Tournament Thoughts: First Friday

Stephen Curry can fill it up. His name is pronounced Stef-in, not Stef-on or Steev-in. As soon as I explained this to Mrs. Poop, Jim Nantz said "his name is Stef-in." Billy Packer still called him Stef-on.

Speaking of names, don't you think Mr. and Mrs. Pomare should have named their son Gino or Geno. How does a lady about to have a baby not realize the possible mispronuncation of Gyno?

Has anyone noticed problems with CBS's score updates on the bottom. A couple times yesterday they credited a basket to the wrong team.

North Carolina so completely overmatched Mount St. Mary's that I'm surprised they only won by 39.

Billy Packer had a great line "they put their pants on one leg at a time. The only problem is, their pants are a little bigger."

At least I got Villanova right as my upset special. They were getting killed in the first half but finally did settle down and handle that Clemson pressure.

Of all the crews that could be at a region where 2 12s and 2 13s win, Tim Brando and Mike Gminski would be the last one I'd pick.

They kept talking about how this never happened before but it's because sites used to have all 8 teams from the same region, meaning you'd have either a 1, or a 2 and a 3, playing in the same place.

Nonetheless, that's a first round site we'll remember for a long time.

Two 13 seeds have never made the second round before, and perhaps they could both get to the Sweet 16.

UCLA has it made even more than they did before. And usually teams that win titles have some roadblocks cleared for them.