Opening Weekend. XKCD.

Ahh... the best weekend of the year is only half over. The first round of tournament games are done and there were some truly epic contests. Western Kentucky won on an extraordinary shot at the buzzer by senior guard Ty Rogers. Rogers got the ball with under a second left and launched up a prayer from about 25 feet over the outstretched hands of 3 defenders. It was one of those shots that you only see in March. Over in the Midwest region, Davidson overcame a huge deficit to upset the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Sophomore Stephen Curry strapped the team on his shoulders and carried them to the finish line with 40 points in what can be easily considered the most outstanding individual effort of the first round. The last truly exciting upset was San Diego's overtime victory over UConn. UConn is a disciplined team of tournament veterans, and San Diego pulled off a 1 point victory on De'Jon Jackson's 17 foot jumper as time wound down. Of course it would be quite unfair to not mention the Siena Commodores. Siena absolutely hammered 4th seeded Vanderbilt, never trailing in the game and finishing with an impressive 83-62 victory.

Some seeded teams played exciting games as well. UNC and UCLA both won their games by about 40 points with the other two top seeds also easily taking care of business. Duke of course looked like rubbish, only beating Belmont by 1 point due to some shameful miscues by the inexperienced Belmont players near the end of the game.

The Wisconsin Badgers dispatched a very athletic team from Cal-State Fullerton and look forward to facing the best player in the nation in Michael Beasley. The Kansas State Wildcats won on Thursday over a red-hot USC Trojan team that was heavily favored to win. Hopefully some combination of Landry, Krabbenhoft, Butch, and/or Steimsma can keep Beasley in check.

On a parting note, check out the latest XKCD... you may or may not be guilty of this faux pas:


Cheers.

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