Anybody out there have a Nevada-Vanderbilt championship game in their Final Four? How about Alabama-Birmingham and Xavier?

Talk about bracket busters. The first week of the NCAA tournament was pure obliteration when it came to the office pools. Has anybody seen CBS' Billy Packer lately? How about ESPN's Andy Katz, who is giving bracketology a bad name?

The Sweet 16s of this year's NCAA tournament are upon us, with the list of potential Cinderfellas growing longer by the day. With the exception of the chalk-solid East Rutherford Region, and the heavily favored Blue Devils of Duke in Atlanta, this tournament has become the revenge of the hoop nerds.

Here's a look at how the next round shapes up:

Best individual matchup: Given what Jameer Nelson has done all season at Saint Joseph's, he deserves to be put on the pedestal of college point guards. But is he playing better right now than Wake Forest wunderkind Chris Paul? Is anybody, at any size? This meeting of these miniature Magics in the Jersey Meadowlands Thursday night could be one for the ages.

Best coaching matchup: Oklahoma State's Eddie Sutton has been coaching longer than first-year Pitt coach Jamie Dixon has been alive. The man who has been called "Fast Eddie" for good and bad reasons in a career that seemed to bottom out at Kentucky more than a decade ago is one of the best in the business. Dixon has emerged from the shadows of former Panthers coach Ben Howland to have one of the most successful coaching debuts in history. Sutton and Dixon will match wits in East Rutherford as well.

Best potential for next big upset: The Nevada Wolf Pack and the UAB Blazers are certainly the unlikeliest of the remaining Sweet 16 teams. Given how shaky Georgia Tech has looked -- nearly blowing a big lead yesterday after barely beating Northern Iowa in the opening round -- and how dominating Nevada was in crushing Gonzaga in what was essentially a home game for the Zags in Seattle, this might not even be that big a surprise should the No. 10 seed upset the No. 3 seed Friday in St. Louis. Kansas, which plays UAB in the other regional semifinal there, wants a rematch with Nevada, which beat the Jayhawks earlier this season.

Strongest region: Not that the next national champion will definitely emerge from East Rutherford, but it's the only region left with all four top seeds intact. Top-seeded Saint Joseph's is certainly a team with a cause and could be the least imposing of an impressive group. The matchup between Pittsburgh and Oklahoma State might not have the marquee names or programs, but it's probably the best of the eight games.

Weakest region: Just by the look at the seeds left, one might think that it's St. Louis. But when a team does what UAB did in Columbus, Ohio, in the past three days -- stopping red-hot Washington in a 102-100 shootout and then knocking off Kentucky, the No. 1 team in the field -- its seed is irrelevant.

The fun is definitely over: Coach Bruce Weber and Illinois have certainly had their share of ups and downs this season. Remember the whole bit about Weber talking Fighting Illini fans into forgetting the past -- particularly former coach Bill Self -- by holding a mock funeral? All is forgiven in Champaign, but meeting up with Murray State and Cincinnati is certainly not in the same category as playing Duke. With North Carolina not going to Atlanta, the Blue Devils will certainly not be looking ahead to Sunday's regional final.