Sweet 16 thoughts

First of all, the Sweet 16 round was the round where I officially kissed my bracket goodbye. I had Miami winning it all, they lost to Marquette Thursday night. One of my final four teams, New Mexico, was done after the first weekend, a casualty of Harvard's first ever NCAA tournament win. And of course Georgetown was done in by Florida Gulf Coast and their high-flying up-tempo attack. The only one of my Final Four team's remaining is Louisville. So there's that.

Marquette shocked me with the way they manhandled a deep Miami team for 40 minutes, that's a team with a number of different pieces that they can mix and match to make some crazy lineups.

Syracuse did not shock me with their strong win over Indiana. IU had been beaten by physical teams all year as exemplified by losses to Wisconsin, Minnesota and Butler. IU was a team with a lot of star power and skill, but at the end of the day they're soft and will back down if team's continuously wear them down.

My personal favorite team remaining is Wichita State, which means they will now probably lose tonight against Ohio State. The Shockers are physical and deep, so they're built to succeed in these tournament formats as they just wear down opponents with their hard-nosed defense and variety of scoring options.

I'm not particularly fond of Duke or Michigan State, but the right team won. Duke has more talent and stands a shot at challenging Louisville, who has by far been the most impressive team in this tournament. Michigan State would've wilted under Louisville's pressure, of this I'm sure.

Which brings me to Michigan. The performance by them in overcoming a 10 point deficit with 2 minutes remaining against Kansas last night was as impressive as any comeback I've seen, regardless of sport. Trey Burke really is unparalleled as a point guard. A Louisville-Michigan final would be outstanding as they both match up with each other well, specifically Burke against Louisville's press.