Luis Flores; Photo: Getty Images

In this afternoon's opening game, Manhattan defeated the Florida, 75-60. Luis Flores, lead the number 12 seed Jaspers with 26 points. Forward Dave Holmes added a double-double with 12 points and 12 assists. Manhattan will take on the winner of the Wake Forest/Virginia Commonwealth game.

Gothamist isn't in front of a TV right now, so we're watching CBS Sportsline's scores refresh every 2 minutes. It's painful, but it gets the job done. Hopefully, everyone listened when Gothamist said that Manhattan was ready. Then again, we take no responsibility if you copied us.