Friday, March 18, 2016

March Madness*

Major upset in scholarly short pants basketball today. Middle Tennessee, 15th seeded, beat 2nd seeded Michigan State. MTSU never trailed in the game, a "convincing" win ESPN described it. VERY surprising. MTSU is only the eighth fifteen-seed to beat a two.

Hawaii beat Cal, first tourney win in "Rainbows" history. Hawaii was a thirteen and Cal a four. So big upset there. And Syracuse, a ten, who almost didn't get into the tournament, beat Dayton, a seven.

*UPDATE: Stephen F. Austin, a 14-seed trounced third-seeded West Virginia and 11th-seeded Northern Iowa beat sixth-seed Texas.