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2011 NCAA Tournament Picks: Southwest

No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 Boston University
"Rock Chalk Jay Hawk K-U" chants will begin with 12 minutes to go in the second half.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 1 Kansas

No. 8 UNLV vs. No. 9 Illinois
Illinois is one of the worst teams to receive an at-large bid. They suck on the road (4-7), they've dropped six of 10 going into the NCAA Tournament, and Bruce Weber isn't to be trusted in March.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 8 UNLV

No. 5 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Richmond
Richmond is one of the top three-point shooting teams in the country (40.7%). I like their chances against a Vanderbilt squad that seems to get upset in the first round every year. Vanderbilt's defense (73rd) is going to have issues containing the Spiders' offense.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 12 Richmond

No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 13 Morehead State
Morehead State has NCAA Tournament experience, and Kenneth Faried is one of the top players in the country. However, the rest of Faried's team isn't very good; the defense is 90th and the offense is 110th. Plus, I can't really see Rick Pitino suffering an upset to a 13-seed in the first round.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 4 Louisville

No. 6 Georgetown vs. No. 11 Virginia-Commonwealth
Like UAB, I expect Virginia-Commonwealth to make all the analysts eat their words by winning the first-four and first-round games.

I don't trust Georgetown. John Thompson III is a very pedestrian coach; despite all the great teams he's been in charge of, he's only 7-6 in the NCAA Tournament.

The Hoyas are 1-5 in their final six games heading into the NCAA Tournament. Sure, they were missing point guard Chris Wright, but there's no guarantee he'll be anywhere close to 100 percent for the Big Dance. Remember the Syracuse situation last year?

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 11 Virginia-Commonwealth

No. 3 Purdue vs. No. 14 Saint Peter's
I'll never understand what Saint Peter's was thinking by making their mascot a peacock. It's a freaking peacock. No one is scared of a peacock. What a disgrace.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 3 Purdue

No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Florida State
Florida State can't score. The Seminoles are ranked 154th offensively, and they have just one player who averages double digits. Head coach Leonard Hamilton has never made it out of the first round with Florida State.

As for A&M, Mark Turgeon is an excellent NCAA Tournament head coach. Despite never leading a team into the Big Dance with a record better than 26-9, he's never lost in the first round. He even took Wichita State to the Sweet 16 in 2006.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 7 Texas A&M

No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 15 Akron
Akron's defense is 103rd and their offense is 157th. I wouldn't like their chances if they were given a 15-0 lead to start this game.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 2 Notre Dame

2011 NCAA Tournament: Southwest Bracket Second Round

No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 8 UNLV
As I wrote in the Duke-Michigan matchup, it's very rare that a No. 1 seed loses in Round 2. I like UNLV, but Kansas is probably going to the Sweet 16 this time.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 1 Kansas

No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 12 Richmond
Richmond took advantage of a mediocre Vanderbilt team in Round 1, but I doubt they get past Louisville. Besides, the odds are much greater than the Cardinals will reach the second round.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 4 Louisville

No. 3 Purdue vs. No. 11 Virginia-Commonwealth
Like Richmond, Virginia-Commonwealth beat a weak first-round opponent. But the Rams have an awful, 143rd-ranked defense, so they're not going to get very far this March.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 3 Purdue

No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Texas A&M
I'm not a fan of Notre Dame for two reasons. First, their defense isn't very good (63rd). And second, head coach Mike Brey has a poor NCAA Tournament track record. With that said though, it'll be a surprise if the Fighting Irish don't make it to the Sweet 16.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 2 Notre Dame

2011 NCAA Tournament: Southwest Bracket Sweet 16

No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 4 Louisville
I've made it known that I'm a fan of Rick Pitino, but I don't think Louisville will make it past the Sweet 16. They had a 4-6 road record this year. No team seeded 1-4 with a losing road record has even made it past the second round since 2007. Teams seeded 5-9, by the way, are just 10-16.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 1 Kansas

No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 3 Purdue
I pointed out Notre Dame's flaws in my Round 2 write-up. While it wouldn't surprise me to see the Fighting Irish shoot their way into the Elite Eight, I believe that their defense will be their undoing before then.

Unlike Mike Brey, Matt Painter is a great NCAA Tournament coach who always gets his team further than expected. Purdue is eighth defensively and 18th offensively, so I like them over Notre Dame.

2011 NCAA Tournament Pick: No. 3 Purdue

2011 NCAA Tournament: Southwest 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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