Jim O'Donnell on why he's picking UCLA to win this year's NCAA Tournament plus surefire strategies to pick a Final Four.
ONE OF THE HEARTENING THINGS about the madness of March bracketology is that all Americans -- red, blue, green, yellow, to be determined -- can come together to fall flat together.Wasn't that one of the things that James Madison, Dick Vitale and other founding fathers insisted upon when ESPN was written into the cable Bill of Rights?FIRST, FROM THE MYSTIC HOLLOW of Odenac the Magnificent:
While Bailey is starring -- and the 6-5 combo guard will, either on or off ball -- CBS cameras will be completing a three-week infatuation with Johanna Leia, Bailey's mother and once a top fashion model. Since then, she and her son moved to the Los Angeles area. That was so he could play alongside -- and outshine -- Bronny James at national-class Sierra Canyon School.
"FLYEST" THAN MOST WAS past paramour Drake. He's the Canadian-spawned hip-hopper and basketball groupie who has made zillions recording tales of urban angst and fly-by love.
WHATEVER THE"WAY 2," THE NCAA SINGLE is that Amari Bailey, Mick Cronin and UCLA are about to wake up the sky-piloting echoes of John Wooden, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton.One year ago, the Daily Herald sports & media desk presented a quick study guide to greatly winnow the 68-team field to a Final Four.
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