First and foremost:
Schadenfreude lives!
As for the rest of the ACC:
1. Congrats to Syracuse. I had picked them, but never did I think that they would score so easily. SDSU looked terrible and Buddy Boeheim was on fire. They may be able to beat Huggy Bear and make the S16.
2. I was stunned GaTech gave Loyola a game. When Wright went out, I totally wrote them off. And yes, the subsequent lack of rebounding was stunning. But they hung tough and really pressed an underseeded Loyola team. Hats off to them for the effort, but close didn't cut it.
3. I thought Brownell really screwed up the endgame vs Rutgers. The Tigers had fouls to give, so they needed to at least try to steal. If Rutgers ran the clock down and took a shot, at best Clemson (with no timeouts, I believe) would only have had about 5 seconds left to get a bucket to tie. So laying back and playing defense? Total brain lock.
4. VaTech played well. Alleyne was such a stud for them. But Alumna didn't show as well as he could have. And the Gator's Mann hit some big shots.
Not ACC, but I'll throw it in here. Oral Roberts never played like an underdog that whole game against Ohio State. Abmas was Steph-esque in that game. I had OSU in the FF. I swear, most of the time I take a Big 10 team to go far, they let me down. I have the Illini winning it all. After today's Big 10 showing, I am damn worried.
9F
I will never talk about That Game. GTHC.