Couple thoughts from the first two rounds of the tournament:

-Loved watching the performance of West Virginia’s Junior Forward Joe Alexander in their 73-67 defeat of Duke. Not only was his line impressive (22 points / 11 rebounds / 8 FT attempts & 3 blocked shots) but his entire demeanor on the court just screamed we are not going to lose this game. The highlight had to be his crazy block on DeMarcus Nelson followed by “informing” Nelson that he may want to consider not shooting the ball again. There is a reason why Bobby Knight said that Alexander was the MVP of the season half of the season.

-Sticking with big men who I knew nothing about before the tournament, I’ve become a big fan of Xavier’s Senior Forward Josh Duncan. Yeah he had four fouls against Purdue but still managed 16 points and 5 boards in 17 minutes. Duncan was outstanding against Georgia scoring 20 points on a ridiculously efficient nine shots. In Xavier’s two win’s Josh has gone 15-18 from the free throw line, has 13 rebounds and only 4 turnovers. Just one of those guys who has a great feel for the game.

-I was two points away from my prediction of Stanford being knocked out of the second round! Am I the only one who doesn’t trust Coach Trent Johnson after watching his first half meltdown? Also I don't care that Brook and Robin Lopez combined for 48 points and 13 rebounds in their 82-81 OT win over Marquette, including the game winning shot, I still don’t trust them. They love Disney Land and their dorm room is covered in Michael Jackson albums ... and I’m to believe these guys will come up big when it counts?

-Nothing else needs to be said about Stephen Curry … except that I called for him to break out early and often in the tournament. The fact that I was right about him and Davidson is keeping me going considering the litany of mistakes I have made all over my brackets.

-Eric Gordon and OJ Mayo may want to consider staying in school for one more year

-Michael Beasley was never crazy dominant, but he was the best player on the floor for both games ... 46 total points, 24 rebounds and only 5 turnovers in a whopping 66 minutes of play.

-No one hurt their draft status quite like Roy Hibbert. Let that be a lesson to all you kids out there, skip school as soon as the scouts confirm that you will make the lottery. Roy would have been a lottery pick last year, but after a sub par regular season and fouling out in 16 minutes against Davidson … who knows where he will end up now. I have to question any big man who finishes his last game of his college career with more turnovers than rebounds.