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After mainlining 46 hours of college hoops last week, you have now come to one unmistakeable conclusion: You have absolutely no chance to win your office pool.
On the other hand, now you can unequivocally root for underdogs, upsets and general bracket mayhem the rest of the way. Not such a bad thing.
While you won't get a second chance to fill out your bracket, you can still spout the current conventional wisdom as you prepare for the arrival of the Sweet 16 on Thursday. Study the list below and then share it with your co-workers, friends at the bar or your significant other.
What's Hot, What's Not: The 2002 NCAA Tournament
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Category |
Hot |
Not |
Tourney coach |
Rick Barnes (Texas) |
Bobby Knight (Texas Tech) |
Fan |
Still Ashley Judd |
Joey Harrington |
Tourney choker |
Gonzaga |
Roy Williams (yet) |
Band |
Maryland |
Stanford |
Cinderella |
Southern Illinois |
Wyoming |
Vacant coaching gig |
DePaul |
Florida State |
Coaching look |
"Lavin-Snyder slick" |
"Huggins-Olson faux-slick" |
Fashion statement |
High socks |
Bicep sweatbands |
NBA stock |
Dan Gadzuric (UCLA) |
Chris Marcus (W. Ky.) |
Thin man |
Tayshaun Prince (Kentucky) |
Julius Hodge (N.C. State) |
Defense |
2-3 zone |
Full-court anything |
Gotta have ... |
Home advantage in sub-regional |
A great point guard |
Mid-major conference |
MAC |
West Coast |
Power conference |
Pac-10 |
SEC |
Jersey to be seen in |
Southern Illinois (with those extra-large-see-me-on-TV numbers) |
Florida |
Get over it already |
"The Zags screwed me." |
"The Zags got screwed." |
"Can't believe they're still here" |
Indiana |
Kansas |
Needs more hype |
Ernie Kent (Oregon coach) |
Juan Dixon (Maryland) |
Bandwagon ("Oh, sure I had 'em") |
Missouri |
Indiana |
Hindsight ("Oh, I knew they would choke") |
Cincinnati |
USC |
Hoops hotbed |
Carbondale, Ill. |
Spokane, Wash. |
Hot ticket |
Arizona-Oklahoma |
Kent State-Pitt |
Storyline |
The Wacky West Region |
Will Kansas choke early? |
Human highlight reel |
Ricky Paulding (Missouri) |
Luke Walton (Arizona) |
Go-to scorer |
Caron Butler (UConn) |
Dan Dickau (Gonzaga) |
Upset special |
Kent State over Pitt |
Southern Illinois over UConn |
Hair |
Blown-out 'fro |
Cornrows |
Bracket buster |
UNC-Wilmington |
Holy Cross (but almost!) |
Revised MOP candidate |
Jason Gardner (Arizona) |
Frank Williams (Illinois) |
Dan Shanoff is a regular contributor to Page 2.
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Second-chance bracket for the Tournament Challenge
Shanoff: The Hot 'n' Not List for Washington sports
Shanoff: The Hot 'n' Not List for NBA at midseason
The Hot 'n' not list for 2002 Winter Olympics
Shanoff: The Hot 'n' not list for Super Bowl
Shanoff: The Hot 'n' Not List for 2002
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