DENVER (AP) – The only thing “double-digits” about Wichita State and Gonzaga have been their margins of victory.
They are 11 seeds this year. They have played a combined three games. Nobody has come within 10 points of them.
That the Shockers and Bulldogs have moved past the first round of the NCAA Tournament is hardly anything new – surprises happen all the time in March Madness, as Michigan State will certainly attest.
The bigger questions are: Were these really upsets? And, given the most unpredictable regular season that just ended, did the selection committee have a fighting chance of getting this, or anything else, right this year?
“We don’t have basketball people in that group,” said Kentucky coach John Calipari, during an entertaining rant after the brackets came out.