Elite "Gang Of Four" Eight

Death Star -- With the first day of the Regional Semifinals completed, only one question remains:  "Who was that man?  I'd like to shake his hand."  Which brings us to yet another rash of upsets.  In early action, The Radiohead seemed to come out of nowhere to pound the heavily favored Nick Lowe into submission, 74-67.

Could The Radiohead be the reason The Nick Lowe is 'up in arms'?

In the other early game, the only 'favorite' to win on this day was The John Hiatt, who seemed to merely shove The Ween to the wayside, 83-74.

The John Hiatt, demonstrating that they can indeed 'do it all'.

In the late matches, The Lucinda Williams bumped off the #1 seeded Ian Hunter, cruising to an easy 93-77 victory.  Coaches Ewing and Signore seemed dumbfounded, while upstart coach Lalonde merely shrugged his shoulders, and said something like "AH, OH, EH...you a chemist?  Enzo...".

And the crowd goes wild as the LW5 send The I-Hunter fleeing the Death Star.

Finally, in the late evening and early morning, The Beatles were shocked by The Bob Seger, who seemed to simply be running a version of Ewing's patented 'Cone Drill'.  The Seger Silver Bullets kept hammering and hammering until The Beatles were left pining for some Norwegian Wood, 61-54.

The humble Bob Seger stands triumphant after knocking off The Beatles.

So, with half of the semifinals completed, the matchups for the West Regional final is set, with the #3 Radiohead taking on the #5 Lucinda Williams.  Meanwhile, The Southeast Title will match #2 John Hiatt against #8 seed Bob Seger.