{"id":23794,"date":"2026-03-26T04:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=23794"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:29:50","slug":"how-sweet-it-is-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/how-sweet-it-is-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Sweet It Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sweet Sixteen kicks off today following an opening weekend light on upsets and heavy on top seeds, although I did manage to lose my champion pick.\u00a0 Three of my Final Four picks are still intact, which is better than usual.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026East16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24041 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026East16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026East16.jpg 633w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026East16-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a>A disappointing showing from the Big Ten in this region, leading to two of my three misses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026West16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24042\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026West16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026West16.jpg 633w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026West16-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Purdue heads to its third straight Sweet Sixteen, which ties its longest streak in program history and is their seventh trip in the last nine years.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24043\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026South16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026South16.jpg 617w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026South16-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/>An upset by Iowa took out Florida, my pick to make it out of this region and to win the whole tournament.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24044\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026Midwest16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"812\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026Midwest16.jpg 640w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026Midwest16-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Only one miss here after a clean round of 64.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sweet Sixteen kicks off today following an opening weekend light on upsets and heavy on top seeds, although I did manage to lose my champion pick.\u00a0 Three of my Final Four picks are still intact, which is better than usual. 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