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Napkin Pirates, as promised, it has been a crazy night in basketball. Starting with the uneventful, North Carolina walked all over Washington State winnning by 21. The Napkin Pirates bracket called this win but I didn’t think it would be by this much. One of the greatest games tonight has been Xavier vs. West Virginia game. This pirate was getting nervous as it looked to be a victory looming for W.V. OT came soon and Xavier was able to pull off the win. So far this evening they hold the napkin pirates sports network game of the night. My attention was soon onto the Louisville and Tennessee game. This was a joke from the get-go. It was not long until Louisville ran out a double-digit lead. Tennessee did gain steam and pirated ahead close to tieing the game. Louisville once again ran ahead and won with a comfortable 19 point lead. Our fourth game tonight was the matchup between (Napkin Pirates favorite underdog) Western Kentucky against UCLA. The Bruins stepped out early and dominated the first half. An exciting second half ensued as Western Kentucky came out of the gate firing their cannons like pirates on the sea.

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The Hilltoppers have outscored the Bruins in the second half, however, UCLA has made a run and are now winning by eight. 2:12 remains in the second half and while our pirates bracket is voting for UCLA, inside we are pulling for Western Kentucky. 1:25 remains as the scores narrows to six. This does not look good for W.K. With 15 seconds left UCLA leads by 10 points. W.K. is now realizing that their trip ends here tonight. UCLA wins by 10 points.

Well, It has been a great night of basketball. The rest of the pirates and I have decided that the game of the night shall go to Xavier. We have put a lot of faith in this team and believe they will travel to the Final Four. Our NPSN team of the night is the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. This Napkin Pirates Pick gets the gold tonight for playing a hard second half. UCLA is a tough team and especially for 12th seed vs. a 1 seed.

The Official Pirate Bracket survived fairly in tact tonight as we only lost one game. We originally had Tennessee heading to the Final Four down the road this will hurt the bracket. And to think we had them beating North Carolina in the Elite Eight! Xavier was a near loss and trust me, this napkin pirate did not want to have two final four picks losing tonight. Well I guess we have to take our loss and points our sights on tomorrow. I know for all you Jayhawk loving napkin pirates it will be an anxious day on Friday. We will provide pre-game coverage as well as a comprehensive post-game wrap-up.