- Minnesota made more than 10 3’s for only the 4th time this year. Doesn’t seem sustainable.
- Tom Izzo went after a player yesterday during Michigan State’s sloppy win against Bradley. He then went after a reporter who asked him about it. He’s a garbage person but expect some more flowery prose about him from the people that cover the sport. He’s a disgrace.
- LSU held off a game Yale team. Neat, I guess.
- New Mexico State showed a lot of guts and toughness chasing down Auburn who did all they could to throw the game away. The Aggies should have won and that one will hurt. Like I said yesterday, though, they return a large chunk of their team next year. They’ll be back.
- Vermont played well for about 32 minutes before Florida State overwhelmed them. Seminoles were money at the line down the stretch and suffocated Vermont on defense.
- Murray State boatraced Marquette who had no answers for Ja Morant. It was a Steph Curry against Wisconsin moment for the Golden Eagles whose fans make watching them no fun.
- Gonzaga laughed
- Baylor dispatched Syracuse in a pretty fun game. Syracuse point guard Frank Howard was suspended for the game in grand Orange fashion.
- Kentucky handled business
- Wofford closes out Seton Hall in impressive fashion. Seton shall fought back all night and took a few leads in the final 10 minutes but the Terriers didn’t blink and won going away.
- Kansas looked as good as they have all season thumping a good Northeastern team. Northeastern couldn’t make anything after a fast start and Kansas got to the rim at will. Very impressive performance.
- Belmont will be kicking themselves for letting a winnable tournament game get away from them. Kudos to the Terps for not folding early.
- Michigan thumped Montana in impressive fashion. Michigan’s offense was humming. Can they sustain that? If so, they’ll be a tough out.
- Nevada lost to Florida and concluded the most disappointing season from any team this year. Florida showed me why the computers loved them. They will not be a pushover for Michigan despite what their fan base thinks.
- Purdue beat Old Dominion with relative ease but Purdue will lose in this tournament because the offense will be a problem. The Monarchs had plenty of chances to make it interesting but were awful shooting the ball.
- Villanova won a game a lot of teams would have lost. St. Mary’s is like playing a root canal. Methodical on offense and making tough shots, a lot of teams would have folded but Nova refused to get frustrated. That’s a reflection of the coach and culture.
Day Grade: C- Ja Morant keeps this from being lower but the games were boring, late game execution was terrible and Tom Izzo won
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