PART OF The Rant's traditional haiku festival celebrating the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament:
No. 2 Tennessee 63, No. 15 Winthrop 61,
WASHINGTON D.C. REGIONAL
Dang, look at Winthrop!
Where the hell did they come from?
A shame the Vols won
For the Eagles soared
as they played in Greensboro
but time never waits
There's always next year
for Winthrop, another game
for the Big South champs
Still, it's hard to lose
with just three seconds until
an earned overtime.
No. 11 UW-Milwaukee 82, No. 6 Oklahoma 74
MINNEAPOLIS REGIONAL
Oh, Oklahoma!
Yeow! Yipioeeay!
Good Lord, what happened?
Gee, we thought you'd win
against frickin' Milwaukee.
Clearly, we were wrong!
No. 12 Montana 87, NO. 5 Nevada 79
MINNEAPOLIS REGIONAL
Nevada got stopped
It'd been a long time coming
Nevada got stopped
Denied win fifteen
Goodbye, Nevada, goodbye
See you next big dance.