The 2012 NCAA Tournament will get underway on March 13-14 in Dayton with the four first-round games. This year's March Madness will culminate in the Big Easy as the 2012 Final Four will be hosted by New Orleans at the Superdome.

MIDWEST

1. North Carolina
2. Kansas
3. Georgetown
4. Michigan
5. Temple
6. San Diego State
7. St. Mary's
8. Creighton
9. Alabama
10. Purdue
11. NC State
12.* California/South Florida
13. Ohio
14. Belmont
15. Detroit
16.* Lamar/Vermont

WEST

1. Michigan State
2. Missouri
3. Marquette
4. Louisville
5. New Mexico
6. Murray State
7. Florida
8. Memphis
9. Saint Louis
10. Virginia
11. Colorado State
12. Long Beach State
13. Davidson
14.* BYU/Iona
15. Norfolk State
16. LIU-Brooklyn

EAST

1. Syracuse
2. Ohio State
3. Florida State
4. Wisconsin
5. Vanderbilt
6. Cincinnati
7. Gonzaga
8. Kansas State
9. Southern Mississippi
10. West Virginia
11. Texas
12. Harvard
13. Montana
14. St. Bonaventure
15. Loyola (MD)
16. UNC-Asheville

SOUTH

1. Kentucky
2. Duke
3. Baylor
4. Indiana
5. Wichita State
6. UNLV
7. Notre Dame
8. Iowa State
9. UConn
10. Xavier
11. Colorado
12. VCU
13. New Mexico State
14. South Dakota State
15. Lehigh
16.* Mississippi Valley State / Western Kentucky

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I'm picking Kentucky to win it all. Scares me though. KY could fall flat.

Kentucky will be elimated BEFORE the Final Four.

Remember, I said THIS^ first!

Beyond Anthony Davis, the other players on UK don't scare anybody and would get bounced early. Syracuse is the othe No. 1 that could get knocked out before the Sweet Sixteen. I have no dog in the race so I'll just choose Michigan State for the hell of it.

UncleGrandpa said:

Beyond Anthony Davis, the other players on UK don't scare anybody and would get bounced early. Syracuse is the othe No. 1 that could get knocked out before the Sweet Sixteen. I have no dog in the race so I'll just choose Michigan State for the hell of it.

Michigan State is a good prediction to win the NCAA tournament. At least they THE only #1 seeded team to actually won their conference championship title!

This is one season where all the #1 are vunerable IMO, outta the four I think Kentucky has the best shot of getting to the final four. North Carolina didn't deserve that #1 seed either, Missouri should've been the the other #1, they earned it.

TonyVanDam said:

Kentucky will be elimated BEFORE the Final Four.

Remember, I said THIS^ first!

I'm they lost the SEC yesterday.

I'm Michigan State all day. I'm rooting for Michigan, Period!

Tittypants said:

I'm Michigan State all day. I'm rooting for Michigan, Period!

Izzo has reached the Final Four each time Michigan State has had a #1 seed.

SavonOsco said:

As a UCONN alum...I will root for the Huskies, but on my pools? Im picking Mizzou...... FSU is my darkhorse....go far, but eventually get figured out

I have KY/NC final like everyone else but KY makes me nervous after that tournament performance.

I have FSU making a Final Four appearance. I also placed two mid majors in the Elite Eight.

I have no interest in a UNC/Kentucky final so I hope another team can make it more interesting.

When do we think Syracuse will go down? Earlier now that Melo is ineligible? I have them losing in the Sweet Sixteen.

Against my better judgement I've chosen Mizzou over Kentucky...

Okay, I wasn't thinking Syracuse was going to go out in the first round. 11:42 left and UNC-Ashville is ahead. If the Orangemen lose it will be the first time in the history of the Tourney that a #16 seed beats a #1 seed. And a lot of brackets will be completely busted!

One of the people in my office was out this morning, so they had their intern do their bracket for them. The intern picked a #11 seed to win it all. My chances of winning just increased!

jone70 said:

When do we think Syracuse will go down? Earlier now that Melo is ineligible? I have them losing in the Sweet Sixteen.

It all comes down to matchups and what team can exploit Melo's absence. Kris Joseph, Scoop Jardine, and Dion Waiters have to step up they're game if they want to win it all.

.

They barley beat UNA earlier, they look lost without Melo so far, Saturday's matchup with Kansas St. should be interesting

UK beat W.Kentucky's assssss!!!!

