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What do you think of the pairings? Personally, I think Illinois\u2019 ranking was too low; they beat Indiana 2x this year and had more wins, yet Indiana is 5 levels higher? C\u2019mon. Who will win? Kansas won\u2019t last long; UNC will go deep. But the team to watch: Oregon! The Ducks are tough.
\nI\u2019ll get a Women\u2019s tournament comment when I see the pairings. We love the Lady Vols, the Dukies, and we\u2019re sorry about Pokey Chatman\u2019s LSU Lady Tigers.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What do you think of the pairings? Personally, I think Illinois\u2019 ranking was too low; they beat Indiana 2x this year and had more wins, yet Indiana is 5 levels higher? C\u2019mon. Who will win? Kansas won\u2019t last long; UNC will go deep. But the team to watch: Oregon! The Ducks are tough. I\u2019ll get […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\nNCAA Men's Tournament<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What do you think of the pairings? 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