Sweet Sixteen

You may think that I will be writing about a daughter, granddaughter, or someone’s friend who is turning sweet sixteen. Actually I am writing about the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament.

Over the weekend there were some good games in the field of thirty-two after the rounds on Thursday or Friday. The best games were on Thursday.

On Saturday my favorite game that was an upset North Carolina State a number eight over a number one Villanova. North Carolina State almost blew it. I really wanted to see another upset thankfully North Carolina State held on. I was really impressed by their rebounding. Villanova had to make almost every shot near the end of the game to have any shot at winning because NC State were grabbing almost every rebound. I hope they can beat Louisville to advance to the round of eight.

The surprise team I believe still in it is UCLA. I thought they would get beaten in either of the first two games. They will be playing our team in Washington State the Gonzaga Bulldogs. I believe the Bulldogs should win the matchup against UCLA. I thought they would have more difficulty against Iowa than they actually did. Both teams have large front lines.

Another team that is doing really good is Michigan State. They upset Virginia 60-54. They too were not expected to get this far in the tournament; however, they always play well. I was disappointed that Oregon lost to Wisconsin though it was expected since Wisconsin is a number one ranked team as well.  I was hoping for the upset so all four teams representing the Pac-12 conference were still in the tournament. Still very good for the conference; most likely Arizona will go the furthest.

I really do hope that both Kentucky and Duke get knocked off before the final four. There is a good chance they will meet though in the final four. Arizona right now is my favorite to win.

Anyway I can’t wait till this Thursday for the beginning of the Sweet Sixteen. I hope the games will be as pretty as any sixteen year old girl.