South Alabama and Butler are back and forth, Jags with a one-point lead.
Texas in command early. G'Town and UMBC close early.
Mike Green picks up his second foul for Butler and they have to go with the inexperienced Sean Van Zant.
We've had five 30 point scorers this tournament (Jack McLinton, Stephen Curry, Joe Crawford, Tyrone Brazleton and Josh Akognon.)
Austin Peay is putting on a MVSU-like performance. UMBC still hanging tough. So South Alabama and Butler, which are both shooting well at a good pace, are the teams we will focus on.
Van Zant is leading the Dogs in rebounding. I feel like I'm running like a kennel with the constant mention of Dogs since the tourney started.
13 lead changes in this game. Butler currently has it and has increased it to five. Good balanced scoring between A.J. Graves, Matt Howard and Pete Campbell.
Butler starting to roll. Texas still has control. Georgetown moves closer to its goal.
A.J. Graves is the next Kirk Hinrich. He may not look like much but he will be better at the next level than people think.
Pete Campbell is trying to join the 30-point club. He gets another three as the half ends and has 20.
UConn and San Diego close in the early going. The Toreros are the last team standing from the West Coast Conference. I wonder when the last conference to have all their teams (more than two) go out after round one was.
Georgetown up 12 at the half. Texas up 15 at the half. San Diego up 2 with the under-12 break.
Not a good sign for UConn. A.J. Price has to be helped off the court with a possible knee injury.
Butler has turned it over twice which results in USA scores both times. But Butler is still leading by 13.
Gyno Pomare is putting on a clinic. 14 so far. Toreros up by six.
Butler increases their lead to 18.
Price returns to the UConn bench with his ice on his knee and crutches. He looks like he's done. A big blow for the Huskies.
Now Jerome Dyson is limping for UConn. When did Kentucky switch uniforms?
We'll stick with this game. The rest are being handled with ease by the faves.
Toreros up five at the half.
UMBC is making a small run on the Hoyas but are still down by 13.
Pomare is schooling Haseem Thabeet. Calhoun has blown a gasket. San Diego is up by nine.
Chalk it up for Butler. My BracketBreaker team is still alive but have a tough matchup against Tennessee. 81-61.
Thabeet got stuffed. He's VERY overrated. If you can get him outside of his comfort zone (just under the basket) he is slow and has no offensive game at all. The comparisons to Mutombo are very unjust. His blocked shots don't have the same impact Dikembe's did and that's really his only drawing card.
Chalk it up for Georgetown. UMBC had no answer for Hibbert. 66-47.
Chalk it up for Texas. 74-54.
San Diego is getting cold as the lead is cut to three. Now it's cut to one.
OMG, Thabeet scored! OMG, I can't believe I'm 37 and I used OMG!
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Tim Cary about 1 year ago
Raising my hand...almost. I picked San Diego AND St. Mary's to advance. The Gaels got out to a quick lead, but faded down the stretch. Oh well.
Nice article.
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Marc Daley about 1 year ago
Thanks. I had picked St. Mary's and Gonzaga. But as a Kentucky fan and almunus I don't feel so bad about losing to the Toreros now.
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