| Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley | | | | first 48 games-#4 Washington State over #13 |
| | | | Winthrop 71-40 (+31), #1 UCLA over #9 Kent |
| The first two rounds of the 2008 NCAA College | | | | State 71-58 (+41), #3 Louisville over #6 |
| Basketball Tournament underscored just how | | | | Oklahoma 78-48 (+30), and #1 North Carolina |
| far parity has come in the men's competition | | | | over #16 Mount St. Mary's 113-74 (+39) and |
| as at least 1 major upset occurred every 6 | | | | over #9 Arkansas 108-77 (+31). A team flat |
| games (8 major upsets and 3 minor upsets in | | | | needs to win by 30 for me to consider it a |
| 48 games). The major upsets included: | | | | blowout. |
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| #10 Seed Davidson Knocks Off #2 Seed | | | | The South Regional was the only regional |
| Georgetown 74-70 | | | | without an upset in Round 1, and the East |
| | | | Regional was the only regional without an |
| Georgetown breezed past UMBC 66-47 before | | | | upset in Round 2. |
| running into this year's new media darling, | | | | |
| Davidson, which upended #7 Gonzaga in Round | | | | North Carolina is scary. The Tar Heels are |
| 1, 82-76, behind 8-of-10 3-pointers by | | | | ranked No. 1 in the country, have a 34-2 |
| Wildcat guard Stephen Curry who finished with | | | | season record, claim 4 NCAA tournament |
| 30 points in the second half and 40 total. | | | | titles, have been in 16 Final 4s and made 39 |
| | | | NCAA tourney appearances. Oh yeah, Tyler |
| Curry returned where he left off against | | | | Hansbrough is one competitive, bad dude. |
| Georgetown, throwing down 30 points (25 in | | | | |
| the second half) and adding 5 assists, 3 | | | | The Tar Heels have not, of course, played |
| steals, 3 rebounds and NO turnovers. Curry is | | | | against #4 Washington State's defense. It |
| the son of Dell Curry, a former Virginia Tech | | | | should be interesting. |
| All-American and NBA star, proving that your | | | | |
| gene pool does count. | | | | Here are the 2008 NCAA Tournament Round 3 |
| | | | Sweet 16 Match-Ups: |
| With two major upsets in its first two NCAA | | | | |
| playoff games, Davidson has caught the | | | | West Regional: #1 UCLA versus #12 Western |
| attention of everyone. The Wildcats now run | | | | Kentucky - Thursday (March 27) and #3 Xavier |
| smack into #3 Wisconsin and its tenacious | | | | versus #7 West Virginia - Thursday (March 27) |
| Badger defense. Wisconsin just might give | | | | |
| Curry another 30-35 points and win anyway. | | | | East Regional: #1 North Carolina versus #4 |
| | | | Washington State - Thursday (March 27) and #2 |
| #13 Siena Upends #4 Vanderbilt 83-62 | | | | Tennessee versus #3 Louisville - Thursday |
| | | | (March 27) |
| Siena had its moment in the sun as Kenny | | | | |
| Hasbrouck popped in 30 and Tay Fisher added | | | | Midwest Regional: #1 Kansas versus #12 |
| another 19 with 6-of-6 3-pointers to stun | | | | Villanova - Friday (March 28) and #3 |
| Vanderbilt and become the first Metro | | | | Wisconsin versus #10 Davidson - Friday (March |
| Atlantic Athletic Conference team to reach | | | | 28) |
| Round 2 of the NCAA tourney since Manhattan | | | | |
| in 2004. Then #12 Villanova promptly sent | | | | South Regional: #1 Memphis versus #5 Michigan |
| Siena back home in Round 2, 84-72. | | | | State - Friday (March 28) and #2 Texas versus |
| | | | #3 Stanford - Friday (March 28) |
| #7 West Virginia Turns Back #2 Duke 73-67 | | | | |
| | | | 2008 NCAA Tournament Results for Round 1: |
| Duke barely made it into Round 2 with a | | | | |
| last-second shot that allowed them to sneak | | | | Midwest Regional: #1 Kansas eliminated #16 |
| past #15 Belmont 71-70 before meeting West | | | | Portland State 85-61 #2 Georgetown eliminated |
| Virginia. The Mountaineers made Duke look | | | | #15 UMBC 66-47 #3 Wisconsin eliminated #14 |
| like the Blue Devils did not belong in the | | | | Cal State Fullerton 71-56 #4 Vanderbilt was |
| tournament. The glory days of Coach K and his | | | | upset by #13 Siena 83-62 #5 Clemson was upset |
| Blue Devils are slowing down as more athletes | | | | by #12 Villanova 75-69 #6 Southern Cal was |
| are leaving earlier for the NBA; for years | | | | upset by #11 Kansas State 80-67 #7 Gonzaga |
| Coach K was able to convince his great | | | | was upset by #10 Davidson 82-76 #8 UNLV |
| players to hang around the campus longer. | | | | eliminated #9 Kent State 71-58 |
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| #13 San Diego Uses Overtime to Tame #4 | | | | West Regional: #1 UCLA eliminated #16 |
| Connecticut 70-69 and #12 Western Kentucky | | | | Mississippi Valley State 70-29 #2 Duke |
| Uses Overtime to Tame #5 Drake 101-99 | | | | eliminated #15 Belmont 71-70 #3 Xavier |
| | | | eliminated #14 Georgia 73-61 #4 Connecticut |
