Mission WSOP

Out goes Georgetown thanks to Del Curry’s little boy and the Davidson Wildcats!  A 6′3" sophomore has just established himself as the Iceman of the ‘08 NCAA tournament.  If he stays hot, Davidson could be scary.  Two other #10 or higher seeds moved into the Final Four with ‘Nova over Siena and Western Kentucky over San Diego.  8 of the 13 tickets punched so far have been to form, though with two more #1s and a #3 in action right now.  (So far, the #1s and #3s are 13-0). 

East: (2) Tennessee 76, (7) Butler 71 OT
Midwest: (12) Villanova 84, (13) Siena 72
Midwest: (10) Davidson 74, (2) Georgetown 70
South: (2) Texas 75, (7) Miami (FL) 72
West: (12) Western Kentucky 72, (13) San Diego 63

Conference-By-Conference

Southern: 2-0
Conference USA: 1-0
Big Ten: 5-2
Big 12: 7-3
Pac-10: 6-3
Sun Belt: 2-1
Big East: 9-5
ACC: 3-3
SEC: 4-3
Atlantic 10: 2-2
Horizon: 1-1
Metro Atlantic: 1-1
Mountain West: 1-2
West Coast: 1-3
America East: 0-1 
Atlantic Sun: 0-1
Big Sky: 0-1
Big South: 0-1
Big West: 0-1
Colonial Athletic: 0-1
Ivy: 0-1
Mid-American: 0-1
Mid-Continent: 0-1
Missouri Valley: 0-1
Northeast: 0-1 
Ohio Valley: 0-1
Patriot: 0-1
Southland: 0-1
Southwestern Athletic: 0-1
Western Athletic: 0-1

First, it was Stanford escaping Marquette’s upset bid.  Then, Kansas smashed UNLV.  Drew Nietzel bounced back from his poor performance against Temple to upset Pitt.  Finally, UCLA bounced back from 10 down to escape a near upset by Texas A&M… March Madness, do you ever have to end?

 Can someone explain to me why there are so many empty seats???

The Stanford finish was amazing.  And they did it without their coach.  Maybe they should strip him of his Pac-10 coach of the year award. 

 Another empty seat?  You needed popcorn now?

I was torn in the UCLA game… every time I thought about rooting for Texas A&M, they’d throw those hot UCLA cheerleaders up on the screen and I’d switch my allegiance right back to the Bruins. 

Midwest: (1) Kansas 75, (8) UNLV 56
South: (3) Stanford 82, (6) Marquette 81 OT
South: (5) Michigan State 65, (4) Pitt 54
West: (1) UCLA 53, (9) Texas A&M 49

Conference-By-Conference

Conference USA: 1-0
Horizon: 1-0
Metro Atlantic: 1-0
Southern: 1-0
Big Ten: 5-2
Big East: 8-4
Big 12: 6-3
Pac-10: 6-3
ACC: 3-2
SEC: 3-3
Sun Belt: 1-1
Atlantic 10: 2-2
Mountain West: 1-2
West Coast: 1-2
America East: 0-1 
Atlantic Sun: 0-1
Big Sky: 0-1
Big South: 0-1
Big West: 0-1
Colonial Athletic: 0-1
Ivy: 0-1
Mid-American: 0-1
Mid-Continent: 0-1
Missouri Valley: 0-1
Northeast: 0-1 
Ohio Valley: 0-1
Patriot: 0-1
Southland: 0-1
Southwestern Athletic: 0-1
Western Athletic: 0-1