Sunday March 11, 2007

Not much baseball news today, so I'll go through the brackets.

Starting in the Midwest...
I like Florida, Maryland, Wisconsin and Oregon to win the first round pretty easily.
Arizona should get past Purdue, the upsets here are Old Dominion over Butler and Winthrop over Notre Dame. I also like Georgie Tech over UNLV. I think Wisconsin will have some trouble scoring and fall to GT.
Sweet 16- Florida, Maryland, Oregon, Georgia Tech

West...
Kansas, Pittsburgh, and UCLA are the slam dunks in this bracket. I think the 8-9, 5-12, 6-11, and 7-10 match-ups will all be close and could go either way. Villanova comes out on top over Kentucky and Virginia Tech wins a tough won against Illinois. I like VCU's chances but I have to go with the team that played against great competition all season, plus Erik might kill me if I pick against Duke in the first round. Gonzaga will beat UNLV.
Sweet 16- Kansas, Virginia Tech, Duke, UCLA

East...
First off, it sucks that Wazzu is stuck in by far the strongest bracket. North Carolina, Georgetown, WSU, Texas are my easy wins in this bracket. Michigan State over Marquette in a good game, USC edges the best 12-seed around in Arkansas. Vanderbilt should hold off GW. I think Texas Tech wins over Boston College in one of the better first round match-ups. I know I'm being unoriginal with this bracket, but I don't see a whole lot of upsets here.
Sweet 16- NC, Georgetown, WSU, Texas

South...
Ohio State, Texas A&M, Memphis win pretty easily here. Xavier over BYU, Tennessee over Long Beach State, and Virginia over Albany. Louisville against Stanford (the only at-large with fewer than 20 wins) looks like a good game, I think Stanford comes out on top. I like Creighton over Nevada. I think Texas A&M and Memphis will have some trouble in the second round (Stanford and Creighton) but still come out on top.
Sweet 16- Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Memphis

Strongest Bracket- East
Weakest Bracket- South
Most Competitive Bracket- West
Sleeper Team- Georgia Tech

It will be entertaining as always, good luck to everyone on their brackets.
-Adam