So ... they blow a double-digit lead in the final minutes of regulation. Their best player, big man Craig Smith, decides to dribble upcourt with the score tied in the closing seconds, travels and gives Pacific the ball with four seconds left. They give up back to back 3s to begin the first overtime, and at the end of it, they leave UOP's leading scorer, Christian Maraker, open under the basket (but barely recover in time to disrupt his game-winning layup attempt). Then they get their act together and wrap it up in double OT. Over the No. 13 seed, the champion of the vaunted Big West Conference.

Yup, I'm feeling good about that BC pick to win the national championship.

Meanwhile, buh-bye, Seton Hall: Wichita State by 20. Told you they didn't belong in the field. And Wisconsin-Milwaukee 82, Oklahoma 74. Three hours in, and we came within a layup of having two double-digit seeds pull it off.

And the scare in San Diego appears to be over; the arena was evacuated earlier today. Tipoff of that opening game was pushed back about an hour.