This is an incredible win for Siena, especially when you consider the fact that this was coach Fran McCaffrey's fourth year with the team, and the Saints went 6-24 in year one. They have a very good chance of making a Sweet 16 appearance now that they'll face Villanova on Sunday, but what they can pull off against Kansas if they make it to next weekend is anybody's guess.

I'll finish off Day Two by discussing Memphis a little bit. They won their matchup against Texas-Arlington by a final of 83-72, but they were certainly the least impressive #1 seed in the first round. I think it is fair to say that, generally speaking, in a matchup between a #1 seed and a #16 seed, it should not be difficult for the top team to put their opponent far behind them early and coast to a win.

To me, that means getting up by 20 or more points fairly early on and cruising from there. North Carolina only led by 13 with two minutes left in the first half, but then got hot, built a 27 point pead two minutes into the second half, and went on to win by 39. Kansas was up by 23 by halftime and cruised to a 24 point victory. UCLA cracked a 20 point lead with several minutes left in the first half and wound up winning by 41.

The Memphis Tigers didn't look quite as good as all that. They didn't touch a 20 point lead until the final seven minutes of the game, and a big part of that was UTA shooting 5-for-23 from the floor over the last 12 minutes. Up until that point, Memphis allowed their middling opponent to shoot an incredible 59% from the field, which allowed the Mavericks to hang around in that "not really dead yet" grey area for far too long.

Perhaps it was Memphis toying with a truly inferior opponent, but even if that's the case, it isn't a good sign for the Tigers to be that cocky. They also have the burden of shooting 60% from the free throw line as a team. They are lucky that their next opponent, Mississippi State, is just as bad at it as they are, but after seeing their lazy play today, I am convinced that their gradually facing teams that are better defensively and at the free throw line will doom them at some point before the Final Four.

Here's to Day Three, Long Live the Double-Digit Seed!