After mainlining 46 hours of college hoops last week, you have now come to one unmistakeable conclusion: You have absolutely no chance to win your office pool.

On the other hand, now you can unequivocally root for underdogs, upsets and general bracket mayhem the rest of the way. Not such a bad thing.

While you won't get a second chance to fill out your bracket, you can still spout the current conventional wisdom as you prepare for the arrival of the Sweet 16 on Thursday. Study the list below and then share it with your co-workers, friends at the bar or your significant other.

What's Hot, What's Not: The 2002 NCAA Tournament
Category	Hot	Not
Tourney coach	Rick Barnes (Texas)	Bobby Knight (Texas Tech)
Fan	Still Ashley Judd	Joey Harrington
Tourney choker	Gonzaga	Roy Williams (yet)
Band	Maryland	Stanford
Cinderella	Southern Illinois	Wyoming
Vacant coaching gig	DePaul	Florida State
Coaching look	"Lavin-Snyder slick"	"Huggins-Olson faux-slick"
Fashion statement	High socks	Bicep sweatbands
NBA stock	Dan Gadzuric (UCLA)	Chris Marcus (W. Ky.)
Thin man	Tayshaun Prince (Kentucky)	Julius Hodge (N.C. State)
Defense	2-3 zone	Full-court anything
Gotta have ...	Home advantage in sub-regional	A great point guard
Mid-major conference	MAC	West Coast
Power conference	Pac-10	SEC
Jersey to be seen in	Southern Illinois (with those extra-large-see-me-on-TV numbers)	Florida
Get over it already	"The Zags screwed me."	"The Zags got screwed."
"Can't believe they're still here"	Indiana	Kansas
Needs more hype	Ernie Kent (Oregon coach)	Juan Dixon (Maryland)
Bandwagon ("Oh, sure I had 'em")	Missouri	Indiana
Hindsight ("Oh, I knew they would choke")	Cincinnati	USC
Hoops hotbed	Carbondale, Ill.	Spokane, Wash.
Hot ticket	Arizona-Oklahoma	Kent State-Pitt
Storyline	The Wacky West Region	Will Kansas choke early?
Human highlight reel	Ricky Paulding (Missouri)	Luke Walton (Arizona)
Go-to scorer	Caron Butler (UConn)	Dan Dickau (Gonzaga)
Upset special	Kent State over Pitt	Southern Illinois over UConn
Hair	Blown-out 'fro	Cornrows
Bracket buster	UNC-Wilmington	Holy Cross (but almost!)
Revised MOP candidate	Jason Gardner (Arizona)	Frank Williams (Illinois)

Dan Shanoff is a regular contributor to Page 2.