{"id":23796,"date":"2026-03-19T04:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=23796"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:14:15","slug":"put-on-your-dancing-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/put-on-your-dancing-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Put On Your Dancing Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The nation\u2019s attention turns to the college hoops scene for the next few weeks as the NCAA tournament kicks off later today. \u00a0I\u2019m not in any pools this year, so most of these selections have no ultimate bearing on my life, aside from personal pride.\u00a0 With the Final Four and the Championship taking place just down the road in Indianapolis, I may have to expend a not-insignificant amount of money should a certain school from West Lafayette manage to make it that far.\u00a0 So, without further ado, let\u2019s take a look at this year\u2019s selections.<\/p>\n

\"\"Maybe it is personal bias, but I am expecting big things from the two Big Ten teams in this bracket, including one making their way to the Final Four.<\/p>\n

\"\"Purdue followed up a disappointing end to the regular season with a spirited run through the Big Ten Tournament to capture the championship.\u00a0 Are they fixed?\u00a0 Well, I hope so since I have them coming out of this region and heading to Indy.<\/p>\n

\"\"Mostly chalk here, as I have the four of the top five seeds making it to the Sweet Sixteen and the #1 seed advancing to the Final Four.<\/p>\n

\"\"The top two seeds, Michigan and Iowa State, gave Purdue their two biggest losses of the year, so I have them meeting up in the Elite Eight, with Iowa State headed to Indy for a Final Four rematch with the Boilermakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The nation\u2019s attention turns to the college hoops scene for the next few weeks as the NCAA tournament kicks off later today. \u00a0I\u2019m not in any pools this year, so most of these selections have no ultimate bearing on my life, aside from personal pride.\u00a0 With the Final Four and the Championship taking place just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[3316,2134,3313,5524,2698,5520,289,2120,12527,8381,7879,2108,1367,320,10555,5532,2140,12523,12524,12118,5800,10560,12520,2701,2096,2125,10558,2094,2109,12525,2115,11189,3327,10387,2132,2110,2122,1527,2700,2136,4608,5529,2138,7895,12522,2543,12519,12528,5538,12526,5535,2113,2126,7898,12518,2143,6578,7878,12521,3317,2097,8389,2148,2099,3315,2121,2146,7889],"class_list":["post-23796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basketball","tag-akron","tag-alabama","tag-arizona","tag-arkansas","tag-big-ten","tag-big-ten-tournament","tag-boiler-up","tag-byu","tag-ca-baptist","tag-central-florida","tag-clemson","tag-duke","tag-fighting-illini","tag-florida","tag-furman","tag-georgia","tag-gonzaga","tag-hawaii","tag-high-point","tag-hofstra","tag-houston","tag-howard","tag-idaho","tag-iowa","tag-iowa-state","tag-kansas","tag-kennesaw-state","tag-kentucky","tag-lehigh","tag-long-island","tag-louisville","tag-mcneese","tag-miami","tag-miami-of-ohio","tag-michigan","tag-michigan-state","tag-missouri","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-nebraska","tag-north-carolina","tag-north-dakota-state","tag-northern-iowa","tag-ohio-state","tag-penn","tag-prairie-view-am","tag-queens-university","tag-santa-clara","tag-siena","tag-smu","tag-south-florida","tag-st-johns","tag-st-louis","tag-st-marys","tag-tcu","tag-tennessee-state","tag-texas","tag-texas-am","tag-texas-tech","tag-troy","tag-ucla","tag-uconn","tag-utah-state","tag-vanderbilt","tag-vcu","tag-villanova","tag-virginia","tag-wisconsin","tag-wright-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23796"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24001,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23796\/revisions\/24001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}