Friday, March 25, 2016
The Resistance continues to hold 2-pt lead; 64 still alive
CERRITOS, CA (smt)- The same story as yesterday. The top seeds builds a big lead, the lower seeds fights back, then the top seed goes on a run and wins in a landslide. #1MW-Virginia and #1E-UNC won easily meaning all four #1 seeds are in the Elite 8 for the first time since 2009. Their #2 counterparts did not make the Sweet 16 setting up interesting 7v6 and 10v11 matchups. Both games featured epic collapses, which seems to be a trend at this tournament. #7E-Wisconsin hit a three to go up 61-58 with 26 seconds left but #6E-Notre Dame’s Demetris Jackson had a couple of steals as the Irish scored the last 8 points for a 61-56 win. #11MW-Gonzaga had a 57-48 lead with 6:20 left but couldn’t hit a field goal the rest of the way while committing five turnovers and allowing 6 offensive rebounds to give #10MW-Syracuse a 63-60 win. So all eight better seeded teams won in the Sweet 16.
In the pool, The Resistance could only get two wins and got them both to hold onto his 2-point lead (110 pts) over Continue reading