Friday, March 20, 2009

Friday in the NCAA Tournament: Let the brackets begin to burn

It was bound to happen people. After the first day of the tournament went off without any major upsets, you had to know Friday would make up for it in a big way.

*Is there a more talented team that shoots more untimely 3 pointers than Tennessee? Can they please get a true point guard who can get them organized in clutch situations?

*Quiet as kept, Byron Eaton has finally come into his own and started to live up to the expectations he had coming out of high school. Imagine how good Oklahoma St. would be if Gerald Green would have decided to come to Stillwater instead jumping to the NBA. (Imagine where Gerald Green's career would be if he had gone to Oklahoma St.)

*I don't see them beating Missouri on Sunday, but I dare somebody to find a team with more guts than Marquette.

*Beware of the Kansas Jayhawks. Yes, Sherron Collins went off for 32, but they're going to be trouble if they keep getting 23 and 13 from Cole Aldrich on a consistent basis.

*Who is Ben Woodside? He's the guy who just dropped 37 on Kansas.

*DeJuan Blair (27 pts, 16 rebs) channeled his inner Corliss Williamson against ETSU.

*World say hello to Dayton's Chris Wright. Chris Wright say hello to the world.

*Morehead St had no chance once Andre McGee decided to stop letting them get the ball past half court.

*Like a lot of people, I didn't think Arizona deserved to be in the tournament, but I sure did pick them to beat Utah though. Now they're a win over Cleveland St. away from being in the Sweet 16.

* "Strike first! Strike hard! No Mercy!" That's what I thought every time I saw the scores and highlights of Cleveland St taking apart Wake Forest.

*Xavier just has too many veterans to not be around next weekend.

*USC 72- Boston College 55: NBA caliber athletes against a bunch of guys who look like leasing agents is bound to get ugly

*Siena 74- Ohio st. 72 2OT: If you keep letting guys shoot uncontested 3's they will eventually knock them down

*Wisconsin 61-Florida St. 59: How in the world did those cheese heads pull that off?

*The Pac-10 is 5-1 and the ACC is 3-4. He who laughs last laughs the loudest!

*Michigan St actually broke the 70 point barrier.

*Good to hear that Jim Calhoun is doing better.

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