Gabe’s 2010 NCAA Tournament Predictions

Here are my predictions for this year’s NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament. I’m taking a lot of risks this year since nothing really has worked in the past, but I know what I’m doing.

Midwest Region

(1) Kansas over (16) Lehigh
(9) Northern Iowa over (8) UNLV
(5) Michigan State over (12) New Mexico State
(4) Maryland over (13) Houston
(11) San Diego State over (6) Tennessee
(3) Georgetown over (14) Ohio
(10) Georgia Tech over (7) Oklahoma State
(2) Ohio State over (15) UC Santa Barbara

(1) Kansas over (9) Northern Iowa
(5) Michigan State over (4) Maryland
(3) Georgetown over (11) San Diego State
(2) Ohio State over (10) Georgia Tech

(1) Kansas over (5) Michigan State
(2) Ohio State over (3) Georgetown

(1) Kansas over (2) Ohio State

West Region

(1) Syracuse over (16) Vermont
(8) Gonzaga over (9) Florida State
(12) UTEP over (5) Butler
(13) Murray State over (4) Vanderbilt
(6) Xavier over (11) Minnesota
(3) Pittsburgh over (14) Oakland
(7) BYU over (10) Florida
(2) Kansas State over (15) North Texas

(1) Syracuse over (8) Gonzaga
(12) UTEP over (13) Murray State
(6) Xavier over (3) Pittsburgh
(7) BYU over (2) Kansas State

(1) Syracuse over (12) UTEP
(7) BYU over (6) Xavier

(1) Syracuse over (7) BYU

East Region

(1) Kentucky over (16) East Tennessee State
(8) Texas over (9) Wake Forest
(12) Cornell over (5) Temple
(4) Wisconsin over (13) Wofford
(11) Washington over (6) Marquette
(3) New Mexico over (14) Montana
(7) Clemson over (10) Missouri
(2) West Virginia over (15) Morgan State

(1) Kentucky over (8) Texas
(4) Wisconsin over (12) Cornell
(3) New Mexico over (11) Washington
(2) West Virginia over (7) Clemson

(1) Kentucky over (4) Wisconsin (changed pick to Kentucky this morning)
(2) West Virginia over (3) New Mexico

(2) West Virginia over (1) Kentucky

South Region

(1) Duke over (16) Arkansas-Pine Bluff
(8) California over (9) Louisville
(12) Utah State over (5) Texas A&M
(13) Siena over (4) Purdue
(11) Old Dominion over (6) Notre Dame
(3) Baylor over (14) Sam Houston State
(10) Saint Mary’s over (7) Richmond (changed pick to Saint Mary’s this morning)
(2) Villanova over (15) Robert Morris

(1) Duke over (8) California
(12) Utah State over (13) Siena
(3) Baylor over (11) Old Dominion
(2) Villanova over (10) Saint Mary’s

(1) Duke over (12) Utah State
(3) Baylor over (2) Villanova

(3) Baylor over (1) Duke

Final Four

(M1) Kansas over (W1) Syracuse
(E2) West Virginia over (S3) Baylor

(M1) Kansas over (E2) West Virginia

Projecting the Field 2010

Last year, I got all 65 teams in the NCAA Tournament correctly (take that Joe Lunardi!). I’m gonna try to match that this year. I have no time to predict the seeds though since the selection show is on at 6.

Auto bids:

ACC: Duke
America East: Vermont
Atlantic 10: Temple
Atlantic Sun: East Tennessee State
Big 12: Kansas
Big East: West Virginia
Big Sky: Montana
Big South: Winthrop
Big Ten: Ohio State
Big West: UC Santa Barbara
Colonial: Old Dominion
Conference USA: Houston
Horizon: Butler
Ivy: Cornell
MAAC: Siena
MAC: Ohio
MEAC: Morgan State
Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa
Mountain West: San Diego State
NEC: Robert Morris
Ohio Valley: Murray State
Pac-10: Washington
Patriot: Lehigh
SEC: Kentucky
Southern: Wofford
Southland: Sam Houston State
Summit: Oakland
Sun Belt: North Texas
SWAC: Arkansas Pine-Bluff
WAC: New Mexico State
WCC: St. Marys

At-large locks:

ACC: Maryland, Florida State, Clemson, Georgia Tech
Atlantic 10: Xavier, Richmond
Big East: Syracuse, Georgetown, Villanova, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Notre Dame, Marquette
Big 12: Kansas State, Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Oklahoma State
Big Ten: Purdue, Michigan State, Wisconsin
Mountain West: New Mexico, BYU, UNLV
Pac-10: California
SEC: Tennessee, Vanderbilt
WCC: Gonzaga

Last five in:

Minnesota
Wake Forest
Utah State
UTEP
Florida

Last five out:

Virginia Tech
Mississippi State
Arizona State
Illinois
Seton Hall

First Post

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