Round 1 of the NCAA Division I tournament has ended and round 2 will begin. A few upsets were seen in the first games that saw the exit of Notre Dame and Duke. We all smile a little as we see the titans fall and the underdogs reign. Maybe it is because we identify with the underdog when we sit in our chair in front of the television. At our age and athletic talents we are farther from an NBA contract than the top seeded team players but maybe a miniscule bit closer with the teams of lesser known teams. Okay, if truth be told we are so far from a NBA contract that living vicariously through others is our only choice.

Now, when I typed "NCAA tournament" into my Google.com search I was given the first 20 of 4,070,000 possible places to find out about the tournament. I expertly changed my search to "2007 NCAA tournament" and dropped to 1,360,000 choices. Now that is a little more manageable. There is definitely no shortage of reading material involved in this tournament and its drama. I would guess that most of the information is written by middle aged males, a demographic that ensures the best writing for college sports.

Ohio State and Florida are still showing no signs of faltering; however there are still 32 teams (maybe less by the posting of this blog) that want a chance to show what they have in the final game. There are a variety of websites that even give odds of success at each point in the tournament for each team involved. For example according to Mike Greenfield’s Team Rankings at http://teamrankings.com/ncbt/ncaa65.php Duke and Notre Dame have an over 60% chance of making it to the second round. Well, since we know the outcome of round 1, we don’t ever say 100% in college sports. According to the same bracketing experts, VA Commonwealth has a 0.21% chance of winning the tournament. I will be interested to see who beats the odds and wins the big one.