What to Look For: NCAA Tournament Edition

East:

Sleeper:

7 Butler

The Bulldogs fear no one and could easily find themselves in the Sweet 16.

First Round Game I would pay to watch:

This one is kindof tough for the East bracket because it’s fairly top heavy. I think the game to keep an eye on here is the 5 Notre Dame vs 12 George Mason match-up.

Upset Alert:

6 Oklahoma vs 11 St. Josephs.

St. Joseph is no stranger to winning their first round game in the Big Dance.

Potential Game I would pay to watch:

This is a tie for me in the East region. I want to see North Carolina take on Indiana and a Tennessee vs Louisville match-up.

Team to Watch:

Call me biased, but I’m saying Louisville.

 Midwest

Sleeper:

5 Clemson

Clemson pulled off a very impressive upset against Duke to get to the ACC Championship game and can create problems for teams in the Midwest bracket.

First Round Game I would pay to watch:

Easily the most intriguing match-up in the entire first round of the tournament is 6 USC vs 11 Kansas State. Beas(t)ley and Mayo, enough said.

Upset Alert:

7 Gonzaga vs 10 Davidson

Potential Game I would pay to Watch:

2 Georgetown vs 3 Wisconsin

I think the Badgers are extremely underrated. I’m not sold that they could beat the Hoyas, but I would pay to see.

Team to Watch:

I’m going with Wisconsin. I think the Badgers deserved a 2 seed over Duke, but only time will tell if I am right.

South

Sleeper:

4 Pittsburgh

The Panthers are a scary match-up for anyone after what they did in the Big East tournament. Pitt is arguably the hottest team in the country coming in to the NCAA’s.

First Round Game I would pay to watch:

11 Kentucky vs 6 Marquette

The guard match-ups in this game are going to be interesting to say the least.

Upset Alert:

Have to go with Kentucky over Marquette here.

Potential Game I would pay to watch:

4 Pittsburgh vs 5 Michigan State

Team to Watch:

Tie here between 2 Texas and 4 Pittsburgh

West

Sleeper:

7 West Virginia

Joe Alexander is good enough to lead this team to the Sweet 16.

First Round Game I would pay to watch:

The mid-major match-up between 12 Western Kentucky and 5 Drake. 

Upset Alert:

12 WKU over 5 Drake. I, for one, am not yet a believer in the the Drake. That is why I would pay to watch it.

Potential Game I would pay to watch:

1 UCLA vs 4 UConn.

Thabeet vs Love. Fun, fun, fun match-up potentially.

Team to Watch:

1 UCLA

Kevin Love and company seem to have a fast track to the Final Four, but it may not come as easily as the “experts” believe.