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    Jeremy Stone has been an editor for Yahoo! Sports since 1999. He graduated from Stanford University with a degree in communication.

    • Up for grabs in Indy

      By Jeremy Stone | Yahoo! Sports – Sat, Apr 2, 2005 9:09 PM EST

      INDIANAPOLIS – For the first time in six years Connecticut isn't one of the last four teams standing. For the first time in four years the Huskies won't cut down the nets.

      That is the beauty of this Final Four.

      There is no true favorite among Baylor, LSU, Michigan State and Tennessee. Only the Lady Vols have won a national title, but it's been seven years since their last one.

      Too often, women's basketball's showcase event has been a predictable coronation rather than a hotly contested clash for the championship.

      "I don't think people totally care [that] an underdog has to win it," Michigan State coach Joanne P. McCallie says. "I guess the more important thing is the quality of competition and the battles."

      Quality of competition shouldn't be a problem here. While these schools don't have much of a Final Four history, they have a history with one another.

      In Baylor's season opener, LSU escaped with a 71-70 win after the Lady Bears trailed by 19 at halftime. Both teams have lost just

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    • Tune in to live tournament action

      By Jeremy Stone | Yahoo! Sports – Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:02 AM EST

      • TV schedule | Live brackets

      First Round
      Date ET Site Game Audio/GameChannel
      Thu. 3/17 12:20 Indianapolis Austin Region: (2) Kentucky vs. (15) Eastern Kentucky *Ky
      12:25 Cleveland Chicago Region: (5) Alabama vs. (12) Wisconsin Milwaukee *Ala
      12:40 Boise Albuquerque Region: (8) Pacific vs. (9) Pittsburgh *Pitt
      12:45 Tucson Austin Region: (3) Oklahoma vs. (14) Niagara *Okla
      Thu. 3/17 2:40 Indianapolis Austin Region: (7) Cincinnati vs. (10) Iowa *Cinc *Iowa
      2:45 Cleveland Chicago Region: (4) Boston College vs. (13) Penn *BC
      3:00 Boise Albuquerque Region: (1) Washington vs. (16) Montana GameChannel
      3:05 Tucson Austin Region: (6) Utah vs. (11) UTEP *Utah
      Thu. 3/17 7:10 Indianapolis Chicago Region: (8) Texas vs. (9) Nevada *Tex *Nev
      7:10 Cleveland Albuquerque Region: (2) Wake Forest vs. (15) Chattanooga *WF
      7:20 Boise Chicago Region: (3) Arizona vs. (14) Utah St. GameChannel
      7:25 Tucson Albuquerque Region: (3) Gonzaga vs. (14) Winthrop GameChannel
      Thu. 3/17 9:30 Indianapolis Chicago Region: (1)
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    • Who's No. 1

      By Jeremy Stone | Yahoo! Sports – Sun, Mar 13, 2005 4:57 PM EST

      Bubble Watch | Bubble Math | Projected Seeds | Who's No. 1

      Here are cases for (and sometimes against) the teams vying for a No. 1 seed.

      Illinois
      No debate here regardless of the Big Ten touney final. Illinois should be the top No. 1 seed.

      North Carolina
      The Tar Heels didn't make the ACC final, but they won an outright ACC title. Nobody thinks UNC doesn't deserve a No. 1 seed.

      Duke
      Yes, they didn't have to take out the No. 1 or 2 seeds (UNC and Wake) to win their conference tourney. But the Blue Devils still have just five losses and they won the tourney in the best (or at least top-heaviest) league in the country, and in so doing they might have passed Wake Forest.

      Wake Forest
      Didn't win ACC. Didn't win a tournament game. Will the Deacons not be penalized for their one-and-out (due to Chris Paul's suspension for their quarterfinal loss to North Carolina State)?

      If the committee chooses to cut Wake some slack for the early exit, Wake probably will make it three ACC No. 1 seeds.

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    • Seed projections

      By Jeremy Stone | Yahoo! Sports – Sun, Mar 13, 2005 4:51 PM EST

      Here are the cases for (and against) earning a No. 1 seed, followed by projected seeds for the field of 65.

      Illinois
      No debate here regardless of the Big Ten touney final. Illinois should be the top No. 1 seed.

      North Carolina
      The Tar Heels didn't make the ACC final, but they won an outright ACC title. Nobody thinks UNC doesn't deserve a No. 1 seed.

