The UConn men are up tonight along with my very favorite team, Gonzaga. Yes, I know I’m an East coast gal who graduated from some highly rated East coast universities, NYU being one of them, and Gonzaga is a Jesuit run institution named after Jesuit saint Aloysius Gonzaga and I’m not Catholic, not even close. When I lived in Washington DC area years ago , I met a man in a piano bar who as tinkering at the baby grand. I joined him tinkering and we became friends, often having dinner together. He was a graduate of Gonzaga and a law professor at Georgetown, also a Jesuit priest. He was a bit older than I was but we remained pals until he passed away years ago. The other reasons I root for Gonzaga, besides the team coming such a long way to being unbeaten and #1, it’s a great name to shout – GONZAGA!!! I am sure my Jesuit friend, where ever he is, is cheering for them, too.
Here are the winner from last evenings games:
#13 Liberty 60 – #4 Oklahoma St. 69
#9 Wisconsin 85 – #8 n. Carolina 62
#15 Cleveland St. 56 – #2 Houston 87
#13 North Texas 78 – #4 Perdue 69
#10 Rutgers 60 – #7 Clemson 56
#11 Syracuse 78 – #6 San Diego St. 62 (This win made my night)
#12 Winthrop 63 – #5 Villanova 73
#14 Morehead 67 – #3 West Virginia 84
| Time | Network | Seed | School | Record | Seed | School | Record | Region |
| 6:25 | TBS | 15 | Grand Canyon | 17 – 6 | 2 | Iowa | 21 – 12 | West |
| 7:00 | CBS | 7 | UConn | 15 – 7 | 10 | Maryland | 16 – 13 | East |
| 7:15 | TruTV | 13 | Ohio | 16 – 7 | 4 | Virginia | 18 – 6 | West |
| 7:25 | TNT | 7 | Missouri | 16 – 9 | 8 | Oklahoma | 15 – 10 | West |
| 9:20 | TBS | 16 | Norfolk | 16 – 7 | 1 | Gonzaga | 26 – 0 | West |
| 9:40 | CBS | 11 | UCLA | 17-9 | 6 | BYU | 20 -6 | East |
| 9:50 | TruTV | 14 | Abilene Christian | 13 – 4 | 3 | Texas | 19 – 7 | East |
| 9:57 | TNT | 10 | VCU | 19 – 7 | 7 | Oregon | 20 – 6 | West |
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