Thursday, March 24

My Picks

Later than planned, here are my bracket picks. They aren't looking very good.


East Bracket

Round 1 Winners
Ohio State, George Mason, West Virginia, Kentucky, Xavier, Syracuse, Georgia, North Carolina

Round 2 Winners
Ohio State, West Virginia, Syracuse, North Carolina

Sweet 16 Winners
Ohio State, North Carolina

Elite 8 Winner
Ohio State


West Bracket

Round 1 Winners
Duke, Tennessee, Arizona, Texas, Missouri, UConn, Temple, San Diego St

Round 2 Winners
Duke, Texas, UConn, San Diego St

Sweet 16 Winners
Duke, UConn

Elite 8 Winner
Duke


Southwest Bracket

Round 1 Winners
Kansas, UNLV, Vanderbilt, Louisville, Georgetown, Purdue, Texas A&M, Notre Dame

Round 2 Winners
Kansas, Louisville, Purdue, Notre Dame

Sweet 16 Winners
Kansas, Purdue

Elite 8 Winner
Kansas


Southeast Bracket

Round 1 Winners
Pittsburgh, Butler, Utah State, Belmont, St. John's, BYU, Michigan St, Florida

Round 2 Winners
Pittsburgh, Utah State, BYU, Florida

Sweet 16 Winners
Pittsburgh, BYU

Elite 8 Winner
Pittsburgh


Final Four

Ohio St over Duke
Kansas over Pittsburgh

National Title Game

Ohio St over Kansas

So, there is my gloriously terrible bracket. My East and West bracket are somewhat respectable. The other side... ugh. Terrible. I'm just hoping for some good games now, as I have no chance of winning my pick'em group.

2 comments:

McMel said...

i also have ohio state over kansas.

you know something sad? i have 3 teams left after tonight. ohio state, kansas- and kansas' opponent- richmond. ai yi yi. i may have one other team left, but it doesn't matter b\c i have them losing in the sweet 16 to someone i didn't have winning in the first place..

Ryan said...

I really underestimated the parity of the teams. I thought most of the 2-10 seeds could beat each other, but I thought the #1's were better by far. I was wrong.

It's setting up for an interesting championship. Upstart mid-major (Butler or VCU) vs traditional power (UK or UConn). Should be fun.