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  Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Bracket Express First Round Breakdown & Picks
By Drew Barnette

CLICK href=/profile//> HERE href=/profile//> TO href=/profile//> GET href=/profile//> ALL href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> ANALYSIS href=/profile//> YOU href=/profile//> NEED href=/profile//> ON href=/profile//> ALL href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> MATCHUPS href=/profile//> AND href=/profile//> POTENTIAL href=/profile//> MATCHUPS href=/profile//> FOR href=/profile//> FILLING href=/profile//> OUT href=/profile//> YOUR href=/profile//> BRACKETS!!!



Here href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> my href=/profile//> picks href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> analysis href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> Get href=/profile//> ready href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> hear href=/profile//> R.O.C.K. href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> USA href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> John href=/profile//> Mellancamp href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> sixty href=/profile//> times href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> days. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> theme href=/profile//> song href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> March href=/profile//> Madness. href=/profile//> You’ll href=/profile//> hear href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> virtually href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> commercial href=/profile//> break. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> TVs href=/profile//> set href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> my href=/profile//> house href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> watch href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> once, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> I’m href=/profile//> sure href=/profile//> I’ll href=/profile//> never href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> hear href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> song href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> over. href=/profile//>


THURSDAY, href=/profile//> MARCH href=/profile//> 16TH

-10. href=/profile//> SETON href=/profile//> HALL href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 7. href=/profile//> WICHITA href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Seton href=/profile//> Hall href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> inconsistent href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> sort href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> backed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> experience href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> home. href=/profile//> Wichita href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> Missouri href=/profile//> Valley href=/profile//> Champions, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> faced href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> competition href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Illinois, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> boys. href=/profile//> Wichita href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> looks href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Seton href=/profile//> Hall href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> never href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> they’re href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> turn href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> on. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Wichita href=/profile//> State)

-11. href=/profile//> WISCONSIN href=/profile//> MILWAUKEE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 6. href=/profile//> OKLAHOMA. href=/profile//> To href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> alert href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> understatement. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> typically href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> struggles href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> caliber. href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> Milwaukee href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> hotter href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> familiar href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> takes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they’re href=/profile//> athleticism href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> going. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> Milwaukee)

-13. href=/profile//> PACIFIC href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 4. href=/profile//> BOSTON href=/profile//> COLLEGE. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> personally href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Pacific href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> champions href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> certainly href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> young href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> caliber href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> involves href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Boston href=/profile//> College href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> simply href=/profile//> awesome href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ACC href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> BC href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ton href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> momentum href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> close. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Boston href=/profile//> College)

-10. href=/profile//> ALABAMA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 7. href=/profile//> MARQUETTE. href=/profile//> Alabama href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> Marquette. href=/profile//> Marquette href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> shown href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> capable href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> beating href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> caliber href=/profile//> teams, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> capable href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> beating href=/profile//> Final href=/profile//> Four href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> given href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Connecticut href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> others href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Marquette)

-15. href=/profile//> WINTHROP href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 2. href=/profile//> TENNESSEE href=/profile//> (***upset href=/profile//> alert***). href=/profile//> Tennessee href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> limped href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> good. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> vulnerable href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 15 href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> matchup href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> I’ve href=/profile//> seen href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> time. href=/profile//> Winthrop href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> incredibly href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> experienced href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> competition. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Marqutte href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> Alabama href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> Tennessee href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> athletic href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SEC href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> gave href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> extra href=/profile//> days href=/profile//> off. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Tennessee href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> potential href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> ignore. href=/profile//> I’m href=/profile//> gonna href=/profile//> pick href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Eagles. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Winthrop)

-#14. href=/profile//> SOUTH href=/profile//> ALABAMA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #3. href=/profile//> FLORIDA href=/profile//> (***upset href=/profile//> alert***). href=/profile//> Nearly href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 14 href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> possible href=/profile//> upsets href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> South href=/profile//> Alabama href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> 23-6 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> thrashed href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> Western href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Sun href=/profile//> Belt href=/profile//> Championship href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> familiar href=/profile//> with, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> competitive href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> anything href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> minds. href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SEC href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> high. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> Sunday href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> rest, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> shouldn’t href=/profile//> factor href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> much. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Jacksonville href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> asset href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> An href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> wouldn’t href=/profile//> surprise href=/profile//> me, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Gators href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> care href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> business. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> around href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Florida)

