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So, how are your NCAA basketball brackets going? Did ANYONE pick Butler, Michigan State, West Virginia, and Duke to be in the Final Four? <\/p>\n

I gave up after Kansas, one of my alma maters, got upset. Reason and reason alone would suggest Duke, the only number one seed left standing, would have a clear advantage over the two fifth seeds (Butler & MSU) and the one second seed (WVA), but this may be the year of the underdogs. And Butler, in effect, will be playing at home in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

You may comment and make your predictions here. And, seriously, if any of you did pick these teams to be in the final four, you are entitled to say so and to brag about it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, how are your NCAA basketball brackets going? Did ANYONE pick Butler, Michigan State, West Virginia, and Duke to be in the Final Four? I gave up after Kansas, one of my alma maters, got upset. Reason and reason alone would suggest Duke, the only number one seed left standing, would have a clear advantage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1548],"class_list":["post-5184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-ncaa-basketball-tournament"],"yoast_head":"\nFinal Four<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So, how are your NCAA basketball brackets going? Did ANYONE pick Butler, Michigan State, West Virginia, and Duke to be in the Final Four? 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