News and Notes 2/24

So I'd just like to point out that after tonight (well last night), all four of the "hard and fast" number one seeds in the tournament have all lost in the last four days, Oklahoma doing it twice without Blake Griffin. Aside from UConn's loss to Pitt, all the losses were to unranked teams too, though Texas is more talented then their standing. Providence and Maryland, two teams thought to be out of Bubble talk at this point climbed back into the discussion with wins over Pittsburgh and UNC respectively. This is one crazy season in the college basketball world. Opinion is so varied on almost every team that all the "bracketology experts" of the world that talk about there high rates of success have almost no uniformity. Teams like my Eagles (at least before tonights win over FSU) are emblematic of that fact. Joe Lunardi has them as one of the last four teams in. Bracketology 101 had them at a 8 seed. Things might be worked out more in the coming weeks but Selection Sunday will really be the deciding factor. I feel like this could be the year that a Hampton/Iowa State kinda upset happens or some unexpected team makes a deep run. Of course my saying this means we'll have another year of straight chalk all across the board.