6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 22, 2004 Michigandaily.com/Papa John's Challenge NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT First Round March 18,19 Second Round March 20, 21 Sweet Sixteen March 25, 26 Elite Eight March 27, 28 Final Four April 3 National Title April 5 Final Four April 3 Elite Eight March 27,28 Sweet Sixteen March 25, 26 Second Round March 20, 21 First Round March 18, 19 1. Kentucky 16. Lehigh/ FAMU 8. Washington 9. UAB 5. Providence 12. Pacific 4.Kansas 13. Illinois-Chicago 6. Boston College 11. Utah 3. Georgia Tech 14. Northern Iowa 7. Michigan State 10. Nevada 2. Gonzaga 15. Valparaiso 1. St. Joe's Kentucky 96-76 UAB 76-75 rUAB 102-100 Pacific 66-58 Kansas 78-63 Kansas 78-53 St. Louis Boston College 58-51 Georgia Tech 57-54 Georgia Tech 65-60 Nevada 72-66 Nevada 91-72 Gonzaga 76-49 St. Joe's 82-63 St. Joe's 70-65 Texas Tech 76-73 --------- Manhattan 75-60 Wake Forest 84-80 Wake Forest 79-78 r n.a.- } I Atlanta - -- - - -- - -- - R nrh aI 'Jl in i . w North Carolina 63-5. " Texas 78-75 1 Ar F Texas 66-49 3. Texas 14. Princ orce eton Duke 96-61 Duke 90-62 Seton Hall 80-76 Illinois 72-53 Illinois 92-68 Cincinnati 80-77 I ....... ......... - ... - I 1. Duke 16. Alabama St. 8. Seton Hall 9. Arizona 5. Illinois 4.Cincinnati 13. East Tenn. St. 7. Xavier Xavier 80-70 Xavier 89-74 10. Louisville .... - -,.<.- - ..-: .:- 2. M ississi i St. Mississippi St. 85-52 -----------------15. M onm outh 1. Stanford Stanford 71-45 16. Texas-San Antonio Alabama 70-67 8. Alabama Alabama 65-64 9. Southern Illinois 16. Liberty 8. Texas Tech 9. Charlotte 5. Florida 12. Manhattan 4. Wake Forest 13. VCU 3 t !' f1 Mf' 5. Syracuse Syracuse 80-75 12. BYU Syracuse 72-70 Maryland 86-83 4. Maryland r. i.. . . 13. Texas-El Paso 6. Wisconsin t. nuinerroru 11. Richmond 3. Pittsburgh 14. Central Florida 7. Memphis 10. South Carolina 2. Oklahoma St. 15. E. Washington Wisconsin 76-64 Pittsburgh 59-55 Pittsburgh 53-44 Memphis 59-43 Oklahoma St. 70-53 Oklahoma St. 75-56 isp Phoe nix Vanderbilt 71-58 6. Vanderbilt Vanderbilt 71-58 N.C. State 61-52 DePaul 76-69 2 OTC Connecticut 72-55 Connecticut 70-53 11. Western Michigan 3. N.C. State 14. U.L. Lafayette 7. DePaul 10. Dayton 2. Connecticut 15. Vermont -I Better Ingredients. Better Pizza. Road to Final Four now rolls through Tide Well, we can all lay off St. Joe's for a while, I guess. The so-called "weakest No. 1 seed" is still dancing while Kentucky and Stanford are both going home - apparently because the NCAA Tournament, now goes through the state of Alabama. On Saturday, the Crimson Tide rallied to knock off the Cardinal. Then yesterday, Alabama's little brother, Alaba- ma-Birmingham, somehow knocked off supposed title- contender Kentucky. Also sent home were "For use as a Cinderel- la only" Gonzaga - who bombed as a No. 2 seed - and Mississip- pi State, who bombed' as a No. 2 seed. The Big Ten, though, is still alive thanks to the Illinois smacking of 20Q4 a perennial NCAA .. Tournament disappoint- > 4w :ro ment Cincinnati. 4 Another year, another March implosion for the Bearcats - something tells me Bob Huggins will have his kids skipping classes to prac- tice non stop until next November. Not helping the Big Ten cause was Wisconsin, which couldn't ride 15,000 Badger fans to victory in Milwaukee, as Pittsburgh told the Selection Committee where it could stick the second-round road game. It didn't help the Badgers that guard Devin Harris makes Screech from "Saved By the Bell" look tough. Seriously, Devin, stop the flop baby. On the plus side for the Badgers, though, Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan easily wins the award for "Scariest face made at a referee" during the tournament's first weekend. It looked like he was about one questionable call away from sprouting horns and casting the refs into eternal damnation. While we're on the topic, watching the Princeton- Texas first-round game was like getting every tooth . J 2004 Alabama's Chuck Davis celebrates following the Crimson Tide upset over No. 1 seed Stanford. pulled out at the dentist, minus the anesthetic. Texas had seven points after 12 minutes of play and still won the game. If it wasn't such taboo to turn off NCAA Tournament games, every television in the country would have switched to something more exciting - like Friends or ... static. The first round's biggest upset came when 12th-seeded Manhattan routed No. 5 Florida. Except that Florida is horrible, and everyone knows it. The Gators had no busi- ness being a five-seed, and the fact that they were defi- nitely proves the theory that, to pick tournament teams, the Selection Committee gets wasted and throws darts at team names taped to a wall. So now we move on to the Sweet 16. Unfortunately, the most interesting region left is probably the East Ruther- ford one - provided the arena doesn't sink into the swamp that is New Jersey before the teams arrive. With St. Joe's, Wake Forest, Pittsburgh and Oklahoma State, it's not crazy to think the tournament winner could emerge from that region. The guess here is that the tournament will even out and the favorites will start to re-emerge on the second week- end. 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