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NCAA Tournament, the field of 65

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Stewart Mandel (couldn't agree more):

Bracket Breakdown

Committee thumbs-up: There isn't one this year. While there were no gross bubble injustices (spare me the Wake Forest-Virginia Tech "debate" -- play someone before January next time, Hokies), this may be the worst job of seeding and balancing the bracket I've ever seen from a committee. So we might as well skip ahead to ...
Committee thumbs-down: We can agree to disagree whether Duke is a better team than Syracuse, or how Ohio State could have slipped to eighth on the S-curve. My biggest complaint is the lack of consistency. If how you end your season matters -- as chairman Dan Guerrero indicated in regards to the Blue Devils' ascension about the Orange -- then how is Villanova still a No. 2 seed? How did West Virginia, which beat the Wildcats a week ago and then won the Big East tournament, draw a higher No. 1 seed (Kentucky)? Why did No. 6 seeds Notre Dame and Marquette get rewarded for one great stretch of late-season basketball while No. 5 seed Temple (10 straight wins) did not? FYI, the Owls (29-5) beat the Wildcats and have a higher RPI, yet check in three seeds lower. Just saying.
Best draw: Duke. For reasons explained above. Though I suppose the Blue Devils should be worried about No. 9 seed Louisville, which seem to have a thing for teams (Syracuse) with a No. 1 next to their name.
Worst draw: Ohio State. Whichever team wins the game opposite theirs, Oklahoma State or Georgia Tech, won't be an easy out, but that will be heaven compared to their next two possible opponents: Georgetown and Kansas.
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Jake;1674221; said:
Times released. We're at 9:35 ET, Friday night.

Once again I'll be watching the clock with one eye and our game with the other, making sure I catch my plane out of Vegas.

Two years in a row, the one game time that I didn't want, we get.

2010 NCAA Tournament Bracket - March Madness Tournament Brackets - ESPN
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Recommendation for a good spot to watch the game in Vegas? I am in town over that weekend for a Bachelor party.
 
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I know losing Hummel was big, but Purdue still can win some games imo. Johnson is an animal, E'twan Moore is one heck of a player and Kramer plays tough D. I have them going to the sweet 16. But the Bucks got screwed...we honestly would be better off in Purdue's shoes in terms of the draw we got. We have to beat Tennessee and Georgetown just to get to Kansas, who I think is easily the best team in the country. A final 4 run will be a tall order.
 
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