Posted by
one hot minute on Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:52:11 PM
Hello friends !
Everyone and his brother is involved in a "March Madness" pool.
Off-topic, I might feel a little safer if a fraction of those people would take a similar interest in the frenetic year-round competition between civilization & Islamic Jihad---but for some reason, the Global War on Terrorism simply doesn't elicit the narrow, four week focus which the college basketball tournament does.
Perhaps there'd be more interest in the GWOT if Homeland Security or the Defense Department hired Dick Vitale to do the game analysis.
Below are my predicted first round winners from each of the four regions.
And by the way, I'll only admit to being part of the vast right-wing conspiracy if Winthrop or Belmont wins the tournament.
(My predictions for the next round will be forthcoming after the completion of the first round.)
Midwest
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Florida
Arizona
Old Dominion
Maryland
Notre Dame
Oregon
UNLV
Wisconsin
West
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Kansas
Villanova
Virginia Tech
Southern Illinois
Duke
Pittsburgh
Indiana
UCLA
South
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Ohio State
BYU
Tennessee
Virginia
Louisville
Texas A&M
Creighton
Memphis
East
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North Carolina
Michigan State
USC
Texas
Vanderbilt
Oral Roberts
Texas Tech
Georgetown