[NCAA Tourney] Who's got their bracket filled out already?

[Ghostwind]

As a rule for upset, take a good look as the 5/12 seed matchups. In past NCAAs, these games almost always produce upsets. Another one to watch are the 7/10 seeds, but they don't have upsets near as much as the 5/12 ones.

 

[JoeBlank]

Okay, my picks are entered in my office pool, and I went ahead and joined the EN World group on ESPN too.

 

[dpdx]

Frankly, Joe, you might be surprised at how well you do. The stories about the secretary picking the teams based on colors and winning her pool, isn't just fable.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I'm in the same boat as Joe, but decided to hell with it. I'm throwing in my picks on the ESPN group just for fun.

 

[drothgery]

I'm in the same boat as Joe, but decided to hell with it. I'm throwing in my picks on the ESPN group just for fun.

Heck, as much as I'd like to believe my picks for games that don't involve Syracuse are based on sound analysis of basketball, they're really little better than guesses.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Heck, as much as I'd like to believe my picks for games that don't involve Syracuse are based on sound analysis of basketball, they're really little better than guesses.

Part of my just wants to go crazy and send Florida all the way to the top...even though I really doubt that will happen.

 

[Silver Moon]

Okay, I'm in. I usually do good at this but haven't been following it this year, so this probably isn't all that great

My picks for this year:

Chicago Bracket

Rd One: Illinois, Nevada, Alabama, BC, LSU, Utah, So. Ill, Oklahoma State

Rd Two: Illinois, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma State

Regionals: Illinois, Oklahoma State

Final Four: Illinois

Albuquerque Bracket

Rd. One: Washington, Pacific, G. Washington, Louisville, Texas Tech, Gonzaga, Creighton, Wake Forest

Rd. Two: Washington, Louisville, Gonzaga, Wake Forest

Regionals: Louisville, Wake Forest

Final Four: Louisville

Syracuse Bracket

Rd. One - No. Carolina, Minnesota, Villanova, Florida, Wisconsin, Kansas, Charlotte, Connecticut

Rd. Two - No. Carolina, Villanova, Wisconsin, Connecticut

Regionals: No. Carolina, Connecticut

Final Four: No. Carolina

Austin Bracket

Rd. One - Duke, Mississippi State, Old Dominion, Vermont, UTEP, Oklahoma, Cincinnati, Kentucky

Rd. Two - Duke, Vermont, Oklahoma, Kentucky

Regionals: Duke, Kentucky

Final Four: Kentucky



Semi Finals: Illinois, North Carolina

Final: Illinois

 

[Crothian]

Wow, that is really close to mine. looks to be a good tourney!!

 

[Steve Jung]

Okey doke. I'm in.

 

[virtus]

Tobacco road

Well, its my first post on ENworld (ah thank you...), but I couldn't really find another thread to post on. Being that I'm from Durham, NC work in Raleigh, NC and have otherwise been surrounded by ACC basketball all my life, I thought I could reply to this thread pretty easily.

I was wrong. I haven't paid much attention to any conference outside the ACC, but I can offer thoughts.

As much as I think UNC and Duke are both incredible teams, I don't think either will win. I do believe Duke would beat Kentucky to the Final Four. I still haven't picked a team out of the Albuquerque bracket, seeing as how seeds 1-7 all have a pretty good shot at it. All things being equal, I'm still going with the Illinois-UNC final, with Illinois winning. Unless the Cardiac Pack of NC State happen to emerge...