The annual stab in the dark at tourney picks

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – And now, on to that very painful process known as “round by round selections in the NCAA Tournament”.

Please don’t take out a second mortgage to show your faith in my projections!

 

MIDWEST

  Round 1: No. 16 Liberty d. NC A&T; No. 11 Saint Mary’s d. Middle Tennessee.

  Round 2: Upper, No. 1 Louisville d. 16 Liberty; No. 9 Missouri d. No. 8 Colorado State; No. 12 Oregon d. No. 5 Oklahoma State; No. 4 Saint Louis d. No. 13 New Mexico State.

Lower: No. 6 Memphis d. No. 11 Saint Mary’s; No. 3 Michigan State d. No. 14 Valparaiso; No. 10 Cincinnati d. No. 7 Creighton; No. 2 Duke d. No. 15 Albany.

Round 3: Louisville d. Missouri; Saint Louis d. Oregon; Michigan State d. Memphis; Duke d. Cincinnati.

At Indianapolis

  Semifinals: Louisville d. Saint Louis; Michigan State d. Duke.

Final: Louisville d. Michigan State.

 

SOUTH

  Round 2: Upper, No. 1 Kansas d No. 16 Western Kentucky; No. 8 North Carolina d. No. 9 Villanova; No. 5 VCU d. No. 12 Akron; No. 4 Michigan d. No. 13 South Dakota State

Lower: No. 11 Minnesota d. No. 6 UCLA: No. 3 Florida d. No. 14 Northwestern State; No. 10 Oklahoma d. No. 7 San Diego State; No. 2 Georgetown d. No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast University.

Round 3: Kansas d. North Carolina; Michigan d. VCU; Minnesota d. Florida; Georgetown d. Oklahoma.

At North Texas

  Semifinals: Kansas d. Michigan; Georgetown d. Minnesota.

Final: Kansas d. Georgetown.

 

EAST

  Round 1: No. 16 LIU d. James Madison.

  Round 2: Upper, No. 1 Indiana d. No. 16 LIU; No. 8 North Carolina State d. No. 9 Temple; No. 12 Cal d. No. 5 UNLV; No. 4 Syracuse d. No. 13 Montana.

Lower: No. 6 Butler d. No. 11 Bucknell; No. 3 Marquette d. No. 14 Davidson; No. 10 Colorado d. No. 7 Illinois; No. 2 Miami d. No. 15 Pacific.

Round 3: Indiana d. North Carolina State; Syracuse d. Cal; Butler d. Marquette; Colorado d. Miami.

At Washington, DC

  Semifinals: Syracuse d. Indiana; Butler d. Colorado.

Final: Syracuse d. Butler.

 

WEST

  Round 1: No. 13 Boise State d. La Salle.

  Round 2: Upper, No. 1 Gonzaga d. No. 16 Southern; No. 8 Pittsburgh d. No. 9 Wichita State; No. 5 Wisconsin d. No. 12 Mississippi; No. 4 Kansas State d. No. 13 Boise State.

Lower: No. 6 Arizona d. No. 11 Belmont; No. 3 New Mexico d. No. 14 Harvard; No. 7 Notre Dame d. No. 10 Iowa State; No. 2 Ohio State d. No. 15 Iona.

  Round 3: Gonzaga d. Pittsburgh; Wisconsin d. Kansas State; New Mexico d. Arizona; Ohio State d. Notre Dame.

At Los Angeles

  Semifinals: Gonzaga d. Wisconsin; New Mexico d. Ohio State.

Final: Gonzaga d. New Mexico.

 

FINAL FOUR

  At Atlanta

  Semifinals: Louisville d. Gonzaga; Kansas d. Syracuse.

Championship: Louisville d. Kansas.