Quick Thoughts on Round 1
- Most surprising lost in the first round, to me, is Kansas. In my blog bracket I had them in the elite eight. Ouch.
- After round one I’m in a tie for second in the blog brackets. Woot! Missing an elite eight team (Kansas) hurts, but the only other sweet 16 team I’ve lost is Iowa. I figured Iowa would go in the tank. In my “work” bracket I had Northwestern State winning that game.
- While I had MSU in the second round of both my brackets (but no further) I’m not the least bit surprised that they lost to George Mason. Everyone made such a big deal about their strength of schedule, as if that matters if you still lose the games. You just know a lot of people’s brackets went poof with that loss. (cough - Dan - cough) 
- Is it me or were there very few blowouts among the top 4 seeds? Nearly all of them seemed to have tight games for at least 20-30 minutes. Memphis losing at halftime? Tennessee needing a last second shot to clinch a win? Not what I expected to see in the first round. (But nothing would surprise me less than Tennessee losing to Wichita St.)
- So what’s the second round matchup people are most looking forward to? I’ve got my eye on Indiana vs. Gonzaga and Washington vs. Illinois.