Bald Faced Truth by John Canzano

Bald Faced Truth by John Canzano

Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with Pac-12, MW snub, baseball, lies, and my bracket challenge

Your questions. My answers.

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John Canzano
Mar 16, 2026
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Moda Center will host some NCAA Tournament first and second round games. (Photo: Naji Saker)

My friends and I played craps alongside Ed and Charles O’Bannon when we were in college. The UCLA basketball players wandered into a Lake Tahoe casino. I don’t remember if we won money that day, but I do remember that there was an Alanis Morissette song piped in over the in-house music system as the O’Bannon brothers rolled.

Random association, but whenever I think of the NCAA Tournament, Lake Tahoe, or hear a Morissette song, I think about those two guys bellied up at that $10 craps table.

Random, I know.

That’s March.

The Monday Mailbag delivered great questions this week. Thanks to all who submitted questions. I was asked about the NCAA Tournament, the Pac-12’s plan, Oregon State basketball, college baseball, the Mountain West getting snubbed, and what I’d do with college sports if I were President.

A reader asked about overrated TV shows.

Another wants to know about crazy stats.

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Onto the mailbag…

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