If there's one thing we have learned here at GK Central, it's to start paying attention early to the nether regions of NCAA brackets. Two dozen cards to the Big Dance, including all the 13-and-below-seeds, are going to get grabbed by conferences that will send one and probably only one team apiece to the tournament. And over the next 10 days, these lower mid-majors and their even smaller brethren will decide whether they're going to put their best Killers forward or leave the field of 68's Giants snickering in safety.
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