Beautiful. Brutal. It all depends on your perspective.

Day One of the NCAA tournament leaves some high, others low. But, regardless of the finish, everyone is interested. You can't look away from March Madness.

Let's pay our respects to the 16 teams who don't get to taste the sweetness of Round 2.

Before that, though, let's update the upset watch, 24-style, with a casualty count. For the record, upsets consist of any lower-seeded team that knocks off a higher seed. Complex, right?

Eleventh-seeded Old Dominion knocked off Notre Dame, 13th-seeded Murray State upended Vanderbilt, 10th-seeded St. Mary's Richard Simmons'd the crap out of Richmond, ninth-seeded Northern Iowa derailed UNLV, 14th-seeded Ohio stunned Georgetown, 11th-seeded Washington came out of nowhere to beat Marquette, and ninth-seeded Wake Forest took out Texas.

A full day of casualties to say the least. Jack Bauer would be proud.

Total upset casualties: 7

Now, to the graveyard...

Florida Gators (10) - Chandler Parsons and company put up a tremendous fight, taking the seventh-seeded BYU Cougars to double-overtime, but in the end Jimmer Fredette and Michael Loyd Jr. were too much. The Gators lost 99-92. I'm going to miss Alex Tyus' hair and the stir it created on Twitter.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6) - The Irish lost 51-50 to a team called the Monarchs. Luke Harangody scored 4 points on 2-of-9 shooting. Carleton Scott missed a three at the buzzer that would have tied the game. I picked Notre Dame to advance to the Final Four. Let's move on before I morph into The Incredible Hulk.

Robert Morris Colonials (15) - Robert Morris put up a terrific fight, scoring 70 points against vaunted Villanova. The Colonials had a lead as large as eight points in the second half, but Nova tied the game to send it to overtime and ended up winning 73-70 on the strength of a Scottie Reynolds 3-pointer and timely free throws. It was nice to know you, Robby. You were one tough out. That's for sure.

Vanderbilt Commodores (4) - You know it's a tough day when you lose to a 13th-seeded team called the Racers on a shot like this. Tough luck, Commodores. At least you have a ridiculously cool team name to cushion the blow. Know this, readers: if I could introduce myself as Commodore Crawley, I would die a happy man.

Sam Houston State Bearkats (14) - I'm convinced SHSU would have won if they knew how to spell "bearcats" properly.

North Texas Mean Green (15) - I don't know what to say. I'm sad the Mean Green are gone, but not because of how they played. Jacob Pullen and Denis Clemente absolutely destroyed them.

Richmond Spiders (7) - I will not confirm nor deny that I had the Spiders upsetting Villanova in Round Two of the tournament, but I think my tear-stained bracket speaks for itself. The South bracket has not been kind to me thus far.

UTEP Miners (12) - Derrick Caracter's bully routine wasn't enough to beat Butler. Shelvin Mack went all Liam Neeson in Taken on the Miners, scoring 18 points in the second half to give the Bulldogs their 21st straight win. Orange uniforms hurt my eyes and their name has a terrible ring to it. I won't miss UTEP.

UNLV Runnin' Rebels (8) - Look, any time you go up against the white Big Baby Davis, Jordan Eglseder, you're bound to come out with at least a black eye. In the Rebels' case, it was a little more than a black eye. UNLV was eliminated by Eglseder and his Northern Iowa teammates in close fashion, losing 69-66 despite having four players score in double figures.

East Tennessee State Buccaneers (16) - It's the Bucs' own fault they were eliminated by Kentucky on Thursday. Look above and to the left. East Tennessee State Buccaneers. There are seven "e's" in that name and no "w's" (get it, a whole gang of "eliminated" and no "wins"). It was meant to be.

Georgetown Hoyas (3) - The Hoyas lost to Ohio, who had a losing conference record in the MAC this season, and allowed some guy named Armon Bassett to score 32 points. Star guard Austin Freeman scored just 9 points for Georgetown, earning him the dishonorable distinction of the day's second-worst choke job -- behind Luke Harangody, of course. I don't think Outkast will be dropping another Hoyas reference anytime soon.

Marquette Golden Eagles (6) - Not a good day for the Big East. It may have been the toughest conference in the nation this year, but it was also a conference that produced just one win in four games Thursday. The Golden Eagles fell victim to a killer last-second shot from Quincy Pondexter and lost 80-78 to upstart Washington. Lazar Hayward had 20 points in the loss.

Lehigh Mountain Hawks (16) - Let's face it: Lehigh never stood a chance. You and I both know Kansas is headed for the national championship, regardless of how tough its bracket is. The Mountain Hawks should be proud of themselves for keeping the final deficit below 20 points.

San Diego State Aztecs (11) - The Aztecs may have lost a thriller to Tennessee 62-59, but I'm pretty sure the good students of SDSU were going to party regardless. Have a Guinness on me, guys. Hopefully we'll see you again next year.

Texas Longhorns (8) - Wait, you're telling me a Rick Barnes-coached team underachieved? Big surprise, right? I feel bad for Kevin Durant.

Montana Grizzlies (14) - I won't lie to you guys. I didn't watch this game. The English language-defying Brian Qvale had a monster game for the Grizz though. Qvale finished with 26 points and 14 rebounds, but it wasn't enough to knock off third-seeded New Mexico.