{"id":13442,"date":"2018-03-22T11:41:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T17:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=13442"},"modified":"2018-03-23T11:15:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T17:15:52","slug":"keep-on-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/keep-on-dancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep On Dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter the Sweet 16, brackets across the nation are busted thanks to upsets galore, including the first ever 16 seed knocking off a 1 seed.\u00a0 Thankfully, my Boilermakers are still alive, and thanks to my trip to Vegas this week, I have some money riding on them to win the whole thing.\u00a0 Crazier things have already happened in this year&#8217;s tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/keep-on-dancing\/2018south16\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13473\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018South16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018South16.jpg 623w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018South16-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m in trouble here, as only 1 team I picked heading in to the Sweet 16 is still alive.\u00a0 Virginia, the overall #1 seed, lost in the first round to the upstarts from UMBC.\u00a0 Exciting times all around.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/keep-on-dancing\/2018east16\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13474\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018East16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018East16.jpg 628w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018East16-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve got 2 out of the remaining 4 teams still alive, and my final four slot here is still in play.\u00a0 Hopefully I lose that, though, on my way to paying off the Vegas bet.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/keep-on-dancing\/2018west16\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13475\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13475\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018West16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018West16.jpg 626w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018West16-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a>Only 1 of the remaining four teams are in play, and my final four selection from this region has been knocked out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/keep-on-dancing\/2018midwest16\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13476\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13476\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018Midwest16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018Midwest16.jpg 626w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018Midwest16-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a>2 teams remain alive, though, again, my final four selection has already been knocked out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter the Sweet 16, brackets across the nation are busted thanks to upsets galore, including the first ever 16 seed knocking off a 1 seed.\u00a0 Thankfully, my Boilermakers are still alive, and thanks to my trip to Vegas this week, I have some money riding on them to win the whole thing.\u00a0 Crazier 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