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| What's Hot, What's Not: The 2002 NCAA Tournament | ||
| 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) |