The first three games are in the books, or close enough to it for me to pencil them in.
Butler played hard the whole way but eventually fell to LSU. Howard played well for the Bulldogs down low but they weren't able to slow down the LSU offense. The Tigers shot 49% from the floor spearheaded by Marcus Thornton's 30 points on 10 of 15 shooting. LSU is going to need to play just as well, if not better, in the next round as they will likely face the number one seeded North Carolina Tar Heels.
California State University at Northridge put up one hell of a fight that saw my cellular and social networking usage spike for nearly half an hour. The score won't reflect how well the Matadors played today as they lost by 11 but it was a battle through and through. These Tigers needed 35 points and 10 three pointers from Roburt Sallie off the bench to down CSUN. This was surprisingly the most entertaining game of the morning for me, and it wasn't even close.
Texas A&M handled BYU easily beating them 79-66. The Aggies shot a gaudy57% from the floor. Their defense kept BYU from ever really making a game of this thing. Another disappointing performance from a Mountain West Conference team in the tourney. Utah hopes to improve on this slightly in tomorrow's tournament games.
Starting now is the 12th seeded Northern Iowa Panthers taking on the 5th seeded Purdue Boilermakers. I took Purdue in this one but there is usually a 12 seed upsetting a 5 seed so anything could happen.
At 11:50 am PST (2:50 EST) our first number one seed will take to the floor as the Tar Heels of North Carolina face Radford and their Highlanders (There can only be one...unless you're the movie, then there can be six).
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