I want nothing more to sit here and tell you guys the first round was awesome.
I want to spin zone this and say the first round really wasn’t that bad.
I don’t necessarily care about upsets, because it makes the Tournament better with good teams.
That’s what makes the first round elite.
32 games where you expect something.
There were 3 games where a team had the ball and a chance to tie from three.
You expect some blowouts in the first round.
You expect 1s and 2s to roll.
We couldn’t even get a sweat from the 13s or 14s.
Most of the second halves were pointless in terms of score to moving on.
I disagree with any notion that this has something to do with the transfer portal or NIL.
I just hate the immediate blame to NIL and portal when we have evidence of upsets a year ago.
Difference was a year ago we had good first round games.
Samford/Kansas went the full 40.
Oakland/Kentucky was awful for me, good for everyone else.
We had OT in Northwestern/FAU.
Dayton has the ridiculous comeback that made Doogs cry on camera.
We had none of that this year so far.
I want nothing more than just good games today and tomorrow.
It should happen, the slate is awesome.
We need it to happen though.
We can’t go 4 days without a memorable moment.
Right now the most memorable moment is McNeese winning and Will Wade going nuts?
That was a game they kicked Clemson’s ass.
But, yeah, proof this is the first worst round ever is out there.
