The first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is finished and we can take a breath before the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight this coming weekend.
Connecticut, the defending National Champions, demolished competition in the first two rounds to further confidence in oddsmakers that this team will be the first team to cut down the nets in consecutive years since Florida in 2006 and 2007. However, many contenders advanced through the first weekend with only three non-top four seeds advancing through the first weekend.
Teams at the top of the odds board, such as all No. 1 seeds Houston, Purdue, and North Carolina, avoided upset bids in the first weekend and all No.