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    NCAA Tournament picks: J. Brady McCollough's prediction for every remaining game

    LOS ANGELES — I picked Fairleigh Dickinson to lose to Texas Southern in the First Four. I whiffed on the entire Sweet 16 of the East Region. All my Cinderellas didn't find their March romance and went home dateless for the second weekend. In other words, I'm just like most of you. But what may make me different is that I actually watched a good portion of nearly every game played from Thursday ...
    by J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times Mar 22, 2023 7 minutes
    The Alabama Crimson Tide bench cheers during the second half against the Maryland Terrapins in the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Legacy Arena at the BJCC on March 18, 2023, in Birmingham, Alabama.

    LOS ANGELES — I picked Fairleigh Dickinson to lose to Texas Southern in the First Four.

    I whiffed on the entire Sweet 16 of the East Region.

    All my Cinderellas didn't find their March romance and went home dateless for the second weekend.

    In other words, I'm just like most of you. But what may make me different is that I actually watched a good portion of nearly every game played from Thursday to Sunday. I'm either going to be on-point for the rest of the tournament because of it, or I currently have "square eyes," which is what I tell my 5-year-old daughter she will contract if she doesn't get off her iPad.

    We'll find out the answer soon enough. Here goes with my annual Sweet 16 reset of the bracket — an exercise that won't make me any new friends in Westwood.

    Sweet 16 picks and predictions

    No. 4 Connecticut vs. No. 8 Arkansas

    Thursday, 4:15 p.m., Las Vegas

    TV: CBS

    Line: UConn by 3.5.

    Original pick: UConn over Kansas.

    New pick: I had the Huskies pulling off the same upset the Razorbacks just pulled, knocking off the defending national champion Jayhawks. Arkansas showed a lot of moxie getting past

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