VCU Beats Duke (Just for Katie)

Yesterday, in the only upset of the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Virginia Commonwealth beat Duke 79-77.

As the Wall Street Journal Reports, VCU's efforts were lead by 6' 2", 165 pound sophmore Eric Maynor:

...Mr. Maynor scored eight of his team's final 11 points, including a jumper with 1.8 seconds left, to beat the Blue Devils, 79-77, in the only significant upset of the tournament's opening-day slate of 16 first-round games. He finished with 22 points and eight assists.

Mr. Maynor's clinching basket came after Duke tied the game on a stunningly uncontested layup with 10.3 seconds left. He declined to call a timeout to set up that final shot...

You can watch the video on YouTube.

UNC vs E. Kentucky

So for the first time ever, and thanks to Facebook, I filled out my Men's College Basketball Tournament bracket this morning. I have no idea how this works, but I do know that if I had picked anyone but UNC to win, I might get injured.

Here's their first round preview:

Video painstakingly scheisted from Facebook.