-#12. href=/profile//> MONTANA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #5. href=/profile//> NEVADA. href=/profile//> Nevada href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> underneath, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tendency href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> ice href=/profile//> cold href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> outside. href=/profile//> Montana href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Sky href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> hostile href=/profile//> environment. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> anyone href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> level href=/profile//> Nevada href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Nevada)

-#15. href=/profile//> BELMONT href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #2. href=/profile//> UCLA. href=/profile//> UCLA href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> championships. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> San href=/profile//> Diego, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> geography href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> go. href=/profile//> Belmont href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> happy href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> here. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> pulling href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset, href=/profile//> nor href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> long. href=/profile//> Another href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> tips href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> 4:55pm, href=/profile//> est href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> means href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> same href=/profile//> time. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> case, href=/profile//> why href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one?? href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> UCLA) href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-#13. href=/profile//> IONA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #4. href=/profile//> LSU href=/profile//> (***upset href=/profile//> alert***). href=/profile//> Iona href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> stranger href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> competition. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> is, href=/profile//> neither href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> LSU. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> Iona href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> competing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> takes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> unless href=/profile//> LSU href=/profile//> comes href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> sloppy href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> adjust href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pace href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Iona href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that’s href=/profile//> senior href=/profile//> leadership. href=/profile//> LSU href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> fairly href=/profile//> young. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> close, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> LSU href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> off. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> LSU)

-#9. href=/profile//> UNC href=/profile//> WILMINGTON href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #8. href=/profile//> GEORGE href=/profile//> WASHINGTON. href=/profile//> Many href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> truth href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> matter href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> UNC href=/profile//> Wilmington href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tougher href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> beaten href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> GW. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ton href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> momentum href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> considering href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> GW href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> athletic, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> thrown href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> balance href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> easily href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> case href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Temple. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> wouldn’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> same href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> happened href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> crowd href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> favor href=/profile//> UNCW href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> seeing href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> they’re href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Greensboro. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> UNC href=/profile//> Greensboro)

-#14. href=/profile//> XAVIER href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #3. href=/profile//> GONZAGA. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> week href=/profile//> ago href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> told href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> Xavier href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> told href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> reason href=/profile//> Vegas href=/profile//> sports href=/profile//> books href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> money. href=/profile//> Nevertheless href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> earned href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> automatic href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> assignment href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> one, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> might href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> capable href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> pulling href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset. href=/profile//> Xavier href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> San href=/profile//> Francisco, href=/profile//> San href=/profile//> Diego href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> LMU, href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Zags href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stakes href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Gonzaga href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> emerge href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> whatever href=/profile//> sleepwalking href=/profile//> state href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> before. href=/profile//> To href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Gonzaga href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> shut href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> Adam href=/profile//> Morrison href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> keep href=/profile//> J.P. href=/profile//> Batista href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> Xavier href=/profile//> doing href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> things, href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> less href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Gonzaga)

-#13. href=/profile//> AIR href=/profile//> FORCE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #4. href=/profile//> ILLINOIS. href=/profile//> Since href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Air href=/profile//> Force href=/profile//> deserved href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> taken href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> heat href=/profile//> over, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> interesting href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> national href=/profile//> reaction href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Falcons href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Air href=/profile//> Force href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> beat, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> feel href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Illini href=/profile//> (if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> allowed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> call href=/profile//> themselves href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament) href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> smothering href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> Air href=/profile//> Force’s href=/profile//> biggest href=/profile//> asset href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> execution href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Falcons href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> shut href=/profile//> down. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Illinois)

