Countdown to the Selection Show (Soft Pretzel Logic)

Countdown to the Selection Show

Hi everyone, and welcome to Soft Pretzel Logic's live coverage of Selection Sunday. I'm on my way to the World Cafe Live in just a few minutes, and once I get there, I'll be blogging the entire selection show.

You can follow along yourself at home with the blank NCAA Tournament Bracket that ran in this morning's Inquirer. Fill it out as the show goes on, or print out a bunch and try to dream up some mock brackets à la our good friend Joe Lunardi.

Will Drexel survive the bubble and give Philly three Tournament teams for the first time since 1999? Will Penn get shipped across the country? Will Villanova avoid the dreaded 8-9 game?

We'll all find out together starting at 6 p.m. Until then, enjoy the rest of the day's games, including what looks like a barn-burner between Kansas and Texas in the Big 12.

Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald on March 11, 2007 4:32 PM | Permalink

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Jonathan Tannenwald is a producer with Philly.com.

I fell in love with the Big 5 at first sight upon moving to Philadelphia in 2002. At various points in my journalistic career, I've covered all six of the region's Division I teams. During that time, I've eaten many soft pretzels from the Palestra's concession stands, which is how this blog got its name.

In addition to the blog, I host and produce the Inquirer's College HoopsCast. It's a weekly podcast that features all the latest news and analysis from around local and national college basketball. Regular guests include Inquirer writers Mike Jensen, Joe Juliano and Mel Greenberg.

I also occasionally contribute to the Inquirer's women's basketball weblog, Women's Hoops Guru. If you've come here from there, this blog deals mostly with the men's side of things, though I do write about women's basketball and other sports when they fit in.

When not focusing on college hoops, I host and produce the Inquirer's PhilliesCast with Phillies beat writer Todd Zolecki, and can occasionally be found behind the camera shooting videos of the Eagles, other professional sports teams and the tiger cubs at the zoo.

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