NCAA Tournament Blog: Second Round

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Saturday’s Games

Some more good action on Saturday’s second-round games. Despite coach Trent Johnson getting ejected for two technical fouls, #3 Stanford rallied to beat #6 Marquette in OT. My alma mater, #3 Wisconsin, advances to the Sweet 16 after a convincing beatdown on #11 Kansas State. #1 Kansas made easy work of #8 UNLV, and #3 Xavier took out #6 Purdue. Thanks to a commanding second half, #7 West Virginia knocked out #2 Duke, and there is much rejoicing. My only regret about Duke losing is that it didn’t happen two days ago. (Yeah, it’s cliche to bash Duke. But it’s so much fun.)

“The Legend of Lance Hardwood” is taking shape, growing stronger as we go deeper into the tournament. Tied for third place, I still have the most number of points possible. The Duke loss was an acceptable casualty. I had them in the Sweet 16, but others had them in the Elite Eight. Washington State beating Notre Dame stung just about everyone.

Pitt’s loss to Michigan State is most unfortunate, but not a back breaker for Lance Hardwood. That back breaker is coming right about now…

Sunday’s Games, Or “The Death Of Lance Hardwood”

Lance Hardwood finds himself in first place after Sunday’s games, but this little taste of the top is all he’s going to get. I picked Georgetown to win it all, and they got kicked in the junk by #10 Davidson. Western Kentucky and Villanova won again, and I’ve got 12 of the Sweet 16 right, but the only team I couldn’t afford to have booted out just laid a big stinky one on the court.

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