#11 VCU beat Duke! That’s right, all the haters can rest easy for a few months. A combination of poor foul shooting (20-32), turnovers (17) and VCU’s Eric Maynor (22 points, including the game winner) did the Blue Devils in.
Save for VCU and #9-seeds Michigan State and Xavier, all of the top seeded teams moved on yesterday, making it one of the quieter starts in recent memory. Usually a #3 or #4 seed is knocked off on the first day. There is a nice slate of games today, featuring #7 Nevada vs. #10 Creighton, #8 Arizona vs #9 Purdue, #7 UNLV vs. #10 Georgia Tech and #6 Notre Dame vs. #11 Winthrop. That list doesn’t even include the three 5/12 matchups. My guess is we’ll see at least two double-digit seeds pull the upset today.
I’ll finish with a complaint. Yesterday at 3 PM here in California, and there was a game going on, yet my local affiliate was airing an episode of “The Price Is Right.” Granted, Vandy blew out GW, but why in the world would you show Bob Barker when there’s a game to broadcast?
Get real.
