To be honest, this was a horrible second round for me as almost all of the good Cinderella stories from this tournament died in either heartbreaking losses (Oregon, Oakland, Grand Canyon) or blowout losses (Duquesne, James Madison, Yale). Instead, all of the teams I hate continued to advance (Duke, Clemson, North Carolina).

Let’s now rank the games from best to worst and compare how my pre-round intrigue rankings compare to how the games actually played out.

	Ranking the NCAA Second Round Games (Postgame)	Pregame Rank	Difference
1	(1) Houston vs. (9) Texas A & M (8:40)- TNT (245)	14	13
2	(3) Creighton vs. (11) Oregon (9:40)- TBS (247)	8	6
3	(11) NC State vs. (14) Oakland (7:10)- TBS (247)	2	-1
4	(2) Tennessee vs. (7) Texas (8:00)- CBS (5)	15	11
5	(2) Marquette vs. (10) Colorado (12:10)- CBS (5)	9	4
6	(3) Baylor vs. (6) Clemson (6:10)- TNT (245)	16	10
7	(4) Alabama vs. (12) Grand Canyon (7:10)- TBS (247)	4	-3
8	(4) Kansas vs. (5) Gonzaga (3:15)- CBS (5)	7	-1
9	(2) Iowa State vs. (7) Washington State (6:10)- TNT (245)	6	-3
10	(2) Arizona vs. (7) Dayton (12:45)- CBS (5)	11	1
11	(1) North Carolina vs (8) Michigan State (5:30)- CBS (5)	10	-1
12	(5) San Diego State vs. (13) Yale (9:40)- TBS (247)	3	-9
13	(1) Purdue vs. (8) Utah State (2:40)- CBS (5)	13	0
14	(1) UConn vs. (9) Northwestern (7:45)- TruTV (246)	12	-2
15	(3) Illinois vs. (11) Duquesne (8:40)- TNT (245)	5	-10
16	(4) Duke vs. (12) James Madison (5:15)- CBS (5)	1	-15