Another great NCAA tournament

A few quick thoughts as another great NCAA tournament opening weekend comes to a close.

Davidson- Did I call that or did I call that? When they beat Georgetown i felt like one of those guys from the Holiday Inn Express commercials. Im ready to walk into a meeting at NASA and give a lecture on quantum physics and when they ask me if I have a PHD I can say "No, but I did have Davidson over Georgetown..." My Davidson pick was as good as my Arizona to the elite 8 prediction was bad. Seriously though, Davidson has been the best story of the tournament so far and have probably been my favorite team to watch. And for the record, no, I had no idea their guards were as good as they are. Stephen Curry has been indescribably good. Best scorer I've seen in this tournament. I for one wouldn't be too surprised if they won a couple more games. They're certainly capable of getting by Wisconsin and by that time they will have a lot of confidence as well as the fact that anyone with anything resembling a soul will be rooting for them. Davidson in the final four?! I really don't think it's as inconceivable as it sounds.

Duke- How in the hell did they get a 2 seed? They should have lost to Belmont and then looked like crap against West Virginia. It's as if they were overrated all year or something. Duke overrated?! Shocking, lets move on.

The floor logos- Can we please get rid of them? And by the way, are they like made of ice? Vaseline? Banana Peels? Whatever it is, they are absurdly slippery. Every game there are at least a few guys hitting the deck because of those garish NCAA decals in the middle of the floor. It has affected more than a few plays. It would be a shame if a team were to lose a game because a player slipped at a crucial time. Unless that player was Tyler Hansborough. I would probably quite enjoy seeing that actually.

Disappointing lottery picks- Eric Gordon couldn't lead Indiana to one victory and participated in one of the most boring first round games of the tournament. The late Indiana versus Arkansas game was a really bad way to end the first round. They apparently had no desire to win that game because Arkansas was clearly less talented and it showed when they got absolutely massacred in the next round by North Carolina. I know they went through a lot with the whole Kelvin Sampson debacle, but a guy with the abilities of Eric Gordon, not to mention a supporting cast that is quite good including D.J White, should have been able to win at least one game in the tournament. Same goes for O.J Mayo and USC. I was never to high on them to begin with but they had been playing well of late and should have been able to get past Kansas State. I have to imagine Gordon and Mayo hurt their draft status at least somewhat. Michael Beasley was less than impressive as well. I know he's not on a great team, but he seems to take a lot of bad shots. I also question the decision to go Kansas State in the first place. Why is the best player in the nation at Kansas State? Manhattan, Kansas. Thats where he chose to go college? What's the thought process there? It really doesn't speak to Beasley's intelligence if you ask me.

The Big East- Who would have thought that after two rounds only two teams from the Big East would be remaining and one of them would be Villanova. Connecticut's performance was pretty much embarrassing and Georgetown certainly left a lot to be desired. Notre Dame got destroyed by Washington State and Pittsburgh lost to Michigan State which on paper looks pretty surprising. Marquette could have beaten Stanford with a little more luck but the fact remains that the Big East was clearly over-hyped heading into this tournament.

Looking forward I would have to say Im about as comfortable with my bracket as I've in a while. I wouldn't change my mind with UCLA as my champion even though they narrowly escaped Texas A&M. They should handle Western Kentucky and I can't see them losing to West Virginia or Xavier. I would consider Putting North Carolina into the championship game. They definitely appear to be on a mission as well as the fact that Tennessee looked a little shaky against Butler. Butler is a good team though and North Carolina has played two crap teams. Washington State will be a good test for the Tar Heels. The reverse-reverse jinx I put on Stanford has worked brilliantly. Obviously they have to play better to beat Texas, but Texas didn't really look that great themselves by barely sneaking by Miami. The game I'm most excited for is definitely Davidson-Wisconsin. The Louiseville-Tennesse match up is also very intriguing. I'll be honest though, I'm a little disappointed in CBS not having as many Bruce Pearl closeups as they should. His face is just as entertaining as his team. He reminds me of a cartoon. He seems like one of those people that you couldn't really draw a caricature of because he already pretty much looks like a caricature of himself. Why doesn't CBS realize this?