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2011 NCAA Tournament Picks: East

No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 16 Texas-San Antonio
As good as Texas-San Antonio looked against Alabama State, they stand no chance against the Buckeyes.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 1 Ohio State

No. 8 George Mason vs. No. 9 Villanova
Villanova stinks. The Wildcats finished their season on a 2-7 slump. A similar thing happened last year, and they nearly lost to Robert Morris before falling to Saint Mary's.

George Mason has a better defense than Villanova. The Patriots have balanced scoring, great three-point shooting and a head coach who knows how to win in March.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 8 George Mason

No. 5 West Virginia vs. No. 12 Clemson
Aside from last year, Bob Huggins always struggles in the NCAA Tournament (11-11 record since 1997 with many great teams). The Mountaineers struggled on the road this year (5-6) and lost their opening conference tournament game. Plus, I think playing on Tuesday will help Clemson.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 12 Clemson

No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 13 Princeton
Kentucky has a freshman point guard, but they have too much talent for Princeton. The Tigers have a poor defense that ranks 78th. Their offense is even worse than that (103rd).

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 4 Kentucky

No. 6 Xavier vs. No. 11 Marquette
Xavier always gets to the Sweet 16. I'm not sure if that'll happen this year, but they should beat Marquette. The Golden Eagles have a pretty bad defense (71st) and have struggled to win on the road all year (4-7).

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 6 Xavier

No. 3 Syracuse vs. No. 14 Indiana State
No. 14 Ohio beat No. 3 Georgetown last year. Can No. 14 Indiana State knock off another third-seeded Big East team? Nah.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 3 Syracuse

No. 7 Washington vs. No. 10 Georgia
I really like this Washington team. Lorenzo Romar is a great NCAA Tournament coach; he's taken the Huskies to the Sweet 16 three times. The Huskies have balanced scoring and an elite offense ranked ninth. Isaiah Thomas has shown us that he can hit a clutch shot.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 7 Washington

No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 15 Long Island
Can Long Island get the North Carolina players drunk off Long Island Iced Teas? That's the only chance they have.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 2 North Carolina

2011 NCAA Tournament: East Bracket Second Round

No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 8 George Mason
If you watched ESPN's Bracketology, you heard Jay Bilas say that Ohio State could "easily lose" to George Mason. I completely agree with that. George Mason's a fantastic team, but I'm not going to predict a No. 1 upset in the second round. Not a Buckeyes upset anyway. They're just way too talented (of course I said this last year in my Kansas-Northern Iowa matchup).

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 1 Ohio State

No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 12 Clemson
Kentucky just has too much talent to lose to UAB, Clemson and West Virginia. They're pretty fortunate to get this sort of a draw, despite their low seeding.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 4 Kentucky

No. 3 Syracuse vs. No. 6 Xavier
As I said before, Xavier always makes it to the Sweet 16. They also always won at least one conference tournament game, but that didn't happen this year. Syracuse is a really good team, both offensively and defensively. They've proven they can win on the road, and they have experience. Plus, I trust Jim Boeheim.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 3 Syracuse

No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 7 Washington
Very tough call. This is a pretty even matchup, but I'm making this my big upset in the East bracket. North Carolina has great talent, but they're so young. I don't trust freshmen point guards even though Kendall Marshall is a terrific player. I'm a big fan of Washington, particularly Lorenzo Romar's coaching and Isaiah Thomas' point guard play.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 7 Washington

2011 NCAA Tournament: East Bracket Sweet 16

No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Kentucky
I actually like George Mason's chances against Ohio State better than Kentucky's chances against the Buckeyes. The Wildcats have too much youth, a freshman point guard and a poor road resume (4-7 outside of Lexington).

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 1 Ohio State

No. 3 Syracuse vs. No. 7 Washington
Based on the odds alone, you'd have to take Syracuse in this matchup because there's a better chance that they make it here rather than Washington. The Orange Men don't really have any glaring weaknesses, so I'll be pretty surprised if they lose prior to the Elite Eight.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 3 Syracuse

2011 NCAA Tournament: East Bracket Elite Eight

Dragon 01-18-2012 10:22 pm xxx.xxx.xxx6.60 (total posts: 1)

Knowelgde wants to be free, just like these articles!

Celina 01-17-2012 06:58 pm xxx.xxx.xxx0.13 (total posts: 1)

Ab fab my godloy man.

Kelenna 01-17-2012 09:48 am xxx.xxx.xxx8.42 (total posts: 1)

Shoot, so that's that one spupoess.

Morgan 03-27-2011 06:26 pm xxx.xxx.xxx1.29 (total posts: 1)

Ha! So much for this bracket. Not even one correct final four pick.

Adam 03-25-2011 12:11 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.187 (total posts: 1)

Walter thank you man! I know nothing about college basketball and copied your bracket exactly (Except i switched temple and PSU) and as long as Ohio st holds on I'm gonna win my bracket and a lot of money! thanks a million!

Josh 03-22-2011 07:37 am xxx.xxx.xxx.198 (total posts: 1)

Like SDSU near home vs a young U Conn team ,getting a point is just a bonus with a solid 2 seed,also like VCU ,had FSU for 10 units in the first and second rounds but VCU can play defense with them and have the penetrators to cause their great defense trouble,plus 4 points is great in that matchup.GL ALL

Ian 03-21-2011 01:52 pm xxx.xxx.xxx1.76 (total posts: 1)

Duke will not make the final four. There defense is really over rated, and they should have lost to Michigan. SD State will run them off the floor.

Walter 03-21-2011 01:32 am xxx.xxx.xxx9.63 (total posts: 2)

@Disappointed - Why do you say that? Bracket still looks very good.

DIsappointed 03-18-2011 12:34 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.110 (total posts: 1)

I now know why it's not walterBASKETBALL.com

JF220 03-18-2011 11:36 am xxx.xxx.xxx9.54 (total posts: 1)

UW teams defense is 6th according to USA today.

J320 03-17-2011 07:06 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.253 (total posts: 1)

Championship: San Diego St. over Brigham Young University

hurricane maryjane 03-17-2011 06:56 am xxx.xxx.xxx0.76 (total posts: 1)

haha, i would love to know how many of you actually know how talented and deep kansas's team is
not many teams are going to beat the morris twins
deal with it?

Pcat 03-16-2011 06:08 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.114 (total posts: 1)

@DKM

if you wanna win your bracket, make it a little unique,

my ff is texas, oh st, pitt, kansas...

pitt/tex final...

pitt win

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B1i4OZhrUOJxZWNhZTQyNDYtMDJhNi00MmQ1LWJkY2MtNzkxOTE1MjJkNThh&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

here is my bracket

common people post your brackets!!!

DeathSpeculum 03-16-2011 10:47 am xxx.xxx.xxx1.22 (total posts: 1)

i had Purdue beating Kansas to make it to the final four. Does the recent suspension of Barlow make that an impossibility?

DKM 03-15-2011 09:17 pm xxx.xxx.xxx1.97 (total posts: 1)

Right now I have Texas and SD St. meeting in the Elite 8, but who does everyone think is a better bet to make it to the Final 4? I think Texas is a better team but San Diego St.'s more likely to get to that game. Thoughts?

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