Dead, Alive, or Zombie?!?!?!

Thursday's action saw another 16 teams go down.  That brings us to a total of 70 teams now completely out of the National Title picture.  274 still can say they have a shot.  Although after watching Kentucky, does anyone other than them really have a shot?  The 16 that went down Thursday were....

North Florida
Winthrop
Sacred Heart
Southeast Missouri State
Monmouth
St. Francis, NY
Central Connecticutt State
Southern Illinois
Pepperdine
Bradley
Portland
Jacksonville State
USC Upstate
UMBC
Charleston Southern
Grambling

Updated count....

ALIVE                    274
ZOMBIE                   0
AUTO BID                0
AT LARGE LOCK   0

DEAD                      70

TOTAL                   344

Tourneys starting on Friday....

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
Davidson is the class of this conference for sure.  They should be able to win this one going away.  They don't have homecourt or anything so they could get upset, but don't count on it.

COLONIAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
This is going to be one of the more exciting tourneys in the NCAA this year.  George Mason and VCU are good just like they usually are.  Drexel has won 17 straight games.  Old Dominion can never be counted out.  Although I'm counting them out because they haven't beat any of the top teams this year.  I'll say Drexel is due to lose a game and I'll pick VCU to take this one.  Anyone's guess though.

METRO ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
Iona is the team to beat here.  They are number one in the nation in Points and assists.  They are second in the nation in field goal percentage.  These guys can score, they can't guard, but when you can put up that many points, you are definitely in every game.  I'll take them.

Possible 23 more teams could go down Friday.  And maybe we could even get to add one to the zombie section tonight if a bubble team falters.  Only 10 days of basketball left until the committee chooses their teams.  Enjoy.

Curt