Day 2

After three consecutive days of working into the evening, I'm hoping for a 12pm quitting time today to help facilitate a 12-hour gorge-fest of college hoops. The Oakland/Texas, Nova/George Mason, VCU/Georgetown, and Arizona/Memphis games should be interesting, but if the first day of the tourney teaches me anything on an annual basis, it's that I know nothing about college basketball.

My upset special for the day is Oakland over Texas. They've played a tough non-conference schedule and have wins over Tennessee and lost by one to Michigan State. Maybe not the best resume, but they've got a potent inside-out combo in Keith Benson and Reggie Hamilton that can score points: they've gone over 100 five times this year. And Rick Barnes? In 12 NCAA appearances, his team has exited in the 1st or 2nd round 7 times. Then again, he also has 12 straight appearances...but maybe I'm just hoping for an interesting game and potential upset by a team that shares my high school mascot: the Grizzly. This guy is serious. Serious about basketball.