The Khalid El-Amin award goes to...

And this year's "Khalid El-Amin Award" for the pudgy, bitchy, Big East point guard everybody hates, but somehow manages to make big plays in the clutch goes to...Levance Fields of Pitt.

I swear it's like El-Amin was reincarnated. Are we sure he didn't just grow out his hair and assume a fake name to get 4 more years of college eligibility?

come on memphis

cause if you don't win, my bracket is a: really fucked (because I have the Tigers in the final), and b: mizzou, heated rival of my KU Jayhawks will still be alive.

i survived a good scare from Pitt (I have them winning) for the third time.

DJ the Hammer's Bracket....

Via email, here is the Hammer's bracket....

You know I am a Pac-10 homer so I have USC winning 3 games, Zona ASU and Washington all winning 2, Cal winning 1 and I have VCU beating UCLA in the first round. That Manor kid from VCU is very good.

My final four is Louisville, Pitt, Memphis and Oklahoma with Oklahoma beating Louisville in the final.

I have all 4 #9s winning. I have Western Kentucky and Utah St winning as well.

I too have Zaga beating UNC. I have Oklahoma winning the whole thing so UNC would lose in the next round anyway assuming I am correct and I don't trust Roy Williams and Lawson's toe. We will see. It will be fun to watch.

I also have Huggy and WVU beating Kansas in the second round. Too much D from WVU and I think Kansas is too young.

Fish's Bracket

Here’s my Final Four: Pitt, Ok, Memphis, Louisville, with Pitt over Memphis in the final.

Note on the Pac 10 (Maybe underrated this year): I’ve got USC pulling the upset on BC (always got to take the 10s over the 7s), although I couldn’t bring myself to have Arizona winning, or Cal (because they are a 7). But ASU winning in the first day. Harden is a beast.

My stupid upset: Portland State over Xavier (go Vikings, and I've got to represent my former town)

Note on the weak ass Big 10: (and no, I have no idea how they got 8 teams, stupid) I have Michigan State going out early to KU (and yes I'm a Jayhawk, so there's that), Purdue winning one game, but only because they're playing N Iowa, Michigan pulling the upset on Clemson (because they're the 10, and I like them), Illinois wins one game before losing to my Zags, and all the other teams losing out. I'd like to see Tubby Smith beat Texas, and I think it might happen, but Texas should win, or they'll underachieve like they have all season.

Some keys: I’ve got Duke going out to Nova, because they are douchebags, and I have Gonzaga taking out UNC, because UNC is broken and because I am stupid.

Final score: Pitt 76, Memphis 72.

rumble, let the games begin