I really don't know what to say after the first weekend of the Tournament.
I think it's appropriate to point out it matches much of what happened in college basketball this season: A lot of parity amongst the best of the best, a whole lot of parity amongst the decent teams and NO PARITY between the best and the decent.
Here's a list of the weekend's upsets that are not 8/9 or 4/5:
No. 11 Winthrop over No. 6 Notre Dame
No. 11 Virginia Commonwealth over No. 6 Duke
No. 6 Vanderbilt over No. 3 Washington State
No. 7 UNLV over No. 2 Wisconsin
Four. That's less than the number of fingers on your hand (unless you were involved in a horrific cheese grating accident).
Granted, there were some exciting games, but the result was me crashing and burning with my bracket strapped to my chest. If VCU didn't beat Duke and Virginia Tech didn't mount a crazy comeback against Illinois, I'd say it was the most boring first two days of the Dance I've ever watched.
I did go to Pittsburgh for St. Patrick's Day. Great time. If you've never been to Pittsburgh and ever have a reason to go or people to see there, don't pass it up. Go to the South Side, get some IC Light and a Primanti Bros. sandwich (pictured) and have a great time. Make sure the sandwich has an egg on it.
My props go out to USC for showing up this Tournament. Not many gave the Trojans a chance, but they're for real. Ask America's sweetheart, Kevin Durant. And, how about Danny Ainge and Michael Jordan getting docked a combined $45K because of The Young Ticket (just came up with that nickname). I didn't see for myself, but apparently Ainge just sat in the same row as his mom and looked disinterested? If this is the case, are we serious?
Also, no 5-12 upsets. That makes three in the last three years. Five 6-11 upsets in the last three years. Is the six-seed curse the new five-seed curse? I'm on to something here.
Alright, I'm out.
Get back at you before Thursday tips off.