{"id":11986,"date":"2017-03-23T09:44:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T15:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=11986"},"modified":"2017-03-21T19:18:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T01:18:23","slug":"16-is-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/16-is-sweet\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Is Sweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we head in to the Sweet Sixteen, I have no earthly idea where I\u2019m at in my two\u00a0pools, thanks to Purdue advancing with two victories up in Milwaukee at the Bradley Center. \u00a03 out of my 4 Final Four picks are still alive, so I may still have a bit of a chance to win something along the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017East16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12116\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017East16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017East16.jpg 633w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017East16-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a>A few upsets here have both the #1 and #2 seeds on the outside looking in. \u00a0While I lost one of my Final Four picks when Villanova lost, it was worth it to get a Duke loss as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017Midwest16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12117\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017Midwest16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017Midwest16.jpg 633w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017Midwest16-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a>Purdue stays alive, but faces a large challenge tonight, facing #1 seed Kansas in Kansas City.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017West16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12118\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017West16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017West16.jpg 633w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017West16-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a>My cleanest bracket so far, with only 2 losses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017South16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12119\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017South16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017South16.jpg 635w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017South16-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a>My champion is still alive here in the South bracket, so things are looking pretty good so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we head in to the Sweet Sixteen, I have no earthly idea where I\u2019m at in my two\u00a0pools, thanks to Purdue advancing with two victories up in Milwaukee at the Bradley Center. \u00a03 out of my 4 Final Four picks are still alive, so I may still have a bit of a chance to 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