What an amazing first two rounds of college basketball action. In case you missed it, the State of Ohio is the State of College Hoops- sending 4 teams to the Sweet Sixteen is the first for a state in the history of the tourney.
And, since I know you’re wondering… Ohio Teams are 8-0 after two rounds. Teams from Canada’s Alabama? 2-2. The B1G also did pretty well for itself, and will make up 1/4 of the next round’s opponents.
When the Buckeyes and Bearcats tip off in Boston next Thursday at 9:45 pm, it will be their first meeting in the tournament since the 1961 and 1962 championship games, both won by UC. You may recognize some of the names from those teams: John Havlicek and Jerry Lucas were Buckeye stars, Bobby Knight was a reserve on the ’60-61 squad; Oscar Robertson had just put the Bearcat program on the map.
So, this next weekend looks to be yet another great set of matchups- and for those playing in the BBN Bracket Challenge, hope still lives on. That’s right, each round holds more possible points; so just because you’ve fallen to the back of the pack thus far, it’s not over by a longshot.
That being said, HUGE kudos to the three entries who sit atop the leaderboard after the first week’s chaos. In fact, we’ve got a great bonus prize package from the folks at Wheat Thins (no, you can’t be in their commercial) to help Mercutioh, keithj, and Tyler enjoy this week’s games and to talk smack and check stats while at work. Check it out:
For the rest of us, we’ll just have to refer to the handy guide that Wheat Thins put together if we have to work during Thursday and Friday’s matchup. As awesome as the coverage is across the Buckeye Bloggers Network, you can’t exactly read it while you’re supposed to be filling out your TPS reports.
Again, great weekend of sports behind us- great one yet ahead. Please show some love to the Wheat Thins folks by “liking” them over on the Book of Face. They’re giving away some Final Four tickets, where you can possibly watch at least three of the for teams from the Buckeye State square off for the title.
But not UC- their dance ends in Boston. Go Bucks!!
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