AMHERST -- Parity has found its way into the 2022 Calcutta. If it stays this tight we're going to need a cash call for a slew of yellow jackets. Can't remember it being this tight after Round One with more than half of the teams having four wins or better. Waiting out the late Friday night games at Commish Central with the Calcutta first round lead in the balance of two of the late games.
Counselors make late Friday night run into top spot
The Counselors trailing through the first two rounds, cruised into the top spot with two late night wins on Friday night with Michigan State and TCU. Big dogs Gonzaga and Auburn held serve and upset wins by Richmond and Michigan. The jury is out on whether they will win their first title in 10 years, but they are not backing down early and their opening argument was on point.
Chieftans have big day two, sit right behind the Chieftans
The Chieftans came out with arrows drawn in winning four Friday contests to sit second behind the Counselors before swaying into the weekend. Arizona won handily and Texas Tech looked impressive. Add in two upsets by double-digit seeds Miami and Iowa State and the Chieftans are making noise for the first time in a few years in the Big Dance.
Slayers dominate Thursday action
On Friday, the ultimate Slayer passed away in John Clayton who covered the NFL for many years and had a regular appearance with the WGR boys on 550AM. The Slayers went on a run winning four games to kick off the Calcutta and live up to their morning line favorite role. Buoyed by top seeds Kansas and Baylor and a shocking win by 15-St. Peter's, the Slayers were driving the early bus and coasting to a day one lead. They cooled off on Friday going 0-for-4, but they're still in the hunt heading into the weekend sitting in third-place in a four-way tie.
Amigos quietly tip-toe into the mix
The Dos Amigos waltzed into the second round with ___ wins avoiding a big Illinois upset, with all of their higher seeds except Iowa making it to the weekend. The Hawkeye loss wounded them, but they should still have a shot to move a couple teams forward into the Sweet Sixteen.
The Commish hanging in.....barely.
The Commish took a bad beat with UConn, a team they needed to win a couple games to compete, but still advanced four teams into the second round led by 3-Purdue and 5-Houston and 8-9 game wins by Carolina and Creighton. The CC music factory goes head to head with the Slayers' 1-seeds on Saturday and the survivor will be in good position moving forward. We're not dead yet.
Can Duke carry the old guys all the way?
The Elders continued their methodical run to the Chalise win with four solid wins in Round One, all four coming on Friday. Duke was solid, eliciting cheers from Vegas sportsbooks when they failed to cover on Friday. The next round will decide if they are contender or pretender with Texas and Ohio State facing lower seeds over the weekend. Their mid-seed strategy has worked in the past. Don't nap on the old guys.
Catholic Boyz save face but down to three
The Altar Boyz will have to ride Tennessee to the Final Four and hope UCLA goes on a run to do any damage in this year's Calcutta. They did save face from their dismal draft night to rebound. Friars catch a break with Iowa losing to face Richmond instead of the B1G tourney champs. Hopefully didn't eat any meat on Friday.
More like Lose-Docs, amirite?
The Docs had an abysmal first round with three 6-7 seeds going down in addition to their highest seeded team Kentucky. Left with a 4 and an 11 in the same region, the Win-Docs are definitely not in.
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