FOUR DAYS of PURE MADNESS!!!! written by Ronald Carthen

I'm going to start filling out Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament brackets for now on. At least I know I'll get most of my picks right and don't have to worry about to many upsets.

The last four days of our lives have been the best four days of basketball we've ever seen. The bad news is most of us have shredded our brackets.

NORTHERN IOWA SHOCKS THE WORLD!!!!

Most of us believed that the Kansas Jayhawks were going to come out on top and win the NCAA Tournament. We thought Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich would give head coach Bill Self his second national title. Well like Chris Berman always said "That's why they play the game."

The nine-seed Northern Iowa Panthers were up by 11 halfway through the second half, but the Jayhawks went on a huge run and Sherron's layup cut the lead by one (63-62) with 43 seconds left in the game. Then we all witnessed of the gutiest plays you'll ever see. Panthers guard Ali Farokhmanesh was wide open at the three-point line. Ali could've ran out the clock and wait for his teammates to come down the court, but he decides to take a chance. Then when the three-point basket went in, the Panthers and underdog fans went nuts. The Panthers defeated the Jayhawks 69-67. This was the third time the Jayhawks lost in the second round as a number one seed and the first number seed to lose before the Sweet 16 since Kentucky and Stanford lost in 2004. The Panthers will face the Michigan State Spartans on Friday.

CORNELL BIG RED easily in the SWEET 16!!!!

I told all of you that the 12-seed Cornell Big Red would be in the Sweet 16. The Big Red embarrased the Wisconsin Badgers in the second round of the tournament. They shot an insane 61.1 percent from the field in this game (33 of 54 from the field and eight of 15 from the three-point line). Seniors Ryan Wittman and Louis Dale are playing every tournament game like it's their last. They both combined for 50 points and shot 20 of 32 from the field. They will face the number one-seed Kentucky Wildcats on Thursday. If the Wildcats want to win this game they have to play great interior defense. The Big Red outscored the Badgers 32-16 and shot 16 of their 19 shots in the paint. I know the Cats are the favorite but I believe they will have their hands full.

OMAR SAMHAN is now a HOUSEHOLD NAME!!!!

St. Mary's Gaels 6-11 center Omar Samhan had a great weekend for his team. I had a feeling that the two-seed Villanova Wildcats would have trouble shutting him down, especially when you start one big man and four guards. Omar owned Wildcats center 6-10 center Mouphtaou Yarou all day. He dropped 32 points and shot 13 of 16 from the field. The Gaels will face the three-seed Baylor Bears in the Sweet 16.

By the way what happened to Scottie Reynolds in this torunament? He shot a horrible four of 26 from the field in this entire tourney. What a horrible way to end your college basketball career Scottie!!! Good luck building your NBA Draft stock after thar performance.

WASHINGTON HUSKIES proved the PAC-10 belong!!!!!

Everyone treated the PAC-10 like trash all season long, but the 11-seed Washington Huskies made sure everyone had no business sleeping on this conference. Even the Mountain West received more praise out West a better conference than the PAC-10. When the Huskies faced the New Mexico Lobos, this was a great opportunity for Quincy Pondexter and Isiah Thomas to bring their conference back from the dead. They both combined for 33 points and Matthew Bryan-Amaning added 15 on seven of 10 shooting as they defeated the Lobos 82-64 and will face two-seed West Virginia Mountaineers in the Sweet 16.