Here it is in it’s entirety my picks for the 2008 NCAA Tournament

SCOTT JACOBS

This has been a fun week for sports. As always the build up to the NCAA Tournament has been overkill (and glorious!) and we’ve learned which “sleepers” (aka: which team from a big conference that just wasn’t that good this year) will surprise the masses. Well, I don’t live by conventional wisdom when I set up my bracket. I try to create a splash. One year I picked a 14 and a 13 seed to win (Neither did). Last year’s conventional, more predictable bracket destroyed my chances of doing anything (considering I had upsets all over the board). So this year, I’m leaving it all out there. If I lose, so what. At least I didn’t conform.

The envelope please…

First Round

EAST
UNC over MTSM
ARK over IND
ND over GMU
WIN over WSU (Upset Special)
OU over ST JOES
LOU over BSU
BUT over USA
TEN over AU
(Upsets predicted according to seed: 2)

MIDWEST
KAN over PORST
UNLV over KENT
CLEM over VILL
VAND over SIEN
USC over KSU
WIS over CSF
DAV over GONZ (Upset Special)
GTOWN over UMBC
(Upsets predicted according to seed: 1)

SOUTH
MEM over UTA
ORE over MISST (Mini Upset Special)
MICHST over TEM
PITT over ORU
MAR over KEN
STAN over COR
MIAMI over STM
TEX over AP
(Upsets predicted according to seed: 1)

WEST
UCLA over MSV
TXAM over BYU
DRAKE over WKU
SD over UCONN (Bracket Buster)
PUR over BAY
XAV over UGA
WVU over ARZ
DUKE over BEL
(Upsets predicted according to seed: 2)

Second Round

EAST
UNC over ARK
WIN over ND (Winthrop does it again)
LOU over OKL
BUT over TEN
(Upsets predicted according to seed: 1)

MIDWEST
KAN over UNLV
CLEM over VAND
WIS over USC
GTOWN over DAV
(Upsets predicted according to seed: 1)

SOUTH
MEM over ORE
PIT over MICHST
STAN over MARQ
TX over MARQ
(Top 4 seeds get through)

WEST
UCLA over TXAM
DRAKE over SD
XAV over PUR
WVU over DUKE (Over-rated, and out!)
(Upsets predicted according to seed: 1)

Sweet Sixteen

EAST
UNC over WIN
TEN over LOU
(The matchup we all want to see: we get)

MIDWEST
KAN over CLE
WIS over GTOWN (Hibbert’s Hoyas are bounced)
(Kansas-Wisconsin in the elite eight)

SOUTH
PIT over MEM (The first number one goes down)
TX over STA
(Pittsburgh versus Texas in a dog fight in Texas)

WEST
UCLA over DRAKE
XAV over WVU (Alexander goes down)
(Upstart Xavier verus mighty UCLA in Anaheim)

Elite Eight

UNC over TENN (Tar Heels advance)
KAN over WIS (Jayhawks advcance)
PIT over TX (Panthers surprise Horns in Texas)
UCLA over XAV (Bruins go back to Final Four)

Final Four

UNC over KAN
UCLA over PITT
(Probably two best teams in country in title game)

National Championship game

NORTH CAROLINA over UCLA
They’ve been better then anyone overall this season and Tyler Hansborough is a monster on the court. Roy Williams gets his second title as the Heels win by 7.

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