Sweet 16 – Day 1 notes
March 28, 2008 by Rich Carlson
Filed under Basketball
If today’s games are any indication of how the rest of this year’s NCAA tournament are going to be, we’re in for a wild ride.
Here are my thoughts after the first 4 games of the round of 16:
- The other 15 teams left in the tournament should be scared – very scared, actually – of North Carolina. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I believe it is going to take a very special team playing a very special game to defeat the Tar Heels, who are absolutely rolling right now.
- What is it with teams not being able to put their opponents away? Xavier blew an 18 point lead before finally putting away West Virginia in OT. Same for UCLA – they had Western Kentucky down and out and let them back in the game in the second half. When you get a team down, you need to put them away. No mercy. That is precisely what North Carolina is doing.
- Again, as I mentioned in an earlier post, Louisville might be the second hottest team in the tournament right now. They absolutely thumped a very good Tennessee team and made it look easy. Do not underestimate the Cardinals.
