Last night, one of the No. 1 seeds, the favored Kentucky, trounced its opponent, West Virginia, almost to the point of involving the college equivalent of the mercy rule. The other No. 1 seed playing Thursday, Wisconsin, had a much tougher time of it – and, in fact, was behind coming into the closing minutes, when it dominated play at the end and emerged victoriously. So, for the record, did No. 3 seed Notre Dame, getting deeper into the NCAA tournament than it has in a long time, and No.