VCU-Later!!! (Lamest Headline Ever)

The Kid here and while it was not the most exciting first day in the NCAA Tournament, a bad day with the NCAA Tournament is better than your normal Thursday. Unless of course you are Coach K, in which case Thursday was pretty much a shit day all around.

So, what about the games? Each one taught us a little something to remember as the tournament progresses, chief among these is that the Pac-10 is probably horribly overrated. So, what else?

Virginia Commonwealth 79—Duke 77: This was the only big upset of the day and, for 99% of America, the best outcome. Unfortunately, there is not some sort of clause with CBS that allows them to pull the Coach K commercials after his team loses, so we will just have to put up with that a little longer. At least they’re not as bad as those Applebee’s commercials from last year. Yet. Anyway, Duke ended the season on a 4 game losing streak and validated those who thought a 6 seed was a little high. On a day when the other 6 seeds playing completely destroyed their opponents, VCU got up and Duke’s grill and literally punched them in the face (see Eric Maynor pulling a “Kobe” and bloodying up Jon Scheyer on a shot follow through). Credit where credit is due, I knock Greg Paulus a lot, but he had a pretty good game.

Boston College 84—Texas Tech 75: Poor Bobby Knight. I guess we learned that just b/c you have more wins than anyone else, doesn’t mean much come tournament time. With the Duke loss and Knight out, I doubt Dick Vitale will even watch the rest of the tournament.

The rest:

It was nice of Georgetown, since there were no upsets, to let Belmont hang around for about five minutes. Thanks Georgetown!

Michigan State v. North Carolina in the 2nd round might be a little closer than I thought. Especially since Eastern Kentucky was only down 4 points early in the 2nd half.

Oral Roberts losing means a lost opportunity for some completely inappropriate jokes

Poor Vanderbilt. They got the shit game that is on during the one 2 hour block where CBS is not televising nationwide. At least their 33 point win sounded impressive

Louisville is good. Or Stanford is really, really bad.

Acie Law IV chasing Penn defenders around in the final minute, daring them to foul him, had to be the funniest moment of the first round. If you missed it, it was almost like a game of tag with the Penn defenders trying desperately not to touch him.

A&M v. Louisville will be one hell of a game. If UL wins, I think Billy Gillespie will see his name slide down the list of potential Tubby replacements

Ohio State took care of business. And they looked like they were having fun, which could be good news for their next game.
Their next game will be an emotional Battle of Ohio, as Thad Matta goes up against players he recruited. OSU should win easily.

Butler won and most picked them to lose. Good for Butler.

Maryland won. No one really cares. At least no one I know.

I work with a guy who had Wright State (owners of the most generic unis in the game) beating Pitt and advancing to the Sweet 16. He’s not having a great morning.

Indiana avenged last year’s lost to Gonzaga, which was easier than last year because Adam Morrisson is in the NBA and their starting center is ‘shrooming in his dorm room, jamming out to a 23 minute version of “Box of Rain”

“Box of Rain” is the only Grateful Dead song I like.

UCLA was down for a little bit to Weber State. I didn’t see hardly any of this game, so I will assume Darren Collison’s ankle injury was not much of a factor, since they won by 28.

My picks for today will come later. I gotta eat!