Hey Jon, Is Something Stuck In Your Throat? The Tournament Squares Pool

When I woke this morning and turned on the television, the first thing I heard was NBC Journalist Willie Geist with this gem.

"Every time Duke loses on a buzzer beater, an angel gets its wings." 

Yeah. If you hate Duke, and many of you do, you had a great evening yesterday. And for those of us who hate both Tiger Woods and Duke, it was an amazing weekend! 

I am still trying to process what happened in the second half of that game. Duke at one time lead by 19 points, Cameron Boozer was doing anything he wanted and UConn made only one of its first 18 3-point attempts. I watched every second and still have no idea how they got back into this game. Or how they ultimately lost. This game was amazing! 

JUST HOLD THE INBOUNDS PASS AND WAIT FOR THE FOUL. THEY HAD TO FOUL!

To put this in perspective, #1 seeds in the NCAA tournament that led by 15 or more points at halftime were 134 - 0 all time. 

The other confounding thing about this Duke run is how they are collapsing to lose games. Duke's last four loses are as follows:

• Lost to Houston in last years Final Four after leading by 14
• Lost to Texas Tech after leading by 17
• Lost to North Carolina (who just fired its coach) after leading by 13
• Lost to UConn last night after leading by 19

I have no idea what to make of this. From the UConn side, I guess that is what a champions heart looks like. Or as better said by Stugotz on Twitter:

The other game was probably only interesting to a few of us that think Michigan is the best team in the tournament, had the over in the game, or were rooting for their square to hit. That was a dominant performance including a 21-0 run in what was a near perfect 1st half. 

As for the squares pool, your tournament host is still winless this year. It is the only important thing about the pool but, I guess I should post the winners from yesterday.

This is going to be exciting! We have a really good Final Four set for Indianapolis and the hosts of the two pools on the blog will be in attendance!

Look to this space for a live blog of our activities in Indianapolis, continued updates on the pools, and special surprised in the next day or two. 

--Your Tournament Host