Andy

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The answer is Beyonce, but I wouldn't kick Shakira out of bed

I've been gone, so here's my take on the brackets. - Way too much love for the ACC (VT a 5, Virginia a 4) and a complete screw job on the Big East (every single team got underseeded except Pitt and Gtown, and Cuse should've been in over Arkansas). ND should've been a 5, Marquette I thought was a solid 7, Nova in my mind was an 8 or a 7, and Louisville was definitely not as low as a 6. - However, I'm not complaining at ND's draw. I love that we got matched up with the "sexy pick" for an upset - i.e. the ones that never pan out. Winthrop is 1-4 against tourney teams this year - the only W was over ODU. A possible 2nd-round matchup with Oregon, who is really good but no one I don't think ND can beat, and a Sweet 16 with in my mind a very beatable Wisco team lines up for me to take ND to the Elite 8, which is what I'm doing. - My 1 seed I have going out previous to the Elite 8 is KU (because I had to), my 12 over 5 is Long Beach over UT (not impressed with Tenn this year), and my Final Four is Florida, UCLA, Georgetown and Ohio State, with UCLA edging Georgetown for the title. - UNC got the screw in their draw - they get a possible road to the F4 of Marquette, Texas, then Georgetown. That's rough. - South is criminally easy. In any other bracket I wouldn't have had OSU advancing to Atlanta. - Go Irish.

After watching ND-Gtown on tape (I was at the top-ranked ND hockey team's game tonight) I've decided I'm supremely confident in the Irish. They can beat anyone, and for the first time in the whole time I've been following the hoops team, they're playing their best ball in March.

Steel trap, I tell ya.

I'm guessing this is a joke

I almost want the committee to screw ND over and give them a 6 - avoid the dreaded 5/12 game and keep the 1 seed on the opposite side of the bracket. I really wanted the Big East title :( but at least we're in the tourney

My eyes can't be averted from the stupid dancers they have in the Big East tournament intros to each game. Morbid curiosity.

Damn, WVU's loss may mean that the Big East only gets 7 teams in the tourney.

Illini slated to meet ND in the new Bracketology, which has also jacked the Irish to a 5. I wonder how high ND could climb seed-wise with a Big East tourney win (I'd consider an outside shot at a 3 as the ceiling, but the committee does love those conf. tourneys, so who knows).

Alright, good job making the late FTs by ND. Next: some revenge on Georgetown.

It isn't? Washington's shooting guard got a T for doing that last night. Eric Devendorf did not. ND's up 9 with 90 seconds though.

Wow, I didn't realize a post-play shove wasn't a T-able offense. Tim Higgins and crew are the only reason Cuse is even in this game.

I'd like to point out that I love orange and still hate Syracuse's stupid jerseys ND is up 3 with 11:30 to go

Just as I say that ND rips off a 13-2 run to take the lead

The "ND in the BE tourney" jinx strikes again - Irish playing like crap. All-ugly team nominee: Luke Harangody http://images.sportsline.com/images/collegebasketball/players/60x80/1139265.jpg

Good to see we've jumped straight into "pop treys and give up offensive boards" mode

Big East should have 8 teams in now with WV winning last night - it's a lock if the Mountaineers can topple Louisville tonight. ND/Cuse coming up after GTown held off Nova.

ESPN360 won't work on Mac's. Mac's are the only computers in this classroom. I have now gone from disliking Mac's severely to everlastingly hating them.

Bracketology is wrong. No way ND is below a 5 if they win today against Cuse IMO. Their RPI is 33, but just about every other ratings system known to man has them in the top 20. Lunardi is very good. A 33 RPI hasn't been enough to get teams off the bubble in the past, and their 117th SOS doesn't help matters either. Yes, but the case you're referring to is when a mid-major bubble team has a 33 RPI, not when it's the 4th-place team in a conference that had 10 good teams this year. ND also has a 5-6 away-from-home record which is about average for a tournament team, and boasts a 7-3 record against RPI top 100 teams.

Bracketology is wrong. No way ND is below a 5 if they win today against Cuse IMO. Their RPI is 33, but just about every other ratings system known to man has them in the top 20. Well, since they will lose to the Cuse, they'll end up as a 6 or 7. We beat Cuse by 12 on the road with Carter hobbled and Kurz out with an injury. I wouldn't say there's no way ND loses, but I like their chances.

Bracketology is wrong. No way ND is below a 5 if they win today against Cuse IMO. Their RPI is 33, but just about every other ratings system known to man has them in the top 20.

From AZ Phil who's at the games. :D

Or JaMarcus if the Raiders are smart (unlikely) and take Calvin or trade down. I'm under the assumption that Oakland will be dumb until further notice.

Never seen a run like that before...