1 down, 63 to go...

Congrats to Niagara....now good luck against Kansas. People were saying Niagara shouldn't have been a 16 seed....and since Kansas has tanked two years in a row....who knows, could we have a 16 over a 1?

I had no idea Terry Gannon, ESPN's announcer tonight, played for the '83 Wolfpack from NC State. Of course, Steve Lavin kept mentioning it every 10 minutes throughout the broadcast.

Anyways, Gannon's voice sounds just like Mark Jones, another ESPN guy. I wasn't sure who was actually announcing the game for a while. Lavin is good, but Gannon doesn't click with him like Brent Musberger does on the Big 10 games on Tuesdays.

Other good March announcers: Ron Franklin...always underrated. Fran Fraschilla, too. Surprised he works out west, with his St. John's ties. Of course, Bill Raftery is the best. He *should* be working with Sean McDonough, but CBS got rid of him a few years ago. And yet, Verne Lundquist is still a very good pairing for him...CBS must find a way to get Gus Johnson to do both of the first two weekends. I heard he's being replaced with James Brown, and that's unacceptable. Another example of networks thinking we care about their "big name" announcers, when we don't give either cheek of a rat's ass.

Anyways, with 3 points, I'm tied for first in my pool.