Cornell wins the morning. Who will come up big in the evening?

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(12) Utah State vs. (5) Texas A&M

Session 3

(9) Florida State vs. (8) Gonzaga

(10) Georgia Tech vs. (7) Oklahoma State

(16) Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. (1) Duke

(12) New Mexico State vs. (5) Michigan State

Enjoy.

Read my day two preview! Read my day two preview! (Is that shameless enough?)

Hey everyone, there is a Buffalo Wild Wings that just opened three miles from my apartment. If the Cougs reach the tourney next year, I invite you all to come stay in my 680 square-foot palace so that we can go to Buffalo Wild Wings and guide our Cougs to a national title. We are not as dumb as those "Boston" fans.

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This game is in Buffalo? Do you think there is a Buffalo Wild Wings there? If so, I would skip the game and head there if I was a Morgan State fan.

The good news for the loser: There is plenty of cheap beer to drown your sorrows in Milwaukee. The winner advances to the second round and keeps hope alive to become:

Could the full name of Jacksonville actually be Samuel L. Jacksonville? I would hope so.

Grady Here: Use this thread to discuss Session 1 this morning (Morgan St./WVU, Cornell/Temple, Minny/Xavier)

Dancing Football Here: Ignore Grady, there will be a thread up shortly, complete with Buffalo Wild Wings and cheap beer references. Grady Again: Like Seth Davis, I should be ignored.

Did we all get a good night's sleep, with visions of Buzz Williams dancing in our heads?

Yesterday reminded us why we act like a five year old on Christmas morning this time of year. I won't go into the details, since cougfan already did that, and you probably all know anyway. The most important thing that happened for our little community: Nuss's K-State Wildcats have survived into the second round! Go Wildcats!

My anecdotal review of history says that one awesome day begets a terrible day of blowouts and bad basketball. I sincerely hope my anecdotal history is a bunch of crap and there is more awesome today. The highlights and announcers (including Gus!) after the jump.

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You never know where the sex panther will strike next.

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How quickly do you think they'll mention Texas was a former #1 team? One minute in? Two?

If this happens, 67% of Americans will throw their bracket out the window.

The Fightin' Jim Sterks versus the Fightin' Bruce Pearls!

Anthony Johnson, against a weak 3-seed, by kenpom standards. This could get very interesting.

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I chose Northern Iowa to win this game because a friend of a friend went there. I dare any of the "mainstream media" sports sites to bring forth that kind of analysis.

Finally, a 1/16 game! This one may be closer than you think. And by closer, I mean less than a 20 point blowout.

A fun dose of Husky anti-fandom.

Peter King AND Jay Mariotti went to Ohio? They must teach a lot of arrogance in their journalism program.

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Seriously, 16 games today and this one is on its own little island? Weird.

Butler is the team that messes with your bracket every year. UTEP is Mike Price's school. Whose basketball team is superior to the other basketball team?

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One of the more realistic 13-4 upset possibilities. Bracket meeting? Murray State, present. (I stole that joke from Tony Reali. Worth it.)

Nuss' road to Vegas starts here. Don't fret, North Texas. If you lose, the Texas state board of education will just have the contest erased from the history books.

To me, Sam Houston State will always be the school that made Paul Wulff's Eastern Washington Eagles blow a 20 point lead in the fourth quarter of the 2004 I-AA playoffs. Yep, that still doesn't make me feel much better about Wulff.

Nuss likes Richmond to go to the Sweet Sixteen. I don't think they'll get out of the first round. Granted, the win over Gonzaga wasn't as impressive as you may think, but St. Mary's just shoots the lights out.

First things first. Read Cougfan's day one preview. I've decided to do threads session by session, since we should (hopefully) have a billion comments.

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BYU is #8 in the Kenpom rankings, but comes in as a #7 seed.

Every time I see Luke Harangody, I remember how overhyped he was prior to the Cougs' tourney matchup with ND. And I smile.

Scottie Reynolds will not start, but he'll still play. So don't worry about an early bracket buster. Maybe he just missed the bus?