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FILE - In this April 4, 2016, file photo, Villanova players collapse on the court after they defeated North Carolina 77 in the championship game of the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament in Houston. The selection committee for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is getting into the bracketology business and borrowing an idea from the College Football Playoff, hoping it will get more fans thinking about March Madness in February. The NCAA and CBS Sports announced Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, that for the first time the committee will give a look at its top 16 seeds one month before the 68-team field locks in on March 12. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
FILE - In this April 4, 2016, file photo, Villanova players collapse on the court after they defeated North Carolina 77 in the championship game of the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament in Houston. The selection committee for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is getting into the bracketology business and borrowing an idea from the College Football Playoff, hoping it will get more fans thinking about March Madness in February. The NCAA and CBS Sports announced Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, that for the first time the committee will give a look at its top 16 seeds one month before the 68-team field locks in on March 12. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) FILE - In this April 4, 2016, file photo, Villanova players collapse on the court after they defeated North Carolina 77 in the championship game of the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament in Houston. The selection committee for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is getting into the bracketology business and borrowing an idea from the College Football Playoff, hoping it will get more fans thinking about March Madness in February. The NCAA and CBS Sports announced Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, that for the first time the committee will give a look at its top 16 seeds one month before the 68-team field locks in on March 12. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

By Jay Greeson 11 min read

Four to know

Hey, we like to share some hoops stuff on Tuesdays. Especially since March Madness officially starts when the calendar flips on Thursday.

Yee-Haw. Good times.

Before we get there, here’s Weeds doing what Weeds does best – college hoops. This ties into the tournament in ways we can only wonder.

How will the committee judge the teams mentioned in the FBI reports and now the Yahoo stories? Will it come into play for any of them? None of them? What about Arizona, and with the high-ceiling talent the Wildcats have regardless who is coaching/sweating on the sideline, could the selection committee run the risk of having a team march to the Final Four only to have Yahoo learn that every player on Arizona or whatever team was paid at least five figures to sign?