Go, George Mason! Josh Oates is way off base. Three Cinderella teams in the Sweet 16 is thrilling for real sport fans who relish the suspense of it all. My undergraduate roommate, who became a great professor of psychology, scorned New York Yankee fans as people who need reassurance of a team that wins year after year. Now that George Mason eliminated my alma mater, Michigan State, I’d like to see them go all the way.

—Charles Nelson, professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.