Two "unorthodox" brackets both showing Marquette in the Finals

[Coach Norman Dale]

First thing this morning I received this e-mail from a friend with waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time on his hands:

Subject:  You heard it here first

Good news for your alma mater...

I let "Pedro," my dog, make selections in a local NCAA basketball pool by selecting pieces of food representing each team in all 63 tournament games. Marquette wound up being the champ! He also picked IU to beat Arkansas AND North Carolina. We'll see.

Pedro so thoroughly enjoyed the process, he wanted to make selections for the women's bracket, too!
 

Then I saw this site:


Here's what the tourney would look like if it was determined by NBA players representing their former school in one-on-one games.

http://simononsports.blogspot.com/2008/03/2008-ncaa-1-on-1-bracket-final-four.html