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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 3333549, member: 1969"]
First Round Games are now Over

[B]Main Stories[/B]

1) Two Historic 1/16 games, with 3 buzzer beaters, an overtime, and 1 upset as UCSB beat Kansas.  Gonzaga ended up beating Southern in OT.
2) No upsets in the 13/14/15 line, although many teams were losing at some point in the second half.
3) Dominance by the 10 to 12 seeds, who overall went 8-4 in the first round, including 3-1 for the 12 line.
4) Day 2 Rebound by the Big Ten... after starting the tournament at 1-4 they went 5-1 in day 2, to get a "Satisfactory" grade.
5) Pac 12 and Big East have been the best conferences overall
6) Syracuse Beats Michigan and Advances to play Villanova on Saturday.

[B]Conference Summary[/B]

Big Ten has 6 teams advancing to lead the charge, but the Pac-12 and Big East have done better so far by advancing 5 teams to the round of 32.

Pac 12 6-1 (5 teams Advance, 2 Wins for UCLA)
Big East 6-2 (5 Teams Advance, 2 Wins for Xavier)
Big Ten 6-5
ACC 4-1
SEC 2-2
Big 12 1-4 ( Including a loss by #1 seed Kansas)
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