Bracket reactions!!! IT'S CHAOS!!!

“We are really excited about the draw. When we saw that we’d be playing Michigan, we continued to think that we have a real shot." - Niagara head coach Susan Clements's reaction to drawing Michigan in the first round. Huh. OK. Look, I would never try to rain on anyone's parade, bu-- "Michigan is a lot taller than us." Yes, there is that. "...but we are quick." Oh, so it's a Woody the Wabbit-kind of thing. Wun, Woody! Wun! 


“If we flip one of those losses for wins, and we beat a Florida State we gets the third overall seed for the tournament, or you beat a Miami who's in there out of five teams in the AXX, you beat one of those and go 24-3 and I think we may be having a different conversation.” - WDAY's hilariously off-target transcript of NDSU head coach Erich Hinterstocker's quote about not getting an at-large bid.


“It’s one game at a time. That’s what I told the players. What has hurt us is that we go, ‘Oh gosh, look at all the things that might happen.’" - Oregon's Jim Moore, unwittingly planting in his team's mind "all the things that might happen."


“This is a brutal region." - The King, Karch, saying what everyone's thinking about the committee's pure genius idea of putting Texas, Nebraska, and Iowa State in the same regional.


“We were on Thanksgiving vacation Friday. That is a little bit my fault." - LSU's Fran Flory on the team's loss to Rice. Thankfully, there are no national holidays before LSU's first round match against Tulane...unless they observe National Dice Day on December 4. 


"The team couldn't be more thrilled about drawing Penn in the first round." - Army commandant Alma Kovaci, voicing an opinion that Penn probably shares, just...reversed. 


"Even TCU quarterback Andy Dalton was on hand to support the team." - The Star Telegram on TCU's gathering to see who they drew in the first round. Gee, even Andy Dalton was there? Really? I fear I may swoon.


"They're still good." - Binghamton's Glenn Kiriyama compactly, succinctly comparing this year's Penn State team with the one Binghamton played four years ago. 


"That would definitely put our name on the radar." - Kiriyama -- again succinctly -- explaining what it would mean if Binghamton upset Penn State. He left out the part about the earth's core splitting, the stars falling from the sky, those four mysterious horsemen appearing on the horizon...


“Penn State may have to play Long Beach State to go to the Final Four. It’s the only tough match they will have [to get there]." - Professional diplomat Brian Gimmillaro. Coach G? Mary Wise would like a word.


"You can look at it a lot of ways, but somebody from the Big 12 is going to get to go to the final four." - John Cook, putting a rather positive spin on the Big 12 region. C'mon, Cook! Let your freak flag fly! Dave Shoji, show him how it's done.


"I know it's a tough job to put this bracket together, but it really makes no sense." - Shoji! What else?


"There is no rhyme, no reason, for any of the brackets." - Yes! More!


"I'm definitely disappointed ... really disappointed. I don't see much difference between us and Florida State. They haven't beaten anyone of significance." - And finally, bring it on home, Dave!


"That [Minneapolis] bracket is just ridiculous. For Washington to get a sixth seed after the way they've lost over the last 10 games (6-4) ... it's ridiculous." - That's how it's done, folks.