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The brackets are set
March 18, 2008The field of 65 (soon to be 64 after tonight's play-in game) is set. What are some of my opinions?
* I thought the NCAA committee did a pretty good job selecting the at-large teams and slotting the seeds.
Like I said in Monday's column, the teams that did not get in -- Virginia Tech, Arizona State, Ohio State, etc. -- have perfectly good reasons for it.
Thought it was funny Baylor was the last team announced on the selection show. My brother and I am sure many more students, players and alumni, were definitely on edge until the final seconds. Waco was a stressed-out place there for a few minutes.
* It kills me to watch ESPN college basketball analysts pick all four No. 1 seeds to go to the Final Four. This has not happened since the '70s. I do not care if the No. 1 seeds are all heads-and-shoulders above everyone else, it won't happen. So why pick it.
* There is not one team I really like to win it all. I have been asked by many who I am going to pick, and each team causes me concern. I will go into this more tomorrow when I blog about my selections.
* There are a couple of pretty tantalizing first-round matchups:
Gonzaga-Davidson and Butler-South Alabama are two interesting mid-major showdowns. USC-Kansas State offers two of the best freshmen in the country in O.J. Mayo and Michael Beasley.
Also looking forward to Notre Dame-Geroge Mason and Clemson-Villanova.
After work tonight I am going to delve into my brackets (I always do two in the office pool) and tomorrow I will divulge my selections.
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