more participant by participant analysis later in the week.

in the meantime get hyped. This is the biggest matchup of the Sweet 16. Why?
1. Two West Coast powers collide. The maturing upstart from the small conference that has fallen short of the hype the past two years. It features one of the two best players in the country. And if you haven't seen Adam Morrison.... Think the 2006 version of Indiana State Sycamores led by Larry Bird.
versus.
The re-emergent traditional power, this time powered by tough defense. Think a college version of the Detroit Pistons. No. I'm not kidding.
2. Oakland is the only region where both the #2 and #3 seed survived. In Atlanta, some school you never heard of took down #3 Iowa. in Minneapolis, it was #2 Ohio State going down. And in the D.C. bracket, both #2 Tennessee and #3 UNC went down in the second round.