http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/ncaa-pool-tips-before-tip-off (http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/ncaa-pool-tips-before-tip-off)
Schrager's tournament picks:
Round 1 upsets: No. 12 UTEP over No. 5 Butler, No. 10 Georgia Tech over No. 7 Oklahoma State, No. 10 Saint Mary's over No. 7 Richmond, No. 13 Siena over No. 4 Purdue, No. 9 Louisville over No. 8 California.
Sweet 16 upsets: No. 4 Vanderbilt over No. 1 Syracuse, No. 3 Pittsburgh over No. 2 Kansas State, No. 5 Texas A&M over No. 1 Duke, No. 6 Marquette over No. 2 West Virginia.
Final Four: No. 1 Kansas, No. 1 Kentucky, No. 2 Villanova, No. 3 Pittsburgh.
Champions: Kansas
I don't buy into Pitt, don't know why, just don't have a good feeling about them being a strong team in the tournament...
I feel that way about West Virginia (EDIT: Probably due to my dislike for their coach). Frankly I like Pitt. Then again I tend to give Big East teams a lot of credit when it comes tourney time.
Should be interesting.
He has DJO as 1 of his 5 lesser known tourney heroes.
I may be completely wrong here, but is Kentucky a little too in-experienced to make a final four run? Bilas has 12 seed Cornell knocking off UK. Even though that's a long shot, could UW knock off UK? After watching the Mississippi St. Game UK just didn't look good.
I think Bilas is crazy. I don't think Cornell will get past Temple...
I have Template beating Cornell. I have UW beating UK. And I have Pitt and WVU in the Final Four.
I also tend to finish last in bracket pools. :P
chapman, you might be onto something with UW beating UK. UW has two senior leadership at the guard positions, good post players, and a star player in hughes. I think you might be onto something...
I also have UW beating UK. I thought I was the only one who thought of that genius idea! Guess not. :)