Frank Burlison

LOS ANGELES – Maybe all of the folks who piled on the Gonzaga’s Bulldogs and their No. 1 seed in the West Regional after they were upset by Wichita State Saturday night in Salt Lake City should consider this:

In hindsight, the fact that the WSU Shockers needed a stunning shooting performance from long range – they dropped them in at a nifty .500 clip (14 of 28) from behind the arc – to record the upset is just another example of why the 32-3 Bulldogs are such a terrific club.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca – Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to my 2012-13 high school boys All-CIF Southern Section and L.A. City squads . . .

Remember, these selections are NOT based upon “college potential” but upon how the players performed when I watched their high school teams and their accomplishments during the just-concluded season.

The “all-teams” are listed by seniors (20), juniors (15), sophomores (10) and freshmen (10), with Players of the Year for each class (separate from the all-teams).

My final Top 30 team ratings are also included, with – shockingly – California State Open Division champion Santa Ana Mater Dei topping the ratings as the “Team of the Year”.

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If your NCAA Tournament pool bracket had Wichita State, a No. 9 seed in the West Regional, advancing to a Sweet 16 game Thursday night in Los Angeles, take a bow.

If that same bracket sheet had La Salle, a 13 seed, knocking off Boise State in a First Four game last Wednesday night and picking up two more wins to join Wichita State as one of the four teams playing in L.A.’s Staples Center Thursday, raise both hands over your head and bask in the glory of your stunning skills of hoops prognostication.

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And the there were 24 . . . and one less No. 1 seed than was around when Saturday’s NCAA Tournament with the tip-off between the University of Michigan Wolverines and the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams at little past noon in Auburn Hills, MI.

The West Regional’s 8 (Pittsburgh) and 3 (New Mexico) were kicked to the curb on Thursday, with No.’s 4 (Kansas State), 5 (Wisconsin) and 7 (Notre Dame) going the tournament’s version of the “one and done” route on Friday.

Saturday night, in Salt Lake City, Numero Uno bid an excruciating adios.

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Sixteen second-round NCAA Tournament games gave us the following Friday:

*The eighth-ever No. 2 seed loss to a 15, with Georgetown and Big East Player of the Year Otto Porter falling victim to high-flying and crazy dunking Florida Gulf Coast University (78-68) – which has been a university since 1997 and was making its tourney debut;

*The South Regional’s top seed, Kansas, coming dangerously close to becoming the first-ever victim of a 16 seed before holding off Western Kentucky in Kansas City, 64-57;

*The continue superb collective effort of the five Atlantic 10 teams in the tournament, with La Salle (which knocked off Boise State in a First Four game Wednesday night) tripping up Kansas State (63-61) in a West Regional game played in Kansas City and Temple hanging on to beat North Carolina State (76-72) in an East Regional contest played in Dayton;

*Some of the West Regional’s top seeds continuing to make early exits, with No.’s

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