Still Big on the Big East

Although I'm 3,000 miles away, it's like I tend to say about a lot of thing: "You can take the boy out of Jersey, but you can't take Jersey out of the boy."

Or in this case, the East Coast bias.  I've given the March Madness selections a day to develop, and it's time for the great reveal.  Frist though, allow me to indulge in a little bit of promotion.  BTW, if you are wondering where yesterday's weekly edition of the "Rooting Interest" article I write for Examiner.com - well it'll be delayed until later this afternoon.  These days, there are some things in the works that make it hard to find time in the day to sleep...

So here we go, and understand that when I fill out my brackets, I always select the team that I think will win each region first, and then who I think they will face in a regional final.  It then allows me to be bold in picking some early round upsets within those brackets.  And of course, Mahalo will be covering the tournament.  In fact, they already have some good pages up now, so click here to get on the home page and check it out.

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

Kentucky over Wake Forest
Wisconsin over Cornell
Marquette over Montana
West Virginia over Missouri

Kentucky over Wisconsin
West Virginia over Marquette

Kentucky over West Virginia

SOUTH
(1) Duke over Play-in winner (I think this will be Arkansas Pine-Bluff)
(9) Louisville over (8) California
(12) Utah State over (5) Texas A&M
(4) Purdue over (13) Siena
(6) Notre Dame over (11) Old Dominion
(3) Baylor over (14) Sam Houston
(10) St. Mary's over (7) Richmond
(2) Villanova over (15) Robert Morris

Louisville over Duke
Utah State over Purdue
Notre Dame over Baylor
Villanova over St. Mary's

Louisville over Utah State
Villanova over Notre Dame

Villanova over Louisville

MIDWEST
(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

Kansas over Northern Iowa
Michigan State over Maryland
Georgetown over San Diego State
Ohio State over Georgia Tech

Kansas over Michigan State
Ohio State over Georgetown

Ohio State over Kansas

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

Syracuse over Florida State
Butler over Murray State
Pittsburgh over minnesota
Kansas State over Florida

Syracuse over Butler
Pittsburgh over Kansas State

Syracuse over Pittsburgh

FINAL FOUR
Kentucky over Villanova
Syracuse over Ohio State

Kentucky over Syracuse

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