Thursday, March 15, 2007

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...

NCAA Tourney is here, and these are my first round pics:

First Round Pics

Midwest
Florida (1) over Jackson St. (16)
Arizona (8) over Purdue (9)
Butler (5) over Old Dominion (12) *Though, this was a tough one to call...
Davidson (13) over Maryland (4)
Notre Dame (6) over Winthrop (11)
Oregon (3) over Miami of Ohio (14)
Ga Tech (10) over UNLV (7)
Wisconsin (2) over Texas AM (15)

East
UNC (1) over Eastern Kentucky (16)
Mich St. (9) over Marquette (8)
Arkansas (12) over USC (5)
Texas (4) over NM St. (13)
Vanderbilt (6) over GWU (11)
Oral Roberts (14) over Washington St. (3)
Boston College (7) over Texas Tech (10)
Georgetown (2) over Belmont (15) *Sadly

West
Kansas (1) over Niagra (16) *They better not choke again...
Villinova (9) over Kentucky (8) *How did UK even get a number 8 seed????????
Illinois (12) over Va Tech (5)
SIU (4) over Holy Cross (13) *SIU=team to watch
Duke (6) over VCU (11) *They've got a lot of critics, but Coach K will have them ready...
Pitt (3) over Wright St (14)
Gonzaga (10) over Indiana (7)
UCLA (2) over Weber St (15)

South
Ohio St (1) over Cent Conn (16)
Xavier (9) over BYU (8)
Tennessee (5) over Long Beach St. (12)
Virginia (4) over Albany (13)
Louisville (6) over Stanford (11)
Texas AM (3) over Penn (14)
Nevada (7) over Creighton (10)
Memphis (2) over N. Texas (15)

There you have it! My prediction... the HUGE upsets will happen late this year. Opposite of what usually happens. We'll have to see. Let the games begin...

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