As an Irish fan, I'm disappointed with losing last night, but it's not a bad way to go out.  They were playing against a top ten team whose best player was hitting everything (Da'Sean Butler went 9 of 15, and I don't remember him missing those six shots) and still had a shot to win the game.  The Irish were killed on the boards, and it took a fantastic performance from Ben Hansbrough to keep them close.  This was really a worst case scenario match-up for Notre Dame - a team comfortable playing slow, a lot of athletes, capable of hitting the boards well - and they acquitted themselves quite well.  Now we sit, and we wait and pray for a good match-up. 

On the other side of the bracket, Georgetown just overwhelmed Marquette in the final quarter of the game.  The Golden Eagles' threes stopped falling and that was that, as Greg Monroe continued his surge through the Big East Tournament and up NBA draft boards with a 23/13/7.  It's a battle between him and Da'Sean Butler for winning Big East Championship MVP, and they're both very deserving candidates.  West Virginia has the advantage of playing a game less  than the Hoyas, but JT3's team is humming along right now.  Should be another classic in the Garden after four days of them.

Huge day of hoops today, so enjoy folks.  We'll be back to cover the bracket selections tomorrow.