You know you are going to have a wild day when the day starts with a new twist in one of the biggest sagas for the week. Everyone is aware of the fact that Duke looked like they would miss the tournament for the first time in a long time as they struggled to an 11-11 record. Knowing they needed a big run in the ACC Tournament, it looked like they were going to try to make that run – as they took down Boston College and Louisville to set up the showdown we were looking forward to against Florida State. And then the announcement.

Duke has a positive test for Covid-19, all their players are going into quarantine, and the AD has announced that the Blue Devil’s season is over. Before the games even started, the media was going crazy. Then, the games start.

Michigan State after all the good will they made from their late season run started off against Maryland early with a 12 point lead, and then apparently forgot how to shoot. At one point, Maryland had built out a 19 point lead – eventually taking out the Spartans 68-57.

Virginia ended Syracuse’s ACC Tournament with a three pointer at the buzzer.

Kentucky’s nightmare of a season was ended when Missisippi State hit two FTs to take the lead and Kentucky’s last second three-pointer didn’t go in.

The Big East tournament has lost their top seed, as injured Villanova fell by one point to Georgetown. And we couldn’t figure out if the bigger piece of news. Was it that the Hoyas have now made the Big East tournament ripe for being a bid-stealer league as Creighton is the only locked team remaining of the final 6 teams (to be fair, UConn is playing well and might be in as well). Or was it the fact that Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing revealed that he was being accosted in Madison Square Garden by security asking the famous New York Knick for his credential passes – how could they not know that it was the Hall of Famer who has his jersey retired in the rafters.

Not sure that the evening can match the drama of the afternoon. But the afternoon surely delivered.