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Sorry. I'm a big fan of Duke. Can't help myself.

5 point game with 39 seconds!

thud. 63-59 Butler. Final.

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WVU 69 Washington 56. Defense wins with rebounds.
I am now ranked 3500 out of the 50000 or so players on the NYTimes site.

Only Osso still has a chance at getting the eventual tourney champ with her pick of Ohio State.

I'm not very hopeful..
Not to mention being back to 32,000 something.

I found some left over notes from yesterday that had gotten buried.
Going into the Sweet 16 last night, teams from 11 different conferences were still in the chase. Why? The big reason is that really good players who go to teams in the traditionally powerful conferences (ACC, SEC, Big 10 etc) hang around for a year or so and then go pro, leaving those teams decimated. Players for less glamorous schools but with good coaching get to develop their players from 18 or 19 years old through 22.
Unrelated to that, perhaps, is a disturbing stat regarding graduation rates from college of basketball players. Something like 40% - excluding those who left school to turn pro. Amongst black players, the number is more like 20%.
I saw a stat about how many teams would be excluded from NCAA tourney action if the required rate was marginally higher than 40%. I have misplaced that, but it was a lot.
Play on.

Despite the devastating loss of Syracuse, thank you very much Orangemen!!

I'm back to 3rd place again.

It would help our cause, tsarstepan, if Duke would win and Ohio State would fall to Purdue. We have to prevent Osso from the potential to rack up a lot of points.

Not failing to mention my dislike of anything Ohio State.
<<grrr... !!buckeyes!!owl!! >>

I have no clue about ohio state, is that soz' team? If so, I have back up emotion!

Well ... if sozobe is around then she's not even a fair weather fan. Couldn't make an effort to fill out a bracket in support of the cluckeyes!!

That's my lame attempt at trash talking....

Inasmuch as that loss increases the chances that K-State will make it to the Final Four, I was pleased to see it.

I can't believe I'm relegated to rooting for Kansas State ... but what an awesome game that was last night!

In other news, I am in 28,292nd place ... but ahead of the Canadian contingent in our group (whew).

Soz would beat your sox off if only she would engage... I assert.

Trashes back.

Hey! I lived in Ohio (Dayton) a couple of times. Between a few months and until I was about five, and for my twelveth summer. I can work up some hope..

Poor ebeth. She has so little left in her bracket remaining point wise. She's a lock for dead last.

Keep my trash talking on the hush hush please. I'm trying not to get killed here!

Ha, ha. Tennessee beats Ohio State. I am so very, very sorry, Osso, but your bracket is broken. Ha, ha.

Blushes.

Oh, well.

I'm busy messing up bread that even messed up is oddly delicious. Stay tuned ..

Relegated to rooting for K-State??? A pox upon your house, Tico! Every man a Wildcat!
:-)