Before we try to put this weekend into context, let's just list out all the insane things that happened, in somewhat chronical order:
► Yale, in its first NCAA tournament since 1962, upset No. 5 seed Baylor in one of those weird moments where an group of Ivy League students become lovable underdogs
► Wichita State, which nearly didn't make the tournament, crushed No. 6 Arizona and cost coach Sean Miller at least two dress shirts
► Arkansas-Little Rock, a team with a first-year coach and almost an entire roster of transfers, upset No. 5 Purdue behind the clutch shooting of Josh Hagins
► No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee knocked out No. 2 Michigan State, a popular national championship pick and a team that had a great case to be a No. 1 seed, in arguably the biggest upset in tournament history
► Syracuse, a team that shouldn't even have been in the NCAA tournament, crushed Dayton and then MTSU to reach the Sweet 16
► Iowa beat Temple in overtime on an airballed shot that was tipped in for the game-winner in the first round
► No. 13 seed Hawaii won its first-ever NCAA tournament game by taking down an injury-plagued Cal team
► No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin beat No. 3 West Virginia by pressing, pressuring and basically by out-West Virginia-ing them
⇒ Related: The nation fell in love with Thomas Walkup, who looked just like the Lumberjack mascot
► Northern Iowa crushed Texas with a half-court buzzer beater by Paul Jesperson
► Cincinnati's Octavius Ellis appeared to have a game-tying dunk at the buzzer against St. Joseph's, only to have it waived and lose 78-76 read more..
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