Whether your bracket has gone bust or you are office-pool royalty today, it's key to have a handle on the Sweet 16's conventional wisdom.

Check out the list below, and use it to impress your co-workers, friends and non-Tourney-night dates:

WHAT'S HOT, WHAT'S NOT FOR SWEET 16
Category	Hot	Not Hot
Fan	Still Ashley Judd	John Stockton
Cinderella	Butler	Michigan State
Brawlers	Mascots	Radio analysts
Most thrilling game	Arizona-Gonzaga	Cal-N.C. State
Momentum	Duke	Texas
NBA stock	C. Michigan's Chris Kaman	Wake Forest's Josh Howard
Sleeper	UConn	Michigan State
Cheerleaders	Oklahoma	(Still not that mean)
"Home" advantage	Albany (Syracuse)	Albany (Oklahoma)
Underrated	Maryland as a 6	Kansas as a 2
Awesome match-up	Duke-Kansas	Kentucky-Wisconsin
MOP favorite	Gerald Fitch (Kentucky)	Jason Gardner (Arizona)
Forget our academics	Notre Dame	Stanford
"He's Due" coach	Ben Howland (Pitt)	Gary Williams (Maryland)
Hoops hotbed	Big East	Pac-10 (except 'Zona)
Mascot	Non-animals	Animals
Perennial overachiever	Wisconsin	Wake Forest
Carry-the-team player	Marquis Daniels (Auburn)	Anyone on Kentucky
Sweet 16 upset special	UConn over Texas	Auburn over Syracuse
No. 1 lock for Final Four	Kentucky	Arizona
Phrase at the office	"Well, I'm out!"	"I got the East totally right!"
Region site	Anaheim (West)	Minneapolis (Midwest)
"State"	Michigan	No other "States" left
Warm-up tops	Velour	Long-sleeve
Bench superstition	Locking arms	Holding hands
Jersey to be seen in	Butler	Xavier
Conventional wisdom	Rebounding wins	Defense wins
Hairstyle	Cut short	Dyed blonde
Outrage	Where Syracuse, Texas get to play	Re-seeding the Final Four (blah)
Least likely to be underexposed	Butler as Cinderella	Wisconsin
Spotlight-stealer	Tim Floyd to Georgia?	Jim Harrick anywhere
Juicy potential regional final matchup	Arizona-Duke	Michigan State-UConn

With our original Final Four picks still around, Page 2 takes a pre-Sweet 16 crack at picking this year's bracket big winners:

PAGE 2'S BRACKET PICKS
Category	We Like	We Don't Like
East fave	Syracuse	Oklahoma
West fave	Duke	Arizona
Midwest fave	Kentucky	Pitt
South fave	Maryland	Texas
National champ pick	Kentucky	Any of the other No. 1 seeds

Dan Shanoff is a columnist for Page 2. His "Daily Quickie" commentary appears every weekday morning.