Might as well get high

As in #15 Lehigh, that just knocked off two seed Duke. Coach K's team in Durham, while being respectable, wasn't dominant like they've been in so many other years. Lehigh's from a little town called Bethlehem. Wait a minute. Isn't that the same place where somebody really, I mean REALLY important was born a couple thousand years ago? Nah, it couldn't be. There's rebirths, but that's getting ridiculous.

And how about O-high-O knocking off Michigan? Methinks the Michigan faithful (and their head football coach) might want to consider toning down the haughtiness some when it comes to referring to teams that come from their neighboring state to the south. Lumping the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Ohio U Bobcats into a one size fits all, and just calling them both Ohio isn't funny anymore. Namely, because Michigan can't seem to beat either one of them -- in ANY sport. Sure, UM finally broke their long football losing streak against Ohio State last year, but ask yourself this --- Do you really think that would have happened without "tattoogate", head coach Jim Tressel being forced out along with a few star players, and the whole program basically imploding?  Not likely. In my opinion, between both their football and basketball teams, they're fake gold, paste, a mirage created from hype. Overrated.

In another stunner, #15 Norfolk State beat 2 seed Missouri. What's going on here? Either this "parity" thing is farther along than we thought, or the people doing the seeding haven't done their homework. Don't know much about Norfolk, except there's a big navy base there. I worked with a guy once that had spent 4 years in the US Navy, most of it in Norfolk. In all that time, he said he never set foot on a ship -- ever. When asked how that could be, he replied, "There's two navies. A sea-going navy and a golf playing navy. I kind of wanted to see the world, but winding up with a 4 handicap when I got discharged wasn't all bad either". Go figure.

At least #2 Kansas held form against #15 Detroit Mercy. They even showed them a little mercy during garbage time, or that could have gotten ugly.

#1 Syracuse squeaked by a 16 seed. No Fab Melo, CARmelo's long gone, and things may or may not be Fine with Bernie, all of which means I still think the Orange's 2012 death knell is getting louder.

#1 Michigan State took care of #16 LIU, Long Island University, from New York. Good thing it was LIU and not LIN. There seems to be a very strange phenomenon associated with that name lately, especially when it comes to New York. Betcha even MSU coach Tom Izzo, with all his horses, wouldn't have had an answer for a team made up of Lins. 10 or 12 of those, in various sizes, rotating in and out of the lineup, would be a scary scenario.