YOUR 8 A.M.

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Oh Kevin, if it were a year ago, you'd be the toast of America!

ODDITIES:
Odds on... the distractions the Sonics faced in allowing the Nuggets to score 168 points last night:
(100 to 1) Kevin Durant's incessant questions during timeouts about UT's seed and path to the Final Four.
(52 to 1) The Mayor of Oklahoma City sitting courtside, consistently folding and unfolding architectural plans.
(EVEN) A broke Latrell Sprewell sitting next to the mayor and shouting at Sonics coach P.J. Carlesimo, "It's not extortion if I let you live, P.J."

QUESTIONS WE WON'T GET TO ASK TODAY:
Houston Rockets:
Alright, with Shane Battier clamping Kobe, it's likely time we started taking this whole thing pretty seriously, isn't it?
Tiger Woods:
Honestly, is there an equivalent of Kryptonite for golfers from Stanford?
Jimmy Rollins:
How confident are you about this season if Pedro keeps looking sharp ?

SCREW THE MATH:
The road to the Final Four is a geographically short one for UNC. Their first two games will be in Raleigh, and their next two (if they advance) in Charlotte. That's 195 miles of total travel, or roughly 8,895 fewer miles than what head coach Roy Williams traversed in 1978 as a poorly paid UNC assistant coach who supplemented his income by selling calendars of the men's basketball team across the state .

OVERHEARD:
At a Selection Sunday viewing party

"Wisconsin, man. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride."
"They were the only 1 or 2 seed last year not to make the Sweet Sixteen."
"Oh (pause) Analogy still works."

WORD OF THE DAY: Cordon Bleu
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TODAY ON THE SITE
We'll talk spring training, we'll give you an unique Mag perspective into the NCAA Tournament (including new blog postings under the apt title "Giant Killers"), we'll be working with ESPN.Com on their Mock NFL Draft conducted by fans of each team, we'll drop a new Six Clicks and everything will be vainglorious over here. Keep on coming back.

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