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Whether your bracket has gone bust or you are office-pool royalty today, it's key to have a handle on the Sweet 16's conventional wisdom.
Check out the list below, and use it to impress your co-workers, friends and non-Tourney-night dates:
WHAT'S HOT, WHAT'S NOT FOR SWEET 16 |
Category |
Hot |
Not Hot |
Fan |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/hot_judd.jpg) Still Ashley Judd |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/hot_stockton.jpg) John Stockton |
Cinderella |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/lrg/trans/2086.gif) Butler |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/lrg/trans/127.gif) Michigan State |
Brawlers |
Mascots |
Radio analysts |
Most thrilling game |
Arizona-Gonzaga |
Cal-N.C. State |
Momentum |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/lrg/trans/150.gif) Duke |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/lrg/trans/251.gif) Texas |
NBA stock |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/hot_kaman.jpg) C. Michigan's Chris Kaman |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/hot_howard.jpg) Wake Forest's Josh Howard |
Sleeper |
UConn |
Michigan State |
Cheerleaders |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/hot_oklahoma.jpg) Oklahoma |
(Still not that mean) |
"Home" advantage |
Albany (Syracuse) |
Albany (Oklahoma) |
Underrated |
Maryland as a 6 |
Kansas as a 2 |
Awesome match-up |
Duke-Kansas |
Kentucky-Wisconsin |
MOP favorite |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/hot_fitch.jpg) Gerald Fitch (Kentucky) |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/hot_gardner.jpg) Jason Gardner (Arizona) |
Forget our academics |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/lrg/trans/87.gif) Notre Dame |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/lrg/trans/24.gif) Stanford |
"He's Due" coach |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/hot_howland.jpg) Ben Howland (Pitt) |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/hot_g_williams.jpg) Gary Williams (Maryland) |
Hoops hotbed |
Big East |
Pac-10 (except 'Zona) |
Mascot |
Non-animals |
Animals |
Perennial overachiever |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/lrg/trans/275.gif) Wisconsin |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/lrg/trans/154.gif) Wake Forest |
Carry-the-team player |
Marquis Daniels (Auburn) |
Anyone on Kentucky |
Sweet 16 upset special |
UConn over Texas |
Auburn over Syracuse |
No. 1 lock for Final Four |
Kentucky |
Arizona |
Phrase at the office |
"Well, I'm out!" |
"I got the East totally right!" |
Region site |
Anaheim (West) |
Minneapolis (Midwest) |
"State" |
Michigan |
No other "States" left |
Warm-up tops |
Velour |
Long-sleeve |
Bench superstition |
Locking arms |
Holding hands |
Jersey to be seen in |
Butler |
Xavier |
Conventional wisdom |
Rebounding wins |
Defense wins |
Hairstyle |
Cut short |
Dyed blonde |
Outrage |
Where Syracuse, Texas get to play |
Re-seeding the Final Four (blah) |
Least likely to be underexposed |
Butler as Cinderella |
Wisconsin |
Spotlight-stealer |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/hot_floyd.jpg) Tim Floyd to Georgia? |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/hot_harrick.jpg) Jim Harrick anywhere |
Juicy potential regional final matchup |
Arizona-Duke |
Michigan State-UConn |
With our original Final Four picks still around, Page 2 takes a pre-Sweet 16 crack at picking this year's bracket big winners:
PAGE 2'S BRACKET PICKS |
Category |
We Like |
We Don't Like |
East fave |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/lrg/trans/183.gif) Syracuse |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/lrg/trans/201.gif) Oklahoma |
West fave |
Duke |
Arizona |
Midwest fave |
Kentucky |
Pitt |
South fave |
Maryland |
Texas |
National champ pick |
Kentucky |
Any of the other No. 1 seeds |
Dan Shanoff is a columnist for Page 2. His "Daily Quickie" commentary appears every weekday morning.
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