It is not an uncommon event in the tournament. On one day, everyone is excited about the tournament, while favorites go into game and don’t expect that the Summit League champion is going to knock them off – they are used to playing against top 10 teams, so they certainly won’t lose to a team like Oral Roberts. And then, the first Cinderella team wins. And the next – and soon there is carnage everywhere in the bracket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the next day comes, and every protected seed comes out determined to not be the next Ohio State. And the chalk starts winning and winning and winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colorado crushes Georgetown<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Florida State lets UNC-Greensboro hang around, but eventually wins by 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kansas lets Eastern Washington jump out to a double digit lead before storming back in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michigan isn’t winning by 25 points like the spread – but Texas Southern really hasn’t been close enough to make the Wolverines concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even the 8 seed got into the action as LSU dominated St. Bonaventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is still opportunity for upsets, Alabama \/ Iona, Creighton \/ UCSB and USC \/ Drake all find themselves in games within 1 point. So – should at least be a little more exciting than the first 4 games. But it seems like the chalk is trying to not allow the Madness to escape today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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