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St. Joe got ranked 3rd among the 1st-ranked teams, behind KY (No. 1 [img]graemlins/thewave.gif[/img] ) and Duke (which got downgraded because it lost the ACC conference title to Maryland). Still, St. Joe's is still ranked first in its bracket -- there are four brackets, just FYI. To get to the final 4, St. Joe's big hurdles will likely be Wake Forest/Florida (a tough call between them) and Pittsburgh/Ok. State (another tough call). In short, I think they have the easiest road.
The other top 1 teams face tougher brackets. In the St. Louis bracket, KY will face a tough road with Kansas and then with Gonzaga (or, just maybe, GA Tech). Duke's region, Atlanta, boasts the toughest road all around, with Cincinnati, Illinois, North Carolina, and Mississippi State as big contenders. In Phoenix, Stanford will face trials with Syracuse/Maryland and North Carolina/UConn, all big contenders.
Oh, and FYI, Sunday's loss to Michigan was Duke's first loss in the ACC tournament since 1998. Those BASTARDS!
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