Five most disappointing performances from the NCAA Tourney so far

Tennessee – The Vols were a disgrace in the second half and Bruce Pearl should be on his way out the door now with all the issues in his program. When your best player (Tobias Harris) goes scoreless in the 2^nd half and then admits the team quit while sitting in the press conference, there is something wrong with the program as a whole and that something wrong is Pearl who dropped the program into the wilderness in the first place by lying to NCAA investigators.

Georgetown – The Hoyas were completely out of sync with Chris Wright back in the fold after missing the last three games because of injury. That doesn't excuse not guarding the three point line where VCU made a living. I turned it off and focused entirely on other games when VCU was 10-17 from 3 and leading by 20.

UNLV – Yes, the Rebels ran into a buzz saw that had underachieved all season. That excuses the defense that still only gave up 73 points despite seeing the single best Illinois offensive performance against a competent opponent since the Illini were running to the national title game in 2005. On offense though, the Rebels were putrid. Once again, they needed a knockdown shooter and as usual they didn't have one. Because of the way coach Lon Kruger plays with his emphasis on defense, he usually doesn't have one of those type players at UNLV. Knockdown three-point shooters come in two types: ones who play at BCS conference schools because they can defend and ones who play at schools like UNLV because they lack the athletic ability to defend at the level needed (paging Jimmer line 2). Kruger needs to take one of those second type of players just to give the rest of his team a break from seeing zones they can't crack because of a lack of any ability to consistently knock down outside shots.

Louisville – This team should have won. They slept through most of the first half after not scoring for forever to start the game and then missed free throws down the stretch including the front end of a one and one allowing Morehead St. the chance to win at the end. Inexcusable.

UCLA – Yes, UCLA won. The performance at the foul line and on defense to nearly blow the game still gets them on the list here. Nine missed free throws in the final four minutes and very nearly blowing a 23 point lead. Had they lost, they would have been at the top of this list. Terrible. Now watch them go beat Florida just to annoy me.

Dishonorable Mention – The Selection Committee because they included UAB. The Blazers were terrible against Clemson. Any team that makes 12 three pointers and loses like UAB did didn't deserve to be on the same court at this time of year. They didn't compete and even try very hard it seemed because everyone knew they were going to lose, themselves included.