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Get ready for a madder than usual March.
Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I guess I’ll still watch the NCAA tournament even though my alma mater got bounced in the A-10 semifinals.
In today’s SI:AM:
💥 Men’s bracket busters
🔮 Analyzing the women’s bracket
✋ Five keys to knocking off South Carolina
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The men’s bracket is full of potential Cinderellas
Get ready for a madder than usual March.

It turns out the PAC-12 might actually see some light at the end of the tunnel.
George Kliavkoff and the conference have so far very publicly failed to land a media deal, and it’s put the future of the conference up in the air.
If a new deal can’t be reached, there’s a very real chance the PAC-12 could collapse. Now, it appears some kind of deal might be reached.
Forbes reported “a deal is expected before the end of March,” and streaming giants Apple and Amazon are expected to be in the mix.

Former Texas coach Chris Beard is set to be officially hired by Ole Miss in the next 24 hours to lead the basketball program. The news might shock some in the college basketball world, after Beard was fired by Texas in January. But in the end, the Rebels have hired a coach they think can take them back to the NCAA Tournament, quickly.
Jeff Goodman was first to report the news.
Turns out Chris Beard will be joining the SEC, just not with Texas, as originally planned.

Ryan Reaves and Bokondji Imama produced a real dud of a fight on Sunday.

An inside look at three weeks of contract talks between the Giants and their quarterback that came down to the last possible moment.
It was late Monday night, and Daniel Jones’s agents, Brian Murphy and Camron Hahn, were cashed from a day that started with a flight from Indianapolis to New Jersey, was spent mostly on the first floor of the Giants’ practice facility and didn’t engender a ton of optimism that a blockbuster contract was on the horizon. So in that delirium, as they tried to construct one last proposal to swing the momentum, a weird idea arose.
Let’s start drawing pigs.

A step-by-step look at how Carolina GM Scott Fitterer took the plunge for the top spot in April and how he put together a deal that satisfied pay Chicago’s price.
A little over a week ago, Bears GM Ryan Poles sat alongside his coach, Matt Eberflus, and emphasized that he was in no rush to move the No. 1 pick—and that someone would have to pay a premium to get him to move off his spot.
Six days later, that premium came.

It was the second-worst loss by a U.S. team in WBC history.
Team USA’s surprising defeat to Mexico in the World Baseball Classic on Sunday night left fans worried about the presumed favorites to win it all—and for good reason. The 11–5 drubbing at Chase Field in Phoenix was the second-worst loss by a U.S. team in WBC history, but players seemed to address the upset as if it were any other game during an MLB season. 
“We’re a really good baseball team,” Team USA pitcher Brady Singer said, per ESPN. “I’m not too worried about it. We have to come back fighting tomorrow.

In a fitting end to a volatile season in the polls, a new No. 1 tops the final AP Top 25 poll after Houston stumbles in AAC tournament final.

Offensive and defensive linemen will cash in on the open market, while it figures to be tough going for running backs and wide receivers. And don’t forget about Jimmy Garoppolo and Lamar Jackson.
Free agency officially kicks off at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday. But the legal tampering period—where teams and agents can negotiate deals, and agree to them in principle—starts at noon ET Monday and continues until 3:59 p.m. ET Wednesday. Here is our top 50 free agent list and what we know right now …
• The free-agent class is thin in general, but a few positions always get paid.

The popular broadcaster was removed from the network’s Premier League coverage over the weekend for criticizing the government’s immigration policies.
Former soccer star Gary Lineker will return to hosting the BBC Sport’s flagship television program Match of the Day after being suspended over the weekend for criticizing the government’s immigration policies.