| Talk about rooting for the underdogs. De'jon | | | | was upset by #13 San Diego 70-69 in OT #5 |
| Jackson's pull-up jumper with 1.2 seconds | | | | Drake was upset by #12 Western Kentucky |
| left in overtime gave the San Diego Toreros | | | | 101-99 in OT #6 Purdue eliminated #11 Baylor |
| their first win in 4 tournament appearances. | | | | 90-79 #7 West Virginia eliminated #10 Arizona |
| How many of you actually knew the nickname | | | | 75-65 #8 Brigham Young was upset by #9 Texas |
| for San Diego before its victory over | | | | A&M 67-62 |
| Connecticut? | | | | |
| | | | East Regional: #1 North Carolina eliminated |
| Ty Rogers drained a 3-pointer with 3 | | | | #16 Mount St. Mary's 113-74 #2 Tennessee |
| defenders in his face and no time on the | | | | eliminated #15 American University 72-57 #3 |
| clock to give the Western Kentucky | | | | Louisville eliminated #14 Boise State 79-61 |
| Hilltoppers a stunning win over the Drake | | | | #4 Washington State eliminated #13 Winthrop |
| Bulldogs. The poor Bulldogs were down by 16 | | | | 71-40 #5 Notre Dame eliminated #12 George |
| points but came back to lead 99-98 with 5.2 | | | | Mason 68-50 #6 Oklahoma eliminated #11 St. |
| seconds left, then Tyrone Brazelton (who had | | | | Joseph's 72-64 #7 Butler eliminated #10 South |
| a career high 33 points) raced up the court, | | | | Alabama 81-61 #8 Indiana was upset by #9 |
| kicked the ball to Rogers, who was not about | | | | Arkansas 86-72 |
| to settle for a tie with 3 defenders in his | | | | |
| face and no time on the clock. | | | | South Regional: #1 Memphis eliminated #16 |
| | | | Texas-Arlington 87-63 #2 Texas eliminated #15 |
| Victories like these are why the NCAA March | | | | Austin Peay 74-54 #3 Stanford eliminated #14 |
| Madness tournament is the best organized, | | | | Cornell 77-53 #4 Pittsburgh eliminated #13 |
| best run, most competitive and most exciting | | | | Oral Roberts 82-63 #5 Michigan State |
| playoff in sports today. To put the icing on | | | | eliminated #12 Temple 72-61 #6 Marquette |
| the cake, #12 Western Kentucky eliminated #13 | | | | eliminated #11 Kentucky 74-66 #7 Miami (FL) |
| San Diego 72-63 in Round 2. | | | | eliminated #10 St. Mary's 78-64 #8 |
| | | | Mississippi State eliminated #9 Oregon 76-69 |
| #12 Villanova Outlasted #5 Clemson 75-69 | | | | |
| | | | 2008 NCAA Tournament Results for Round 2: |
| Villanova, which has more wins as a | | | | |
| lower-seeded team in the tourney than any | | | | Midwest Regional: #1 Kansas eliminated #8 |
| other program since 1979, trailed by 15 in | | | | UNLV 75-56 #2 Georgetown was upset by #10 |
| the first half but came back to win behind 21 | | | | Davidson 74-70 #3 Wisconsin eliminated #11 |
| points by Scottie Reynolds and 17 by Corey | | | | Kansas State 72-55 #12 Villanova eliminated |
| Fisher. The Villanova Wildcats then | | | | #13 Siena 84-72 |
| eliminated Siena 84-72 to move into the Sweet | | | | |
| 16. Pretty slick work by the Wildcats. | | | | West Regional: #1 UCLA eliminated #9 Texas |
| | | | A&M 70-29 #2 Duke was upset by #7 West |
| #11 Kansas State Upsets #6 Southern Cal 80-67 | | | | Virginia 73-67 #3 Xavier eliminated #6 Purdue |
| | | | 85-78 #12 Western Kentucky eliminated #13 San |
| In the battle of the freshman marquee | | | | Diego 72-63 |
| players-Michael Beasley of Kansas State and | | | | |
| O. J. Mayo of Southern Cal-Kansas State won | | | | East Regional: #1 North Carolina eliminated |
| as Beasley scored 18 of his game-high 23 | | | | #9 Arkansas 108-77 #2 Tennessee eliminated #7 |
| points in the second half and Mayo ended up | | | | Butler 76-71 in OT #3 Louisville eliminated |
| with 20. Kansas State then got its lunch | | | | #6 Oklahoma 78-48 #4 Washington State |
| handed to it by Wisconsin in the second | | | | eliminated #5 Notre Dame 61-41 |
| round, 72-55, as the Badger defense took | | | | |
| K-State to school. | | | | South Regional: #1 Memphis eliminated #8 |
| | | | Mississippi State 77-74 #2 Texas eliminated |
| The 3 minor upsets between almost equal teams | | | | #7 Miami (FL) 75-72 #3 Stanford eliminated #6 |
| saw #9 Texas A&M beat #8 Brigham Young 67-62, | | | | Marquette 82-81 in OT #4 Pittsburgh was upset |
| #9 Arkansas beat #8 Indiana 86-72 and #5 | | | | by #5 Michigan State 65-54 |
| Michigan State beat #4 Pittsburgh 65-54. No | | | | |
| big tickle on my knee. | | | | Read my 4-part series on Job Interviews: "It |
| | | | Is Not What You Say, But How You Say It That |
| Two close games saw #2 Tennessee get by #7 | | | | Counts ' Part 1", "How to Answer When Asked |
| Butler 76-71 in OT, and #3 Stanford sweat it | | | | Your Strengths and Weaknesses ' Part 2", "How |
| out against #6 Marquette 82-81 in OT. | | | | to Handle Job References ' Part 3" and "What |
| | | | Do Employers Really Want When Hiring? ' Part |
| There were really only 5 blowouts among the | | | | 4". |