March Madness Update: Eight Games Over, No Upsets

With half of today's games behind us, there are no bracket-blowing upsets yet:

• Xavier (3) beat Georgia (14), 73-61. Georgia got much closer than the final score would suggest...when I went out for parent-teacher conferences with about 8 minutes left in the second half, Georgia was leading 46-42.
• Kansas (1) beat Portland State (16), 85-61. No surprise. No 16 has EVER beaten a 1 seed.
• Michigan State (5) beat Temple (12), 72-61.
• Marquette (6) beat Kentucky (11), 74-66.
• UNLV (8) beat Kent State (9), 71-58.
• Pittsburgh (4) stomped on Oral Roberts (13).
• Purdue (6) beat Baylor (11), 90-79.
• Stanford (3) is in the middle of trouncing Cornell (14), but I called it so I could finish this post and have some dinner. Updated: final score 77-53.