      Duke
      Yes, they didn't have to take out the No. 1 or 2 seeds (UNC and Wake) to win their conference tourney. But the Blue Devils still have just five losses and they won the tourney in the best (or at least top-heaviest) league in the country, and in so doing they might have passed Wake Forest.

      Wake Forest

      Didn't win ACC. Didn't win a tournament game. Will the Deacons not be penalized for their one-and-out (due to Chris Paul's suspension for their quarterfinal loss to North Carolina State)?

      If the committee chooses to cut Wake some slack for the early exit, Wake probably will make it three ACC No. 1 seeds.

      Washington

      Hard to imagine the

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    • Bubble Watch: Who's in and who's out

      By Jeremy Stone | Yahoo! Sports – Sun, Mar 13, 2005 3:49 AM EST

      Bubble Watch | Bubble Math | Projected Seeds | Who's No. 1

      Congratulations to Utah State. A year after some at-large team took their rightful spot in the tournament (USU's 25-3 record wasn't good enough), the Aggies probably killed some bubble team's dreams by bumping Pacific to an at-large bid.

      C-USA and the MAC seem to have the teams right on the bubble. UAB, DePaul, Miami OH and Buffalo couldn't have been pleased by the Aggies' win.

      My guess is that the Blazers and RedHawks go, and the Blue Demons and Bulls won't be cheering for Utah State as the watch the tourney.

      ACC • Bubble: N.C. State, Maryland • In: UNC, Duke, Wake, Ga. Tech
      Georgia Tech Georgia Tech (19-10, 8-8)
      The good: In ACC final, 40-ish RPI.
      The bad: No other good wins.
      The verdict: Win over UNC could dramatically boost GT's seed.             		Maryland Maryland (16-12, 7-9)
      The good: Swept Duke.
      The bad: Lost three times to Clemson.
      The verdict: Not out of it, but 3-7 finish is very damaging.
      N.C. State North Carolina State (18-13, 7-9)
      The good: Swept Maryland.
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    • Hard-core bubble math

      By Jeremy Stone | Yahoo! Sports – Sun, Mar 13, 2005 3:45 AM EST

      Bubble Watch | Bubble Math | Projected Seeds | Who's No. 1

      I think 4 ACC teams, 6 Big East, 4 Big Ten, 6 Big 12, 3 C-USA, 4 Pac-10 and 5 SEC teams are in for sure (see Bubble Watch for more detail). That's 32 teams.

      Twenty-four other conferences get an automatic bid. That's a total of 56 and 9 spots left. I like these seven for sure (especially the first five):

      • Utah
      • Southern Illinois
      • Pacific
      • Nevada
      • Saint Mary's
      • Iowa
      • North Carolina State

      If that's true, then just 2 spots are left for the following group:

      • Miami OH
      • UAB
      • Buffalo
      • DePaul
      • Northern Iowa
      • Indiana
      • Maryland
      • Notre Dame
      • Saint Joseph's
      • Wichita State
      • Holy Cross
      • Davidson
      • Vanderbilt
      • Texas A&M
      • Virginia Tech

      I think Miami OH will be rewarded for an outright MAC regular-season title (despite just a 12-6 league record), and I'm less sure about UAB getting the ginal nod due to a late five-game winning streak (don't forget the Blazers upset Kentucky in last year's tourney, though that shouldn't matter).

      That leaves Buffalo and DePaul out –

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    • Thursday's bubble games

      By Jeremy Stone | Yahoo! Sports – Fri, Mar 4, 2005 2:03 PM EST

      A look at how Thursday's games impacted the race for the NCAA tourney.

      • Yahoo! Sports' Bubble Watch

      SoCon quarterfinal: Davidson 67, Elon 53
      Could little Davidson get an at-large bid? The Wildcats blazed through the Southern Conference without a loss. They've got an RPI in the high 40s.

      But their best win is in their opener against Missouri, meaning Davidson probably has to earn an automatic bid. It should.

      Elon was no trouble, but It should get a little tougher in the semis for Davidson.
      Duke 83, Miami (FL) 59
      Duke torpedoed Miami's chances. The Hurricanes lost eight of their last 12 ACC games to finish 7-9, and there's that home loss to South Carolina State.
      Washington St. 58, Stanford 49
      Stanford trailed 25-12 in the second half and looked nothing like a tournament-caliber team.

      Its RPI plummeted well into the 40s, signaling the Cardinal probably needs to beat Washington on Saturday.
      UCLA 69, Oregon St. 61
      The Bruins assured themselves of a winning Pac-10 record,
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    • Bubble Watch: March 2

      By Jeremy Stone | Yahoo! Sports – Wed, Mar 2, 2005 6:30 PM EST

      Here's a look at some of Wednesday's games involving bubble teams. All times are Eastern.

