Have to admit that my Boilers losing took a little bit of fun out of the weekend – but how can you be too mad when they lose in overtime to a team that two days ago crashed on a plane.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin and Iowa State helped out the bubble by taking out Indiana and TCU – likely ending their last ditch runs to take their conference’s bids.<\/p>\n
However, Dayton losing to Davidson in the Atlantic 10 opens the door up for a bid stealer in their conference.<\/p>\n
Alabama upset South Carolina and Vanderbilt took out Florida for the third time this season to make the SEC semi-finals.<\/p>\n
Another of the favorites for the top seeds went down as North Carolina was beaten by a Duke team that looks like it is finally living up to its pre-season potential, while Villanova needed a late basket by Josh Hart to hold off Seton Hall.<\/p>\n
And there are still games to be played – included two pretty great matchups for the Pac 12 semi-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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