After seemingly ignoring day one, Cinderella reared her ugly head on Friday, launching an all-out war against brackets everywhere. Western Kentucky beat the overrated Drake Bulldogs in overtime in the game of the year. In the second round, WKU will not meet Connecticut, but the San Diego Toreros (if your not smart like me, you need someone to explain to you that a torero is a bullfighter), who also won in overtime. If that was not enough for you, Sienna took out a Vanderbilt team that is not that good. Vandy seemed to peak when they beat Tennessee in UT's debut as the #1 team in the country. As predicted here, Villanova beat Clemson. This upset is not quite as sexy as the others. Regarding my other upset predictions, St. Mary's proved they should not have been in the Top 25 for most of the season and Stephen Curry proved he is the most exciting player in the tournament with 40 in an "upset" win over Gonzaga. So, 2 for 3 on the day and 3 for 6 in the opening round, that kind of winning percentage would get me the seventh seed in the NBA's Eastern Conference. UNC answered UCLA's challenge by taking it to poor Mount St. Mary's. Everyone on UNC's roster scored in the blowout.My bracket is laden with chalk for the weekend. My one big pick is Butler over Tennessee tomorrow. Hopefully, UT will come out lethargic like they did against American. Duke is currently handing West Virginia its ticket to the Sweet 16. The theory seems to be just keep throwing up thee-pointers, they will eventually fall. They haven't. If I was going to lose an Elite Eight team, I would rather it be the super annoying Blue Devils.
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I took a beating yesterday, but still feel good about the next round. At least Duke is gone.
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