I think there have been some tremendous games this year, both going into the S-16 and during it.
Not a fan of either but the Virginia/Purdue game last night was awesome. Raining 3s and Carsen Edwards from Purdue was on fire. But then again, it helped that the one guy on the court shorter than Carsen was guarding him. Probably the best game of the tournament so far.
It’s been a tournament of almost no real upsets and a lot of overtime games.
Going strictly by the seeding the teams seeded 1,2,3,& 4 would be in the sweet 16. Fourteen of those were in the Sweet 16 and Auburn was a 5-seed. Oregon (#12) and UC Irvine (#13) pulled upsets in the opening round and then got to play one another so one of them was guaranteed to be in the Sweet 16.
Traditionally, SEC teams other than UK collapse once they get very far, so I would expect Auburn to fold against Virginia. Maybe the same for TTU, although I’ll be rooting for them. I’m hoping for an Auburn-TTU final but I actually expect a Virginia-Michigan State final.
Remaining are teams seeded 1,2,3, and 5 so there’s no coin flipping to decide which color uniforms to wear.
Great basketball this weekend. I had Carolina winning it all. Since I'm knocked out of my pool, I'll root for the upstart Texas Tech Red raiders to win it all.
And even though I’m an ACC guy, I would have liked to see Purdue win last night. Carsen Edwards had a game for the ages.