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Word: picked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
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...upsets have to be the best part. For all those numbers you crunched, for all the research you did, you couldn't pick Seton Hall--the Hall!--to make it to the Sweet 16. (Only a truly crazy college basketball fan would refer to Seton Hall as "The Hall." March Madness makes you do weird things...

Author: By Vasant M. Kamath, | Title: Predict NCAA Basketball? You Must Be Mad | 3/24/2000 | See Source »

...weeks of the year, this small Jesuit college in Spokane, Wash., plays well for three weeks and messes with every expert's tournament prediction. The "Zags" rely on their three-point shooter, Matt Santangelo. Sources tell me the team also gets added inspiration upon learning that I pick them to lose in the first round every year...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: March Madness For Dummies | 3/23/2000 | See Source »

...seriously doubt that the selection committee looked deeply enough into the statistics. Likely the committee blindly stood by them, because it backed the false notion that East-West parity actually exists in women's college hockey. In other words, the committee used objective statistics to pick the two at-large teams, but failed to objectively analyze whether its stats were actually valid...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dartmouth, Dartmouth, You Suck: Final Thoughts on Women's Hockey | 3/22/2000 | See Source »

...Carnesale's pick to lead the project, Deb Mauger, left in 1997. Her successor departed this past summer. Carnesale himself was replaced by Provost Fineberg...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan and Michael L. Shenkman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Faculty Blast $112M Computer Systems | 3/21/2000 | See Source »

...going back with their 17-year-old. "It's a great vacation for me," says Marsha, "because I never have to decide what or when we're going to eat." The shorefront college has its own garden to supply the cafeteria with fresh vegetables and fruit, and many families pick blueberries and bring them to the kitchen for a special treat. The adult fee is $575 and includes all meals, accommodations and field trips. Children pay from $140 to $250. The telephone number is 207-288-5015, and the website is www.coa.edu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Summer Campus | 3/20/2000 | See Source »

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