NCAA Tournament - Second Round

Stanford vs. Marquette:

Stanford's "Twin Towers", Brook and Robin Lopez really lived up to the hype. Both guys, particularly Brook, dominated inside with and without the ball. Marquette's Jerel McNeal played very well, especially late in the game, but it didn't make up for the repeated easy twos in the paint for Standford. Even though the game went to overtime, and came down to another last second do-or-die shot (that's three in the tournament so far) from Brook, it never really crossed my mind that Stanford would lose the game.

Pittsburgh vs. Michigan State;

The first half of the game was pretty boring. Neither team was scoring that well (actually Michigan's Drew Neitzel was the only guy putting up many points with his threes - the guy is small and very quick, and looks like a very good shooter). Pittsburgh stayed in the game with free-throws (8 of them) but just couldn't hit from the field (9 for 31). If they can get their act together in the second half, then they should be able to win the game as they are only down 30-28. Both defenses are playing quite well, though.
[Edit: The second half was more of the same. Neitzel continues to lead Michigan (with help from Goran Suton and Kalin Lucas), while Pitt stays in the game via free-throws. When Levance Fields (19 pts) went down for Pitt with about 1:30 left, it was pretty much game over. Pitt just couldn't make shots.]

UCLA vs. Texas A&M:

I only was able to catch bits and pieces of this game, but UCLA doesn't looks as balanced as the other #1 seeds I saw. Kevin Love is a very good player, particularly on the defensive side (plus is a very good shooter for a big guy),and Darren Collison did a good job hitting threes, but that was pretty much it. Texas spread the ball around well, and just shot better than UCLA, which allowed them to hold a lead for a large part of the game. UCLA came back though, and Texas just couldn't keep the scoring up while holding the Bruins down. It was close, but the #1 seed pulled it out at the last seconds.