Durzblog

All top 8 seeds are left, three games in three days. Somebody is walking out of the Garden with some hardware on Saturday night. Providence struggled a bit, but did advance for their personal NCAA play-in game this afternoon against the top seed, Louisville. Marquette quickly reminded us who St John's is, holding the Redmen to 10 points in the first half (a Big East tournament record in scoring futility) and advanced today to take on Villanova. Last night, West Virginia ended any hopes for ND and Seton Hall hung around for a while, but super-POS Eric Devendorf (pictured being a d-bag last night) took over -- and Uconn will take on the Orange in the nightcap.

Connecticut will have to wait the longest to play a game, the six time tournament champions are looking for their first post season win at the Garden since they defeated Georgetown in 2005. These Huskies, who ( with the exception of Adrien and Austrie) have never won a NCAA game either -- are playing for their legacy. AJ Price, Jeff Adrien, Craig Austrie and Hasheem Thabeet are in the stretch run of their college careers, how they are remembered will have a lot to do with the next couple of weeks. That journey begins tonight.

Noon
No. 1 Louisville vs.
No. 8 Providence
2:00pm
No. 4 Villanova vs.
No. 5 Marquette
7:00pm
No. 2 Pittsburgh vs.
No. 7 West Virginia
9:00pm
No. 3 Connecticut vs.
No. 6 Syracuse

Enjoy the games, fear not Husky fans, since I have been to 4 sessions over the last 4 years and watched Uconn lose every single time, I have sequestered myself out here on Long Island. Marleigh and I will be watching these from the couch.

Should be a great day, I will miss the big skunked garden beer though. I really will.

-BD