Did you fill out an NCAA March Madness bracket like I did? Were you as sure as I was that this would be the year you would beat the odds and fill out a perfect bracket? OK, not even I thought I would fill out a perfect bracket, but I am always filled with at least a little bit of hope as I’m picking winners.

If you watched and paid attention to college basketball this year, you would know this was one of the weirdest years in recent memory. Well for starters Iowa State didn’t have a good year like they normally do. Oh. Forgot I’m in Nebraska. Well “Nebrasketball” almost, and honestly should have, made the tournament. If that isn’t weird about college basketball I don’t know what is.

But for real, there was not one team that stood out over the others this year. One team that you could argue stood out more than the rest of the field was Virginia. Only for them to become the first No. 1 seed in the history of the men’s tournament to be beat by a sixteen seed.

The top four seeds in the south region of the bracket have all lost before the Sweet Sixteen. Only two No. 1 seeds, Kansas and Villanova, are left in the field. Two 11 seeds are left in the tournament. Probably most impressive of the two is Loyola-Chicago, led by former Iowa State Cyclone and current player of the year in the Missouri Valley Conference Clayton Custer. The Ramblers upset sixth-seeded Miami on a buzzer-beater by senior Donte Ingram. Not to be out done, Custer in the game-winner in the Ramblers second round upset of third-seeded Tennessee.

The story of the tournament might not be the Ramblers, but their do-it-all 98-year-old chaplain, Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt. Dolores-Schmidt still has fond memories of Loyola’s last championship win in 1963. Sister Jean not only gives her thoughts and prayers to the team, but the former player-coach provides detailed scouting reports and pregame speeches to her Ramblers team.

Loyola will be playing Nevada in the Sweet Sixteen with a chance to reach the Elite Eight, and are coming off their own impressive 22-point second half comeback against two-seeded Cincinnati. When they play, two former teammates will take the court against each other.

Loyola’s Custer and Nevada’s Hallice Cooke were teammates on Iowa States roster a few years ago before both transferred to be closer to home. I know what you are thinking, “Stop with the Iowa State references.” Sorry, I’m from Iowa, so deal with it.

A crazy first day with a lot of upsets and buzzer-beaters, the second day of the tournament did not disappoint either. Florida State upset one seeded Xavior. And one of the biggest upsets of the second day was Texas A&M over defending champs North Carolina.

There are still a lot of intriguing matchups and potential matchups for the remainder of the season. We all know our brackets are busted, so just sit back and enjoy one of the craziest tournaments in history.