| 12:15 PM | #15 Morgan State v. #2 West Virginia |
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| 12:25 PM | #11 Minnesota v. #6 Xavier |
| 12:30 PM | #12 Cornell v. #5 Temple |
| 2:30 PM | #13 Siena v. #4 Purdue |
| 2:35 PM | #10 Missouri v. #7 Clemson |
| 2:45 PM | #14 Oakland v. #3 Pittsburgh |
| 2:50 PM | #13 Wofford v. #4 Wisconsin |
| 4:45 PM | #12 Utah State v. #5 Texas A&M |
| 7:10 PM | #9 Florida State v. #8 Gonzaga |
| 7:15 PM | #10 Georgia Tech v. #7 Oklahoma St |
| 7:20 PM | #12 New Mexico St v. #5 Michigan St |
| 7:25 PM | #16 Arkansas-Pine Bluff v. #1 Duke |
| 9:30 PM | #16 Vermont v. #1 Syracuse |
| 9:35 PM | #15 UC Santa Barbara v. #2 Ohio State |
| 9:40 PM | #13 Houston v. #4 Maryland |
| 9:45 PM | #9 Louisville v. #8 California |
The Madness got off to a roaring start with a slew of upsets, none bigger than Ohio's upset of Georgetown. The Hoya Destroyas, led by former Matta assistant John Groce, torched Georgetown, putting up the most points (97) ever scored against the Hoyas in 70 games of NCAA action and becoming the only 14 seed to defeat a three by double digits.
Naturally, the win helps clear a path for the Buckeyes as Georgetown was a trendy Elite Eight pick and some Ohio State fans were still smarting from the pasting the Hoyas delivered to the two-seeded Buckeyes in 2006. If the Buckeyes take care of business this weekend and the Bobcats gets past Tennessee Saturday (with the way with the way Armon Bassett and D.J. Cooper are playing, it wouldn't be wise to discount the thought), we could be staring down an all-Ohio Sweet Sixteen matchup.
Day one also featured three overtime games -- more than occurred during the entire tournament last year -- and the overhyped Big East going 1-3 out of the gate (with the lone win a comeback overtime victory by two seed Nova over a 23-12 Robert Morris team).
While Thursday's action will be hard to top, we do get to see the Big Ten today as all five conference selections will be in action. Four of the five are favored, with the Gophers checking in as the only dogs. Best of all, the Evan Turner show is your nightcap.
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side note: the miami game will not be a night game. bummer.
ummm, what is going on with the Big East? WVU and my bracket are in early trouble!
that's a horrible, horrible decision. how does the athletic department [see: gene smith] continually make horrible scheduling decisions? we're passing up an opportunity to have another national televising of our team and basically a 3hr commercial for our university as a whole? who cares if it "costs more" in the present time. it's called an INVESTMENT. and are the fans just not taken into account here? the atmosphere for the usc night game was unmatched. it was unreal. this isn't penn st- we don't have hoardes of out of control fans hurling beers across the street. this is just plain dumb. not to mention the recruits. recruits want to go play for a team on national tv @ night w/ ridiculous crowds. not noon games where crowds are rolling in late and they are rolling outta bed. so frustrating...
that was me ^^^
I think WVU woke up. But yeah, the Big East is ruining me. My dad was able to watch the games yesterday and said that ND and Georgetown were getting fouls called on them just for being their physical selves. Fouls that wouldn't be called in Big East play are being called in the tourney.
I actually like that it won't be a night game. I just don't like the night games. Give me noon or 3:30 any day.
Doesn't look like Jamel Turner will ever be a Buckeye.
http://blog.dispatch.com/bucke...
Agreed.
Yeah, rumor was he left Fork Union earlier in the week, yet the administration is saying his status hasn't changed with OSU.
That's shocking. I had assumed that the Miami game was a night game and that it was settled. On the other hand (hard to believe, but....) aren't we 0-3 in recent home night games (Texas, PSU, USC)?
wasn't psu a "day" game just like iowa was a "day" game? there's a bigten rule that you can't have night games in november... so the latest you can start is 330 but they usually turn into night games b/c of the time change. correct me if i'm wrong...
that PSU game (2 years ago, 2008 season) was in october though if i'm not mistaken
yeah you're right nik... it caught the last weekend of october... no wonder it was so much fun!!!! hahaha
thats bullshit...excuse my language....
why wouldn't you put the marquee OOC matchup for the year in primetime under the lights?
nothing about that game was fun charlie
RE: PD story about Gene Smith.....(good shizzy)
5.2 Mil for lights on the practice fields?
I'll start a company and do for a cool Mil and make a bunch of money.
BECAUSE I SAID SO, DAMNIT! DO NOT QUESTION MY AUTHORITY! THIS UNIVERSITY DOES NOT NEED NATIONAL EXPOSURE! NOON GAMES OR NOTHIN'!
so we can shell out $5.2M for practice field lights, but can't have a primetime matchup @ night b/c it "costs to much." can someone please explain this to me?
guarantee that when we travel down to Miami it will be under the lights... this is just flat out depressing... i was thinking about digging deep in the pockets and getting a ticket cuz night games are just amaizng... not buying one anymore
There's your $70 tickets this year.
I remember when I went to my first game with my Dad, Michigan State in '91, and south stand (back when they were just bleacher seats) tickets were like $22 cover price. Come a long way in 19 years...almost 50 bucks...
no night games is a way of saying:
1) if you don't want us against marshall, take this ..
and
2) If you want to guarantee us at night, get out the checkbook.
I loved the USC night game last year. There's absolutely nothing like 5-6 hours of tailgating in September! Bummed if true!
Milwaukee arena looks deserted for the early game. Pretty sure we're going to best that crowd!
Not nearly as bad as New Orleans yesterday. It couldn't have been 60% full for any game.
start a student wide protest to make it a night game!!!
Yes... b/c the Athletic Dept (which stuffs the students in the upper deck of the Schott and "blesses" them with one football ticket...) is clearly moved by the needs/desires of the student body. Not meaning to pee on your Wheaties, but...
+1 to Chris.
I love our athletics to death, but a "student wide protest" would be stupid and a waste of time.
my bracket is looking horrible, but i at least pretty certain that tom izzo could figure out a way to beat a 12 seed, if MSU loses this im tearing my hair out
Officiating the last few minutes of the Sparty games sucks, and Lucas is hurt...