Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Recapping the Madness

Wooooooooooooooo! I hope you saw some of the MADNESS this past weekend. It was sure MADNESS! If you did not see or follow the games this past weekend, I’m here with an exciting recap.

Day one (Thursday) there were no major upsets, Duke had a scare with a one point win over Belmont. This was a sign of things to come.

My upset pick, Georgia, went out to Xavier in round one; this is why I did not make any more picks.

On day two (Friday) the MADNESS was in full force. Tampa was ground zero for the upsets; this was the first time since 1973 (first time the tournament was seeded) all four double-digit seeds won at the same site. To top it all off two of the four games went into overtime. This included UCONN being eliminated by San Diego. At this point my bracket was intact.

Day three (Saturday) started with number two seed Duke losing to West Virginia in the second round. My bracket was in the trash can. That was the upset of the day but there were a lot of close games and that is what makes the tournament great. As Bob Wenzel, one of the CBS’ announcers said, “No one what’s to go home from the NCAA tournament”. This day included one overtime-game with Stanford beating Marquette by one point.

Day four (Sunday) included number two seed Georgetown going down to another double-digit seed, Davidson. At the same time this upset was going on, Tennessee a two seed was in overtime with Butler. Tennessee did survive and advance. Forty-eight games in four days, now you know why they call it MARCH MADNESS.

This coming weekend is the regional semi-finals and regional finals, with a berth in the Final Four if you win these two games.

Enjoy the regional games; I will talk to you next week with a report and my own personal critique on the announcers.

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