopefully Club Trillion‘s take on it will help me mend, whenever it’s posted.
Thirteen-seed Cleveland State made it through the first round, upsetting 4-seed Wake Forest. However, they fell in the second round to 12-seed Arizona.
Xavier made it through to the sweet sixteen, past Portland State and Wisconsin.
Dayton made it past Bob Huggins and his pimp suits in the first round, then fell to 3-seed Kansas in the second round.
Aside from that, it’s largely been a chalk tourney thus far. The lowest seed is Arizona at 12, but given the legacy of the program it’s not surprising to the casual observer that they’re through. The only other “underdog” left at this point is #5 Purdue. The rest of the remaining teams are 1, 2, 3, or 4 seeds.
In the WFNY bracket pool the current top 4 in points are Macnip, Basketball PhD, J Fury, MerrickP, and TJ’s Picks. I am currently ranked 52/91, for those who are interested. So kudos to those who are calling it well (but shame on you if you picked all chalk).
What are your thoughts on the tourney this past weekend? And please, no whining about Team X “busting your bracket” – don’t be that guy.
