>>Isn't it sweet? (Well, almost, but not yet) :o)
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>>http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/basketball/men/
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>>Anything can happen - look at Cleveland St and Wake Forest - who saw that one coming?
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>I have been glued to the tournament, barely taking a break to sleep, eat, use the bathroom, and other trivialities. The NCAA tournament is my favorite sports event of the year, at least the years there is no Olympics or World Cup.
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>It has gone somewhat to form so far. Wake Forest's loss was the only one among 1-4 seeds. Random observations:
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>The Clemson-Michigan game was the local game here Thursday night. I was appalled by how dumb Clemson played. My expectation was that they would blow Michigan off the court, strong conference vs. weak conference. Clemson jumped out 9-3 in about two minutes, then someone must have injected them with a group sedative during the TV timeout. They went away from what was working for them to jacking up three pointers as a way of life. Even when the shots weren't falling they kept at it. So now they get to watch the rest of the tournament on TV. I know I have no rational reason to be so annoyed with them but I really do hate dumb basketball.
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>USC and Arizona are both a lot better than they were seeded. Pac 10 dis?
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>Kudos to the Big 12. Maybe they have been the sleeper conference all season while all the attention went to the Big East and ACC. 6-0 first round.
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>Kudos also to the Big Ten, sort of. My annual bracket pool strategy is to totally dis them. Generally it works well, and it may this year in the long run, but four of the (undeserved) seven Big Ten teams did make it to the second round. Unrepentant, I think all the survivors will lose this weekend. IMO it's a misnomer to call them a major conference in basketball.
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>What do you hear about Ty Lawson's injury? Without him they are a different team. He's the straw that stirs the drink, to steal a phrase. They play relentlessly uptempo, which I love, and he is key to the attack. I picked Louisville in my pool but with Lawson I would go with Carolina.


If LSU can keep them slowed down and outside, LSU will take it :(