West Amherst, NY (AP)It was a big day for longshots The Tax Men and the Elder Statesmen, both hammering out 3 wins on day one. In a day where three Big East teams bit the dust (Georgetown, Notre Dame and Marquette) and another survived a major scare (Villanova) from a #15 seed from the Northeast Conference (Robt Morris), there were lots of story on the Calcutta front.
The Tax Men showed their mettle winning with their #2 seeds and picking up a major upset with the MAC champion Ohio Bobcats treating Georgetown with a little Hoya Suxa. With Maryland and Florida State representing tomorrow, the Tax Men could move into the second round with a solid four teams. Their only loss of the day was #14 seed Montana late into the evening.
The Elders shook off the longshot designation and picked up two major upsets with Murray State beating Vandy at the buzzer and St. Mary's (Cal) easily handling the itsy bitsy Spiders of Richmond. Kansas held court and all of a sudden the Elders are in the thick of things again. Here's another look at the buzzer beater by the Speed Racers:
While the Elders and Tax Men were reveling in their day one fortunes, yours truly is looking at sharing the bottom of the barrel record for first round wins and threatening to own it. The Commish dialed up goose eggs (see inset) with shots at the end of two games that went clank. Losing Georgetown pretty much was the kiss of death and it was nice knowing you all.
The morning line favorites, the Counselors, couldn't seem to handle the pressure being the chalk going into the tourney as defending co-champs. Major losses by Vandy, Marquette and Notre Dame have this team with a lot of catching up to do.
The Win-Doctors had a decent showing with wins from Tennessee, BYU and Washington offset by a loss from #16 seed E. Tennessee State. So they are on the board with the two longshot teams, all with three victories on Day 1.
The Bunch of Chieftans grabbed a Butler win and Sam Houston was game in defeat, but couldn't put it together in the final two minutes. Big day for the Chieftans tomorrow.
The Amigos had an up and down .500 day, pulling off a pair of upsets with Old Dominion taking out the Irish and Northern Iowa 3-balling the Rebels out of the tourney, and New Mexico surviving a scare from the Grizz. The other half of their Virginia contingent, Richmond didn't hold up their end of the bargain, and SDSU played valiantly before losing to the Vols (with some help from the refs) before some late night hearbreak.
It was a quiet day for the defending co-champion Catholic Boyz until about 12:30am when the bell tolled for Wake Forest and another OT buzzer beater plunging a dagger into the Amigos. The Boyz will get things really revved up tomorrow with five squads in action.
As the Commish will be at the regionals downtown all day tomorrow, the big board will be updated on Saturday morning.
No matter what happens, just remember, chicks dig the long ball.....
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