The Third Thursday in March

Should be a holiday; nay, a Holy-day!!

Why? Because it is the first day of the NCAA Mens' Basketball Championship tournement. Often referred to as 'March Madness' it represents the single busiest, craziest and most-intensely-watched collection of basketball games there is.

For instance, the first weekend of action (3/17-3/20) there will be 48 games played in 4 days, each and every one televised! No man can resist...so if posting is light, this will be my excuse (whether true or not!).

I'll update this periodically and give whatever thoughts I might have on how things are developing in Bracketworld™.

Scoreboard:

(Early game results)

Austin Regional
(15) Eastern Kentucky 64
(2) Kentucky 72


Chicago Regional

(12) Wisconsin-Milwaukee 83
(5) Alabama 73

5-12 matchups are always brutal. They produce at least one significant upset each year.

UPDATE: More scores!

Albuquerque Regional

(9) Pittsburgh 71
(8) Pacific 79

8-9's are always fun games. When you see them close you realize just how good a job the Selection committee has done in putting together Bracketworld™! Pacific has made some noise this season and appears a pretty solid team! I will always celebrate west-coast basketball victories!

Friday Morning update: First day recap!

Austin Regional

(10) Iowa 64
(7) Cincinnatti 76

I picked the upset. Oops.

(11) UTEP 54
(6) Utah 60

Chicago Regional

(13) Penn 65
(4) Boston College 85

(9) Nevada 61
(8) Texas 57

Another close 8-9 game. Picked the "upset" so it helps my bracket. Yay for me!

(16) Farleigh Dickinson 55
(1) Illinois 67

(13) UAB 82
(6) LSU 68

Big-time upset that messes with my bracket a bit. Will be in good shape as long as Arizona doesn't succumb on Saturday.

Albuquerque Regional

(16) Montana 77
(1) Washington 88

(15) UT-Chattanooga 54
(2) Wake Forest 70

UT-C lead at half but as happens so often, the big school wears down the little one and runs away in the second-half.

(14) Winthrop 64
(3) Gonzaga 74

WCC starts 1-0! We'll see how St. Mary's fares today...

(11) UCLA 66
(6) Texas Tech 78

No upset here. Brackets take another hit!

I'll look at today's early games a bit later.