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| WHAT'S HOT, WHAT'S NOT FOR SWEET 16 | ||
| Category | Hot | Not Hot |
| Fan |  Still Ashley Judd |
 John Stockton |
| Cinderella |  Butler |
 Michigan State |
| Brawlers | Mascots | Radio analysts |
| Most thrilling game | Arizona-Gonzaga | Cal-N.C. State |
| Momentum |  Duke |
 Texas |
| NBA stock |  C. Michigan's Chris Kaman |
 Wake Forest's Josh Howard |
| Sleeper | UConn | Michigan State |
| Cheerleaders |  Oklahoma |
(Still not that mean) |
| "Home" advantage | Albany (Syracuse) | Albany (Oklahoma) |
| Underrated | Maryland as a 6 | Kansas as a 2 |
| Awesome match-up | Duke-Kansas | Kentucky-Wisconsin |
| MOP favorite |  Gerald Fitch (Kentucky) |
 Jason Gardner (Arizona) |
| Forget our academics |  Notre Dame |
 Stanford |
| "He's Due" coach |  Ben Howland (Pitt) |
 Gary Williams (Maryland) |
| Hoops hotbed | Big East | Pac-10 (except 'Zona) |
| Mascot | Non-animals | Animals |
| Perennial overachiever |  Wisconsin |
 Wake Forest |
| Carry-the-team player | Marquis Daniels (Auburn) | Anyone on Kentucky |
| Sweet 16 upset special | UConn over Texas | Auburn over Syracuse |
| No. 1 lock for Final Four | Kentucky | Arizona |
| Phrase at the office | "Well, I'm out!" | "I got the East totally right!" |
| Region site | Anaheim (West) | Minneapolis (Midwest) |
| "State" | Michigan | No other "States" left |
| Warm-up tops | Velour | Long-sleeve |
| Bench superstition | Locking arms | Holding hands |
| Jersey to be seen in | Butler | Xavier |
| Conventional wisdom | Rebounding wins | Defense wins |
| Hairstyle | Cut short | Dyed blonde |
| Outrage | Where Syracuse, Texas get to play | Re-seeding the Final Four (blah) |
| Least likely to be underexposed | Butler as Cinderella | Wisconsin |
| Spotlight-stealer |  Tim Floyd to Georgia? |
 Jim Harrick anywhere |
| Juicy potential regional final matchup | Arizona-Duke | Michigan State-UConn |
| PAGE 2'S BRACKET PICKS | ||
| Category | We Like | We Don't Like |
| East fave |  Syracuse |
 Oklahoma |
| West fave | Duke | Arizona |
| Midwest fave | Kentucky | Pitt |
| South fave | Maryland | Texas |
| National champ pick | Kentucky | Any of the other No. 1 seeds |