NCAA Tourney Day 1 Recap

ojmayo.jpgNothing too shocking on Day 1 this year. Let’s look at what happened on Thursday:

#4 Washington St. (71) took out #13 Winthrop (40): Big surprise. Big lambasting. 31 points?? C’mon, Winthrop. Grow a set.

#9 Texas A&M (67) knocked off #8 BYU (62): HUGE upset. A #9 jobbing a #8?? I have to do some research to see if this has ever happened in NCAA history.

#2 Duke (71) handily beat #15 Belmont (70): Ok, maybe not. Belmont brought the heat and Duke was just a team. If you didn’t watch this game, you missed out. Belmont deserved to win this game and Duke should consider themselves lucky. If you picked Duke to win the whole thing, you are screwed. I give a ton of credit to Belmont. Anyone else notice when Duke tried to save the ball on the sideline and that guy’s foot was clearly surrounded in blue before he chucked it back on the court? Belmont got the raw end of that one. Kudos to Belmont overall. They better not hang their heads one bit.

#11 Kansas St. (80) took care of #6 USC (67): Thanks, USC! Thanks, O.J. Mayo! I didn’t have you into the final eight or anything. USC: Screw you in the rear end with a broken hockey stick.

#6 Purdue (90) got rid of #11 Baylor (79): Matt Mosley of ESPN.com, I took Baylor because that is your alma mater. My decision was not based in basketball facts. If you are in a Frozen Four tourney pool, you can return the favor by taking Boston University. Only one difference: My Terriers will come through. Technically you aren’t on the basketball team, so I can’t blame you too much. And you didn’t ask me to pick Baylor. Yeah….I guess you aren’t at fault after all. Sorry, Matt!

#3 Stanford (77) whooped on #14 Cornell (53): In most cases, Cornell can always walk away from sports losses with the knowledge that they will eventually be the bosses of the other teams’ players in the real world. Well, you lost to Stanford. You can’t really say that today.

#4 Pittsburgh (82) taught #13 Oral Roberts (63) a lesson: Yeah that’s it. They taught them a lesson. I don’t have much more to add?

#8 UNLV (71) gave it to #9 Kent State (58): It wasn’t this close. At one point, I think I saw that the Runnin’ Rebels were close to 30 points, while Kent State hadn’t even hit double digits. Ouch. Was Anderson Hunt playing? Greg Anthony? Larry Johnson? Stacy Augmon? George Ackles? Moses Scurry? There was no point to that list of names other than to prove that I know my 1991 UNLV players. Remember when Hunt missed that last second shot against Duke in the Final Four? Remember how Greg Anthony fouled out? Just saying.

#5 Michigan State (72) beat up on #12 Temple (61): Again…it wasn’t this close. Temple was just shy of being a disgrace. They couldn’t do diddly poo (thanks, Jim Mora). MSU earned it.

#6 Marquette (74) jettisoned #11 Kentucky (66): Thanks, Kentucky.

#3 Xavier (73) exited #14 Georgia (61): Georgia actually owned this game much of the time. But, they let Xavier hang around and eventually take over. You could hear the wheels slowly coming off of the Georgia wagon. That said, the team will most surely have first choice of the hot Bulldog cheerleaders when they return to campus.

#1 Kansas (85) struggled with #16 Portland State (61): OTR is kidding. Here at OTR, we like jokes. This was what you would call a “good ol’ fashioned.”

#1 UCLA (70) eeked out a win over #16 Mississippi Valley State (29): 29?? 29??! Are you serious? 41-point victory…yikes.

#7 West Virginia (75) defeated #10 Arizona (65): I had Arizona knocking off Duke in the second round. Oops.

#3 Wisconsin (71) whooped up on #14 Cal St. Fullerton (56): Cal St. Fullerton hung in there, but it wasn’t to be.

#5 Notre Dame (68) took care of #12 George Mason (50): There goes the George Mason Cinderella story. This one was over while she was washing the floors and obeying her wicked step sisters.

In Basketball, NCAA March 20, 2008

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4 Responses to “NCAA Tourney Day 1 Recap”

  1. Blast - NCAA Tourney Recap - The Online Magazine on March 20th, 2008 9:15 pm

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  2. The Editor on March 20th, 2008 10:10 pm

    BU hockey sucks Micah. Northeastern forever!

  3. Micah Warren on March 20th, 2008 10:18 pm

    Is that Guilfoil? Don’t try to hide behind a different user name. When was the last time Northeastern won the Bean Pot? Pavlovic? A little help?

  4. Pavlovic on March 22nd, 2008 1:49 pm

    LOL, Northeastern. Hoecky? Hell, do they even have a sports program?

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