Thursday, March 15, 2012

March Madness, Day 1, Part 1

Murray State 58 - Colorado State 41 Colorado State was able to eke (I always thought this word was spelled 'eeke', thanks Words with Friends!) their way to a slight halftime lead by hitting some threes and by watching Pierce Hornung grab 11 boards. This papered over the fact that CSU was turning the ball over too much and not getting any easy looks thanks to Murray State's defense. In the second half though, Murray State started rebounding, and Colorado State didn't curb their turnover habit.
Kansas State 70 - Southern Mississippi 64 This started out as the worst offensive basketball I've seen since Wisconsin last year (since they lost a game 36-33 last regular season). Southern Miss looked awful, and Kansas State did not take advantage, instead letting Southern Miss hang around. Then, at the end, the difference was dribble penetration. KSU did, Southern Miss could not. Down the stretch, their only baskets came off of steals and breakaways.
Louisville 69 - Davidson 62 I was surprised this game ended up this close, but Davidson never really threatened in the last quarter of this game. They were down enough that they needed to go for threes much earlier than they did.
Wisconsin 73 - Montana 49 Yeah, this one wasn't interesting, which made it okay when I couldn't really watch any of it.

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