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| WHAT'S HOT, WHAT'S NOT FOR NCAA TOURNEY | ||
| Category | Hot | Not Hot |
| Fan |  Ashley Judd |
 Juan Dixon |
| Bandwagon Final Four pick |  Kentucky |
 Duke (for once) |
| Sleeper | Louisville (No. 4 in East) | Creighton (No. 6 in West) |
| Cheerleaders |  Texas |
(We're not that mean) |
| Premature MOP favorite |  Keith Bogans (Kentucky) |
 Steve Blake (Maryland) |
| Directional school |  Southern Illinois |
 East Tennessee State |
| Forget our academics | Penn | Notre Dame |
| This year's Kent State |  UW-Milwaukee |
 Kent State |
| Venerable coach | Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) | Eddie Sutton (Okla. St.) |
| Young coach | Dereck Whittenburg (Wagner) | Quin Snyder (Missouri) |
| Really-needs-a-win coach | Rick Barnes (Texas) | Rick Majerus (Utah) |
| "He's Due" coach |  Ben Howland (Pitt) |
 Kelvin Sampson (Oklahoma) |
| Perennial overachiever |  Tulsa |
 Cincinnati |
| Nickname | Jaspers (Manhattan) | Tigers (Pick any) |
| Small conference | Horizon | Patriot |
| Mid-major conference | WAC | Mizzou Valley |
| Power conference |  Big 12 |
 ACC |
| Carry-the-team big man | Mario Austin (Miss. St.) | David Harrison (Colorado) |
| Go-to scorer | Brett Blizzard (UNC-Wilmington) | Hollis Price (Oklahoma) |
| First-round upset special | UW-Milwaukee over Notre Dame | Butler over Mississippi State |
| Lock to choke |  Memphis |
 Pitt |
| Sartorial style (coach) | Suit stays on (until first TV timeout) | Mock turtlenecks |
| Sartorial style (player) | Retro college jerseys | Warm-up suits |
| Celebratory move | Tugging on jersey's school name | Pointing to own name on jersey's back |
| Bench superstition | Timed feet stomp | Holding hands |
| Kicks | Air Jordan IIIs | Air Force Is |
| "Sound-smarter" buzz phrase for water cooler | "Record vs. RPI Top 50" | "Um, I like Kentucky!" |
| 3-point shooter |  Luke Ridnour (Oregon) |
 Jason Gardner (Arizona) |
| First-round matchup | Dayton-Tulsa | St. Joe's-Auburn |
| Get over it already | Syracuse in Albany regional | West is overloaded |
| "OH-ver-RAY-ted!" |  Florida as a No. 2 |
 Maryland as a No. 6 |
| Will kill your pool sheet | Cincinnati | Big Ten |
| Pity for burst bubble | Texas Tech | Tennessee |
| Least like to be underexposed |  Luke Walton (Arizona) |
 Josh Howard (Wake Forest) |
| Human highlight reel | Ricky Paulding (Missouri) | Ryan Randle (Maryland) |
| Juicy potential second round matchup | Maryland-Xavier | Indiana-Pitt |
| PAGE 2'S BRACKET PICKS | ||
| Category | We Like | We Don't Like |
| East fave |  Syracuse |
 Wake Forest |
| East sleeper | Louisville | Butler |
| West fave | Duke | Arizona |
| West sleeper | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | W. Kentucky |
| Midwest fave | Kentucky | Pitt |
| Midwest sleeper | Marquette | Dayton |
| South fave | Maryland | Texas |
| South sleeper |  LSU |
 Colorado |
| Has it easy | Kentucky | Duke |
| Got hosed |  Kansas |
 Illinois |
| Final pick | Kentucky over Syracuse | Anyone over Kentucky |