Two Horse Race Down the Stretch Into Sweet Sixteen

Buffalo NY (UPI)

The Bunch of Brady notched three out of five today to hit the 10 win mark heading into the Sweet Sixteen tied with the Win-Doctors who pulled off 4 second round wins of their own and a share of the Calcutta lead.
The Bunch hammered out two more upset wins with the Big Red of Cornell and the Xavier Musketeers of the Ivy and A-10, respectively who took down giant conference foes from the Big Ten (Wisconsin) and the Big East (Pitt) to head into the Sweet Sixteen. Their highest seed West Virginia took care of business in the B-Lo and they once again head into next weekends tilts with four teams. One off the second round record of 5 victories, they were denied by a missed 3 pointer in OT by Texas A&M.

The Win-Doctors, however, appear to have all engines turning, claiming four Sweet Sixteeners, including #1 Duke (looking like a bargain for $30), #2 Ohio State (playing solid ball) and two lower seeds Washington (not a bad #11) and Tennessee. They've been extra quiet though, but don't hold your breath, I think they're about to come out of hibernation after posting 10 wins in four days. They also have a guaranteed victory with OSU playing Tennessee in Friday night's opening telecast. They have only one head to head with the Bunch (WVU - Washington) kicking off Thursday night's action.

The Catholic Boyz are currently four lengths back in third all alone with 6 wins with a huge victory by Sparty and the boys with this buzzer beater.....



The Amigos, Statesmen and Tax Men all sit tied in fourth (one win out of the money) with five wins. The Amigos have two one longshots longshot left in ODU and Northern Iowa and the Statesmen (St. Mary's) and Tax Men (Kansas State) are down to their last squads.

Rounding out the bottom are the Counselors who were taking their one-a-day vitamins with one win each of the four days having Kentucky and Purdue remaining. With only four wins, they'll need to run the table to make any noise.

The Commish and Associates completely shut it down and has their lone beloved Orangemen left and only national title hopes for the 2010 Calcutta. They did avoid having the lowest first round total ever (2) thanks to the thrashing that occurred this afternoon at HSBC.

On to the Sweet Sixteen......hope you're all enjoying this year's edition of the 'cutta.

The Commish