Rachel and I went over to a good friend of our's house to watch the selection sunday show last weekend. Once we saw that Wisconsin and Kansas were both playing in Chicago, my friend Christian immediately went online and bought 2 tickets for the 1st and 2nd round games. My brother Matt and his friend went to the game on Friday night against Niagra and I went with Christian to the game last night against Kentucky. It was pretty awesome to watch an NCAA tournament game live but it was doubly awkward because my friend Christian is a die hard Wisconsin fan. The first game of the session was Wisconsin-UNLV which saw UNLV stun the Wisconsin faithful. KU-Kentucky followed but it was so awkward watching it with Christian because I can only sympathize with his agony watching his team go down early in the tournament. I wondered what was going through his mind. Was he going to root for Kentucky so that we could both go home dejected or was he going to pull for the Jayhawks? I also didn't really know what to say because it was obvious that Wisconsin just got outplayed on every level. I did mention to ask him a question about next year's outlook (that's always the subject line for Cubs fans). Regardless of how down Christian was it was GREAT to see KU put on a show and make it to the Sweet 16. They definitely are hitting on all cylinders. A couple more wins fellas.
Other thoughts on the second round games: if Oden were to get called for his flagrant foul, which it was, there is no way Lewis hits that 3 to send it into overtime. I guess it would've been a huge call to make but he completely extended his arms and shoved the guy out of bounds. Boy it would've been nice to see Ohio St. lose, even though it would've damaged my bracket. Out of the 16 teams left I have 11 correct and there is at least two that I originally picked but ended up changing at the end. If I would've kept Butler and Vanderbilt and Pitt I would be looking pretty good but instead I went with the upset of Butler in the 1st round and I went with falling into the trap that Coach K was too much of a motivator and that he was going to get his guys going to at just the right time. Boy was I wrong because Duke looked like they've never seen pressure before. Anyway, this time of year is always fun and I can't wait until next weekend when the Jayhawks advance to the Final Four.......knock on wood.
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