Campus Confidential

By Adam Abramson

While I have a few minutes, I figured I would come by here and talk a little NCAA Tournament.

Once again, my bracket isn't in good shape. I hit 12 of 16 yesterday -- but it was a day where 14 was anything but out of the question. I did get Michael Beasley and Kansas State. Everyone was talking about Beasley and Mayo, but I'm glad it was Bill Walker who stepped up. Walker is ridiculous, but this shouldn't come as a surprise -- he and Beasley were Top 10 recruits last year. I'm calling a Sweet 16 for the Wildcats.

Because all of my crazy upset picks were yesterday (Winthrop, George Mason and Kentucky) means that San Diego, Siena and American will screw me over today. Right? Anyone hit 16 yesterday?

Overall, it was a dry Day 1. UCLA held the Fighting Jerry Rices to 29 points. Kent State had 10 points at halftime. Winthrop had 11 in the second half, coming out of the locker room tied at 29.

There was a looot of ugly basketball yesterday.

However, Belmont kept it from being a completely boring first day, and could have provided the best game of the Tournament on the first day. Unless you're one of the odd few that's a Dook fan, you were probably on edge like Vince Gill and I.

Alex Renfroe was a treat to watch. His first step made DeMarcus Nelson look flat out awful. Then again, most things Nelson did last night looked flat out awful (1-for-6, 2 points, 4 boards, 4 turnovers, 4 fouls). Who didn't look awful was Gerald Henderson, who is so anti-Dook it's unbelievable. What's anti-Dook? Athletic and cool.

What is Dook, you ask? Jon Scheyer:

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I know it's not fair to hate Dook as much as I do. And I really can't put my finger on it. I just don't like Dook.

I'll stop there. Bill Raftery is an hour from calling his first game and I need to prepare. I'm 100% going 4-for-4 on Raftery-called games today.

Have fun.