I hope more than anything we have mayhem today.
It’s the one thing truly missing from the NCAA Tournament so far.
I know NC State is an 11 seed, but you’re a major conference team.
Hard to buy fully into Cinderella talk there.
One could argue for no mayhem so next week is a monster round of Sweet 16 games.
Sure, I get that.
But we need something.
There’s gotta be a 1 or a 2 seed that goes down.
We need more Creighton/Oregon and Colorado/Florida games.
It’s the last day we have this week, cherish it, embrace it.
Give us the mayhem.
Schedule
Bracket
Part of me gets depressed seeing teams past the first weekend already.
The 4 days are a war by fly by way too fast.
3 Best Games Today
1.
Houston/Texas A&M
Five Most Entertaining Players Today
This isn’t about the best.
Every March someone takes over and you just start to watch no matter what.
You get Gohlke’d.
We’re talking about guys who just explode on Twitter, social media and you gotta tune in.
Tyon Grant-Foster (Grand Canyon)
2.
Wade Taylor (Texas A&M)
3.
Eddie Lampkin (Colorado)
4.
Cam Spencer (UConn)
5.
Mark Sears (Alabama)
Five Storylines/Game Previews
1.
The mayhem that was promised
This is by far what’s taken over the Tournament for me.
And it’s been … pretty chalk so far.
Today is the day I thought would set up best for it.
Never play that game.
Jamal Shead vs Wade Taylor
This is the single best one-on-one matchup we’ll see.
I know they played earlier in this year, but no one gave a shit.
I want this to be a bloodbath.
I want it to be as physical as possible with the refs far, far away.
Don’t ruin the moment.
The moment for any college basketball fan is watching these two go at it.
Just keep the stripes away.
Shaka Smart’s demons
Shaka has made it out of the first weekend once, with VCU.
He’s got a team with a No.
2 seed again, playing a major conference team that was underwhelming during the year.
You have to make a Sweet 16 with this group.
you could’t lose again, even if Colorado is sneaky talented.
At some point you gotta shake whatever demons are out there and change the story.
Wait, I think I just started talking about Cody Rhodes.
Anyways, they are the early tip, the standalone game.
Everyone is waiting to see if Shaka fails again just to jump on him.
Dukes, Dukes, Dukes
America’s team baby.
We’re all Dukes trying to beat Duke.
I don’t say this because I hate Duke, I say this because look at how JMU plays.
That’s how you beat this Duke team.
You make FIlipowski uncomfortable and turn over the guards.
America loves a good story and what’s better than JMU right now?
Speaking of underdogs
#DaveandBUSTERS baby.
The Havocs will travel and make that a home game like we saw Friday.
I love this GCU team though.
Bryce Drew can coach, I know people don’t want to admit that from the Vandy days.
Tyon Grant-Foster is an NBA talent.
They can dictate pace, they can slow it down if need be.
I don’t know if there’s a more fun game than this one on paper.
This isn’t Charleston because GCU can actually defend.