SavonOsco said:

Baylor must never wear those Day-Glo uniforms again....don't try to be the "Oregon" of college basketball ..... VCU is at it again, taking out the higher seed....

Those uniforms were hideous! Everytime I switched back to that game I was like, "Damn, those uniforms are ugly." It was like watching 5 human highlighters run up and down the court.

I liked the Iowa St. game; they played solid....they shot 95% from the free throw line (only missed one free throw all night)! If it weren't for the fact I picked Kentucky to win, I'd root for ISU in the next round.

VCU over Wichita and Colorado over UNLV were my only misses yesterday; let's hope my picks for today are just as good.

I guess picking Belmont over Georgetown for my "upset" wasn't a good idea.

SavonOsco said:

Behold the Green and Gold!"...Norfolk State with the upset of Mizzou... Destroyed my brackets, but I always love the underdog winning..." This O' Quinn dude was a beast

My first bracket is busted...I chose Mizzou to get to the final 4 in all of my brackets, and had them winning one. Fortunately (for now), I chose Kentucky for the other three...

A Second #2 seed falls as Duke can't get past Lehigh.

Didn't see THAT coming.

TonyVanDam said:

Kentucky will be elimated BEFORE the Final Four.

Remember, I said THIS^ first!

I will when they win it all.

Seriously. Yesterday I was 14 out of 16 for my picks.

Today I picked

Duke

Missouri

Memphis

Michigan

Temple

Texas

Belmont

St. Mary's

to win and they all lost.

And Xavier is back and forth with Notre Dame.

My brackets are shredded.

At least MSU and Kansas did their jobs.

I still can't believe Missouri got taken out by Norfolk St., they got ate up on the boards and played almost no defense. Duke losing to Leigh wasn't that big a shocker, they've been suspect on defense all season.

I had Missouri getting to the final 4 so down goes one my teams, Syracuse, Kentucky and Kansas are my other three final 4 teams btw.

So far I've won every game in the East bracket, I doubt that will continue this weekend Overall I'm not doing too bad in the other three either, Missouri and Duke are the ony two teams from my sweet sixteen who've been eliminated so far.

jone70 said:

Seriously. Yesterday I was 14 out of 16 for my picks.

Today I picked

Duke

Missouri

Memphis

Michigan

Temple

Texas

Belmont

St. Mary's

to win and they all lost.

And Xavier is back and forth with Notre Dame.

My brackets are shredded.

At least MSU and Kansas did their jobs.

On Thursday, higher seeds won 14 of 16. On Friday higher seeds went 8-8.

Abdul said:

I still can't believe Missouri got taken out by Norfolk St., they got ate up on the boards and played almost no defense. Duke losing to Leigh wasn't that big a shocker, they've been suspect on defense all season.

I had Missouri getting to the final 4 so down goes one my teams, Syracuse, Kentucky and Kansas are my other three final 4 teams btw.

So far I've won every game in the East bracket, I doubt that will continue this weekend Overall I'm not doing too bad in the other three either, Missouri and Duke are the ony two teams from my sweet sixteen who've been eliminated so far.

I don't have Kansas or Syracuse making the Sweet 16.

SUPRMAN said:

Abdul said:

I still can't believe Missouri got taken out by Norfolk St., they got ate up on the boards and played almost no defense. Duke losing to Leigh wasn't that big a shocker, they've been suspect on defense all season.

I had Missouri getting to the final 4 so down goes one my teams, Syracuse, Kentucky and Kansas are my other three final 4 teams btw.

So far I've won every game in the East bracket, I doubt that will continue this weekend Overall I'm not doing too bad in the other three either, Missouri and Duke are the ony two teams from my sweet sixteen who've been eliminated so far.

I don't have Kansas or Syracuse making the Sweet 16.

I lost one of mine today, Murray St., who's in your Sweet 16?

Abdul said:

SUPRMAN said:

I don't have Kansas or Syracuse making the Sweet 16.

I lost one of mine today, Murray St., who's in your Sweet 16?

I've lost Saint Mary's, Murray State and Kansas State, which I all had in the Elite Eight.

Final Four is KY, Michigan State, UNC and Florida State.

I did have Indiana, Ohio State and Wisc making the Sweet 16.

Yayyyyyyyy!!! Kentucky!!

UK