Illinois Should easily handly Dickinson. (W)
While I like Texas to get past Nevada. (L)
I like BAMA however Wisc.-Milwakee is a dangerous sleeper who could give them trouble. (remember that at least one 12 upsets a 5 EVERY YEAR!) (L)
Boston Coll. has way too much talent to lose to Penn. (W)
UAB and LSU is a close one, but I like the Tigers to come out on top. (L)
Utah State is a dangerous dog, but I cant see them beating Arizona (W)
My rd. 1 upset special St. Mary's , who people dont know that much about will shock the Salukis. (L)
Oklahoma St. should easily get by SE Louisiana. (W)
Washington wont be the first No. 1 seed to lose in the first round. (W)
If Pittsburgh brings that menacing Defense they wont be doing the one and done dance. (L)
Georgia Tech danced to the final four last year, and have pretty much the same guys. Even if they are the "5" seed. (W)
Louisville defeats La-Lafayette. (W)
Bob Knight and his vetran Texas Tech teams experience will help them get past a UCLA team no one wants to pick against. (W)
Gonzaga isnt a sleeper anymore, and will remind Winthrop of that. (W)
West Virginia is playing hoops as well as anyone in the tournament going in, they should keep that up but Creighton is no slouch. (W)
I like Wake Forest an awful lot to make plenty of noise in this region. (W)
Oaklands run will end when they meet North Carolina (W)
Iowa St. and Minnesota could go either way. (L)
Villanova got a tough first round match up against New Mexico, but should survive. (W)
Florida is peaking at the right time, but the young Bobcats from Ohio, the VERY FORTUNATE MAC CHAMPS are capable of giving them trouble. (W) (but realistically are VERY LUCKY JUST TO BE IN THE TOURNAMENT!!)
Wisconsin always fares well for themselves (W)
Bucknell is one of those darkhorses who I like (given the right amount of points!) (W)
N.C. St. beating Charlotte might be an upset to most people, but not in my book. (W)
Connecticut wont lose to UCF (W)
Do I even need to pick Duke or is that just too obvious? (W)
I like Mississippi St. to eliminate Stanford. (W)
Old Dominion could give Michigan St. all they could handle. (W)
as could Vermont give Syracuse a tough first round test, but wont get the upset. (L)
UTEP can upset UTAH if they are on, but they wont. (W)
Oklahoma should easily dispatch Niagara, who is just happy to be there! (W
Watch for Iowa to shock and upset Cinncinatti (L)
There wont be any upset when Kentucky Blows out Eastern Kentucky! (W)

OK THATS MY PICKS FOR THE FIRST ROUND. COME ON BACK ON SATURDAY WHEN I WILL GIVE THE SECOND ROUND PICKS!