Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Our Early Season Final Four Picks

Back in December, we tried to come up with our final four picks. The resulting list was created during a ski trip to Vail and a stop in the windy city.

JK

  • UNC
  • Pittsburgh
  • UCONN
  • UCLA

The Pill

  • UNC
  • Pittsburgh
  • Wake Forest
  • Texas

TD

  • UNC
  • Oklahoma
  • Clemson
  • Texas

Foth

  • UNC
  • Gonzaga
  • Texas
  • Pittsburgh

Brackets 2/24

Here's my initial NCAA bracket prognostication, updated through Tuesday, February 24th. This will not have taken into account any of the games that will be played tonight.


 

Rank

Seed

Team

1

1

UCONN

2

1

Pittsburgh

3

1

North Carolina

4

1

Oklahoma

5

2

Memphis

6

2

Marquette

7

2

Clemson

8

2

Louisville

9

3

Duke

10

3

Kansas

11

3

Villanova

12

3

Wake Forest

13

4

Missouri

14

4

Michigan State

15

4

Gonzaga

16

4

Xavier

17

5

Arizona State

18

5

Florida State

19

5

Purdue

20

5

LSU

21

6

Illinois

22

6

West Virginia

23

6

Syracuse

24

6

UCLA

25

7

Washington

26

7

Texas

27

7

California

28

7

Florida

29

8

Butler

30

8

Dayton

31

8

Kentucky

32

8

Ohio State

33

9

South Carolina

34

9

Arizona

35

9

Utah

36

9

Tennessee

37

10

Boston College

38

10

BYU

39

10

Minnesota

40

10

Maryland

41

11

Cincinnati

42

11

Siena

43

11

Virginia Tech

44

11

UNLV

45

12

Utah State

46

12

Davidson

47

12

Wisconsin

48

12

Providence

49

13

Creighton

50

13

VCU

51

13

Vermont

52

13

Arkansas-Little Rock

53

14

Buffalo

54

14

American

55

14

North Dakota State

56

14

Weber State

57

15

VMI

58

15

Pacific

59

15

Robert Morris

60

15

Stephen F. Austin

61

16

Cornell

62

16

Tennessee-Martin

63

16

East Tennessee State

64

16

Morgan State

65

16

Alabama State


 

Last Four In: Virginia Tech, UNLV, Wisconsin, Providence

Last Four Out: Texas A&M, Saint Mary's, Miami, Oklahoma State

Next Four Out: Penn State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Kansas State