After the first weekend of the NCAA tournament there has been a handful of stunning surprises. Several teams, including Davidson, Western Kentucky, and West Virginia, have eliminated some of the top contenders, filling the next few weeks with uncertainty. However, one thing is for sure: two #2 teams will not be participating in the sweet 16.

Let’s begin with Georgetown. Entering the tournament as a #2 seed, many fans (including myself) considered the Hoyas a final-four caliber club. The Davidson Wildcats proved these fans wrong. On Sunday, Stephen Curry, son of former NCAA superstar Dell Curry, led the Davidson Wildcats to a 74-70 victory over the Georgetown Hoyas. Before this weekend, very few people knew that Davidson even existed, and even less thought that a school of just 1,700 students would be able to overcome the Hoyas. While the win over Gonzaga on Friday was viewed as an upset, Sunday was even more dramatic for Davidson given the unfavorable circumstances.

"Never. That thought never crossed our mind," said Davidson senior point guard Jason Richards when asked if he and his teammates thought that the Hoyas, at one point hitting better than 70 percent of their shots, were simply too good on this day. "You can never think about that. We stayed focused, stuck to our system, and I mean like I said before -- you can't think you're not going to win the game, to fight the full 40 minutes. And that's what we did."

On Friday, the Wildcats will have their hands full against the Wisconsin Badgers, the Big 10 champions. There is no question that it will take a strong effort from Davidson to pull off another upset. Either way, Davidson has left its mark, being the first team from the Southern Conference to earn a victory in the March tournament.

But that wasn’t the only surprise this weekend. Coach Mike Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils were unable to surpass the Mountaineers of West Virginia, who held off Duke’s championship hopes until next season. Though this upset was probably not as shocking as Davidson’s victory over Georgetown, it is still difficult when trying to figure out what actually went wrong. It seemed as if Duke was under pressure the whole game, and with roughly 10:00 left in regulation it was as if Coach Krzyzewski hit the panic button. Some of the Duke youngsters, including Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer, started tossing up three-point shots left and right without getting any good looks. This is the second year in a row that Duke has failed to make it to the sweet 16. From 1997-2006, Duke always made it through the first two rounds. What was the problem? Coach Krzyzewski felt that the struggles were due to a lack of leadership from their senior star DeMarcus Nelson.

"I think he probably struggled with trying too hard," Krzyzewski said. "He's the only senior on our team and really one of the main reasons we've won 28 games this year. I think sometimes at the end, a person who cares sometimes puts too much on themselves. ... The last couple of weeks I think he's done that. It's just the fact that -- he's had a great year and he didn't have a real good game (against West Virginia). But the kid cares as much as he can. It's one of those things. I feel badly for him."