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What a tourney!  We've watched the tourney since UCLA was a powerhouse, the first time back in the 1960's.  In all that time there's never been a Final Four that had all Regional #1 seeds advance to the final weekend.  There have been many years where its been said that "this is the year", that there were four school teams that have seperated themselves fromt he rest of the pack.  So why this year?

Well it can be argued that there was a whole lot of home cooking.  North Carolina plays its regional in Raleigh, NC.  Are you kidding!  Why not have mom and dad  tell you to come down and eat breakfast before you go to school!  Or UCLA?  Playing in Phoenix at a Pac-10 venue is playing at home.  Say what you will, but we all root for our own within conference.  You did notice those little ASU Sundevils on the floor, didn't you?  While Detroit isn't exacltly home to Kansas, it sure is a lot closer than for any of the other regional advancers.  It showed as Davidson became everyone's Cinderella darling.  (Stephen Curry needed to go for the two and overtime, not look for, and then have to pass for a 3 attempt.)  Finally, Memphis at least went and legitimately fought for its number 1 seed by going into the lion's den and messing with Texas's head.

So here we are, four #1's.  And the fun really begin's cause this is who the committee would be here.  They legitimized the committee for getting it right.  In fact, there truthfully were very few upsets, showing that the committee did a great job in its seeding.

We'll discuss the four teams during the week so check back as we go into the Final Four.  Game Over

First a recap from Thursday's Sweet Sixteen Games.  As mentioned, the two number 1 seeds advanced, though UCLA got a real scare from Western Kentucky.  UNC didn't even need Tyler Hansborough to score a field goal in the first half for them to cruise.  Xavier held on in overtime to stop Cinderella West Virginia.  Talk about the value of free throws.  We won't here, but you know the story.  Finally, as we called it, if Tennessee was to be toppled, it would be because of their lack of a true point guard and it was evident from the tip.  In the "controlled ciaos" (isn't that the definition of "order"?) offense of Tennessee there were more turnovers than in a pick-up game in the South Bronx.  Wait a second, there'd be less turnovers in the pick-up games, NYC guards know how to run an offense and beat a defense with the dribble.  Word to the Vols - recruit NYC for a guard if you want to ever reach the Elite Eight.

Tonight we like Wisconsin to end the bid of everyone's Cinderella, Davidson.  Stephen Curry has everyone's eyes on him, especially the Badgers and if you have watched, they know how to play defense.  Kansas will tell Villanova its time to take off the glass slipper.  Only once in a school's history do you get to wear the tiara.  Memphis is in for a battle and there would be no surpriseif Michigan State pulls off the mini upset.  Too much respect for Coach Izzo with five days prep.  But the thought here is Memphis learned from yesterday's Tennessee beating and will hold on.  Tell-tale decision - can Memphis actually make a free throw.  Finally, we like the Lopez twins to advance over a tenacious D of Texas.  Why Texas will win - better guard play.  But if Stanford can protect the ball, how do you stop two seven-footers?

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Thursday Bracket of Games will show the chalk, that is, all the higher seeds will win, except for one.  Of course it's easy to say so for the two #1's playing this evening, UNC and UCLA.  But we also like Tennessee to eke out one more victory over Big East rep Lousiville.  We like Pitino as a coaching genius, especially with five days to prepare.  However the Vols have just too much talent.  If Tennessee does get tripped up, look no further than the action at the point guard position.  Its hard to have a player (Prince) start his first game all year in the second round of the NCAA's.  What that tells us in the loss in faith of how the team has been run down the stretch.

The one upset, if it is that, comes from another Big East team, West Virginia.  We like them to beat out Xavier.  Bobby Huggins has got Joe Alexander and crew operating like the squads he had in Cincy.  Wait till he has a chance to recruit!  Now it all comes down to execution and we like the way West Virginia has been doing so during the tourney, especially in their upset of Duke.

We'll shout at you tomorrow regarding Friday's games.  Game Over

There is no question that from some at Game Over World Headquarters that this is the happiest time of the year (with all deference to X-mas).  Are there any better four days of basketball than the four days /48 games of the first two rounds of the Men's NCAA Championship?  It's a basketball junkies fix.  The only thing, its over too fast.

You get in your comfortable chair or couch, spread out your bracket sheets, check on the profiles from USA Today (Monday edition when the barckets are announced), make sure the 'frig is filled with goodies, and have the phone with caller ID close by so you can fake a cough when the boss calls.  Then opening tip comes and you see some blow-outs, some you knew-would-happens, AND THEN the buzzer-beaters, AND FINALLY the bracket-busters.

We almost saw one in Duke-Belmont.  Who didn't think of (for those of us old enough you will smile, for the rest of you, we're sure it can be found on the internet somewhere) Danny Ainge of BYU driving the length of the court, through 5 defenders (yes, all five could have stopped him), down the middle for A LAY UP!, to beat Notre Dame coached by Digger Phelps (yes kiddies, before he was the talking mouth on ESPN Digger was actually a coach).  Gerald Henderson (son of the former Knick of the same name did the same) did the same to stop Belmont's upset bid.

But then Friday happened.  And there were numbers we were not used to, such as 12.  In fact, two number 12's beat their respective #5 opponents (Western Kentucky beat Drake and Villanova over Clemson).  Siena, for those in the know, and apparently there are a lot of you out there, as a 13 seed beat #4 Vanderbilt.  Best story of the day was Stephen Curry leading Davidson over perrenial Cinderella Gonzaga.  But the biggest upset happened early, to make all the late editions on the East coast.  Little known (to the East Coast media) San Diego shocked (well, shocked is too light a word), STUNNED Big East powerhouse UConn in overtime.  And there was, as always, the ever classy Jim Calhoun, telling in public what should have been left in the lockerroom - his motivation speech.  "Don't let them think they can play with you" he says he told his team prior to coming out for the game.  Hey Jim, I think thats what was said in the the San Diego lockerroom.  Only they listened to their coach.

The weekend saw more upsets.  First UCLA, Stanford, and Tennessee advanced after scares.  UNC scored back-to-back 100 point games.  But Georgetown apparently watch UConn from Friday and gave up a double-digit lead to lose to Davidson.

Check with us Thursday for our picks on Thursday's games.  Game Over

Day 1 of the best time of the year just concluede with little or no fanfare.  No great upsets occurred, but then again with such partiy in College Basketball, would any of us truly been surprised if Belmont beat Duke?  Don't get us wrong, we would have loved to seen this bracket-buster for all those reading this while they should be at work, but then Gerald Henderson (yes the son of former Knick of the same name) pulled of a Danny Ainge and went coast-to-coast with Belmont offering no defense in fear of commiting a foul.  Note to self, if faced in similar situations in the future, have speedy guard go down middle cause in matador defense will allow the basket.  How many times does this have to happen?  Do coaches not learn from previous events?  Now we are not suggesting fouling Henderson, but how about diverting him as he comes streaking down the middle?

Second note to self.  even after the basket was scored, Belmont had chances to win.  Why is it that coaches don't pound the ball inside (no different in concept of going down the middle for a lay-up or foul) and do the same?  Win it at the foul line.  Survive and advance.  Jimmy Valvano was right, that is all that is asked of any team, to survive and advance, not how preety you win.  Jump shots and timing plays have too much downside, as we just evidence.  Put the ball inside and win at the line.  Instead Belmont is saying "What if" and Duke is getting ready for West Virginia.