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  CBS continues to take a hard-hitting, tell-it-like-it-is look at  March Madness … NOT.  CLARK KELLOGG  … you don’t  expect much. He’s the original  NEVER IS HEARD A  DISCOURAGING WORD  talking head … who will always  have a job because … he’s sooo nice. But  SETH DAVIS  …  you expect more … The subject, on Saturday’s pregame show  was automatic bids … and good, old Clark noted McNeese St.,  champion of the Southland Conference, would not be a  pushover. “Whoever they face is going to be in trouble,” he said  … to which Davis responded: “ WILL WADE ’s back in the  tournament … with everything he’s been through.” … That was  it. Poor Will? Nothing more … like Wade isn’t the same coach  who was caught cheating at LSU after spending three years at  Virginia Commonwealth, where he wasn’t … but did (as  successor  MIKE RHOADES  quickly found out) … VCU fans  should remembe...

  Based on one game – which isn’t fair, of course – Villanova,  nevertheless, lucked out when  Tyler Burton  opted to leave the  University of Richmond for his final season of eligibility. One of four transfers for second-year coach  Kyle Neptune , the 6-7,  215 pounder had a game-high 15 points Friday night (Nov. 17) as the  21st-ranked Wildcats prevailed over offensively-challenged Maryland.  Final score was 57-40. In all, Burton played 20 minutes, scoring 10 points in the first half  including a three-pointer from the left corner. He started and made an  instant impact, laying out to dive for a loose ball. Twice he produced  highlight field goals … bursting down the lane to turn a poor pass into  two points then, on the run, pulling up and hitting three points from  well outside the arc. The pressure is really on Neptune this season after going 17-17 a year  ago when Villanova failed to make the NCAA tournamen...