March Madness: Tournament Takeaways: What Day 1 Taught Us

Posted: 19th March 2010 by John P. Wise in NBA
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By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

The first day of the first round of the NCAA Tournament brought great excitement into living rooms, sports bars, and office cubicles everywhere.

We probably say it more than we remember, but I can't recall the opening day of America's greatest sporting event being as excellent as Thursday was. Here's what we'll take away from it:

+ Georgetown, a popular No. 3 seed in the Midwest, didn't deserve the pre-tournament hype it got. I had a funny feeling about the Hoyas all year, remember? Sure they put together a nice run in New York last week, but let's remember, they took 10 losses into the tournament. A 14th-seeded Ohio University team from the Mid-American Conference hangs nearly a hundy on a rough and rowdy Big East s ...

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