Thursday update as we track those teams who have not made the Sweet Sixteen since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985.  These are the most likely to breakthrough.

Wednesday Colorado and Oregon St pushed through to the quarterfinals of the Pac 12 tournament.  The Buffs and South Carolina were thus separated by Joey Brackets, while the Beavs zoomed from Last Four In all the way up to a 10-seed.

On Thursday, Hawaii destroyed Cal State Fullerton to make the semifinals of the Big West.  I have my fingers crossed that Kanye’s next child will be named “Big West”.

Also on Thursday, Akron too zipped to their semifinal with a win over Eastern Michigan.  There they will take on the #12-seed Bowling Green and likely remain on collision course with #2 Ohio in the final.

Colorado ran into Arizona on Thursday night, fell behind by half a million but closed fast to make it a respectable 82-78 loss.   No idea how Joey Brackets interprets all that bluster.

Also, SLU lost and fired their coach, Jim “Safecracker” Crews.  The official What’s a Billiken position holds that the program was pointed in the right direction.  The A-10 games affirmed that next year we will have a Senior Class in Reggie Agbeko and Mike Crawford, and Jermaine Bishop is in charge.  Find another shooter and someone who wants to make the all-conference defensive team, and something good is brewing.  Coach Crews — we thank you.