2018 NCAA Tournament Most Choatic Ever?
Can anyone recall a more choatic first weekend for the NCAA Tourney? Certainly there have been tournaments in the past where the brackets came out pretty busted after the first weekend, but I can't recall a more choatic weekend where when the dust clears so many of the top seeds have been cleared out. Nine of this tourneys Sweet 16 are seeded 5th or higher, which has to be some kind of record.
Not that I'm complaining, since I think chaos tournament is good for Michigan.
Not only is it bracket chaos, but the NCAA tournament selection committee gets some egg on their faces too. The UMBC Virginia game as historic as it is was also a one time fluke. Against any other #1 seed that has point guards and can score at will, UMBC would lose. Virginia has no point guard play or any players that step up and want to be on the big stage. As for over seeded Sparty, I was proven correct. Had no business being a 3 seed, having a near home game for the first 2 rounds, or being in the top 5 in the polls or being #1 at any point in time. Most over rated team representing the Big 10. Can you imagine if Big Blue had been the #3 with a near home game in Detroit on the Jordan Poole buzzer beater? OMG!! Now that, would be chaotic. North Carolina being a #2 was a joke as well. You lose 10 games, finish 6th in the ACC during the regular season and your a #2 seed, then get your over seeded asses paddled to a hot blistering by 21 points. Then there's Xavier and Cincinnati. Talk about over seeded and over rated. How do you piss away a 22 point lead in 11:05? And how do you allow an underachieving Florida State team to beat you in the final seconds? Yes it's March, and yes this is the NCAA tourney. Loyola-Chicago, another example of having good guard play and good defense. With that being said, on to playing the Aggies. I still have 3 of my final four teams left; Michigan, Duke, Villanova with Michigan winning it all. GO BLUE!!
I feel like I've missed out on so much. Watched all day Thrusday and then headed to the mountains on Friday for a 24 Hour Ski Fundraiser so outside of highlights and ESPN app notifications, I've missed out on most of the craziness!
That said, UMBC crushing Virginia, Marshall coming back against Witchita State, Nevada coming back against Texas, Ohio State losing, Loyola Chicago, Sparty losing, Nevada coming back again against Cincy, UNC getting crushed and oh yeah, JORDAN FUCKING POOLE! What a few days I've missed and what a tournament so far. Can't wait for Thursday!