Bracketology, cont'd

SPORTING GOODS

This is probably the worst year I've ever had, bracketwise. I convinced myself that anything could happen, and then, sure enough, chalk pretty much ruled.

Having said that, there have been a few instances where the lower seed prevailed. The execrable Duke is gone, and another over-rated Memphis team is done after getting into the Sweet Sixteen. UConn continues to look pretty good; I just hope the Huskies avoid the horrid performances they evinced at various times during the regular season—I'm thinking particularly of the first Pittsburgh game when Thabeet was made virtually invisible by DeJuan Blair at home.

At any rate, Big East teams certainly have acquitted themselves well thus far, and, with two more teams in action tonight, we could have another 1985.