2024 March Madness

[JEBar]

#1 Carolina just took care of #16 Wagner 90-62 in the first round of this year's tournament .... next up in round 2 for the Heels will be Michigan State which won't be anywhere near as easy

[Hatchdog]

Gonzaga men’s team had a decisive victory over Mcneese St, led by 35 at one time in the second and won by 22. Subs got to play thus the score reduction.

WSU men’s team won also but in a nail biter. Beat Drake in Omaha.

[JEBar]

after playing 5 games in 5 days so that they could get into the tournament, I was wondering if NC State would be able to refocus .... apparently they have and played well during their game last night

[JEBar]

my bet is having Oakland taking our Kentucky by a score of 80-76 ruined a bunch of brackets .... from the ACC Clemson, UNC, NC State and Duke are all still alive

[Hatchdog]

Gonzaga’s arch conference rival is St. Marys College from Moraga CA. St. Marys WAS a 5 seed and yesterday IN SPOKANE lost to 12 seed Grand Canyon University. How’s that for poetic justice, St. Marys comes to Gonzaga’s home town and gets upset. Love it!!!

Today Gonzaga plays Kansas at noon and Washington State plays Iowa St at 3:00. Great timing for me to see both games.

Go Zags
Go Cougs

[JEBar]

UNC really looked bad in the first quarter .... thankfully, they got it together enough to send Michigan State home .... NC State is up by a few over Oakland at the half

[Hatchdog]

Two of three local teams survived and advanced yesterday. Both Gonzaga men’s and women’s teams won but sadly the Washington State Cougs lost to Iowa State. First championship tournament appearance for the Cougs since 2008 back when Tony Bennet was the coach. Bennet currently is the Virginia coach. Well done and congrats to the Cougs for a great season.

[Rifletom]

My son's alamatar, Purdue, FINALLY got thru the first round. Waiting to see how they do today.

[JEBar]

the 68-team tournament is down to the Sweet 16 and four ACC schools remain alive .... heading into this week’s play, Clemson, Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State are still alive .... that's the most for any conference

[Hatchdog]

And then there were 16. Jim, congrats to NC State, what a run they are on.

Rifletom, your son’s alamatar Purdue is next up for Gonzaga. Purdue beat the Zags earlier this year but thankfully the Zags have improved quite a bit since that game which was early in the season. I’m predicting a great game but Eddy just may be too much for the Zags.