As I was watching the San Diego State / Alabama game, the Miami FL Hurricanes jumped on the last remaining #1 seed. With about 15 minutes left, it was a 2 point lead at 51-49. With about 10 minutes left, Miami’s Wooga Popler hit a three pointer to give them a 70-53 lead. So while many of us were watching what the Aztecs were doing, the Hurricanes went on a 19-4 run to knock off the Houston Cougars.

To put into perspective how impressive Miami was on offense, the most points that Houston had given up this season was 77 to South Florida. Only 3 other teams scored more than 70 against the Cougars (Alabama, Memphis and UCF). Miami won 89-75.

Miami’s Nijel Pack shot 7-10 from three-point range for 26 points, Isaiah Wong added 20 points, and the Hurricanes shot 51.7% from the field and 44% from three-point range.

So, in the last post, I mentioned the Lunatic curse taking out Alabama. But I don’t think this is all the Lunatic’s fault. Maybe I can be blamed for Purdue and Alabama, but for the first time in history, there will not be a single #1 seed playing in the Elite 8. But it doesn’t stop there. At this point, 8 of the top 9 teams on the Selection Committee’s seed lines have been eliminated – as only #2 Texas is still hanging on.

Lets put that further into perspective (assuming I have done my counting from Wikipedia correctly). Since 2014, 13 of the Final Four teams have been 1 seeds (40.6% of the Final 4 teams) and 7 of the Final Four teams have been 2 seeds (21.9%). I stopped in 2014 because that is last time a team seeded higher than 2 won (#7 Connecticut). In those other 7, 6 of the winners were 1 seeds and 1 was a 2 seed (Villanova in 2016). So, 7 of the last 8 tournaments were won by a 1 or 2 seed and there is now only one 2 seed left (and they still need to play their Sweet 16 game).

Longhorn fans should be scared to hell right now – not only are they only 1 or 2 seed left, but they are part of the Lunatic’s Final Four. That is a lot of pressure to deal with, but add into it that their opponent Xavier is a very good team and it should be an exciting finish in Kansas City tonight.

And while a lot of eyes will be on if Texas can be the only team from the top 8 to make the Elite 8, I would be remiss to mention that 15 seed Princeton is playing Creighton right now and leading 34-33 with 5:37 left in the first half. In this tournament, it would not be a surprise if Cinderella decided to stay a little late at the dance.

Regardless, congratulations are due to the ACC co-regular season champions. This is back-to-back years that Miami has made it to the Elite 8, which is an impressive achievement. Watch out Kansas City, the weather forecast is for a Hurricane to come to town. The only question left is whether that Hurricane will head south to Houston next week.