Mar 21 2009
Day 2 – Upsets!
Cleveland State, Arizona and Wisconsin were the big day 2 winners. Arizona and Wisconsin really weren’t that surprising, seeing as they come from major conferences and have played teams like Florida State and Utah. But little Cleveland State was the big story. This is why the NCAA needs to keep the automatic bids. I’m completely against the idea of eliminating the auto bids in favor of the 64 “best” only. The reality is there are no more then about 16 true potential champs, the rest just represent chances at history and excitement. I’d much rather have a Cleveland State in there, then say another SEC chump.
Now the real question is, can any of the double digit seeds pull off another upset and make it to the Sweet 16. I don’t know, but one thing I noticed in the first round is that the physical difference between the big boys and the lesser seeds doesn’t seem as dramatic as in the past. Perhaps in a sign of the parity now in sports, the small schools appear as big and fast as the BCS schools, with the major difference seemingly in star power and depth. It seems to me that from players say 2-6 the teams are quite similar.
