NCAA Tournament Thread (spoilers)

[fishwax]

Yesterday wasn't exactly the most exciting slate of first round games in the history of March Madness, but so far today's games have been pretty exciting.

You can watch all the games online for free here: http://www.ncaasports.com/mmod/?source=mktg_mmod08_vip2_lvhp&refcode=mmod08_vip2_lvhp

Today's games include:

Morning games
Western Kentucky vs. Drake
Saint Mary vs. Miami
American vs. Tennessee
Davidson vs. Gonzaga

Early Afternoon games
South Alabama vs. Butler
U of Md Baltimore County vs. Georgetown
San Diego vs. Connecticut
Austin Peay vs. Texas

Evening Games
Saint Joseph's vs. Oklahoma
Mount Saint Mary's vs. North Carolina
Sienna vs. Vanderbilt
Oregon vs. Mississippi St.

Night Games
Arkansas vs. Indiana
Boise State vs. Louisville
Villanova vs. Clemson
Texas-Arlington vs. Memphis

What teams are you rooting for? What games are you looking forward to?

[taterguy]

1. I'm pulling for Paul Wellstone's alma mater

Anyone pulling against them is a FREEEPER

[fishwax]

3. I'm pulling for Geno Baroni's alma mater

Anyone pulling against THEM is a freeper! :evilgrin:

[fishwax]

2. Western Kentucky 47 -- Drake 38 (Halftime)

This would be the biggest upset of the tournament so far, if the Hilltoppers can hold off to beat Drake.

[fishwax]

11. Tied at 88 -- heading into overtime

[fishwax]

12. Western Kentucky wins on a last second three pointer in OT

What a game! :applause:

[yellowdogintexas]

19. wish I had seen that one! Go Hilltoppers!

I grew up 40 miles from WKU and many friends and relatives have attended there.

[fishwax]

4. Tennessee 33 -- American 30 (15:42 left)

American actually had a lead for much of the first half, but Tennessee led by seven at halftime ...

[fishwax]

5. Tied at 40 with 11:17 left

[fishwax]

7. Final: TN 72 -- American 57

It was closer than the final score, though ...

[fishwax]

6. Davidson and Gonzaga tied at 62 (9:41 remaining)

Gonzaga was up by 11 at one point, but Davidson has stormed back ...

[fishwax]

9. Davidson gets their first tournament win since 1969

Sophomore Stephen Curry (son of former NBA Player Dell Curry) had 40 points--30 in the second half when Davidson was coming back ...

[fishwax]

8. Miami 69 -- St. Mary 61 (3:14 remaining)

[fishwax]

10. Final: Miami 78 -- St. Mary's 64

[Ptah]

13. Here is a side note to the DU bracket choices. 13 teams chosen as champions.

team ----------votes

North Carolina- 17
UCLA----------- 7
Georgetown----- 5
Memphis-------- 4
No Pick-------- 4
Kansas--------- 3
Texas---------- 2
Arizona-------- 1
Connecticut---- 1
Duke----------- 1
Portland St.--- 1
Stanford------- 1
Vanderbilt----- 1

[TZ]

14. Portland St?

Uh okay, I guess that was someone's sentimental pick.

[Ptah]

15. If you click this link, you can see the whole grouop

http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/group/45502/standings

[fishwax]

16. I'm not doing very well on that bracket so far

in my defense, I filled it out in about twenty seconds b/c it was mere moments before tipoff and I wanted to complete it before getting locked out. :)

But, then again, I'm only doing marginally better on my home bracket, which I filled out the day before :D

I'm a little surprised more people didn't pick Texas--I didn't because as an Oklahoma fan my fingers would have burst into flames if I tried to, but I think they've got a great shot at the final four and a decent chance to win it all ...

[fishwax]

17. San Diego 34 -- UConn 29 (Halftime)

Go Toreros!

[fishwax]

18. San Diego beats UConn

Now the winner of San Diego vs. Western Kentucky goes to the Sweet 16.