Published 3/19/2008
by Jorge Castillo
at Bleacher Report - College Basketball
Every second Sunday of March I, along with millions across this country, watch the unveiling of that season's NCAA Tournament. We then spent an excessive amount of time predicting what we think — or what — will happen in the tournament and this year was no different. By Tuesday afternoon I finally had it all laid out. So here it is. First I'll go with my first round upsets, which in my definition means a higher seed over a lower seed. East: (11) St. Joe's over (6) Oklahoma Midwest: (9) Kent St. over (8) UNLV (10) Davidson over (7) Gonzaga South: (12) Temple over (5) Michigan St. (14) Cornell over (3) Stanford West: (11) Baylor over Purdue So obviously I'm going with the chalk with the other picks in the first round and from the match-ups in the second round, here are my picks in the Sweet Sixteen. East: (1) UNC over (5) Notre Dame (3) Louisville over (2) Tennessee Midwest: (1) Kansas over (5) Clemson (2) Georgetown over (3) Wisconsin South: (1) Memphis over (4) ...
(link)
Tags:
Related Content
Mapping the NCAAs
ballhype.com 3/19/2008 — While my forte is the NBA , I am an equal opportunity cartographer. The NCAA tournament provides endless routes for creativity; there has been more great stuff in the blogdome this week than ever before. Allow me to add a bit of visual stimulation to the mix; if you like what you see, crank that hype button. (And pick Cornell over Stanford, lest you invoke the wrath of Andy Bernard.) ...
A Look Into Kornheiser's Bracket (And The Sports Gal's Too!)
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 3/19/2008 — Every year the Washington Post makes a huge deal about Tony Kornheiser's bracket. He writes all of these cute notes on it and everyone laughs at his silliness. Well let's take a look shall we (click for larger)..... Umm, this actually isn't that ...
Mascotology: EAST BRACKET —
Bleacher Report - College Basketball 3/19/2008
Move over Joe Lunardi, there's a new -ology in town and its theories are about to be proven by female bracket pool winners across the nation. This, of course, is Mascotology and has time and again proven just as effective in selecting a bracket ...
Weekend Preview: UCLA Bruins —
Bleacher Report - College Basketball 3/20/2008
Each the last two seasons, the UCLA Bruins have had a team that would have won the national title 8 of 10 years. Both of those seasons, however, they ran into the buzzsaw called the Florida Gators. This year, however, the "04's" have moved ...
