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2022 Sweet Sixteen: Freaky Friday

Okay freaky is an overstatement. But what a night of basketball.

First the obvious: with two teams (so far) in the Elite Eight, Planet Basketball owes the ACC an apology.

The annual infatuation with the over-rated Big Ten, followed by a flameout, has occurred and concluded. Michigan fell on Thursday and Purdue fell to a more determined bunch of Peacocks from Saint Peter’s.

Big Ten? Gone.

PAC-12? Gone.

Big 12? One. The usual suspect.

SEC? One.

ACC? Try three.

We said all year it was a really competitive league even if it was supposedly down.