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Brad Stanhope of the Fairfield (California) Daily Republic:

Here are five things you should know about the best sports event on TV:

1. Every newspaper sports copy editor in the country is eagerly awaiting Niagara University’s first appearance since 1970. Not because they expect the Purple Eagles to make a run, but they can’t wait for them to lose, so they can write “Niagara falls” as a headline.

2. Something to watch on TV: CBS analyst Billy Packer will commend coaches for a “great timeout” and will compliment them for the players’ action (“great defense by Roy Williams!” “Great play by Bob Knight”) at least a dozen times a game. The coaches, of course, will be sitting on the bench.

3. Top-ranked Illinois gets a weak team with a great heritage when it faces Fairleigh Dickinson on Thursday. Here’s what most people don’t know about Fairleigh Dickinson: His mother is sultry actress Angie Dickinson, his grandmother is noted author Emily Dickinson.

Or, so I say.

4. Everyone should root for Louisiana-Lafayette when it meets Louisville. That’s because the team is “The Ragin’ Cajuns,” the best nickname in college sports.

5. It was bad news for the University of Pennsylvania when it drew Boston College in the first round. Pennsylvania was desperately hoping to face the Chaminade Silverswords in the first round – because everyone knows that Penn is mightier than the Swords.

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