This comes from 24 hours ago from the fine people at Awful Announcing. I was on a blogging moratorium yesterday, then just had to juggle a bunch of other stuff today.

Anyway, the No. 1 team of Nantz/Packer will be in Houston. That has a chance to have the best games, though I like my odds of seeing some great stuff in Charlotte (where the enviable Enberg/Bilas combo will also be at work. Oh my.)

The best storylines of at least the semifinals are in Detroit --- Davidson and Villanova. Fortunately, Gus Johnson will be there (along with Len Elmore). Denver, by the way, was a total waste of Gus Johnson thanks to its six games decided by double digits.

The estimable Lundquist/Raftery pairing will be in Phoenix, where Xavier will come out playing MANDAMAN --- with alacrity --- on Thursday night against West Virginia.

--- Patrick Stevens