To know a bracket

It's that time again, time for me to completely crap the bed on my bracket projections. And although I already got Niagra right, I am fully aware that there are 32 games for me to get wrong over the next 48 hrs.

Last year my final 4 was LSU (check) UCLA (check) OSU(nope) and UConn (maybe, I dont remember, but it was certainly not George Mason)

I had UCLA winning it all.


Without further ado, away we go:

First Round Winners:


Midwest:

Florida
Arizona
ODU
Davidson
Notre Dame
Oregon
UNLV
Wisconsin

Great, I take Winthrop to win every year, just missed the last two, and now they are prime for the upset and they play a team that I think is crazy underrated in Notre Dame. Hey, at least the Eagles will probably get it done this year. And, oh yeah, Maryland and Butler suck.

West:

Kansas
Villanova
Virginia Tech
SIU
Duke
Pitt
Indiana
UCLA

Going chalk here except for Villanova, and kinda except for Duke since everyone is picking VCU. Pitt might have issues with Wright State if they aren't careful. Indiana should have a walk if they actually realize that DJ White is around


EAST:

UNC
MSU
USC
Texas
Vandy
Wash St
BC
Georgetown

Thanks to John Glassaway and tempo free statistics in aiding me on the BC pick. Go ahead, pick Knight and the Red Raiders. BC is hella efficient this season and they'll get the win. Also, Vandy sucks...but so does GW. GW should be a 13 seed, tops. Man, if only Winthrop could have drawn Vandy


SOUTH:

OSU
BYU
Tennessee
Virginia
Stanford
Texas A&M
Creighton
Memphis


Wow, I really didnt take a lot of first round upsets this year- that means they will be abundant. Xavier really stinks, I like BYU to own them, but not as bad as Creighton will own Nevada. Also, Albany has no business being a 13 seed, especially when matched against another team I would have normally picked against, in Virginia



2nd ROUND

Midwest:

Florida
ODU
Notre Dame
Wisconsin

Yeah, Oregon is going down, they had their peak last week in LA. Florida escapes a tough one against Arizona to get a cake walk against ODU

WEST:

Kansas
SIU
Pitt
UCLA

All four teams are just simply better than their opponents


EAST:

UNC
Texas
Wash State
Georgetown

Some interesting matchups here- Gtwon/BC could be a classic as both teams maximize their posessions, UNC and MSU could be a backyard brawl, and is Wash St/Vandy first to 35 might win


SOUTH:

OSU
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Creighton

Creighton nips Memphis to be this year's Wichita State and get all of the ink with ODU in what will be a rather uneventful first weekend, which is fine, since I think the next weekend will be freaking amazing.


SWEET 16:

Florida
Wisconsin

Kansas
UCLA

Texas
Wash State

OSU
Texas A&M

Look at all the great teams, coaches, programs, players still left.

Durant, Oden, Horford, Tucker, Law, Aflalo, Noah just to name some of the players. Wash State ruins a lot of brackets with their victory over Georgetown. If you were to ask John Thompson III which team in the lower half of the bracket he wants nothing to do with its Wash State. Heck, he might not want anything to do with them in any bracket. Badgers play a solid game to beat a solid Irish squad. OSU and Tennessee have another thriller and Ben Howland takes out his old team.


And your final 4:

Florida
UCLA
Texas
Texas A&M

Florida beats Wisconsin in a game reminiscent of UNC/Wisc in 04, UCLA uses the home court to get back to the final 4. Durant remains the man as Tony Bennett has no answer. Oden and Co. lose out to the law in Texas.

UCLA over Florida as the Bruins get revenge

A&M over Texas again as player of the year Acie Law IV make people forget about spring football in a win over Frosh of the year Kevin Durant


And your 2007 National Champion who will for the second straight year be susceptible to the TR curse: U...C...LLLLLLLL-A!

Go Pac 10!


P.S. MLR takes Florida, UCLA, UNC, OSU with UNC over Florida to win it all.