Madness Marches On

With the play in games on Tuesday they now call the games on Thursday and Friday the second round which I do not really like; however, the action on Thursday and Friday were exciting. The games on Thursday especially close since five games were by one point only.

The games on Thursday especially made things bad on most people’s bracket. The only games that were not close mainly were between the #1 seeds and the #16 seeds. In fact I did not watch any of those four games because of the excitement of the other games. I generally watched the games that were the furthest along that still had the outcome to be determined.  I wished that some of the close games like Georgetown over Harvard had gone to Harvard instead. On two fronts I have two nephews who currently attending Harvard, and the other it would have been nice to have an upset as well. I think Harvard playing Utah Saturday instead of Georgetown would be more exciting. Of course, we will see how the game turns out. The Cinderella team this year has to be Georgia State beating Baylor on a three pointer. They now face Xavier. It would be really great if Georgia State could get into the round of sixteen. I consider it the game I would like to see today (Saturday). The next best game would be Arizona against Ohio State. It would be nice to see some upsets today.

The Friday games were mostly not as close as the Thursday games; however, there were some good games. The games I especially enjoyed watching was West Virginia over Buffalo. It was a close game within the last minutes, and Bob Hurley’s first time in the big dance as a head coach. Another was Louisville over UC Irvine by two points. This game I was rooting for UC Irvine because it was their first time in the big dance, and they would have been the second Cinderella team. Of course, the game I wanted to watch the most was Gonzaga over North Dakota State. This game mainly because Gonzaga is from Washington State which is my home state.

On Sunday those seem to be the games I will want to see the most. Every game looks like a good matchup. I especially like Virginia vs Michigan State. The Spartans always seems to play good in the big dance and Virginia is a good team. Another I would like to see San Diego State win over Duke. This would be a really good upset game. Of course I want to see Iowa against Gonzaga. This should be a good game especially on the front line. Iowa may give it hard on Gonzaga.

If your brackets haven’t totally exploded enjoy these games to see who goes onto the sweet sixteen. I hope we continue see the madness march on and have a final four that we will remember for many years to come.