NCAA Tournament: Round 2

No game writeups today after the 12 hour beer and basketball marathon yesterday, but here are the picks.

Texas +8
Western Kentucky +11
Washington -1 1/2

Leans:

Maryland +9
North Carolina -11 1/2

Interesting tournament so far, and we finally got some great finished last night. The middle of the ACC has not shown well, with Wake Forest, Clemson, Florida State, and Boston College all losing as a higher seed. Maryland pulled the minor upset, while Duke and Carolina haven't played anyone, yet. The Big 12 hasn't lost a team, yet...but I wouldn't expect that to last much longer. Still, getting all 6 teams to the 2nd round is an accomplishment. Pac 10 and Big Ten have both been a mixed bag. The SEC really does suck, with only one team left in the tournament. Most surprising game so far has to be Cleveland State over Wake. Cleveland State had to spring an upset over Butler in the Horizon League tournament to get in the dance, but it's a team that can play...they're just a little inconsistent. Buried in the losses to K-State and Wright State is a win against Syracuse. It's really a pretty decent team, which Wake apparently wasn't ready for.