Kansas, Duke, Syracuse and Clemson…one of these schools just doesn't belong here. In an NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen region where 75% of the remaining bracket is college basketball royalty it can be hard to find someone to cheer for, should your team no longer be dancing.
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Luckily we have answers–with a little help from Michael Scott.
To gander at the other regions: South, West and East.
Midwest
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Kansas
Why You Should Cheer For Them:
Kansas' football team is really garbage. The Jayhawks faithful have nothing to cheer for but those beautiful five months in winter an spring when they are a consistently competitive school. The rest of the seven months is being the laughing stock in football and waiting for basketball to come around again.
Why You Should NOT Cheer For Them:
Since Kansas won the national championship in 2008, the Jayhawks have never been seeded lower than three in the NCAA Tournament. They have won 14 straight Big 12 championships. Every year, they eat and eat and eat up the competition. They are the class of basketball. Then March comes around and they find spectacular ways to lose. We root for the spectacular.
If Michael Scott was Kansas:
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Clemson
Why You Should Cheer For Them:
Out of the entire remaining Midwest region, Clemson is the only school to have not won a national championship. Before this year, Clemson had not even won a tournament game in 20 years. If you like to root for the underdog, this is your chance.
Why You Should NOT Cheer For Them:
Having said that, Clemson is the only school of the four remaining to have a competitive football team…stick to football.
If Michael Scott was Clemson:
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Syracuse
Why You Should Cheer For Them:
Out of every school invited to the NCAA Tournament, no one received more flak than Syracuse. Everybody questioned whether or not the Orange should be in the field. All Syracuse did was take down everyone put in front of them, convincingly. That includes perennial favorite Michigan State. At this point, Syracuse is playing with supreme confidence and just pointing at opponents and saying "you're next."
Why You Should NOT Cheer For Them:
They shouldn't even be in the tournament. All they are doing is making it harder and harder for the little guy to make the tournament in following years. Give up Syracuse! You made your point.
If Michael Scott was Syracuse:
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Duke
Why You Should Cheer For Them:
This might be Mike Kzyrzewski's best coaching job in a long time. He took a team that played no defense, implemented the zone and the Blue Devils have turned into one of the stingiest D's in the country. This team is playing so well, they've made even Grayson Allen seem likable. It looks like they are just having fun. Just a group of guys enjoying life and playing basketball.
Why You Should NOT Cheer For Them:
Duke. Bleh.
If Michael Scott was Duke:
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