Don't Put Dirt on the Big East Just Yet...

Not only is Louisville still alive, but the league managed to place two other teams in the Sweet 16.  The dying conference had several failures in the first two rounds, but I think placing three in the Sweet 16 has to get categorized as success.  Especially when the top team is still alive and in the hunt for the championship.

Louisville's game today was one of the weirdest I've seen statistically.  CSU was shooting an amazing percent, especially from 3-point range, going into halftime.  I think CSU's field goal percent was above 60%.  And they were down 14-points.  I've never seen a team shoot so well, down so much at the break.

UCLA losing to Minnesota represented the most obvious pick of the Round of 64.  Gonzaga failing in the Round of 32 was today's most obvious pick.  Gonzaga wasn't a true #1 seed, and it showed. At best, they were dead-even with the #9 seed, Wichita State.