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I thought you couldn't run into conference opponents until the elite 8. That bracket has us potentially playing Northwestern in the sweet 16...

The west may be the real prize regional of this bracket...No having to compete for fan volume with Kansas/Mizzou in St. Louis.

The Big East should be grateful for that. Only reason those teams didn't go 0-4 in the 2nd rd.

OF COURSE Duke and NC would be playing their first games in Greensboro

That's actually a pretty tough bracket.

I'll be surprised if the selection committee doesn't put Kentucky in the South, to sell out the Georgia Dome. They could still play in Nashville in their pod.

I'd love to see us in the west, b/c Phoenix is drivable for me. But if we finish as a 1 or a 2 seed, I think we're heading to the MW. The Big Ten champ isn't usually displaced.

Now we are listening to this guy, when in football season he was the village idiot ?

Wasn't he the village idiot for having Michigan in the Sugar Bowl? What a dope!

I don't know, they've still likely got a bunch of future NBA players on their roster, which usually equals success in the tournament. And they won't be tested too much in the first two rounds, so they'll be fresh and confident.

I get blasted every year for saying this, but the selection committee does try to avoid rematches, which make for ugly, slow games. It's part of Izzo's scheduling genius, I doubt we'll see UNC or dook until the FF.

FWIW, Palm goes on how he thinks it will end up, not "if the season ended today", which is kind of stupid IMO.

In other words, there's a slant to his where Lunardi is straight analytical.

Disclaimer: There were no Jeremy Lin references in this post

Kentucky is going south, Syracuse East - the other two will fight for midwest and west.

You and a lot of people. I'm not buying it; they've won a lot of games, but they've also won a lot of close games against bad teams. I'd want them all day over Baylor, Georgetown, Michigan, or Marquette.

I'm not a mid-major hater by any means, but if Murray State gets a 4 seed that's a big bonus for the 13 seed and 5/12 winner in that region. Here, the new ESPN mock bracket is up:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology