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Yeah, but it depends on the severity of it. He could be out for a week, could be up to 8-9 weeks. Probably a good thing, though, because Andrew Bynum has been a black hole with the ball lately. He never, ever, ever passes out of the post. Ever. And his defense sucks. MBENGA TIME.

Yeah, I have Louisville beating Duke in a couple of brackets, and I'm not even sure if I ever stuck Cal in the second round. Pretty sad play by the Cardinals.

I'm not sure which is better: Syracuse's defense, or their offense. Execution was damn good for the Orange, even in a first-round game.

A&M is one of the most underrated teams in the tourney, in my opinion. While I don't have them reaching the Elite 8, they have the goods to get it done.

Oakland didn't stand a chance from the start. This was much different than the Ohio/Georgetown game, but then again, Ohio is a better team than Oakland. Anyone have Pitt going to the Elite 8?

That 10-0 run to start the game was a little scary, but WVU is just too good of a team to go down against a team like Morgan State. I actually have WVU advancing to the Final Four in a couple of brackets, one with them meeting KU in the championship game.

I had Minnesota in a few brackets, but most were Xavier. I liked Minny's execution down the stretch in past games, but it didn't happen here.

Slaven, it's your win, but you have to post a rap.

The mock was actually planned about two months ago, and I believe we discussed it somewhere on the site as well. I was under the impression that the new system would have to be learned, which is why I started mock sign-ups. In fact, I created the list of salaries February 13th. We'll do the mock sometime later.

Terry (my brother) would've had one of the best brackets on ESPN had New Mexico State won that game. He was ranked 347 at the time, and that win would've stuck him in there with the best.

Does not look like we'll be doing this...

Okafor just let Melo crash the boards all game. You can't expect to win doing that. Billups shot poorly, yet the Nuggets still breezed through this one. New Orleans needs CP3 back, even if Collison is doing well.

Utah 122, Minnesota 100 http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gamecenter/recap/NBA_20100317_MIN@UTA

Dallas 113, Chicago 106 http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gamecenter/recap/NBA_20100317_CHI@DAL

Philadelphia 108, New Jersey 97 http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gamecenter/recap/NBA_20100317_NJ@PHI

Yeah, Beasley's defensive awareness is pretty low. He needs a lot of work in that department. I was shocked to see the Heat hang in there, though. I don't believe in moral victories, but I guess a few Heat fans can take it as such, because the Magic are a tough team to beat, and this could be someone they'll face at least four more times this season.

UK didn't look so good to start the game, but they pulled themselves together quickly and ended up crushing the opposition. Boring game, really. Can't wait to see someone actually challenge Wall, Cousins and Bledsoe, though.

The Cats are looking good. I seriously think they can beat Syracuse. This game was against a bottom-feeder, but just the way they ran their offense, they have the goods to get to the Final Four.

Tennessee started pulling away for a bit, but SDSU made a comeback and almost stole the win. There should've been some fouls called down the stretch, a couple of pushes in the backs on rebounds, but those no-calls were for both teams at different points of the second half, so it evened out.

This game was all about huge scoring runs. Montana almost pulled out victorious here, but New Mexico hit their shots in the end, and played some tough defense in the second half.

Nice chokejob by Texas. This game should've been over before the OT.

So you're separating the pick from the player? I've made this argument somewhere else, probably on the old OTR. But I disagree with Darko, because he was scouted as a top player in the draft. He has been given the opportunity to prove it, and he failed, with no excuses whatsoever. An unfortunate event, and a player not being able to play good basketball, are two different things. Darko is not a good player. Oden is a good player stricken with an unfortunate event. One is a bust, one isn't.

So if a player is killed in a car accident a year after he's picked #1 in the NBA Draft, you'd consider him a bust? When healthy, Oden played up to his potential. If I was in a game and someone ran their shoulder into my knee, destroying it and ending my career, that would automatically consider me a bust? Someone else's negligence, ruining my career, gives others the right to call me "less of a player" or a player that "didn't deserve the #1 pick" in the draft? Oden deserved a top three pick. Calling him a bust means that he didn't deserve it.

Georgetown losing would ruin part of my bracket, but man, that would be fantastic for KU.

What? He was a top three defensive center in the NBA, arguably top two and right beside Howard. That's exactly what he was projected to be.