I've seen the bracket, I've given myself a chance to mull it over, and I'm ready to make my picks and voice my complaints. I fared pretty well last year (two of the Final Four picks), but this year just feels odd to me.
Round One
1-16 Seeds
Yeah, a 16 seed will beat a 1 seed one year, but I'll look like a fool until that year, trying to predict one. So, Florida, Kansas, UNC and OSU all advance to the second round.
2-15 Seeds
This is just as vanilla as the 1 seeds. Wisconsin, UCLA, Georgetown and Memphis all win.
3-14 Seeds
Oregon, Pitt, WSU and TAMU all go on. Man, I can't believe I'm picking by the numbers this much.
4-13 Seeds
Maryland, SIU, Texas and Virginia all win as well. Okay, this is ridiculous. There has to be at least two upsets in the 3-4 seeds. Miami over Oregon? Albany beating Virginia?
5-12 Seeds
Only one upset here, as Arkansas beats USC. Butler, Virginia Tech and Tennessee move on. I really should have one more here. Maybe Illinois over Virginia Tech?
6-11 Seeds
Duke and Louisville play it by the numbers. Winthrop upsets Notre Dame (but nobody else in the world) and George Washington beats Vanderbilt.
7-10 Seeds
I only have one "by the numbers" winner here, Nevada over Creighton. Texas Tech, Gonzaga and Georgia Tech all pull off the "upsets".
8-9 Seeds
All upsets here are in number only. Arizona, Kentucky, Michigan State and Xavier move on.
Round Two
To show you what kind of Grade A Moron you're dealing with, I'll go ahead and pick all my games. Remember when the regions were, you know, regional? I miss that.
St. Louis
Florida over Arizona
Butler over Maryland
Oregon over Winthrop
Wisconsin over Georgia Tech
San Jose
Kansas over Kentucky (ZOMG TUBBY LOST TO A ONE SEED LETS FIRE HIM)
SIU over Virginia Tech
Pitt over Duke
UCLA over Gonzaga
East Rutherford
MSU over UNC (first one seed to lose!)
Arkansas over Texas (no good reason. Seriously.)
WSU over George Washington
Georgetown over Texas Tech
San Antonio
OSU over Xavier in the Battle For Ohio Basketball Supremacy
Tennessee over Virginia
TAMU over Louisville (in Lexington, of all things!)
Memphis over Nevada
Round Three
St. Louis
Florida over Butler
Wisconsin over Oregon
San Jose
Kansas over SIU
Pitt over UCLA
East Rutherford
MSU over Arkansas
Georgetown over WSU
San Antionio
Tennessee over OSU (Greg Oden calls Bruce Pearl "Bill Bixby", proving he's 30 years old)
TAMU over Memphis
Elite Eight
Florida over Wisconsin
Pitt over Kansas
MSU over Georgetown
TAMU over Tennessee
Final Four
Florida over Pitt
MSU over TAMU
Championship Game
Florida over MSU
Final Thoughts
I was uncertain about a lot of teams, so I picked the high seeds early on in the tourney. This is absolute poison, but I did make sure to have some 5-12 and 7-10 upsets. At least one 3- or 4- seed will lose in the first round.
MSU and Pitt in the Final Four? Yes, it's insane. But UNC could very well grind to a halt against MSU, who could out-physical Georgetown later down the stretch. And Pitt...it's a hunch.
Maybe Syracuse should've been in. I think they had a good schedule, but would it have killed them to play more road games? And why is Louisville allowed to play in Lexington in the second round? That's an abhorration to God and man both.
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87-69, if I had to guess.
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