LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, family dogs . . .
Here are my game-by-game selections for the NCAA Tournament, culminating with the Final Four in San Antonio:
SOUTH
First Round: No. 1 Virginia-UMBC; Creighton-Kansas State; Kentucky-Davidson; Arizona-Buffalo; Miami-Loyola/Chi.; Tennessee-Wright State; Nevada-Texas; Cincinnati-Georgia State.
Second Round: Virginia-Creighton; Arizona-Kentucky; Tennessee-Miami; Cincinnati-Texas.
Regional Semifinals (Atlanta): Virginia-Arizona and Cincinnati-Miami.
Final: Cincinnati-Arizona
WEST
First Round: No. 1 Xavier-Texas Southern; Missouri-Florida State; Gonzaga-UNC/Greensboro; Ohio State-South Dakota State; Houston-San Diego State; Michigan-Montana; Texas A&M-Providence; North Carolina-Lipscomb.
Second Round: Xavier-Missouri; Gonzaga-Ohio State; San Diego State-Michigan; Providence-North Carolina.
Regional Semifinals (Los Angeles): Xavier-Gonzaga; Michigan-North Carolina.
Final: North Carolina-Gonzaga
EAST
First Round: No. 1 Villanova-Radford; Virginia Tech-Alabama; West Virginia-Murray State; Wichita State-Marshall; Florida-St. Bonaventure; Texas Tech-Stephen F. Austin; Arkansas-Butler; Purdue-Cal State Fullerton.
Second Round: Villanova-Alabama; West Virginia-Wichita State; Florida-Texas Tech; Arkansas-Purdue.
Regional Semifinals (Boston): Villanova-Wichita State; Florida-Purdue.
Final: Wichita State-Florida
MIDWEST
First Round: No. 1 Kansas-Penn; Seton Hall-North Carolina State; Clemson-New Mexico State; Auburn-Charleston; Syracuse-TCU; Michigan State-Bucknell; Rhode Island-Oklahoma; Duke-Iona
Second Round: Kansas-North Carolina State; Clemson-Auburn; Syracuse-Michigan State; Oklahoma-Duke.
Regional Semifinals (Omaha): Kansas-Clemson; Michigan State-Oklahoma
Final: Kansas-Michigan State
FINAL FOUR
Semifinals: Arizona-North Carolina; Michigan State-Wichita State
Final: Arizona-Michigan State
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