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I Take it Back!

Ok, so I completely take back everything I said last week about tournament snubs. Virginia Tech completely did not deserve to be in the tournament, as they lost this past week in the NIT. Colorado on the other hand is doing fairly well, cruising through the first few rounds en route to the "final four" (because it's the NIT).

Meanwhile, Virginia Commonwealth University, the team who most likely was chosen over Virginia Tech, is in the real Final Four, after beating teams from each of the power conferences by impressive margins.

Needless to say, I'm sure the NCAA is pretty happy that they have a team from their new "First Four" in the Final Four. I get the sense that people have stopped questioning why the Rams made the tournament in the first place.

And yeah, I know this isn't really a story for this week, but fucking deal with it, go watch some basketball.
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