By Blaidd Drwg
Day 2 was a much better day for picking games than Day 1. There were some tight games and fantastic endings. Memphis came within a last second blocked shot of pushing my record to 15-1 for the day and George Mason made a furious comeback to down the once Tops 5 ranked Villanova Wildcats (what happened to them). The game that hurt me is Georgetown losing to VCU, meaning I lose another sweet 16 team in the process. How about Marquette? Has any team ever been the same double digit seed (#11) in their conference tournament and NCAA Tournament in the same year? They are tough and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they end up pushing Syracuse in a tight game. The results from day 2’s games:
| Coltrane | Annie S | Blaidd Drwg | Winner |
| Ohio St. | Ohio St. | Ohio St. | Ohio St. |
| Villanova | Villanova | George Mason | George Mason |
| Xavier | Marquette | Marquette | Marquette |
| Syracuse | Syracuse | Syracuse | Syracuse |
| Washington | Georgia | Washington | Washington |
| UNC | UNC | UNC | UNC |
| Duke | Duke | Duke | Duke |
| Michigan | Michigan | Michigan | Michigan |
| Arizona | Memphis | Memphis | Arizona |
| Texas | Texas | Texas | Texas |
| Kansas | Kansas | Kansas | Kansas |
| Illinois | Illinois | Illinois | Illinois |
| Georgetown | VCU | Georgetown | VCU |
| Purdue | Purdue | Purdue | Purdue |
| Texas A&M | Texas A&M | Florida St. | Florida St. |
| Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
| W – 12
L – 4 |
W – 12
L – 4 |
W – 14
L – 2 |
Here are the standings after day 2:
| Wins | Points | |
| Blaidd Drwg | 24 | 240 |
| Coltrane | 22 | 220 |
| Annie S. | 21 | 210 |
It is still anyone’s game especially since my bracket isn’t looking so hot in the later rounds – I managed to not pick the winner in only 8 games, but in 5 of those cases, I had the winner going to the Sweet 16, so that does hurt. Here is what we all have remaining:
| Sweet 16 | Elite 8 | Final 4 | Final 2 | Champ | |
| Blaidd Drwg | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Coltrane | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Annie S. | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
There are a couple games today that should be interesting:
I really want to watch Richmond-Morehead St. It doesn’t matter who wins this one, there will be at least a #12 seed in the Sweet 16 this season, but you have 2 teams who are playing on a major high, which I think has the makings of a great game.
Gonzaga-BYU should be a win for the Zags. Gonzaga has become another Purdue for me – the years I don’t pick them to do anything, they end up winning a bunch of games and the years that I do pick them to advance, they get bounced in the first round. This year, I picked them to lose in the first round, so of course they beat St. John’s and should beat an undermanned BYU team.
Cincy-Uconn – nothing like having 2 conference rivals play each other in the NCAA tournament. I think this is the letdown game for Uconn – this will be their 7th game in the last 2 weeks and I think the air finally gets let out of the tires in this one.
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