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The Husky NCAA Tournament train rolls on to round two. Those who picked Mississippi State as their upset special have literally had their brackets thrown to the wolves.

It’s the best thirty-six hours of the year, and for Husky fans the two most stressful will start around 2 p.m. when #4-seed UDub faces #13-seed Mississippi State down in Portland.

After seeing that the Huskies would be playing Mississippi State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, our first thought was, Surprise! Who knew Mississippi was still a state? We just assumed that after the Civil War and Trent Lott, America would just kind of let the lease run out.

Oh, to live in a state like Kansas, where legislators have their priorities straight.

Our Staples Center Bureau chief, Ryan, was not amused with the Huskies 75-65 loss to Arizona State on Friday night.

We split our Husky season tickets with friends, and before the season we picked Saturday’s UCLA game, and they got tonight’s USC contest.

The only team more dominant in the 2008 NCAA Tournament than the Washington State Cougars has been the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Tar Heels averaged 110.5 points in their two games, while the Cougars’ 66 points per game is just as impressive, considering their margin of victory (25.5 in their wins over Winthrop and Notre Dame).

The Washington State Cougars shut down one of the most potent offenses in the Tourney and the Big East Player of the Year, Luke Harangody, to advance to the Sweet 16. This is the first time in more than 65 years that Wazzu has won two games in the NCAA Tournament--last time, they made it to the national championship game. Coach Tony Bennett motivated his players with a little pre-game reminder of what happened last year, the result: the Cougs dominated the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame from start to finish on Saturday, winning 61-41.

Yesterday was a tale of two halves for the Washington State Cougars. Up against a tough No. 13 seed in Winthrop, the No. 4 seed Cougars were struggling at the half-way point tied 29-29. Then something clicked…Wazzu tightened up on defense, started taking quality shots and, 20 minutes later, the Cougs were moving on to the second round of the NCAA tournament with a 71-40 victory.

Tomorrow morning the No. 7 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs face the No. 10 seed Davidson Wildcats, game time is 9:25am on CBS. Gonzaga has an impressive resume of non-conference opponents, losing games to Wazzu, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Memphis (all by 10 points or less), and winning against Western Kentucky, Georgia, Saint Joseph's and UConn. What do these eight teams all have in common? They're all in the NCAA Tournament.

The brackets are set for the men's NCAA Tournament--expect productivity at work to continue on a downward spiral as the week goes on. Carve out a couple hours in your schedule in the next three days to research and fill out your brackets for your office pool. Rick Neuheisel knows what we’re talking about. Or, you could select your winners based on mascots, school colors, or blind guessing. Those always seem to work for some lucky S.O.B. in the office pool.

With the Huskies losing last night, their chance at the NIT are not looking good. Luckily there are two teams on the eastside of the mountains keeping hope alive for the State of Washington in the NCAA Tourney.

Wally Szczerbiak, who is on "our list" for single handily knocking UDub out of the 1999 NCAA Tournament and daring to jaw with Gary Payton, is heading out of town.

Holly Crap, Seattlest Seth picked Albany over Virginia.

1. Savvy and Scrappy Guard Play: neither the Zags or the Hoosiers rely on getting big points from big guys inside, so whichever team can get hot from three point range and defend the three the best will have an immediate advantage. The Zags experience gives them the edge.

Special Gonzaga correspondent Sean O'Connor reports that the Zags will make the tournament.

The Seahawks and Bears have never met in the playoffs, however, Seattle teams have danced with the Windy City's finest in the postseason.

Sunday afternoon the Washington Huskies basketball team acted like they had been there before. CBS cameras captured the team politely reacting to the announcement that they had made the NCAA Tournament as a five seed.

This weekend, for the first time in a month, the Mariners played like a good baseball team, winning a series from NL-West leading San Diego.

Michael Cage played for the Sonics in the late 80s and early 90s. He was a talented frontcourt rebounder and defender, but what Seattlest loved him for was his fierce commitment to passè hairstyles.

With a win today, the UW Husky men's basketball team will advance to the NCAA Tournament's round of eight for the first time in school history. Louisville, probably the best team the Huskies have seen this year, stands in their way. Here are the three things Seattlest will be keeping tabs on during the game:

Over the weekend, the University of Washington men's basketball team advanced to the NCAA Tournament "Sweet 16" with a dominating win over Pacific. Their next game will be Thursday at 4:10 pm vs. Louisville in Albuquerque.

A basketball is 9.39 inches across. A basketball hoop is 18 inches across. A perfectly placed shot has very little air on either side of it as it swishes through the rim. Four inches in any direction, and it's a brick. More than a little luck is involved.

March is a limbo month--too warm for winter, too cold for spring.

Seattlest never thought it would say this, but here goes: Thank you, Jeff Cirillo.