I was about to email someone who loves the NCAA Tournament as much as I do (my life coach Steve Chandler), then realized that my new blog here is a great place to plop down my reflections.
I was 11-5 today in my picks. It ranked me 2,643,235th on ESPN.com. Maybe after tomorrow I can move up to 1,976,987th place for that dream vacation they're offering.
As for my 5 losers, I picked:
Princeton over Kentucky. Oops. Great shot off the glass last second by Kentucky wins it. It was perfectly defended by Princeton but a perfect shot is a perfect shot. That's part of what makes this game great -- no matter how well defended, there is always possible victory over the resistance (aka defender in your face with very long arms).
Penn State over Temple. Temple wins with a Kobe Bryant style duck and pop shot. This was after a HUGE 3-pointer by PSU from well past NBA depth. In my opinion there will be no prettier shot in this tourny than this 3-pointer -- arc, depth and confidence... Unfortunately for my bracket, no matter how impressive and thunderous this shot was, I still lost.
Louisville over Morehead State. Who would guessed Morehead State to be so talented? They Dredlock Dunked all over Rick Pitino's soldiers. And to think some authority figures in the sports world had Louisville going to the Final Four...
Old Dominion over Butler. I should have known that Butler would continue its momentum that took it to last year's championship game against Duke. No domination by the Dominion.
Utah State over Kansas State. Close but no cigar. KSU's Jacob Pullen, man with the best beard in college basketball, was sick. Apparently not sick enough to lose.
My 2 upset winners:
Kudos to Richmond for their victory over Vanderbuilt. One look at the Vandy bench in the last 2 minutes showed that they were destined for a loss. Those guys were sleepy and not fired up.
Well done by Gonzaga for their uptempo and athletic win over St. Johns. Gonzaga is carrying some great momentum. Watch out BYU. That'll be a great game on Saturday.
Out of 16 games today there were 6 games that came down to the last shot and 3 upsets. That's a helluva day. I'm ready for Day 2.
--Reported by SK
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