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The Morning Mix

Four spots in the Elite Eight were handed out last night. Ohio State won on yet another game-winning 3-pointer. Wichita State looked like a legitimate Final Four team against La Salle. Marquette made Miami look like, well, Miami and Syracuse roughed up Indiana worse than any team had done this season.

Four more games are on-tap today, including the return of #DunkCity.
Let’s hit the links.


Read of the Day:
Ayn Rand’s formula for NCAA success. Make sure you read this. (Bloomberg View)


Observations & Insight:
- Some interesting thoughts on the college coaching search from an actual headhunter. (Land-Grant Holy Land)

- Luke Winn ranks the title chances of the Sweet 16 teams. Obviously, four teams have been eliminated from this list. (Sports Illustrated)

- Bruins Nation always has a strong take on the state of the UCLA athletic department. They believe that the coaching search for the next UCLA head basketball coach will be a defining moment for Bruin basketball. (Bruins Nation)

- Projecting the field in 2014: How many ACC teams will make the NCAA tournament next year? (BC Interruption)

- A look back at the other No. 15-seeds to earn NCAA tournament victories. FGCU is the first No. 15-seed to make the Sweet 16, but five other No. 15-seeds have won tournament games. (Penn Live)


Hoops Housekeeping:
- Butler head coach Brad Stevens is believed to be one of UCLA’s key coaching targets. But then again, almost every major program that has had a coaching vacancy in the last three seasons has targeted Stevens. (Eye on College Basketball)

- Part of Shaka Smart’s new contract extension at VCU is that his entire salary will be privately funded, meaning no student fees, tuition or state money will go towards Smart’s new salary. (USA Today)

- Robert Morris head coach Andy Toole was on the Siena campus yesterday interviewing for the Saint’s head coaching vacancy. Toole’s stock has skyrocketed following the Colonials’ N.I.T. win over defending national champions Kentucky. (Albany Union-Times)

- Abdel Nader, the leading scorer for Northern Illinois, has decided to transfer following a 5-win season. (Rant Sports)

- Justin Edwards, the America East’s top scorer, has announced that he will transfer out of Maine. (Bangor Daily News)

- Could Verizon and their inflated subscriber fees be the downfall to the impending super-conference era? (VU Hoops)


Odds & Ends
- The south regional finals are being held at Cowboy Stadium, home of the world’s most unnecessarily large TV. (The Dagger)

- Reese Waters of ESPN’s “UNITE” show fills us in on how to cure “March Sadness”. (ESPN Playbook)

- A treasure trove of FGCU dunks, .GIFs and #DunkCity memorabilia. (The Dagger)

- Jahlil Okafor, the top recruit in the class of 2014, doesn’t like it when coaches mispronounce his name. Welcome to the club, pal. Have you seen my last name? (USA Today HS)

- Sports bars in Lawrence, KS are cracking down on customers who abuse March Madness privileges. (KUsports.com)

- Aaron Craft crossed-up Arizona’s Nick Johnson pretty badly in the first half their West regional semifinal. (The Big Lead)

- I saw this live. It wasn’t pretty. My face began to hurt just watching the replay. (The Big Lead)

- These are good, especially “Madison Ware Garden”. (Card Chronicle)


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