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Slam Dunk Central Presents: ESPN Our Experts Fill Out Their Brackets
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Bracket Breakdown: East Region [Bracket Breakdown]
Deadspin — Later today, we'll begin rolling out our Tidbit previews of each team/first-round matchup, but to kick us off, we're gonna look at each region. Here's the East region. We're so glad they're calling it "East" again, instead of "Charlotte," though "Charlotte" is a quite lovely word. Best Storyline: Say what you will, but we desperately want to see Oklahoma play Boise State again, in any sort of collegiate postseason capacity. What's the hoops equivalent of the Statue of Liberty play? The picket fence? Perhaps the Globetrotters have the answer. Worst Storyline: Did the tournament committee punish Butler with such a ...

Bracket Breakdown: South Region [Bracket Breakdown]
Deadspin — Later today, we'll begin rolling out our Tidbit previews of each team/first-round matchup, but to kick us off, we're looking at each region. Here's the South region. We're so glad they're calling it "South" again, instead of "Houston," because in the rest of the world, it's not pronounced "HOW-ston." Best Storyline: Texas essentially gets two home games if they make it to the Sweet 16, but we still love the first-round Stanford-Cornell matchup. Bragging rights for Andy Bernard! Did you know that he went to Cornell? Worst Storyline: Can Kentucky make a tournament run? We await word from Kige. Everyone's ...

Happy St. Patty's Day From Bobby Knight
Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies - Pittsburgh Sports Videos, Humor and Crack Analysis. And Ridiculously Small Horses — Bobby Knight, of all people, has decided to give a little St. Patty's Day gift to wishful-thinking Yinzers. While many an ESPN analyst went safe and picked a plethora of 1 seeds to reach the Final Four, Mr. Knight went against the grain and picked the red-hot Pitt Panthers. And not just to reach the Final Four. He has Jamie Dixon's squad winning it all. Holy shit. Now, "expert" opinions on matters such as March Madness mean absolutely nothing. It baffles me how guys can make a career out of made-up words like "Bracketology." Just because some talking head picks a certain team to win a ...

Bracket Breakdown: Midwest Region [Bracket Breakdown]
Deadspin — We continue our look at each region. Here's the Midwest region. We're so glad they're calling it "Midwest" again, instead of "Detroit," though "Detroit" would make us think the White Stripes are gonna be there or something. Best Storyline: Can Bill Self finally make the Final Four? Oh, and will Davidson finally win a tournament game? Ah, and ... man, those freshmen will be fun. Worst Storyline: How does Wisconsin keep winning when they're so painful to watch? Everyone's Favorite Upset: Not a ton to choose from here. We get a sense that some folks like Villanova over Clemson. Odd ...

Bracket Breakdown: West Region [Bracket Breakdown]
Deadspin — We wrap up our look at each region (before ceding the floor to Storming The Floor for more in-depth looks. Here's the West region. We're so glad they're calling it "Wet" again, instead of "Phoenix," though "Phoenix" is a beautiful place full of happy people and cacti. Best Storyline: Will everyone enjoy the schadenfreude of another early Duke exit? Perhaps the two most likable teams in the tournament -- Baylor and Georgia -- both ended up here. Worst Storyline: Is that team really called the Delta Devils? Really? Everyone's Favorite Upset: More people are going to pick Georgia in this bracket than really ...

Word on the street: Pitt edition
Be Like Tike — Jump to Comments You know that Pitt had a run through the Big East tournament and you know that they’re a number four seed and you know that they’re going up against Oral Roberts in Denver midday Thursday. For all of the further analysis from everywhere around the internet, though, make the jump. We’ve gone through CBS Sportsline, ESPN, Fox Sports and CNNSI.com for news about your favorite team so that you don’t have to. CBS (Parrish) The No. 1 seed most likely to be eliminated first will be … Memphis , and this doesn’t mean I think Memphis is the worst No. 1 seed. What it means is that I think Memphis will run into a legitimate problem quickest, and ...

Bilas and Digger Not Bleeping Idiots After All
Rush The Court — Two Sundays ago we were first in line to dismiss, excoriate and otherwise belittle Digger Phelps and Jay Bilas when, during ESPN’s selection show, both of them went out on an extremely short limb by picking all #1 seeds to make the Final Four. See the evidence here (first two brackets unveiled). We felt a little bit like we ...