THE PICKS!!!!

Aight here we go:

The 32: UNC, Indiana, ND, Wazzu, St. Joes, Louisville, Butler, Tennessee, Kansas, UNLV, Nova, Vandy, Southern Cal, Wisconsin, Zags, G-Town, Memphis, Oregon, Mich St., Pitt, Marquette, Stanford, St. Marys, Texas, UCLA, BYU, Western Kentucky, San Diego, Purdue, Xavier, Arizona, Duke

Sweet 16: UNC, Wazzu, Louisville, Butler, Kansas, Villanova, Wisconsin, G-Town, Memphis, Pitt, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, Western Kentucky, Xavier, Duke

Elite 8: UNC, Louisville, Kansas, Wisconsin, Memphis, Texas, UCLA, Duke

Final 4: UNC, Kansas, Texas, UCLA

Finals: UCLA, UNC

Champ: UCLA Bruins


Some insights....

• That West regional absolutely slayed me....not a single possibility I could see of UCLA losing...don't like anyone else in the region at all


• I was going out of my way to not put UNC in the final 4....until I saw that bracket....There are probably 10 teams I'd pick to beat them...and not one of them was in that bracket....Yes, youre all saying to yourselves "Pick Wazzu!" but I am off the bandwagon....that said, I'll be rooting for them wholeheartedly


• Texas gets the huge benefit of the regional being in Houston....can't overstate how important that could be (same with UNC in Charlotte)....and their guard play (especially Augustin) is 2nd to none (Even Memphis who I had professed as the best backcourt in the land but Rose is a Frosh...knocks them down at tourney time)


• Games I struggled mightily with....Butler/Tenn, Purdue/Baylor, Duke/Zona, Kansas/Wisconsin, Memphis/Pitt

Well Ladies and Gentlemen...there you have it.....Let's go Bruins!