Welcome to the Friday Fiesta Linkfest where we provide the good reads going into the weekend…
I did a post on conference expansion because everybody’s doing it over at Raycom, but Eagle in Atlanta proposes Duke and UNC to the SEC. FSU Orlando Sentinel Blog has an interesting one up on the topic of expansion too [...]

OTB breaks down the Devils, ‘Noles, Terps, and Jackets’ games that kick off the NCAA Tournament for the ACC…
(8) Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. (9) Florida State Seminoles, 7:10 (EST) on Friday
Coaches Tourney Records: Gonzaga-Mark Few–-11-10(7-3 in first round); Leonard Hamilton-FSU–3-4(2-2 in first round).
Nole That Has to Step up: G Derwin Kitchen–Guard play, NCAA Tournament, HUGE. Kitchen [...]

OTB breaks down the Deacs and Tigers’ games that kick off the NCAA Tournament for the ACC…
(8) Texas Longhorns vs. (9) Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 9:35 (EST) on Thursday
Coaches Tourney Records: Texas-Rick Barnes–18-16; Wake-Dino Gaudio–0-1.
Deac That Has to Step up: G Ish Smith–Smith has a great game and the Deacs win, simple, right? He drives [...]

So, every site known to man has the scoop on every angle of the tournament not even 24 hours after Selection Sunday–here are a few randomly strung together thoughts…
Virginia Tech Snub
I will maintain–no matter what you say about strength of schedule and the unbalanced schedule in conference–Virginia Tech is a tournament team. I don’t care [...]

People that track bracketology have this down to a science. I’d recommend looking at Lunardi’s and BracketDobber’s as I primarily used their projections plus RPI/SOS sites for research. But…
They have formulas and ways to do this–in a year where the bubble is large–and the number of spots remains at 65, the experts might just out-think [...]

We’re breaking down the games and picking them so you know what to prepare for the next day–here’s who faces the top seeds on Quarterfinal Friday(did I mention yet that I’ll be there!!?!).
8) Boston College Eagles vs 9) Virginia Cavaliers, Thursday at 12:00(EST)

Key Matchup: BC Young Guards vs. UVA Young Guards–Which team’s guards will flounder [...]

This year’s ACC Tournament is WIDE open and OTB will be all over it with live tweets/blog updates from Greensboro on Quarterfinal Friday at the ACC Tourney, and live blogs/commentary during each of the other games of the tournament–this and @onthebrinklive is the blog to be at during the festivities!
Seeds 1-12
1) Duke
2) Maryland
3) Florida State
4) [...]