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Monday, March 15, 2010

Because It Is Federal Law

My bracket. Please note that I only started paying attention last week.

PLAY-IN (because some of us actually try to pick that game)
Winthrop over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff is dancing for the first time)

FIRST ROUND

Midwest:
Kansas (1) over Lehigh (16)
Northern Iowa (9) over UNLV (8) (when you get right down to it, aren't 8 and 9 basically the same seed aside from who gets to wear a home jersey in the first round?)
Michigan St. (5) over New Mexico St. (12)
Houston (13) over Maryland (4)
San Diego St. (11) over Tennessee (6)
Georgetown (3) over Ohio (14)
Oklahoma St. (7) over Georgia Tech (10)
Ohio St. (2) over UC-Santa Barbara (15)

West:
Syracuse (1) over Vermont (16) (if a 16 is going to beat a 1, look here; Vermont upended Syracuse before in the tournament not too long ago)
Gonzaga (8) over Florida St. (9)
UTEP (12) over Butler (5)
Vanderbilt (4) over Murray St. (13)
Xavier (6) over Minnesota (11)
Pittsburgh (3) over Oakland (14)
BYU (7) over Florida (10)
Kansas St. (2) over North Texas (10)

East:
Kentucky (1) over East Tennessee St. (16)
Wake Forest (9) over Texas (8)
Temple (5) over Cornell (12)
Wisconsin (4) over Wofford (13) (Wofford dancing for the first time)
Marquette (6) over Washington (11)
New Mexico (3) over Montana (14)
Missouri (10) over Clemson (7)
West Virginia (2) over Morgan St. (15)

South:
Duke (1) over Winthrop (16)
Louisville (9) over California (8) (thus wiping out the Pac-10 in the first round)
Texas A&M (5) over Utah St. (12)
Siena (13) over Purdue (4) (yes, I have two 13 seeds winning, so sue me)
Notre Dame (6) over Old Dominion (11)
Baylor (3) over Sam Houston St. (14)
Richmond (7) over St. Mary's (10)
Villanova (2) over Robert Morris (15)

SECOND ROUND

Midwest:
Kansas (1) over Northern Iowa (9)
Michigan St. (5) over Houston (13)
San Diego St. (11) over Georgetown (6)
Ohio St. (2) over Oklahoma St. (7)

West:
Syracuse (1) over Gonzaga (8)
UTEP (12) over Vanderbilt (4)
Xavier (6) over Pittsburgh (3)
Kansas St. (2) over BYU (7)

East:
Kentucky (1) over Wake Forest (9)
Wisconsin (4) over Temple (5)
Marquette (6) over New Mexico (3)
West Virginia (2) over Missouri (7)

South:
Duke (1) over Louisville (9)
Texas A&M (5) over Siena (13)
Baylor (3) over Notre Dame (6)
Richmond (7) over Villanova (2)

SWEET 16
Kansas (1) over Michigan St. (5)
Ohio St. (2) over San Diego St. (11)
Syracuse (1) over UTEP (12)
Xavier (6) over Kansas St. (2)
Wisconsin (4) over Kentucky (1) (hooray for homerism!)
West Virginia (2) over Marquette (6)
Duke (1) over Texas A&M (5)
Baylor (3) over Richmond (7)

ELITE 8
Kansas (1) over Ohio St. (2)
Xavier (6) over Syracuse (1)
Wisconsin (4) over West Virginia (2) (hooray for homerism!)
Baylor (3) over Duke (1)

FINAL 4
Kansas (1) over Xavier (6)
Wisconsin (4) over Baylor (3) (hooray for homerism!)

CHAMPIONSHIP
Kansas (1) over Wisconsin (4)

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