-#16. href=/profile//> SOUTHERN href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1. href=/profile//> DUKE. href=/profile//> Southern href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SWAC href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won. href=/profile//> By href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> mean href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Louisiana href=/profile//> Tech. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> deserve href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> here href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> earned href=/profile//> it, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> national href=/profile//> stage, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> competitive href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all. href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> trounce href=/profile//> Southern. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Duke)

-#12. href=/profile//> TEXAS href=/profile//> A&M href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #5. href=/profile//> SYRACUSE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> matchups href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> Syracuse href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> red href=/profile//> hot href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> win, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> TAMU href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> straight href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> semifinals href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Twelve. href=/profile//> Not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> TAMU href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> winning, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> impressively. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> wouldn’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> off. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> TAMU’s href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> trip href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> awhile. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> person href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> bench href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> experience href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> TAMU’s href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> UTEP. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> competitive href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Syracuse href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> knocked href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> multiple href=/profile//> heavyweights href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> sort href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> feel-good href=/profile//> underdog href=/profile//> story. href=/profile//> Winning href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> guarantee href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Syracuse)

-#11. href=/profile//> SAN href=/profile//> DIEGO href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #6. href=/profile//> INDIANA. href=/profile//> San href=/profile//> Diego href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> blew href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> Indiana href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> midway href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> portion href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> schedule, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end. href=/profile//> An href=/profile//> interesting href=/profile//> story href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Mike href=/profile//> Davis href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> leaving href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> head href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> over. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> call href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> inconsistent href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> SDSU href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> closer href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> home, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> fanatical href=/profile//> IU href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> they’d href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> buying href=/profile//> tickets href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> moon href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> IU href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> there. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> gotta href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Hoosiers. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Indiana)

-#12. href=/profile//> UTAH href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #5. href=/profile//> WASHINGTON href=/profile//> (***upset href=/profile//> alert***). href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> wouldn’t href=/profile//> read href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> Washington’s href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Oregon href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> meant href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> days href=/profile//> extra href=/profile//> rest href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs. href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pick href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> people, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> said href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> capable href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> excellent href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> turn href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> notch href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> evidenced href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> times href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> faced href=/profile//> Nevada href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> reason href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> wasn’t href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> bring href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> single href=/profile//> night. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> bring href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> tonight href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> wall. href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> hasn’t href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> this. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> such href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> UCLA href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> foes, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> guarantee. href=/profile//> I’m href=/profile//> gonna href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> USU href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> State)



FRIDAY, href=/profile//> MARCH href=/profile//> 17TH

-#15. href=/profile//> DAVIDSON href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #2. href=/profile//> OHIO href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Davidson href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> expect href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> dominated href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SoCon href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> earning href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Bid href=/profile//> Dance. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> overmatched href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> red href=/profile//> hot href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> winning, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> caliber href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> State)

-#14. href=/profile//> NORTHWESTERN href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #3. href=/profile//> IOWA href=/profile//> (***upset href=/profile//> alert***). href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> clearly href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> home. href=/profile//> Northwestern href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> surprise href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Hawkeyes href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> overlooks href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> NWST href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> beaten href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Mississippi href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> absolutely href=/profile//> dominated href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Southland. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Hawkeyes href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> win, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> expect href=/profile//> NWST href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> hang href=/profile//> tough. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Iowa)

-#9. href=/profile//> WISCONSIN href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #8. href=/profile//> ARIZONA. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> streaky href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> reason href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> such href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> call href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> skid href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home. href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> six, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> has. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Arizona)

-#9. href=/profile//> BUCKNELL href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #8. href=/profile//> ARKANSAS. href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> absolutely href=/profile//> dominated href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Patriot href=/profile//> League href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> proved href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> programs href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Syracuse href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> hung href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Villanova href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> Arkansas href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SEC href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> they’d href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> six href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> that. href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> ends href=/profile//> tonight. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Arkansas)

-#10. href=/profile//> NORTHERN href=/profile//> IOWA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #7. href=/profile//> GEORGETOWN. href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> dangerous href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> between href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> week href=/profile//> ago, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> might href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> needed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> regroup. href=/profile//> Georgetown href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch. href=/profile//> Much href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> attributed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Georgetown href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> better. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Georgetown) href=/profile//>

