NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Alabama is the top seed. Northwestern and Clemson

“They can’t imagine it… that someone like me would walk into their house, walk on their land…” – Cassian Andor When compiling this week’s segment, we were astounded by the inclusion of teams we’d never expected to have considered as recently as a few weeks ago. North-west? Pittsburgh? Clemson? UCF? wait … Is that true? It also got us thinking about another story focusing on underdogs who took the power structure by surprise: “Andor,” our favorite TV series of 2022. After the train wreck that was “The Book of Boba…

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Why DaRon Holmes II’s ‘long shot’ with Dayton is paying off: Vecenie’s Prospect Film Room

Throughout the season, The Athletic senior writer Sam Vecenie will interview and watch tape with some of the best prospects across college basketball, Europe, Overtime Elite and the G League. Together, they’ll dive deep into what makes them such an interesting prospect and analyze some of the best parts of their game. In the first interview of this series, Sam chats with Dayton center DaRon Holmes II. The conversation has been edited for clarity and length. Dayton center DaRon Holmes should be on the shortlist of any breakout player projection…

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