The tournament is well underway and we are rolling to the Sweet 16. Here are a few takeaways from the first weekend.

Davidson is This Year’s George Mason: Behind Stephen Curry’s combined 70 points in two games Davidson beat Gonzaga then upset the mighty Hoya’s of Georgetown. This peppy little upstart from North Carolina is the 10 seed in the Midwest Region and will now face 3 seed Wisconsin. We will see if the slipper still fits after this weekend but they have put on quite a show thus far.

The Big Ten is Better Than the Experts Suggested: Sure they only received four invites but two of them are heading to the the Sweet 16. Wisconsin has won using their tremendous defense and their consistent offense. Michigan State, the Big Ten’s most Jekyll and Hyde team, is probably the biggest surprise after beating the Big East champ Pitt, who many of the experts (including your truly) had going pretty deep in the tourney.

IU was a disappointment losing to Arkansas. But Purdue, the year’s surprise team, played a much bigger, stronger and experienced Xavier team, and played them very tough and showed that they will return a very good team next year.

The Big East Ain’t So Big: Largely regarded as one of the deepest conferences top to bottom the Big East is looking pretty average. Big names like Georgetown, Pitt, Notre Dame, and Marquette all failed to make it out of the first weekend. Marquette played Stanford pretty tough but Notre Dame looked terrible in its loss to Washington St. It is surprising Villanova, who is making the biggest noise now for the Big East. With big wins over Clemson and Sienna, they are on their way to the round of 16.

All four #1’s Took Care of Business: You can say that UCLA looked beatable, but they won, and that’s all you need to do. They may win ugly but my bet is that they continue to win. North Carolina, Kansas and Memphis, all look to be as good as advertised…could we be on a collision course to have all 1 seeds in the Final Four?

The action starts up again on Thursday - what are your predictions for the weekend?