Thursday Recap

Well, the evening games weren't any better to me than the afternoon games. It started with VCU's 79-77 victory over Duke. Even though this was Duke's worst team in a decade, I really thought they could pull something out of their ass and get a couple wins in the tournament. Oops. Two other lower seeds won in the evening session, but they were both 9 seeds over 8s, so that doesn't count as an upset. I think everyone knew Michigan State would win, they did, and easily covered the 2 point spread. Xavier had a dog fight with BYU, I actually watched parts of this game, and was able to pull it out at the end 79-77. UCLA hammered Weber State, Pittsburgh was able keep Wright State at bay, and Indiana handled Gonzaga pretty well. Gonzaga couldn't get a stop when they needed one, couldn't get any momentum, and IU won by 13, 70-57. UNC got a scare, and showed why, Texas will beat them in the sweet 16. For 10-15 minutes, UNC was dominated by Eastern Kentucky, who trimmed a 27 point first half deficit to 4 early in the second half. I really did just write that. Then they realized they were a better team and ended up winning by 21, 86-65.
All in all, day one was pretty bland. There was one major upset as far as rankings go, but a lot of people had VCU upsetting Duke, so was anyone that surprised? As far as Vegas goes, three favorites failed to cover, including Xavier who was favored by two and won by two. We can't have another day like that today can we? I have a few more upsets lined up, so we shall see
At the end of day one, My record is as follows:
Bracket: 11-5, yuck
I have 2 sweet 16 teams on the way home
Against the Spread: 8-7-1
Let's hope Friday treats us a little better.