Karma

 This is exactly the level of predictability we expected, which is to say very small. We're into the Elite Eight now in Da Tournament, and left standing are a 2-seed (Texas), a couple of 3-seeds (Gonzaga and Kansas State), a 4-seed (UConn), two 5-seeds (Miami and San Diego State), and a 6-seed (Creighton).

Oh, yeah. And also one 9-seed (Florida Atlantic) that doesn't look or play like any 9-seed the Blob ever saw.

"But where are the 1-seeds, Mr. Blob?" you're saying now.

They're gone, in case you haven't heard. History. Archives. First time since they started seeding this deal 44 years ago that no 1-seed has survived the Sweet Sixteen.

The last two (Alabama and Houston) both hit the bricks Friday night, a hint that the Madness, besides being Mad, has a thing for karma, too. 'Bama, the overall 1-seed, lost to San Diego State, which means we won't have to talk anymore about the three Crimson Tide players who got mixed up in a murder to one degree or another. And as for Houston ...

Well. Kelvin Sampson, who left a proud Indiana program in ruins 15 years ago, got his. And in the most karmic way possible.

See, Miami beat Sampson's Cougars by 14, 89-75.

A kid named Nigel Pack scored 26 for the Hurricanes, including seven threes in ten attempts.

And Nigel Pack's hometown?

Indianapolis.

In other words: Miami took down Kelvin Sampson, and it was an Indiana kid who did the taking down.

Tell me there ain't poetry in that.