Posted on March 15, 2006
Florida over Jackson State — We’re not stupid enough to think this is the year that a 16th seed takes down a No. 1.
Arizona over Purdue — We like the Wildcats to win the honor of getting blown out by the Gators in round two.
Butler over Old Dominion — Despite 12 seed proclivity to take down five seeds, we’re taking Butler, because we just can’t pick a team that lost to JMU this season.
Davidson over Maryland — It’s a sexy upset pick, we won’t lie.
Notre Dame over Winthrop — We can’t ignore the “Luck of the Irish” with St. Patrick’s Day being this weekend.
Oregon over Miami (OH) — Ducks is a sweet nickname, not to mention they may have the sweetest uniforms in all of college basketball.
UNLV over Georgia Tech — We like the Runnin’ Rebels to run past the Ramblin’ Wreck.
Wisconsin over Texas A&M–CC — We’re big fans of cheese here at The Breeze.
Florida over Arizona — The Gators might have the easiest path to the Final Four...ever.
Butler over Davidson — Dogs always take down Cats as far as we’re concerned.
Notre Dame over Oregon — St. Patrick will continue to smile on the Fighting Irish, and they’ll need it.
Wisconsin over UNLV — Love the cheese.
Kansas over Niagara — Again, one seeds always win round one.
Villanova over Kentucky — In the battle of the Wildcats, we like the boys from Philly.
Illinois over Virginia Tech — Hokies always find a way to choke in the end. One and done.
Southern Illinois over Holy Cross — We can’t ignore that the Salukis’ abbreviated name is “So Ill.”
VCU over Duke — Greg Paulus should have stuck to football.
Pittsburgh over Wright State — Raiders don’t have the “Right Stuff.”
Indiana over Gonzaga — We still can’t get past Adam Morrison crying last year.
UCLA over Weber State — Bruins are too much to handle for Weber.
Kansas over Villanova — Nova lost too much from last year’s team to make a good run.
Southern Illinois over Illinois — “So Ill” is iller than just Ill.
Pittsburgh over VCU — VCU only managed to beat the Dukes by 11 at home. That’s not nearly enough to instill confidence.
UCLA over Indiana — The Big 10 conference may have been the only conference more overrated than the Pac-10.
UNC over Eastern Kentucky — Despite the fact that they only beat JMU by two when they had Jordan, we’ll go Tarheels.
Michigan State over Marquette — Missing Jerel McNeal will be too much for the Golden Eagles to overcome.
USC over Arkansas — Arkansas doesn’t belong in this tournament. The Trojans will fix that.
Texas over New Mexico State — The fightin’ Durants will dominate.
George Washington over Vanderbilt — Washington is a war hero and the first American president. What have you done for America, Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Oral Roberts over Washington State — Oral Roberts is just a funny name to say.
Texas Tech over Boston College – Frankly, we’re just scared of Bobby Knight.
Belmont over Georgetown – Its scare against JMU last season is still lingering in our minds.
UNC over Michigan State — We like Drew Neitzel a lot more than Tyler Hansbrough. Unfortunately, the rest of UNC will be too good for the Spartans.
Texas over USC — It will take a whole lot more than a giant horse to get past Kevin Durant for these Trojans.
George Washington over Oral Roberts — We’re a big fan of presidents at The Breeze.
Texas Tech over Belmont — Have you ever seen Bobby Knight’s game face?
Ohio State over Central Conn. State — We’re still not sure what a Buckeye is, but Greg Oden is a beast.
Xavier over BYU — Cougars don’t stand much of a chance...Musketeers have guns.
Tennessee over Long Beach State — Any coach who takes his shirt off and kisses Pat Summit is all right by us.
Virginia over Albany — We like the Cavaliers because of their solid backcourt.
Louisville over Stanford — We’re taking the Cardinals over the Cardinal because their mascot isn’t a stupid tree.
Texas A&M over Pennsylvania — Acie is going to lay down the law on the Quakers.
Nevada over Creighton — Nick Fazekas seems like he’s been in college for 10 years. We’re picking Nevada anyway.
Memphis over North Texas — It’s hard to ignore the win streak that Memphis has put together.
Ohio State over Xavier — We’re rooting for an Oden versus Durant Final Four.
Tennessee over Virginia — These two are the same team, but we like Lofton to outshoot Singletary and Reynolds.
Texas A&M over Louisville — Don’t mess with Texas.
Nevada over Memphis — As much as we like Memphis’ winning streak, we can’t ignore that they’ve played no one this season.
