The Wild Tourney.

The tournament is officially nearing the climax as the weaker teams are being weeded out and teams are beginning to punch their tickets for the Sweet 16. My bracket currently on the ESPN Tournament Challenge is in the 58.8 pct and I have 260 points. Last night some good action occurred with most of the higher seeds advancing in convincing fashion. The game I watched was of course the Syracuse Orange game as they advance on to take on Big East opponent Marquette in the third round. The two shining lights for the Orange were senior big guy Rick Jackson putting up a season high 23 and consistent freshman CJ Fair complementing him with 13 points. Look for these two along with Brandon Triche to really shine in their next matchup. So far we have 2 Sweet 16 tickets punched by Kentucky and Florida. Kentucky advanced after beating West Virginia 71-63 behind freshman Brandon Knight and his 30 points. The game was close at halftime but the decisive moments came when Kentucky opened up the second half on an 11-0 run. The Wildcats will play either Ohio State or George Mason in Newark next week. The other game was Florida over UCLA 73-65 behind Walker's 21 points. They played well all game and got large contributions from their bench. They will play the winner of Gonzaga and BYU which starts around 7:55 tonight. That is my upset alert tonight. I got Gonzaga over BYU with the bigs of Gonzaga leading the way. Hope you enjoy this blog comment and there will be another post on Monday. I'm Out!