Day 1 was a pretty good day for me. I think it’s my best day in recent memory.

My only two losses were:

VCU 79, Duke 77

Easily the best finish of the day and was also my first loss of the day.  As much as I would have liked to run the day 16-for-16, seeing Duke head out of the tournament in the first round was totally worth it. Pitt struggled with Wright State last night but I don’t think that the Panthers will have any trouble disposing of the Rams. I don’t see this year’s Colonial  champs as a repeat of George Mason.

Michigan State 61, Marquette 49

(I think I like this picture so much because it looks like Tom Crean is singing) Plainly, Marquette just didn’t show up. You’ve got to give some credit to Tom Izzo. This is obviously one of Izzo’s least talented teams in recent memory but he has this kids believing in the system and playing great defense. They held Marquette to just 31% percent from the field and judging by the way North Carolina let Eastern Kentucky back into the game in the second half last night, the second round showdown between Roy Williams and Tom Izzo becomes a whole lot more interesting.

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