Other than the Super Bowl, this has to be my favorite time of the year. Usually I will fill out a ton of brackets to hedge my bets on who is going to win. However, this year I changed and just went with one bracket.
Midwest
This has to be the toughest out of the four. There are up to eight teams that are good enough to come out of this region.
In the Sweet 16, I have Kansas, Michigan State, Georgetown and Ohio State. I think those are the best four teams in the bracket.
It wouldn’t be a surprise, though, to see Maryland or Tennessee make a run, either.
In the Elite Eight, I have Kansas and Georgetown. Kansas is the best team in the country, and Georgetown should have been a two seed. I think Kansas will come out of the Midwest and will move on to the Final Four.
West
There are only about three teams that could come out of this region, those being Syracuse, Kansas State and Pittsburgh. The rest are good teams, but I think those teams are head and shoulders above everybody else.
In the Sweet 16, I have Syracuse, Murray State (a 13 seed), Pittsburgh and Kansas State. Murray State is a team that could give anybody problems.
It has nine players that average nine or more points per game. It also holds its opponents to under 40 percent shooting.
In the Elite Eight, I have Syracuse and Kansas State. I would have loved to say Pittsburgh, but I just think it is too young to make run far into the tournament. But next year I think it could be a top-five team in the country.
I am going with Syracuse to come out of this region, but if it doesn’t have starting center Arinze Onuaku, who was injured in the Big East Tournament, then it will lose early.
East
Kentucky is the No. 1 seed in a bracket that could have a few surprises along the way. I think there are only two teams that could come out of this region. Kentucky and West Virginia are the only two teams that are good enough to make the Final Four.
In the Sweet 16, I have Kentucky, Cornell (an 11 seed), Marquette and West Virginia. Cornell is the best team that the Ivy League has sent to the tournament in the past five seasons. They lost to Kansas earlier in the season by only five points.
In the Elite Eight, I have Kentucky and West Virginia.
I have West Virginia going to the Final Four.
South
Some people say that this is the easiest region for Duke, but I don’t think Duke is good enough to come out of it. I think if there is going to be a region that has a lot of upsets, it would be this one.
In the Sweet 16, I have Duke, Siena (a 13 seed), Baylor and Villanova.
I said at the start of the season that I liked Siena.
It has four starters that have been to the tournament the last three seasons.
In the Elite Eight, I have Siena and Villanova. I have Siena beating Duke because I don’t think Duke has a good team. I think it came from a weak ACC conference and doesn’t have the athletes that some of these other schools have.
I have Villanova going to the Final Four.
Final Four
I have Kansas over Syracuse. I have Villanova over West Virginia. Finally, I have Villanova over Kansas to win the National Championship.
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Published: Friday, March 19, 2010
Updated: Friday, March 19, 2010
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Villanova guard Scottie Reynolds led his team to the Final Four last season.
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