Wisconsin 81 - Florida State 66 Kammron Taylor (Chris Rock look alike) and Alando Tucker led the Badgers easily over Florida State. Tucker even played most of the game with a swollen eye which was poked so hard he bled. Florida State is still a very good team, but Wisconsin is that much better. Don't let that loss to Missouri State make you think otherwise (If they lose at home to North Dakota State again, you can think otherwise).

Georgia Tech 77 - Penn State 73 Penn State is a trendy pick for the top tier in the Big Ten, and hanging with a ranked ACC team should do wonders for their confidence heading into conference season. Of course their coach refused to call this a moral victory. Georgia Tech, whose only loss is to UCLA, opens their conference season against Miami on Sunday. That game should not be a problem for the Jackets because...

Northwestern 61 - Miami 59 The Hurricanes lost to Northwestern. Northwestern?! If the Big Ten thought they were going to get a win on Thursday night, they certainly didn't expect Northwestern's name to be next to it. The Wildcats' Craig Moore scored 24 points, including knocking down seven three point shots.

Duke 54 - Indiana 51 Very tough game for Indiana to lose. Duke did not play their best, struggling in ways that will not work when they start to face ACC opponents. They shot less than 30% after half time and only 32% for the game. However, their defense was tough enough to hold off the Hoosiers. My new favorite Indiana player is Errek Suhr, who looked like a midget on the floor (5-9, 156 *ding*) but definitely gave his all on every possession down the stretch.

Current Tally: 4-2

Wednesday
Boston College 65 - Michigan State 58 Michigan State never challenged in this game, and it might be my television, but it looks to me like Tom Izzo is getting more grey by the minute. Every since those rumors of him taking over the football team, I think he started transforming into John L. Smith (When will the slap come? Bets?). Jared Dudley had 30 points for BC, and Sean Williams added 5 blocks. On a side note, I don't think I have ever seen goal tending called as many times as it was in this game. It had to be 4 or 5 at least.

Purdue 61 - Virginia 59 Similar to Northwestern, I don't think the Big Ten thought the Boilermakers would be their only winning team on Wednesday. Tarrance Crump hit a nice little teardrop shot with a second remaining to give Purdue the lead in what had been a back and forth game. Virginia player JR Reynolds stepped out of bounds while taking the desperation shot to try for the win, giving the Big Ten their final win in the contest.

Virginia Tech 69 - Iowa 65 Adam Haluska had 5 threes and 24 points, but Virginia Tech was just better on Wednesday night. The Hokies had a big run at the end of the first half which continued into the second, building a 15 point lead. After that, it was academic. Hold on and hope that the Hawkeyes don't get too hot from beyond the arc. Zabian Dowdell was the leading scorer for the Hokies with 18.

Clemson 90 - Minnesota 68 Is there any more happy person in the world than Gonzaga coach Mark Few? He got the job when Dan Monson left to take over the troubled Minnesota program. I think looking back Monson might have been better served by staying in Spokane. The Tigers hit 12 three point shots in the romp which was all but over at halftime.

North Carolina 98 - Ohio State 89 This game was why this series was created. Oh how thoughtful ESPN was 8 years ago. Ohio State was without Greg Oden, but I don't know if it would have mattered. (I think I was still hearing Dick Vitale in my sleep last night, "This guy will be awesome. As good as Mourning, as good as Ewing. Yeah, Baby!") North Carolina has taken a page out of the Phoenix Suns playbook and look to run the floor non-stop and get 100 possessions a game. 100 per game! The Buckeyes managed to stay with them pretty well, but over the course of 40 minutes, unless you totally control the game tempo, it is going to be tough to win. Ron Lewis scored 30 for Ohio State, but North Carolina got four players into double digits to take it.

So there you have it, 8-3, with the three coming from some unlikely places. I personally can't wait until next year.