It's the first night of the NCAA men's basketball Sweet 16 tonight, and only one of the four teams I was cheering for actually won. I wanted North Carolina and UCLA to lose, because after my UConn Huskies get kicked out, I always cheer against the number one seeds, and I wanted West Virginia to win, to bring pride to the Big East.
Unfortunately, North Carolina trounced Washington State in the East Region, UCLA beat Western Kentucky, and Xavier squeaked past West Virginia in overtime, both in the West Region.
Thankfully, one team I "liked" won tonight, and Louisville did represent the Big East well. (It's so weird to me to type that Louisville is representing the Big East. They're Conference USA and Metro Conference to me.) I was going to say that I was only cheering for Louisville because of their conference, but there are actually many reasons I can think of to cheer for Louisville against Tennessee:
1) As a UConn fan, I should hate both Tennessee basketball teams.
2) Bruce Pearl, with his painted chest and feeling up Erin Andrews, is creepy.
3) I could swear I have (safe-for-work) pictures of David Padgett on my old cell phone, but I'd have to charge it to go find them. He's pretty. More on this in another post.
Tomorrow (actually today), the matchups are 1-seed Memphis vs. 5-seed Michigan State and 3-seed Stanford vs. 2-seed Texas in the South Region, and 1-seed Kansas vs. 12-seed Villanova and 3-seed Wisconsin vs. 10-seed Davidson in the Midwest Region.
And to another tournament oddity that angers me: that some teams get to play within two hours' driving distance of their campuses. North Carolina should not be able to play the entire regional in their home state, and even the UConn women shouldn't be playing in Bridgeport. It seems that North Carolina plays in North Carolina every single cotton-picking year, no pun intended, and it's not fair! (And besides, Louisville are at a distinct disadvantage in their next game.)
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