If the NCAA tournament started today....

[bilsu]

I pretty sure it will not be Maryland. I made a bet on them in Vegas to win it all before the start of the season.
I will be rooting for Xavier, but I do not think they will make it past the Elite 8.
Michigan St has to be a final four team.
My prediction would be Kansas.

[slack00]

Teams win tournament games with NBA players.  I could see Dunn and Bentil going off for 50+ points three or four games in a row.

[4everwarriors]

Then, MU should make a deep run, hey?

[MUfan12]

UW is 17-10/9-5 and high RPI with a decent chance to go 2-2 (@IA,MI,@MN,@PU)...with 1 win in the BTT they are in.

Agreed. They won't leave out an 11 win team from the B1G.

[BM1090]

The teams that I think have a shot to win it all in order of most to least likely:

UNC
MSU
Kansas
Xavier
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Duke
Iowa

Team that I don't think could win it all but I think could go to the Final Four but everyone is overlooking: Oregon

This would pretty much be my list, including Oregon. I like them alot. Altman is really good.

I don't think Nova should be excluded from the list because of the last two years, either. March failures can be corrected. Marquette went 5 years in a row from 2005-2010 losing on the first weekend, then went S16, S16, Elite 8.