After going 10-6 on day one, I came to the realization I should never gamble.

The moral to this story is, as always, I'm an idiot.

I'll take it, though. Yesterday, excitement-wise, was the best first day in a long time. Seven of the 16 games were decided by a basket and 10 f 16 were decided by single digits. The average margin of victory - 8.8 points - is nearly half what it was last year.

We'll see if that continues today. If it does, my bracket will serve as emergency TP the rest of the tournament.

Day two slate. Picks in bold. Games called by Gus Johnson have "Gus-isms" preceding the start times.

"PUUUUUUURRRRRRRRREEEEE" 12:15 PM Morgan St. #15 vs West Virginia
12:25 PM Minnesota #11 vs Xavier
12:30 PM Cornell #12 vs Temple #5
02:30 PM Siena #13 vs Purdue #4
"Rise and FIRE!!!!" 02:35 PM Missouri #10 vs Clemson #7
02:45 PM Oakland #14 vs Pittsburgh #3
02:50 PM Wofford #13 vs Wisconsin #4
04:45 PM Utah St. #12 vs Texas A&M #5
"Got IIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT!!!!"07:10 PM Florida St. #9 vs Gonzaga #8
07:15 PM Georgia Tech #10 vs Oklahoma St. #7
07:20 PM New Mexico St. #12 vs Michigan St. #5
07:25 PM Ark.-Pine Bluff #16 vs Duke #1
"OH, my GOODNESS!!"09:30 PM Vermont #16 vs Syracuse #1
09:35 PM UC Santa Barb.#15 vs Ohio St. #2
09:40 PM Houston #13 vs Maryland #4
09:45 PM Louisville #9 vs California #8