Gwmayhem wrote:

One thing that often gets overlooked is that midmajors often have to overcome "suspect" officiating in order to have a chance to defeat majors.  In the latter stages of the VCU-UNC game, there was a challenged call that had been called UNC ball on the court.  It was admittedly a tough call but I told my friend that there was absolutely no way that the refs were giving the ball back to VCU which, they didn't.  Moments later, Seth Trimble presumably fouled out of the game only to hear that a different UNC player was charged with the foul.  I watched this replay five times and there was literally no other UNC player who could have been rightfully called for this foul.  Trimble stayed in the game but fortunately, VCU was nevertheless able to beat the Heels and the officials. 

Kentucky loses today if the refs don't miss Sendek's timeout.
 

Five teams from non-power 5 conferences made it through the first round of the tournament: Gonzaga, St Louis, Utah State, VCU, and High Point. Since no one considers Gonzaga a mid major any more, despite their conference, and I would consider the Big South a low major, 2 out of the 3 remaining mid majors are from the Atlantic 10.

SLU loves those mid-range jump shots. CC would have a heart attack.

Wisconsin Colonial 1974 wrote:

MI size and length a big problem, as is their 50% from 3. Also exposing Avila’s lack of speed and quickness.

Hard for anyone to beat UM if they play like they did today. Everything went right. Size was overwhelming. SLU eventually got cold and it was lights out.