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5 at 10: March Madness, Bracket rules and Peyton Manning meets with the Titans.

From the “Talk Too Much studios,” let’s go.

photo Brigham Young forward Brock Zylstra celebrates after he scored in the closing minute of BYU’s 78-72 win over Iona in an NCAA men’s college basketball tournament opening-round game, Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

The madness of March

There were two entertaining games last night – Western Kentucky edging MVSU and BYU completing a historic rally to top Iona – and with them, the ball was tipped in arguably the best week in sports. There will be two more games tonight as four teams aim for the final two spots in the field of 64, which begins at noon on Thursday with a full-blown Shoney’s breakfast bar of hoops.

So are you ready? Is your bracket ship-shape? Have you entered the 5-at-10 Overrated/Underrated Challenge? (Send us who you think will be the first No. 1 seed to get bounced and the last double-digit seed left in the field. Either e-mail it to jgreeson@timesfreepress.com or put it in the comments below. You could win some Final Four stuff. The 5-at-10’s picks are Syracuse/Xavier.)

OK, as for your bracket, let’s review a few things?