Maryland #10 vs. #7 California

Wow, thats really all I can say. My boys were picked 11th out of 12 acc teams in some preseason publications yet here they are. I've been to several Maryland games in my life but I've never been happier than I was Friday Night (and I was at the 04 Duke Game), being in the dome when they took down Wake with that team was great. Wake had twice the talent Maryland did but Gary got the win. It's all gravy from this point forward, I just hope they play at 9 or later on Thursday so I can see it.

This might be the most interest I've given to round one in quite some time, obviously Maryland is in but several other teams I deeply care about are in. Six other ACC teams are in, plus ETSU and Radford. I'd also like to see West Virginia and Louisville do well. The only thing that really surprised me with is Arizona getting in, I was expecting St. Mary's to get in with the return of Mills, obviously getting blown out by the Zags in the tournament hurt their cause. I think WF should've been a three seed, and I think Clemson got penalized to heavily for their loss to GT. The game was practically a home game for the Jackets.