While this weekend’s second round wasn’t exactly epic by any stretch of the imagination, it was still considerably better than the first round of this year’s tourney, as it had a few upsets, several close games, and the first true buzzer beater in this year’s tourney (excluding the First Four).

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 Tournament Second Round Games (Postgame)	Pregame Rank	Difference
1	(4) Maryland vs. (12) Colorado State (Sun- 7:10)- TBS (247)	6	5
2	(1) Florida vs. (8) UConn (Sun- 12:10)- CBS (5)	9	7
3	(4) Arizona vs. (5) Oregon (Sun- 9:40)- TBS (247)	12	9
4	(3) Wisconsin vs. (6) BYU (Sat- 7:45)- CBS (5)	14	10
5	(1) Houston vs. (8) Gonzaga (Sat- 8:40)- TNT (245)	5	0
6	(2) St. John’s vs. (10) Arkansas (Sat- 2:40)- CBS (5)	7	1
7	(4) Texas A & M vs. (5) Michigan (Sat- 5:15)- CBS (5)	15	8
8	(3) Kentucky vs. (6) Illinois (Sun- 5:15)- CBS (5)	1	-7
9	(3) Iowa State vs. (6) Ole Miss (Sun- 7:45)- TruTV (246)	13	4
10	(3) Texas Tech vs. (11) Drake (Sat- 6:10)- TNT (245)	2	-8
11	(1) Auburn vs. (9) Creighton (Sat- 7:10)- TBS (247)	11	0
12	(2) Michigan State vs. (10) New Mexico (Sun- 8:40)- TNT (245)	12	-4
13	(2) Alabama vs. (7) Saint Mary’s (Sun- 6:10)- TNT (245)	3	-10
14	(2) Tennessee vs. (7) UCLA (Sat- 9:40)- TBS (247)	16	2
15	(1) Duke vs. (9) Baylor (Sun- 2:40)- CBS (5)	10	-5
16	(4) Purdue vs. (12) McNeese State (Sat- 12:10)- CBS (5)	4	-12