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.
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