Day One of the 2006 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament has come to a close. A great start to what promises to be a very interesting tournament. There were upsets, and there was overtime. They say that every year, at least one 12 seed will beat a 5 seed (in the last 20 years there have only been 2 years where this didn’t happen). This year is no different. Two number 5 seeds fell on the first day of this years tournament. The Montana Grizzlies gave Nevada more than they could handle. Montana never trailed as they beat Nevada 87-79. The bigger suprise was that Texas A&M was able to stop the streaking Orange from Syracuse. It seemed like Gerry McNamara had his team rolling and was ready to make a strong push in the tournament. Apparently they ran out of steam.

As for the First Annual Vigilante Sports NCAA Bracket Challenge, the leader after day one is PWill21. He has only missed 2 games today (Wichita St. and Montana). So congrats to PWill21.

I on the other hand have had a terrible day of picks. I nearly crapped my pants when it took BC 2 overtimes to handle Pacific. They take Duke down to the wire in the ACC Championship game and then 4 days later, need 2 overtimes to take care of Pacific? I don’t think that bodes well for them in this tournament, unfortunately for me. I already lost 2 Sweet Sixteen teams today (Marquette and Syracuse), so I really needed Boston College to come through.

I’ll give you one of my Final Four teams each night of this first weekend of the tournament. I hope that all of the teams will at least make it out of this weekend. Duke is the Final Four team from the Atlanta region. They have been at the top of the polls all year. They have very strong senior leadership. And, while watching the ACC Championship Game, I wondered to myself, “Will J.J. Redick ever miss a shot?” Love him or hate him, he’s a gifted player. So I think Duke will make another run to the Final Four.

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