Gotta love NCAA tourney action – especially in the early rounds on Thursday and Friday.  Pitt almost made history – fending off East Tennessee State 72-62 late to avoid becoming the 1st #1 seed to ever lose to a #16 seed.  There were other exciting games this morning/afternoon:

Oklahoma State (8) knocked off Tennessee (9) 77-75.

11 seed Dayton pulled of a flying shocker with a 68-60 upset of 6 seed West Virginia.

Arizona State avoided the 6-11 upset by pulling away late to hold off Temple 66-57.

And in the best game of the early sessions, 6 seed Marquette topped 11 seed Utah State 58-57.  Marquette was up big early and then trailed late in the 2nd half before pulling off the dramatic win.

Gotta love these first 2 rounds of tourney action.