I have trouble seeing how North Carolina doesn’t get to the Final Four at this point. The field was completely plowed for them. Unless ‘Nova pulls the upset. I don’t see NC St. or Wisconsin being able to stop them. Can’t believe the way UConn gakked in the second half. That totally screwed my bracket.

A Duke-Kentucky match-up looks inevitable in the Elite Eight, but then most people thought that about a Kansas-UNC meeting as well.

Does anyone really have great confidence in who’s coming out of the Albuquerque Region? Louisville struggled with Louisiana-Lafayette then pounded Georgia Tech. WVU-Texas Tech? I would say the ‘Eers, but who knows? Maybe Washington will make it.

I still like Illinois in their region. That is the only one where the top 3 seeds survived.

The Big East doesn’t look so good after the first weekend. Only 2 teams left. Same for the Big 12 (OK St. and Texas Tech) and the Pac-10 (Washington and Arizona). The Big 11 surprised everyone with 3 (Illinois, Wisconsin and Mich. St.) — two teams helped by stunning first round upsets. The SEC only has Kentucky still standing. Conference USA still has Louisville. Yes, the ACC has 3.

Every year, the Tournament just seems stranger and stranger.