Sweet Sixteen Party, the un-MTV Edition

After recovering from the four day b-ball bender from last week (I thought that maybe watching a few hockey games this week would be a certain kind of methadone for my Big Dance heroin.  I forgot, however, that I am MUCH more into the Western Conference playoff fight than any kind of hoops, so I had to slowly add in doses of televised golf to even me out.) we are once again ready to do it again.  Eight teams in action today, featuring some tasty matchups.  We will finally find the answers to these pressing questions:

• Is a Blue Devil stronger than a Wildcat?
• Can the Aztecs reduce the number of teams from The Big No-Show to one, and why is Nate Silver defending The Big No-Show's performance in The Times today?
• Is BYU "America's Team" now?  (If you haven't been reading Deadspin lately because you assumed it was still just an asinine, hypercritical, snark-fest...well, it still is.  But, there are now some real journalism, too.)
• Is this man, who is a cross between Li'l Orphan Annie and Carrot Top, capable of leading the Badgers of Wisconsin to victory over the Bulldog Butlers,

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And why is he tripping this player,

And can anyone look less like Michael Jordan than this red-headed, Isro sportin', secret Bledsoe Axiom usin', dude from St. Paul?

• And finally, is this the new face of Basketball?

Enjoy the games.  Check back tomorrow for a score update.