I’M SORRY, OK!!!!!

I spent the afternoon traveling from Indianapolis to Lafayette for my daughter’s Junior Bible Quiz competition.  She is doing very well so far, thank you for asking.  So, I listened to games on the radio, and basically missed what appear to be some of the best games so far.

By now you’ve figure out that I have not yet developed the technology for the contest scoring to update automatically.  I have to actually enter the game winners as they happen.  That is why the standings were not updated until just about 30 minutes ago.  So if you’ve been chomping at the bit to see where you stand, now is the time to login and check the standings.

And since I just wasn’t very well connected with today’s action, I invite you to register for the blog and post your own commentary as a comment on this post.  It’s quick and easy to register for the blog, so just go ahead and do it.  Give me your thoughts on today’s action, and I’ll share it with the contest at large right here in our own forum.  I look forward to hearing your thoughts!  There may even be an award in it for the most witty or most insightful.  Here are the thoughts I have to offer.

• Cardiac Comeback – So I’m listening to Wisconsin get pummeled by Texas A&M Corpus Christi(who?) on the radio.  They’re up 10.  They’re up 15.  They’re up 18!  Next thing I know I get a text message from my wife.  Wisconsin wins by 13.  Only two types of teams get up by 18 that late in the game and lose-15 seeds and Gonzaga.
• Holy Loyola-Marimount Batman!  When I was in high school there was a team that scored 150 points…in one game…on a regular basis.  You might remember one of the team members, Hank Gathers.  Before he could complete his collegiate career, he collapsed on the basketball court and died from a heart condition no one knew he had.  Tonight Tennessee played a game Hank would have appreciated, beating Long Beach State 121-86 in a shootout at the Buckeye Corral. 
• Seniors, Schmeniors  – My secret Cinderella was the Albany Great Danes.  Last year they took UConn nearly to the buzzer as a 16 seed, and this year they returned 7 seniors.  Playing against a Virginia team many considered overrated, I thought they had the makings of an upset special.  Not even close.  The Great Danes were whipped pups before the first TV timeout.
• 11th Heaven  – Winthrop joined VCU as the second 11 seed whose victory surprised exactly no one.  With Oregon barely escaping Miami (OH) today, Sunday’s match-up could be very interesting.

Let’s hear your thoughts!  Who saw the Nevada-Creighton overtime?