Greg Monroe accurately sums up Georgetown fans’ emotions this evening.
(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Ohio 97, Georgetown 83: Heading into the glorious first day of March Madness, there had been a fair amount of sturm und drang regarding the placement of the Georgetown Hoyas in the same bracket as the Kansas Jayhawks. Pundits claimed that Duke had an easier route to the Final Four and apparently, there was concern that the Jayhawks might struggle against the likes of Chris Wright’s Tenacious D and the quiet dominance of Greg Monroe.

Along comes an Ohio University team that finished below .500 in their conference. Forty minutes later, Georgetown had surrendered the most points by a top four seed since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 and found themselves one and done in the biggest upset on a crazy day of basketball. For the most part, Georgetown simply turned it over too often (18 times) and did not shoot as well from the three-point line (36.4 percent) as they needed to close a 13 point half-time deficit, which was built on Ohio’s red-hot performance from beyond the arc.

Historically, the Hoyas have waited until at least the second round to choke, but apparently this year, they just couldn’t wait two more days to lose to Tennessee or San Diego State. Woe to anyone who went heavy on the Big East in their brackets this year.

In other area tournament happenings, Old Dominion upset Notre Dame 51-50, and Richmond lost to St. Mary’s (CA) 80-71. Tomorrow, Maryland will try to avoid the Hoyas’ fate versus Houston, while Morgan State will try to pull a Robert Morris against West Virginia.

Brett Widness contributed to this post.