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Yeah, hit that road, Duke ... and it ain't gonna be the one to the Final Four either! More like Tobacco Road back home in North Carolina! S-s-s-s-eeeee ya ... wouldn't want to be ya!

Whoo hoo! Well, thats another member of the Axis of Evil disposed of. Look out Canada. You're next! You can have your Michael J Fox and your Winnipeg, Manitoba and your McKenzie Brothers. We don't care. We're coming after ya and theres nothing you can do about it. And after you ... the Backstreet Boys!

Man oh man. Can you believe that finish? Indiana goes up by 4 with 11 ticks left. The evil Dukies inbound and head down court to launch a three. CLANG! Rebound goes all the way back out to the 3 point line where the Dukies get off a desperation three that goes in ... AND HES FOULED!!! A chance at a 4 point play to tie the game

with about a second or two left. Surely one of the greatest comebacks ever, right? Ennnnnnh! Guess again. The Dukies throw up a brick on the free throw, but somehow Carlos Boozer grabs the rebound and gets off a shot from RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BASKET FOR THE WIN ... but HE MISSES IT! .... and DUKE LOSES! THE EVIL EMPIRE GOES DOWN! Oh man, that was too sweet for words. Poor Coach Davis of Indiana. Thought he was gonna go cardiac when his guy fouled that kid on the 3 pointer. And then did anyone catch those Dukie players going after the refs and have to be restrained by the state troopers? You know what the Bud Light Bubble Boys would call em don't ya? Yeah, thats right... "punks!"

Now, look. Before anyone starts complaining about, "but how come the standings aren't updated??" might I point out to you the fact that the last two games didn't end until after midnight and The G Man needs to get some shuteye once in awhile 'cause 5am rolls around pretty early these days. Should be updated tonight, so check back at the website over the weekend. And if that is not satisfactory, might I remind everyone of managements position on whining. Mmmmmkay?

You know, as if the night couldn't get any better with The Evil Empire getting toppled, my Oklahoma Sooners fetched a good ol fashioned whoopin' on the Arizona Wildcats.Well, actually, the game was alot closer than the final score indicated as they really opened it up down the stretch.

And then Kent St vs Pittsburgh. One for the ages as Kent St knocks off Pitt in an overtime session that shouldn't have even taken place. For those who missed it, Kent St hit what appeared to be the go ahead basket in the waning seconds with what all of America thought was also a foul on the play against Pittsburgh and a chance for Kent St to go to the line for a 3 point play. Everyone except for the ref that is, who inexplicably calls it no basket ... and a jump ball??? Kent St shook it off however in overtime for the win. This despite resorting to the ol' Atomic Shirt Wedgie play against Pitt's Brandin Knight (pictured.)

And finally, my dark horse team, Missouri, come through for me yet again as they knock off UCLA in a game that CBS must not have thought we cared about since they NEVER reported a final score on it! Even at 12:30 in the morning! Punks!

Ahhh, but even that can't ruin my mood as I keep looking better and better in this pool as we go along, especially with the Duke hit effectively wiping out more than half the pool population. There were about 50 people who had Duke winning outright, plus Lord only knows how many more having them go to the finals and losing to Kansas or Maryland or whoever. I suppose that if someone other than Oklahoma were to emerge from the left side of the bracket though, that someone with for instance a "Kansas over Duke" scenario could still win.