I am angry with the Kentucky Wildcats and/or the NCAA schedule makers.

That is because the Wildcats complete annihilation of West Virginia combined with it being 11:30 at night managed to lull me to sleep before the second half of the close game between Arizona and Xavier got started again.

I woke up an hour and a half later to find that Xavier stuck with Arizona and had a 4 point lead with 9 minuted to play, before Arizona clamped down on defense and held the Musketeers to only one more basket from the field to fight to a 68-60 victory.

If we are going to have games on at midnight, lets at least keep them interesting – good job by Arizona and Xavier, bad job by Kentucky. I would include West Virginia in that but in my sleep deprived state, I can’t be sure that the Mountaineers showed up for the game.

So both Wildcats advance to the Elite 8.

Congrats to Charlie – who by continuing to favor chalk, got all 4 games on Thursday right and now has the outright lead. This has created the difficult parenting moment of trying to explain to an 8 year old that while he is doing great, he has not won anything yet. Considering that Tony Bisese, Will Sharpley and Dominic Shaw are just 10 points behind, and 31 others just one Sweet 16 win from tying him, the adults here realize how perilous that lead is.

Donna Woodburn’s picks continue to lead the upset pool with a 16 point lead over Will Sharpley.

And there are 54 entries in the Second Chance pool that went 4 for 4 – so we won’t even go there.

The East and South Elite 8 spots are up for grabs tonight – lots of basketball still to be played