{"id":5089,"date":"2014-03-20T07:04:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T13:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=5089"},"modified":"2014-03-19T21:14:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T03:14:24","slug":"its-tournament-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/its-tournament-time\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Tournament Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time of the year again, as the nation\u2019s attention turns to the college hoops scene for the next couple of weeks. \u00a0I\u2019m in three different pools again this year, one at work, one at my mom\u2019s work, and one run by a friend. \u00a0Once again, Purdue is sitting out the tournament, but I can take some solace that IU is as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014South.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5751\" alt=\"2014South\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014South.jpg\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014South.jpg 606w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014South-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/a>Not much in the way of upsets here in the South region, as I have overall #1 seed Florida making it to the Final Four.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014East1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5760\" alt=\"2014East\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014East1.jpg\" width=\"608\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014East1.jpg 608w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014East1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a>I see Michigan State making it out of the East region.<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014West.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5753\" alt=\"2014West\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014West.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014West.jpg 610w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014West-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a>Once again, very little in the way of upsets with #1 seed Arizona heading to the Final Four.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Midwest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5761\" alt=\"2014Midwest\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Midwest.jpg\" width=\"609\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Midwest.jpg 609w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Midwest-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a>To round out the Final Four, my pick in the Midwest regional is last year&#8217;s champion, Louisville.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014FF.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5762\" alt=\"2014FF\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014FF.jpg\" width=\"474\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014FF.jpg 474w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014FF-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>Finally, I see Louisville repeating as champion, defeating Florida in the final game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time of the year again, as the nation\u2019s attention turns to the college hoops scene for the next couple of weeks. \u00a0I\u2019m in three different pools again this year, one at work, one at my mom\u2019s work, and one run by a friend. \u00a0Once again, Purdue is sitting out the tournament, but I 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