Friday morning update, standings and preview

The night saw some interesting and high-impact upsets, and not just in the Big East, where the Mighty Hoyas are the last of the top four seeds standing.

New Mexico, a popular pick in the Mountain West by virtue of their late-season hot streak and bad-ass mascot, fell to Utah in overtime. Rick Majerus and Keith Van Horn were said to be very excited.

There was an incredible game in the SEC, in which Georgia fouled a three-point shooter while up three in the final seconds of regulation AND AGAIN in overtime. Ole Miss drained all three shots each time to tie the game, but Georgia banked in a game-winner at the buzzer in OT.

And of course, there was the BC comeback against Maryland, which kept Jon from joining Rob in losing his alma mater on the pool's third day.

In the end, the Georgia game, combined with Pacific's failed comeback against the Anteaters, allowed Rob to grab the lead going into Friday in spite of picking Northwestern. Rob correctly picked 37 of the day's 53 games to earn 111 points on the day. Bracket Boy was second on the day with 34 correct picks and 102 points.

The standings, as of Friday morning:

Rob Biro: 150
Dan Graziano: 144
Bracket Boy: 144
Jim Graziano: 140
Ed Price: 135
Greg Lester: 125
Jon Graziano: 120

Of course, the question going forward is how many points each player can still earn. And with heavyweights like Louisville, Connecticut, New Mexico, UMass and Southeastern Louisiana all falling, some people have more potential than others.

There are 38 games on today's schedule, each worth 5 points, which means 190 points are available and everybody's still in it. I think.

Today's schedule:

MEAC (semifinals)

1. Morgan State
4. Delaware State

3. Norfolk State
7. Coppin State

WAC (semifinals)

1. Utah State
4. Boise State

2. Nevada
3. New Mexico State

ATLANTIC 10 (semifinals)

1. Xavier
5. St. Joseph's

2. Temple
6. Charlotte

BIG EAST (semifinals)

1. Georgetown
5. West Virginia

6. Marquette
7. Pittsburgh

BIG WEST (semifinals)

1. Cal-Santa Barbara
5. Cal-Irvine

2. Northridge
3. Cal-Fullerton

CONFERENCE USA (semifinals)

1. Memphis
5. Southern Miss

6. UTEP
7. Tulsa

MAC (semifinals)

1. Kent State
5. Miami (Ohio)

2. Western Michigan
3. Akron

MOUNTAIN WEST (semifinals)
1. BYU
4. San Diego State

2. UNLV
6. Utah

PAC 10 (semifinals)

1. UCLA
4. USC

2. Stanford
3. Washington State

SWAC (semifinals)

1. Alabama State
4. Jackson State

2. Mississippi Valley State
6. Arkansas-Pine Bluff

ACC (quarterfinals)

1. North Carolina
9. Florida State

2. Duke
7. Georgia Tech

3. Clemson
11. Boston College

4. Virginia Tech
5. Miami (Fla.)

BIG 12 (quarterfinals)

1. Texas
9. Oklahoma State

2. Kansas
7. Nebraska

3. Kansas State
6. Texas A&M

4. Oklahoma
12. Colorado

BIG TEN (quarterfinals)

1. Wisconsin
9. Michigan

2. Purdue
11. Illinois

3. Indiana
6. Minnesota

4. Michigan State
5. Ohio State

SEC (quarterfinals)

1W. Mississippi State
5W. Alabama

1E. Tennessee
5E. South Carolina

2W. Arkansas
3E. Vanderbilt

2E. Kentucky
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SOUTHLAND (semifinals)

1. Stephen F. Austin
5. Northwestern State

3. Sam Houston State
7. Texas-Arlington






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