-#11. href=/profile//> SOUTHERN href=/profile//> ILLINOIS href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #6. href=/profile//> WEST href=/profile//> VIRGINIA. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> matchup. href=/profile//> Southern href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> relies href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> shooting. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> interesting href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> watch href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> out. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> hit href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> shots href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> win, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tendency href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> cold href=/profile//> streaks href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> attributed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> losses. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> WVU href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> SIU href=/profile//> matches href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> I’m href=/profile//> gonna href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Salukis href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Southern href=/profile//> Illinois)

-#16. href=/profile//> MONMOUTH href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1. href=/profile//> VILLANOVA. href=/profile//> Monmouth href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> play-in href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> night, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> likelihood href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> stops href=/profile//> here. href=/profile//> Beating href=/profile//> Villanova href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Philadelphia href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> simply href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> tall href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> order. href=/profile//> Villanova href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> perimeter href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> country href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Final href=/profile//> Four. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Villanova)

-#16. href=/profile//> ORAL href=/profile//> ROBERTS href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1. href=/profile//> MEMPHIS. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #16 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset, href=/profile//> Oral href=/profile//> Roberts href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> position href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> significantly href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> remaining href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> field. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> said, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> incredibly href=/profile//> overmatched href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> aspect href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> athletic href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> ORU href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> court. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Memphis)

-#12. href=/profile//> KENT href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #5. href=/profile//> PITTSBURGH. href=/profile//> Kent href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tear href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> eleven. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> weren’t href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> caliber href=/profile//> Pitt href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> Pitt href=/profile//> advanced href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Syracuse. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> level href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> bruisers href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> glass. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Pittsburgh). href=/profile//>

-#11. href=/profile//> GEORGE href=/profile//> MASON href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #6. href=/profile//> MICHIGAN href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> entering href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> momentum. href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> sputtered href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Mason href=/profile//> finishes href=/profile//> strong, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Tony href=/profile//> Skinn href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> serving href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> suspension. href=/profile//> All href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> all, href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> competition href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> generally href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> sense href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> urgency. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> wouldn’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> raise href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> level href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> here. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State)

-#10. href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #7. href=/profile//> CALIFORNIA. href=/profile//> Neither href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> seemed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch. href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> awful href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Cal, href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> winning, href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> better. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Cal href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> momentum href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> level href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> California)

-#16. href=/profile//> ALBANY href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1. href=/profile//> CONNECTICUT. href=/profile//> Albany href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> fun href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> watch href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> they’re href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> America href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> Caliber href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beating href=/profile//> UCLA href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> haven’t href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> shown href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> compete href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Connecticut, href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> can. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Connecticut)

-#14. href=/profile//> MURRAY href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #3. href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> (***upset href=/profile//> alert***). href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shame href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Murray href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> matched href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> hot href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Racers href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> athletic, href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> capable href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> competing href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> boys. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> beating href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina, href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> considering href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Tarheels href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> lately. href=/profile//> Murray href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> hearts href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> might href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> close, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> sneak href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Tarheels. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina). href=/profile//>

-#13. href=/profile//> BRADLEY href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #4. href=/profile//> KANSAS. href=/profile//> Bradley href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> is, href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> massive href=/profile//> hot href=/profile//> streak href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Twelve href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> Bradley href=/profile//> strikes href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> caliber href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Jayhawks. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> unfortunatey href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> weren’t href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> line href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Kansas)

-#15. href=/profile//> PENN href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #2. href=/profile//> TEXAS. href=/profile//> Penn href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Ivy href=/profile//> League href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> decent href=/profile//> competition href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they’re href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> yard. href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> blowout. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Texas)

-#9. href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #8. href=/profile//> KENTUCKY. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> reason href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> low href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> weak. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> athletic href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> easy href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> against. href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> dry href=/profile//> spells href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> given href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> athletic href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> oriented href=/profile//> teams, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upper href=/profile//> hand href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Kentucky)

 
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