The NCAA tournament really gets rolling Thursday. To mark the occasion, here's a little tournament on the event:
Question: Who are the most likely sleepers?
Answer: The poor sportswriters who got assigned to the Pittsburgh pod.
Q: If this were the GE College Bowl, what would your Final Four be?
A: Harvard, Vanderbilt, Duke, and Lehigh.
Q: If you were an NCAA investigator, what would your Final Four be?
A: Memphis, West Virginia, Cincinnati, and UNLV, with Syracuse on the bubble.
Q: What are the coolest first names among coaches in this year's field?
A: Buzz, Bo, Thad, and Shaka.
Q: Pennsylvania has only two entrants - Temple and Lehigh. How long has it been since the state had that few?
A: Since 1998, when Temple was the state's lone representative.
Q: Whose fault is that?
A: The natural gas industry?
Q: What was the last Pennsylvania team to win it all?
A: Villanova in 1985.
Q: What was the last Catholic school to win it all?
A: Villanova in 1985.
Q: How many Catholic schools made this field?
A: Twelve.
Q: Which are the highest seeds?
A: Marquette (3) and Georgetown (3).
Q: How many teams in this year's field were in the tournament 50 years ago, in 1962?
A: Eight (Detroit, Kentucky, Ohio State, Western Kentucky, Cincinnati, Creighton, Colorado, and Memphis).
Q: What were the coolest first names among coaches in the '62 field?
A: Sox, Bones, Slats, and Duck.
Q: Any upsets?
A: Yeah, I'm a little ticked off that Drexel didn't make it.
Q: If you could remove one thing from this year's tournament, what would it be?
A: John Calipari.
Q: If you could add one thing to this year's tourney, what would it be?
A: Fran Dunphy's mustache.
Q: Any spreads you particularly like?
A: Red pepper hummus.
Q: Weren't you once an expert on seeds?
A: Yes, but that was back in the '60s and I never inhaled.
"Howard wants to stay in Orlando" . . . Says he still has two days left on Disney pass.
"Jets pass on Manning" . . . But it falls incomplete.
"Mets Wright has bad rib" . . . Will miss two games with ptomaine poisoning.
"In Philadelphia, Cole signs long-term deal" . . .. But it's the wrong Cole.
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