The NCAA Tournament is all about the big boys. Has been for some time. But no group of No. 1s has advanced to the finals since '79, meaning assassins will likely pick off one or two. That's the beauty of this tournament.
Every night is sudden death and a quick return to homework.
The biggest surprise was that the Denver Nuggets weren't seeded. My gut feeling is to pick North Carolina with Coach Gut - Bill Guthridge. Gut has Dean Smith's players. But he was under the gun in the nation's toughest conference and finished 30-3. UNC has Connecticut in its path but not much else in the East.