I've got the Madness. Or maybe it's the Mania. Perhaps I should refer to it as Mayhem. Whatever you want to call it, I'm ready for the NCAA tournament to begin – as in right now, let's get it on. And, if you're filling out a bracket (who doesn't), I've got some help for you. I call it Bracket Racket. For the past five years, I've used this scientific formula to correctly pick three winners and just missed on Ohio State a couple years ago. I've tweaked it again this year, despite few error reports from last March, so chances are it'll be another banner year. Here's what you need to do: We'll, start off with an easy one: Eliminate all No. 16 seeds . Cross them off, do not advance any of them. Nada. Zilch. It's not gonna happen this year. I don't like alphabet soup . Go ahead and eliminate BYU, VCU, LSU, USC and UCLA, although I can't blame you for wanting to see Bruins or Trojans cheerleaders for a couple weeks. State-ment time ...
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