Midwest Bracket (V)-Eddie H

Well after a very exciting first and second round of the tournament we expected more of the same right? That is exactly what we got. The NCAA tourney is turning out to be one of the best in the last couple years as top seeds are getting upset in early rounds and every game is ending in thrilling fashion. So lets jump right into the action of the Midwest bracket. Many people said that this was the best bracket out of the four and it is shaping out like it. There has been many fantastic games so far in this bracket and will only be more to come. There were eight teams remaining in the bracket before the third round and now only eight remain. The first is Kentucky. Yes Kentucky as an eight seed upset top seeded undefeated Wichita State in one of the best games of the entire tournament. The game was back and forth the whole time with many lead changes and fantastic shots. The deciding factor of the game was Kentucky's freshmen grew up and showed poise down the stretch of a neck-and-neck game. Four of the Wildcats' five freshmen starters combined for 65 of the Wildcats' 78 points. Julius Randel was tremendous Kentucky coming up with his 20th double double on the year. This ended what has been a historic year for the Shockers and will defiantly be remembered in the history of college basketball for a long time to come. This win advanced Kentucky to another sweet sixteen appearance and kept their championship hopes alive. In the next game the four and five seeds battled. This game was Louisville and St. Louis. The game was very competitive the first half but after that Louisville pulled ahead. Saint. Louis went without scoring for nearly six minutes into the second half. This was due to Louisville defense coming up strong. The final score of the game was 66 to 51. Another interesting fact about the game was that St. Louis didn't make a three point shot all day going 0-15 on the day.This send Louisville into their third straight sweet sixteen appearance and now we have a tremendous match up between two of the most storied schools in college basketball history Kentucky and Louisville the winner will advance into the elite eight game. Our next game was between two teams that have both upset teams in their previous games Mercer and Tennessee. This game wasn't as competitive as the clock struck 12 on Mercer's fairy tale run. Tennessee advanced to the sweet 16 by dominating factor winning by 20 points. Their victory was due to Tennessee's strength and size. The Volunteers dominated the rebounding column and the Bears had no defensive answer in the paint.Our next game was between Michigan and Texas. Texas was hot of recent win where they won a last second shot but they did not have enough to beat the Wolverines of Michigan. Michigan was great on both sides of the ball but especially on the defense side coming up with many steals and blocks. Michigan also turned the ball over fewer than 5 times which is always a key to success. Michigan now advances to their second straight sweet sixteen game and will have an easy game in their eyes as the face the 11 seed Tennessee. But as we have saw so far anything is possible in this tournament and I am sure that it will be a very exciting game to watch. As you can see the Midwest bracket is shaping to be what was expected competitive games and great basketball.