Upsets? Yes

Well, as another week and a half of basketball has gone by, I still see no clear favorite to win. There's been a ton of upsets lately.

-UConn losing to Syracuse. Okay, this may not sound like much of an upset to you, but UConn had been on fire. Walker was on his way to most likely being player of the year. But UConn may not be able to win without him. He has to score double digits for UConn to win. Not really surprising though.

-Kentucky losing again to another unranked SEC team. Nothing else really needs to be said does it? They have talent, but have now lost 5 games. They have so many pieces but fail to put them together. Sounds vaguely like this year's and last year's UNC doesn't it? We'll see if they decide to show up in the end.

-Duke losing to St. John's. It is clear that they have 2 very consistent players in Singler and Smith. But the fact that their supporting cast has not shown up consistenly is causing them to not play up to their potential. But that loss a year ago on the same day sparked the run to the championship title. It is just up to the supporting cast to show up. Otherwise, they don't stand a chance. They need a team effort, not just a Singler and Smith effort.

-Notre Dame losing to Marquette and St. John's. Well I don't really know what to say. It's like Syracuse. Going from playing great one game to awful the next. I had put Notre Dame in my top 5, but they are undeserving of it as of late. Notre Dame is another team that needs to play together. Let's see if that's what they decide to do.

-Pitt losing to Notre Dame. Okay, this really isn't an upset to me. 2 teams of equal talent, yes I said equal, battling against each other. But in the rankings it is an upset. Pitt just doesn't seem to play with the same intensity that Notre Dame plays with. Pitt is good, but it is up the players if they want to become great.

-SDSU losing to BYU. Also not what most people would call an upset. But SDSU hadn't lost a game until them. I am slightly surprised that they lost though, because I don't see BYU as a super strong team. One player can't create a team. SDSU plays a team game, which is the opposite of BYU. So, I guess we can just pass off one game as a fluke.

-Purdue losing to Wisconsin. Very very surprising. Purdue is a really good team with very talented players. Wisconsin is a so so team that really shouldn't be ranked. The one thing that seems to be laking with Purdue is defense. It seems that they have lost the true meaning of defense. If they want to be a contender for the title, they have to play lock down defense.

Well, those are the biggest ones of the week for me. Every team is consistently NOT consistent. It seems that this season will be one that is tight til the very end. Whoever emerges on top might not be necessarily the best team, but one that plays the hardest and plays together. Isn't that what championship team should be? March Madness is a month and a half away. May the best TEAM win. The countdown is on!