Shameless Plug to My First Installment of NCAA Tournament Projections

Yes, it is ridiculously early to try and project the NCAA Tournament. However, it seems like everyone else has started to take at the early shape of the NCAA Tournament field, so I figured why not fool all the cool kids and take my first look of the season. To further the shameless plug, I will be updating these projections weekly for the Sports Bubbler to go along with my semi-weekly column on all things Marquette, Wisconsin sports, and the national sports scene in general.

Editor's Note (Bracket Projection was through games of 1/12 and did not take into account the past three days of games).

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Spinoff plug

With this short post, I'm balancing a long serious post on soccer (and not wasting much valuable e-ink on this blog with it) with the shameless promotion of my occasionally-updated spinoff blog You're Not Singing Anymore.

In it, I comment on a lot of the recent talk of allowing MLS teams to compete in the Copa Libertadores, South America's version of the Champions League, and one of the most prestigious competitions in the world. It's a move that could potentially shake up the sport in this hemisphere. I suppose it would be the equivalent of giving CFL teams a shot at the Super Bowl...or Carribean League teams a chance to take on Major Leaguers.

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