Actual Basketball Being Played

The play-in game -- abomination that it is -- has sent us the Oakland Golden Grizzlies to Charlotte as UNC's first round opponent. My enitre knowledge of Oakland is listed below:
  • They're not from that Oakland.

Those of you interested in learning more can always root around here. Not only does the win opens up the possiblity of a Golden Grizzlies - Golden Gophers weekend for the Tar Heels, but Oakland continued the tradition of teams with losing records winning the play-in game (all four to date), and improved the overall tournament performance of sub-.500 squads to 5-19.

Meanwhile in the NIT, Virginia Tech won, Miami lost, and Krzyzewski coaching disciples went 0 for 2 with Notre Dame and Missouri going down. Certain athletic directors may want to revise their short lists.