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NCAA Tournament Day 1...OPEN THREAD

Today is like Christmas for me, this weekend is easily the best four days of the year. Let this be your open thread to talk about today's action. And I want to pose one question...

Every year there is one team or sometimes one player who dominates the day. Who will be today's story, who will dominate the highlight reals? Give me your thoughts.

Here is today's action

TIME (ET) MATCHUP TV
12:15 PM (12) Clemson vs. (5) West Virginia CBS
12:40 PM (9) Old Dominion vs. (8) Butler truTV
1:40 PM (13) Morehead State vs. (4) Louisville TBS
2:10 PM (10) Penn State vs. (7) Temple TNT
2:45 PM (13) Princeton vs. (4) Kentucky CBS
3:10 PM (16) North Carolina-Asheville vs. (1) Pittsburgh truTV
4:10 PM (12) Richmond vs. (5) Vanderbilt TBS
4:40 PM (15) Northern Colorado vs. (2) San Diego State TNT
6:50 PM (15) UC Santa Barbara vs. (2) Florida TBS
7:15 PM (14) Wofford vs. (3) Brigham Young CBS
7:20 PM (14) Bucknell vs. (3) Connecticut TNT
7:27 PM (13) Belmont vs. (4) Wisconsin truTV
9:20 PM (10) Michigan State vs. (7) UCLA TBS
9:45 PM (11) Gonzaga vs. (6) St. John's CBS
9:50 PM (11) Missouri vs. (6) Cincinnati TNT
9:57 PM (12) Utah State vs. (5) Kansas State truTV

There are a few games I am REALLY looking forward to.

Penn State vs. Temple - Talor Battle gets some NCAA Tournament action against a good Temple team. Go Big Ten!

Wofford vs. BYU - The Cougars minus Jimmer face a trio of Minnesota kids. Go Terriers!

Belmont vs. Wisconsin - Supposedly Belmont is very good and play an up-tempo game. Should be a fun contrast to Wisconsin led by Taylor and Leuer.

Utah St. vs. Kansas St - this is my guaranteed upset of the day. The Aggies play great defense and as long as Jacob Pullen doesn't go crazy I think they pull off the annual 12/5 upset.