{"id":14657,"date":"2019-03-28T09:55:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=14657"},"modified":"2019-03-27T18:31:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T00:31:56","slug":"16-left-standing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/16-left-standing\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Left Standing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We enter the Sweet 16 without the major upsets of last year, but also without the Cinderella team for the nation to rally around.\u00a0 My Boilermakers are still alive, thanks to their thrashing of defending champion Villanova last weekend, which makes me cautiously optimistic about their chances this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14936\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14936\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14936\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019East16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019East16.jpg 632w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019East16-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a>Things look pretty good in the East, with only one of my Sweet Sixteen picks already out of the running.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14937\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14937\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14937\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019South16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019South16.jpg 632w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019South16-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a>Things aren&#8217;t looking so hot here, where I only have 2 picks still alive and none of them picked to pass through to the Elite 8.\u00a0 On the plus side, this may mean an easier road to the Final Four for the old alma mater.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/time-to-go-dancing-2\/2019west\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14924\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14924\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019West.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019West.jpg 637w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019West-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a>I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ve ever picked a perfect region before.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14938\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14938\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14938\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019Midwest16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019Midwest16.jpg 634w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019Midwest16-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a>Finally, we end things in the Midwest, where I have 3 out of the 4 picks still kicking.\u00a0 I&#8217;m liking my chances for my champion to proceed to the Final Four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We enter the Sweet 16 without the major upsets of last year, but also without the Cinderella team for the nation to rally around.\u00a0 My Boilermakers are still alive, thanks to their thrashing of defending champion Villanova last weekend, which makes me cautiously optimistic about their chances this weekend. 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