      Texas A&M at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. (*A&M *OSU)

      Not long ago the Aggies seemed to be out of contention, but with three straight wins they're 7-7 in the loaded Big 12.

      If A&M upsets the Cowboys, it would be hard to imagine the Aggies not making the NCAAs. If the Aggies lose in Stillwater, they need a win at Baylor to finish 8-8 in the Big 12, then they might need one or two more victories in the Big 12 tournament.

      Georgia Tech at Wake Forest, 7 p.m.(*GT *WF)

      The Yellow Jackets are at the top of the list of teams that haven't "clinched" a tournament bid yet but who will – unless something crazy happens.

      A win over Wake would clinch it. If that doesn't happen, a home win over Clemson would bring GT to .500 in the ACC. And that should be enough.

      Kent St at Miami OH, 7 p.m.
      Buffalo at Ohio, 7 p.m. (*Ohio)
      Bowling Green at Western Michigan, 7 p.m. (*WMU)
      Marshall at Akron, 7 p.m. (*Mars)

      The MAC is a mess.

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    • Bubble watch

      By Jeremy Stone | Yahoo! Sports – Wed, Mar 2, 2005 3:54 PM EST

      Who's in? Who's out? Who's on the fence?

      Yahoo! Sports will keep you updated all the way to selection Sunday, March 13.

      Available berths (21):

      Last group in if the season ended today (14):

      • Georgia Tech
      • DePaul
      • Stanford
      • Maryland
      • Notre Dame
      • Texas
      • UCLA
      • UTEP
      • Iowa St
      • West Virginia
      • Texas A&M
      • Georgetown
      • New Mexico
      • N.C. State

      Teams every OTHER bubble team should be rooting to win their conference tournaments: (7)

      • Davidson (Southern)
      • George Washington (Atlantic 10)
      • Holy Cross (Patriot)
      • Miami Ohio (MAC)
      • Old Dominion (Colonial)
      • Vermont (America East)
      • WI Milwaukee (Horizon)

      Still in the picture (teams that need help and/or a strong finish to get in):

      • Saint Joseph's
      • Indiana
      • Ohio St
      • Creighton
      • Northern Iowa
      • Wichita St
      • Arizona St
      • Buffalo
      • Vanderbilt
      • Miami FL
      • Memphis
      • South Carolina
      • Oregon St
      • Virginia Tech

      Teams that are in no matter what: (33)

      • North Carolina
      • Wake Forest
      • Duke
      • Boston College
      • Connecticut
      • Syracuse
      • Villanova
      • Pittsburgh
      • Illinois
      • Michigan St
      • Wisconsin
      • Minnesota
      • Kansas
      • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma St
      • Texas
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    • NFC playoff scenarios

      By Jeremy Stone | Yahoo! Sports – Tue, Dec 28, 2004 8:12 AM EST

      AFC scenarios | NFC scenarios | Team by team

      Team Rec     Conf    Div     Final opponent (EST)
1. PHI  13-2    11-1    6-0      CIN, 1
2. ATL  11-4     8-3    4-2     @SEA, 4:05      
3. GB     9-6    8-3    4-1     @CHI, 1
 x-SEA    8-7    7-4    3-3      ATL, 4:05
   MIN    8-7    5-6    3-3     @WAS, 1 
   CAR    7-8    6-5    3-2      NO , 1
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   NO     7-8    5-6    2-3     @CAR, 1
   STL    7-8    7-5    5-1      NYJ, 1

Week 17 winners      4 seed  5 seed  6 seed  Tiebreakers (if necesary)
SEA MIN CAR STL SEA 9-7 MIN 9-7 CAR 8-8 CAR beat STL
SEA MIN NO  STL SEA 9-7 MIN 9-7 NO  8-8 NO beat STL
SEA MIN CAR     SEA 9-7 MIN 9-7 CAR 8-8
SEA MIN NO      SEA 9-7 MIN 9-7 NO  8-8
SEA CAR STL     SEA 9-7 CAR 8-8 STL 8-8 conf: CAR 7-5/STL 7-5/MIN 5-7
                                          CAR beat STL                        
SEA NO  STL     SEA 9-7 STL 8-8 MIN 8-8 conf: STL 7-5/NO  6-6/MIN 5-7
                                      MIN beat NO
SEA CAR         SEA 9-7 CAR 8-8 MIN 8-8
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