Day 1
Well, Day 1 was pretty lackluster. For the most part, no upsets. Sure,a 9 beat an 8 and Kansas St upset USC, but neither of those games surprised anyone. We all knew Beasley was a great player and had the possibility to carry that team a round or two. The biggest upset that could have happened didn’t. From what I saw of Belmont v Duke, the refs bailed out the Dukies again.
In fact, the average margin of victory yesterday 16 points. If that wasn’t scary enough, here is what freaks me out:
The first 3 games of the tournament, the losing team scored 61 points.
Four teams scored 71 points to win.
Two teams (Winthrop and Miss Valley State) scored so little, that their combined points (69) wouldn’t have been enough to win all by 2 games. I never remember two teams scoring that low on Day 1.
So much for parity in college basketball, this year, the gap between the haves and have nots looks larger than its been the last 10 years.