Round 1 Action--Second Day

Day 2 provided some good games and some bad ones. Lets see how the games turned out.

North Carolina v Mount St Mary's--North Carolina eeked out a close one here. Final Score--North Carlina 113, Mount St. Mary's 74. My Pick--North Carolina, 1-0 on the day.

Indiana v Arkansas--Sampsonless Hoosiers were no match for the Razorbacks who ran all over them. Final Score--Arkansas 86, Indiana 72. My Pick--Arkansas, 2-0 today.

Oklahoma v St Joseph's--I thought this was going to be a better game. OU ended up being too much for St Joseph's. Godbold picked this game to start becoming a force. Final Score--OU 72, St Joe's 64. My pick--St. Joe's, 2-1 today.

Louisville v Boise State--Louisville looked better than they have all year in this rout of Boise State. A deep bench will put Louisville far into the tournament. Final score--Louisville 79, Boise State 61. My pick--Louisville, 3-1 today.

Butler v South Alabama--This game was a blowout from the beginning. Butler never let South Alabama get into a rhythm and moved on to the second round. I thought this game would have been closer. Final Score--Butler 81, South Alabama 61. My pick--South Alabama, 3-2 today.

Tennessee v American--American was trying to pull off the huge upset. They actually had a chance in this game and were down only one with around 4 minutes to go. Then they just disappeared. I hate to see these underdog teams play great for about 35 minutes then turn to shit the final 5 and let the score get out of hand. This game was a lot closer than the score indicates. Final Score--Tennessee 72, American 57. My pick--Tennessee, 4-2 today.

Clemson v Villanova--What can I say upsets were in the air in Tampa. 'Nova ends the nightmare for the higher seeded teams by beating Clemson and becoming the fourth lower seed to win in Tampa on the day. Final score--'Nova 75, Clemson 69. My pick--Clemson, 4-3 today.

Vanderbilt v Siena--Siena destroyed Vanderbilt. The Saints led from start to finish and proved that the Commodores can't shoot away from their home arena. Final score--Siena 83, Vanderbilt 62. My pick--Siena, 5-3 today.

Gonzaga v Davidson--Stephen Curry baited the Bulldogs into thinking he was just going to have a mediocre game, he had 10 points at halftime. He exploded for 30 fuckin' points in the second half. He was raining three's and any other shot he took in the second half and helped Davidson pull off the mild upset over Gonzaga. Final Score--Davidson 82, Gonzaga 76. My pick--Davidson, 6-3 today.

Georgetown v UMBC--UMBC had thoughts of an upset and actually led in the game about 5 minutes in. Then they realized they were playing a 2-seed and started playing like a typical 15-seed. Georgetown pulled away from there and won. Final Score--G'Town 66, UMBC 47. My pick--G'Town, 7-3 today.

Memphis v TX Arlington--Another one seed blowout. Final score--Memphis 87, TX Arlington 63. My pick--Memphis, 8-3 today.

Mississippi St v Oregon--This game could have gone either way. Oregon blew their chance to advance to the second round by not playing defense in the second half. The Ducks had a 10-point halftime lead and let the Bulldogs outscore them by 17 in the second half. Final score--Mississippi State 76, Oregon 69. My pick--Mississippi State, 9-3 today.

Miami (FL) v St. Mary's--St. Mary's led by 5 at the half. They decided they didn't need to play any defense in the second half and let Miami drop 51 points on their ass in the second half. They lost. Final Score--Miami 78, St Mary's 64. My pick--St. Mary's, 9-4 today.

Texas v Austin Peay--Blowout city. Texas led from start to finish. Final Score--Texas 74, Austin Peay 54. My pick--Texas, 10-4 today.

Drake v Western Kentucky-- Un-fucking-believable. Western Kentucky pulls the huge upset over 5-seed Drake. Drake fought back from a 16-point deficit to force overtime. They had a 1-point lead with 2 seconds on the clock. How the hell do you let a team get the ball all the way down the damn court to just outside the arc? Ty Rogers hits the game winning three to give WKU the dramatic win in OT. Final Score--WKU 101, Drake 99. My pick--Drake, 10-5 today.

UConn v San Diego--You have got to love the underdog. Tampa saw all four underdog team win their games. San Diego was the second team to take out a higher seed on the day. They followed Western Kentucky's win over Drake with their own shocker. UConn forced OT and De'Jon Jackson gave the upstart Torero's a upset win at the buzzer in OT. Final score--San Diego 70, UConn 69. My pick--San Diego (another pick I changed at the last minute), 11-5 today.

11-5 on the day and 23-9 for the first two days. Not bad, but it is far from first in my bracket league. The UConn loss helped since at least one person had them in the finals.