COLLEGE PARK, MD. – Before March Madness began last weekend, the expectation was that it would be the most open tournament in recent memory. Top teams had rotated with great frequency and most of the top seeds weren’t even secured until Selection Sunday. Now that the tournament has been reduced down from the original 68 teams to the “Sweet 16”, which begins tonight, the tournament has certainly lived up to its expectations.
Upsets occurred in the first round at an alarming rate when ten double digit seeds won first round games. Only the Gonzaga Bulldogs won two games against single digit seeds.