It’s the most wonderful time of the year! March Madness! I finally got smart and took Thursday afternoon off to watch the games. Friday is my normal day off, so I have two full days of basketball with no pesky job to get in the way. I do have to work on Saturday, so I…
Before I post my bracket projections I will admit that I am Kentucky fan and in years when they have a team with a legitimate chance to win it all I never pick against them. Upset specials: 1st round – Rhode Island over Creighton, MTSU over Minnesota, Wichita St over Dayton, UNCW over Virginia, Marquette…
Here are my projections for March Madness this year: Upsets: Buffalo over WVU, BYU over Xavier, UC Irvine over Louisville, SF Austin over Utah, Eastern Washington over Georgetown. Second round upsets: Wichita St over Kansas, Arkanas over UNC, BYU over Baylor, NC state over Villanova, Michigan State over Virginia. Final eight: UK, Notre Dame, Wisconsin,…
Before my projections I have to say this is a horrible bracket. Very unbalanced, teams poorly seeded. Just a very bad job by the committee. First round upset specials: Stephen F Austin over VCU W. Michigan over Syracuse Harvard over Cincy St Joseph’s over UConn New Mexico St over San Diego St BYU over Oregon…
I am likely very wrong because I did not pick many major upsets. First Round upsets – New Mexico St over Indiana, Xavier over Notre Dame, WVU over Gonzaga, Purdue over St. Marys. Second Round upsets – none Final 8 – UK v Baylor, MSU v Missouri, Syracuse v FSU, UNC v Kansas Final…
I thought I would feel better about my bracket with Kentucky not playing. I usually worry I have them going too far or not far enough based on personal feelings toward the team. This year there is no UK and I even have the hated Louisville Cardinals in the championship game, so no bias issues…
