Tampa had its day so what's on tap this weekend?

Tampa had its day so what's on tap this weekend?-Tampa, a city not known for its sports drama save a run here or there by the NHL's Lightning and the NFL's Buccaneers, provided the drama that the first round always seems to deliver in some fashion. You want close games? Well, it's a safe bet that fans in other cities might have wanted to trade their tickets for ones in Tampa. No one in the stands can argue they didn't get their money's worth.
Four double-digit seeds winning? Has that ever happened before at the same site? The answer is no. How about the only game that wasn't down to the final possessions was No. 13 Siena over No. 4 Vanderbilt? Plenty of unpaid bracketologists probably had that as an upset but who had the 21-point margin?
Western Kentucky's Ty Rogers had his lifetime moment by draining a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to beat the surprise team of the season in Drake in a thrilling overtime game. Rogers' trey might not have come against a high-major like Valpo's Bryce Drew (over Ole Miss) or had as much meaning like Duke's Christian Laettner's over Kentucky for a Final Four berth, but it will still go down as one of the most memorable for some time.
San Diego took advantage of Connecticut losing lead guard A.J. Price to a knee injury early in the game, then lost its two best scorers Brandon Johnson and Gyno Pomare to five fouls each before a supposedly non-shooter, De'Jon Jackson, buried a step-back jumper with 1.2 seconds left in overtime for the No. 13 seeded Toreros to beat the No. 4 Huskies. (Who knew the Huskies would go 0-2 against the WCC and the Bill Grier-Mark Few tandem this season after losing to Gonzaga in Boston in December too?)
Siena then crushed Vandy. Villanova, a No. 12 seed but hardly a party crasher, dispatched Clemson by holding on for a 75-69 victory despite a near colossal technical foul on Nova coach Jay Wright.
So, the first round is over but before we move ahead to Round 2, let's reflect on the first two days:

Signature moments• Rogers' buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lead Western Kentucky over Drake in overtime.• Duke's Gerald Henderson splitting the gut of the Belmont defense for a game-winning layup with 11.9 seconds left to lift No. 2 Duke to a 71-70 victory over No. 15 Belmont on Thursday night in D.C.• De'Jon Jackson's jumper with 1.2 seconds left to lead San Diego over Connecticut.• Stephen Curry Sburying a 3-pointer to break a tie with Gonzaga with a minute left to send No. 10 Davidson to an 82-76 victory over No. 7 Gonzaga in Raleigh on Friday.
Round 1 DudsAll four No. 1 seeds obliterated the No. 16 seeds: UNC beat Mount Saint Mary's 113-74; Memphis took out Texas-Arlington 87-63; Kansas beat Portland State 85-61 and UCLA dispatched Mississippi Valley State 70-29.
Last few at-large teams• No. 11 Baylor lost by 11 to No. 6 Purdue.• No. 10 Saint Mary's lost by 14 to No. 7 Miami.• No. 10 South Alabama lost by 20 to No. 7 Butler.• No. 10 Arizona, No. 11 Kentucky, No. 11 Saint Joseph's, No. 9 Oregon all lost, as well.
The only potential late additions to the bracket that won in the first round were: No. 12 Villanova over No. 5 Clemson, No. 9 Texas A&M over No. 8 BYU, No. 11 Kansas State over No. 6 USC.
Signature performances• Davidson's Stephen Curry -- 40 points vs. Gonzaga.• Miami's Jack McClinton -- 38 points vs. Saint Mary's.• Kentucky's Joe Crawford -- 35 points vs. Marquette.• Mississippi State's Charles Rhodes -- 34 points vs. Oregon.• Western Kentucky's Tyrone Brazelton-- 33 points vs. Drake.
Big East dominanceThe Big East will have seven of the 32 teams in the second round. The only loser was Connecticut.
Who knew?That UNLV could be so dominant in a 71-58 win over Kent State; that USC would be over-run by Kansas State; that Siena could crush Vanderbilt; that Indiana would go 1-4 in its last five games and bow out in the first round.
OK, now onto the good stuff.
So, Tampa had its day. But here's the spin for round two.
The headline games in Tampa for Sunday are No. 13 San Diego vs. No. 12 Western Kentucky and No. 12 Villanova vs. No. 13 Siena.
For all of the vanilla business going on in Anaheim, Little Rock and here in Denver, the second round looks to be a blockbuster weekend.
Here in Denver on Saturday, there should be a shooting fest between No. 4 Washington State and No. 5 Notre Dame. While the winner could get No. 1 North Carolina in the East, getting to the Sweet 16 will be quite a treat for either program. Meanwhile, in the nightcap, No. 4 Pitt plays No. 5 Michigan State in a likely grinder with the winner having a legit shot to topple No. 1 Memphis in the South.
No. 1 UCLA and Kevin Love will have to try to work around No. 9 Texas A&M's DeAndre Jordon and Joe Jones in Anaheim on Saturday. The other headline game is a classic contrast in styles with the No. 2 Stanford trees in Robin and Brook Lopez going against the guard-dominated threesom of No. 6 Marquette.
No. 1 Memphis won't have a walk against No. 9 Mississippi State (See Rhodes' day above) and No. 2 Texas should be in a for quite a guard showdown against No. 7 Miami with D.J. Augustin going against McClinton on Sunday. Interestingly, these pods are both in the South but different ends so the winners Sunday won't meet unless they reach the Elite Eight.
Omaha will be all about the Sunflower State with the fans getting another look at Michael Beasley and Bill Walker as No. 11 Kansas State goes against No. 3 Wisconsin on Saturday. No. 1 Kansas against suddenly hip No. 8 UNLV could provide some drama, too. OK, so it's not as sexy as the above three regions but K-State-Wisconsin is suddenly a trendy game. Just like Little Rock, these regional pod winners wouldn't meet until the Elite Eight.
Come on, who isn't waiting to see if No. 2 Duke has a hangover against No. 7 West Virginia after the Belmont escape in Washington D.C. And while No. 3 Xavier-No. 6 Purdue doesn't have national appeal, this should be a tight game with star quality.
Sunday's Birmingham matchups are also all high-level with No. 3 Louisville vs. No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 7 Butler vs. No. 2 Tennessee. Digest those games for a second and at any time of the year you'd want a ticket.
And to think No. 1 North Carolina would walk over No. 9 Arkansas after watching the Hogs pull away from Indiana is a mistake. So, too, is thinking that No. 10 Davidson is done with its magic just because its going against No. 2 Georgetown in Raleigh on Sunday.
The lower-profile conferences have five teams left: Davidson (Southern), San Diego (WCC), Butler (Horizon), Siena (MAAC) and Western Kentucky (Sun Belt). One thing is certain, at least one is getting to the Sweet 16 since USD and WKU play each other. As long as chalk gets to the second weekend, having at least one Cinderella makes the 16 certainly Sweet.
Tampa had its day so what's on tap this weekend?