The West Virginia victory over Wake Forest in double overtime last night was reality TV at its best. Six players (three from each team) had left the island (fouled out). The drama included made free throws and missed free throws and some stunning game tying threes at the end of regulation and the first OT.
And an incredible block by the Demon Deacons’ Eric Williams to save the tie at the end of the first OT.
West Virginia’s Mike Gansey’s scored 19 of his 29 points in the extra periods.
The underdog Mountaineers won. Billy Packer’s alma mater lost.
So Ken…did you pick this one correctly?
NewMexiKen figures the tournament selection committee is more knowledgeable than I am, so I pick the favorites in the first round, except I take the nine seeds and any team I really want to win. This year I picked a 12 seed ? New Mexico. After the first round I was 25-7.
For yesterday’s games I certainly did not pick Wisconsin-Milwaukee (12) to beat Boston College (4). I did not pick Utah (6) to beat Oklahoma (3). And I did not pick West Virginia (7) to beat Wake Forest (2). I did think Texas Tech (6) would beat Gonzaga (3). And that the other favorites would win. 5-3.
Today (Sunday) I pick the favorites (the higher seeds) across the board.