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The ultimate weekend tournament clash...


For about the first day and a half, the NCAA Tournament was Snoozeville.
Then we discovered again what makes the tournament a great experience: buzzer beaters and those obscure little schools looking for their moment in the sun. (Take note, Mike Slive).
Cleveland State struck first, taking out ACC power Wake Forest like it did Indiana some 23 years. Somewhere Bob Knight is having unpleasant flashbacks to Clinton Ramsey and Mouse McFadden.
Then came Siena, not much of an underdog but still obscure enough to qualify.
Quick quiz: Where is Siena located? Answer: Apparently Colonie, N.Y although the mailing address is Loudonville, N.Y. (Yeah, I had to look it up, too). But a lot more people know the answer today than yesterday. They're may be people adding an extra "n" to the search and coming up with Google matches to a Toyota, to a special clay and to the actress Sienna Miller. OK, that's not all bad.
Siena beating Ohio State is the game everybody expects on either the first Thursday or Friday, especially in two overtimes. Throw in 12 seed Wisconsin edging No. 5 Florida State, and bar crowds must have been going nuts on a Friday.
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