UCF provided the excitement of the day.  And Liberty tried to make it interesting for a while against Virginia Tech.  But at the end of the day, it was the favorites who one by one ended up winning their games.  Even in the final game of the weekend, where we guaranteed a double digit seed in the Sweet 16, it was Oregon knocking off Cinderella UC Irvine.

So, this year, will be the favorites – the only non-protected seeds left are #5 Auburn and #12 Oregon – and they will need to knock off #1 North Carolina and #1 Virginia to keep going.

Sometimes, that is what happens in March – most of the time there are a few upsets – but every once in a while, it is the favorites that rise to the occasion.