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Leading up to the 2008 NCAA Tournament, we'll be presenting daily tips to help you fill in your bracket. 

Today's Bracket Tactic

A Friday night update on all things Championship Week with an eye on the bracket..

- Miami, the Ohio version, almost caused havoc by knocking Kent State out of the MAC tournament. But the Golden Flashes managed to pull of a 49-47 win, ensuring that at least for another day the MAC is a one bid league.

American Eagles

Patriot League (21-11, 10-4)

Big Wins: 12/22 at Maryland (67-59), 2/6 at Holy Cross (62-46), 3/5 vs Holy Cross (62-60)

Maybe, just maybe this whole “Seven Day Stretch” curse thing works in reverse, too. It seems that for the past several weeks, anything positive I have written about a team has proven to be the “kiss of death”. So it goes that anything negative I’ve written just might kick start a team. Last week I positioned Oklahoma State coach Sean Sutton on the hot seat, specifically for not winning a Big 12 Conference road game in more than a year. The Cowboys then proceeded to go out and beat Texas A&M in College Station.

Games of the Night

A companion to our daily Three Stars of the Day, we present the top three Games of the Night.