Good morning and welcome to a mini recap from Day 1 of March Madness. Really, this is just a post to write about St John’s basketball. This hoddle has unofficially become a St John’s hoddle.
We’re now on Day 2 of March Madness, the second day of the annual college basketball tournament. Is there no better way to spend the day then back-to-back-to-back-to-back college ball games?
Of course, we start with your hoddler-in-chief’s St John’s University (2 seed), who overcame a slow start to take down 5-seed Omaha 83-53.
I’m happy St John’s survived and advanced, but there are a couple worries. Chief among those were too many fouls in the first half and a slow start.
But St John’s also always come out swining in the second half. Thursday night was no different, outscoring Omaha 50-25.
Big East player of the year RJ Luis Jr led the team with 22 points and 8 rebounds.
What awaits St John’s in the second round? Ten-seed Arkansas and John Calipari, setting up a hell of a match between two legendary college coaches. Tip off is Saturday.
Elsewhere, we got two nice upsets with #11 Drake taking down #6 Mizzou in the West region and #12 McNeese holding off the ACC’s #5 Clemson in the Midwest.
Let’s take a look at the rest of the scores:
South Region:
1 Auburn def 16 Alabama St 83-63
9 Creighton def 8 Louisville 89-75
5 Michigan vs 12 UCSD (someone who stayed up for this please tell me)
4 A&M def 13 Yale 80-71
West Region:
11 Drake def 6 Mizzou 67-57
3 Texas Tech vs 14 UNC Wilmington (someone who stayed up for this please tell me)
East Region:
6 BYU def 11 VCU 80-71
3 Wisconsin def 14 Montana 85-66
Midwest Region:
1 Houston def 16 SIUE 78-40
8 Gonzaga def 9 Georgia 89-68
4 Purdue def 13 High Point 75-63
2 Tennessee def 15 Wofford 77-62
Fitzie’s track of the day: Oh Well, by HAIM
And now for your links:
Dan KP: “Tottenham: The key issues Ange Postecoglou must address before Eintracht Frankfurt showdown”
The Athletic ($$): “Mason Melia, Michael Noonan, Christopher Atherton: Is something happening with Irish boys?”
BBC: “England captain Kane feels he is ‘taken for granted’”
ESPN: “Tepid USMNT falls to Panama in worst game under Pochettino”
