NCAA Tournament
After Ohio State's 70-52 point loss to Georgetown, the Big Ten is officially out of the Sweet Sixteen. Too bad, I say, though my friends from Michigan would beg to differ. My reasoning is that it makes the Big Ten look very weak as whole, even though I'm supposed to hate Ohio State. Ohio State was also pretty much dominated by Georgetown (now I didn't watch the game, but almost every time I checked the score they were at least 10 points down and at the end they didn't bother "doing the fouling thing" -- that my sister hates so much), and Ohio State is supposedly the best of the Big Ten! I think the gist of this is that Ohio State wasn't playing like a 2 seed. Iowa lost at the last second to Northwestern State, who was in turn dominated by West Virginia (they only lost by 13, but they were down by 20+ at times). So perhaps OSU and Iowa were both overseeded. Maybe MSU has an excuse because George Mason is playing pretty well these days and they beat UNC, the defending champions, but UNC did look a bit complacent and Roy Williams' team doesn't seem to do well against defensive powerhouses period. For MSU, it was a disappointing end to a disappointing season -- hopefully next year their bench will be a bit deeper. Indiana struggled in the first round against San Diego State (but I guess Steve Fisher is building a good program at SDSU). Indiana didn't do terribly against Gonzaga, I was hoping that their season would last a bit longer for Mike Davis's sake. Wisconsin was blown out by 20+ points by Arizona, that was just pathetic, I bet the NCAA selection committee was thinking, why did we invite Wisconsin again? I think Illinois did okay, they weren't clobbered by Washington, but they should have beaten them.
In summary, what a sad year for the Big Ten! Hopefully next year will be better. Specifically hopefully next year will be better for MSU! :)
posted by Mango Kiwi @ 7:21 PM
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