NCAA Tournament: Friday Updates & Analysis [ALL DAY!] | Clement's Blog

Welcome to the Friday edition of Streaming Updates!

If you're new today, be sure to check in as often as you can for in-game analysis and plenty of reactions.

Unfortunately, Pitino didn't don the Colonel Sanders-suit last night.
Credit: Yahoo! Sports

...Completed Games...

East Region

The Vols should be far from pleased from their effort today, especially on the boards.
Credit: Yahoo! Sports

#2. Tennessee 72
#15. American 57 [Final Score]
Tennessee looked BAD. Bruce Pearl is gonna light up like a firecracker in the locker room following this performance.

#7. Butler 81
#10. South Alabama 61 [Final Score]
Butler may have put on the best performance on Day One of any of the field of 64.

#6. Oklahoma 72
#11. St. Joseph's 64 [Final Score]
Red Hawks tried to claw their way back late in the second-half. In the words of JoJo, "Too Little Too Late".

#3. Louisville 79
#14. Boise State 61
Louisville manhandled the Broncos from beginning to end, to nobody's surprise.

#8. Indiana 72
#9. Arkansas 86
Sonny Weems, not Eric Gordon nor DJ White, was the story to be told last night.

#1. UNC 113
#16. Mount St. Mary's 74 [Final Score]
Was UNC making a statement tonight or was it just that easy for them?

Roy's boys to Mount St. Mary's to the woodshed in both halves Friday night.
Credit: Yahoo! Sports

Midwest Region

Stephen Curry put on a SHOW with the tourney's first 40-point performance.
Credit: Yahoo! Sports

#7. Gonzaga 76
#10. Davidson 82 [Final Score]
Stephen Curry is a force of nature. How awful do Tech fans feel seeing this guy be THIS good?

#2. Georgetown 66
#15. MD-Baltimore City 47 [Final Score]
Typical Georgetown ugly win.

4. Vanderbilt 62
13. Sienna 83 [Final Score]
Memo to Stallings: no matter how tough things seem...you can't get a technical foul if you are a head coach of a tournament team. Sienna was ridiculously athletic all night long.

#5. Clemson 69
#12. Villanova 75
Coming back from an 18-point deficit proves this Wildcat team is no mere 12-seed.

South Region

Can DJ Augustin travel the road to Houston and the second weekend successfully?
Credit: Yahoo! Sports

#7. Miami 78 [FL]
#10. St. Mary's 64 [Final Score]
Miami's halftime adjustment was pure perfection. I'm shocked.

#2. Texas 74
#15. Austin Peay 54 [Final Score]
The road continues to Houston for the Longhorns.

#8. Mississippi State 76
#9. Oregon 69 [Final Score]
I'm still baffled how Oregon was a 9-seed. Not on how they blew a second half-lead of as much as 13-points (missing 15 straight 3-point attempts).

#1. Memphis 87
#16. TX-Arlington 63
With Memphis's incredible athleticism and skill, this one was U-G-L-Y!

West Region [aka "OT Region"]

I'm not sure how else one could react to losing in OT to a buzzer beater.

Credit: Yahoo! Sports

#5. Drake 99
#12. Western Kentucky 101 (OT) [Final Score]
Finally, our buzzer-beater. It should come as no shock in a 5-12 mid-major game.

#4. UCONN 69
#13. San Diego 70 (OT) [Final Score]
Everyday is a GOOD day when UCONN loses (especially as the highest-seed thus far)!!!

See you all weekend long!

Comments (1) Add A Comment

March 23, 2008 07:58 PM ET

Report Abuse | QUOTE

Most overrated conference: SEC, with six teams in the tournament and only one making the sweet sixteen. The Big East would have gotten this dubious distinction, but Villanova and Louisville bailed out the conference. Best conference performance so far: Pac-10, with 3 of 5 teams making it to the sweet sixteen, though the Big 10 is close behind with 2 of 4. It looks like the Pac-10 is just as good as promised. It is clear the ACC did not deserver their number 1 RPI.