Welcome to the 2009 NCAA Tournament Prediction Contest. Once you've had a chance to peruse the bracket, simply list your winners in order. As in years past, we'll use the following scoring format: First Round..............1 Point (16) Second Round..........2 Points (32) Third Round.............4 Points (32) Quarterfinals............8 Points (32) Semi-finals.............12 Points (24) Championship.........24 Points (24) Again this year, you have access to a BRACKET that makes picking very easy. Simply make your choice, and then cut-n-paste your selections at the bottom of the bracket. If you use this simple spreadsheet to make your selections, please thank and rep GoCourage. As of now, we have scottmsg that will maintain our scoring (another user may as well). Please thank and rep accordingly. Last year's prediction champion... manutd02 Picks must be submitted by kickoff of the first match on Thursday or you will be denied entry. Best of luck!
1st Round South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Brown Louisville Boston College Drake Charlotte Duke UCSB Sacramento St. Maryland Connecticut Portland Princeton 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Notre Dame Tulsa North Carolina Butler Boston College Ohio St. Wake Forest Michigan St. UCSB UCLA Maryland Connecticut N.C. State Virginia Elite Eight Akron Tulsa Butler Ohio St. Wake Forest UCLA Connecticut Virginia Final Four Akron Butler Wake Forest Virginia Final Akron Virginia National Champs Virginia
Here goes nuthin: 1st Round South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Stony Brook Indiana Boston College Western Ill. UNC Wilmington Duke UCSB Sacramento St. Maryland Connecticut Portland Bucknell 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Notre Dame Saint Louis North Carolina Indiana Boston College Ohio St. Wake Forest Duke UCSB UCLA Maryland Harvard Portland Virginia Elite Eight Akron Notre Dame North Carolina Boston College Duke UCLA Harvard Virginia Final Four Notre Dame North Carolina UCLA Virginia Final North Carolina Virginia National Champs Virginia
I love this (even though I'm not very good at it) 1st Round South Fla. St. Mary's (CA) Green Bay Saint Louis Brown Louisville Dartmouth Drake Charlotte Duke UCSB Sacramento St. Maryland Connecticut Portland Princeton 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Green Bay Tulsa North Carolina Louisville St. John's (NY) Drake Wake Forest Duke UCSB UCLA Penn St. Connecticut N.C. State Virginia Elite Eight Akron Tulsa North Carolina Drake Wake Forest UCSB Connecticut Virginia Final Four Akron North Carolina UCSB Virginia Final Akron Virginia National Champs Akron
1st Round South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Brown Indiana Boston College Drake Charlotte Duke UCSB Loyola Marymt. Maryland Monmouth New Mexico Princeton 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Northwestern Tulsa North Carolina Butler St. John's (NY) Ohio St. Wake Forest Michigan St. UCSB UCLA Penn St. Harvard N.C. State Virginia Elite Eight Akron Tulsa North Carolina Ohio St. Wake Forest UCSB Harvard Virginia Final Four Akron Ohio St. UCSB Virginia Final Akron UCSB National Champs UCSB
1st Round South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Brown Indiana Boston College Drake Charlotte Winthrop Wofford Sacramento St. Maryland Connecticut New Mexico Bucknell 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Northwestern Tulsa North Carolina Indiana Boston College Ohio St. Wake Forest Winthrop Wofford UCLA Maryland Connecticut N.C. State Virginia Elite Eight Akron Tulsa North Carolina Boston College Wake Forest Wofford Connecticut Virginia Final Four Akron North Carolina Wake Forest Connecticut Final North Carolina Wake Forest National Champs North Carolina
Agreed... you're not very good at it! But yes, I look forward to this every year. Can Sandon improve on his Top 3 finish from 2008? Can I improve my middle-of-the-pack performances from... well... every year. I'm REALLY curious to see how many people hitch their hopes on the Akron train. It's hard to argue with 20-0. Which by the way, ESPN said this is apparently the longest winning streak since Evansville in 1985? Hmmm... I didn't know that... but that's pretty cool.
Oh, and if I had to hear Kyle Martino mention Manhattan one more time, I was going to personally throw him off of his terrace of which he was so proud.
First time in the contest. The automatic bracket thingy is way cool. Nice job! 1st Round South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Stony Brook Louisville Boston College Drake UNC Wilmington Duke UCSB Sacramento St. Maryland Monmouth New Mexico Princeton 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Notre Dame Tulsa North Carolina Louisville St. John's (NY) Ohio St. Wake Forest Michigan St. UCSB UCLA Penn St. Harvard N.C. State Virginia Elite Eight Akron Tulsa Louisville St. John's (NY) Wake Forest UCLA Penn St. Virginia Final Four Akron Louisville Wake Forest Virginia Final Akron Virginia National Champs Akron
1st Round South Fla. Stanford Green Bay Missouri St. Brown Louisville Boston College Drake Charlotte Duke UCSB Sacramento St. Maryland Connecticut New Mexico Princeton 2nd Round Akron Stanford Green Bay Missouri St. North Carolina Louisville St. John's (NY) Drake Wake Forest Michigan St. UCSB UCLA Maryland Harvard New Mexico Virginia Elite Eight Akron Missouri St. Louisville St. John's (NY) Wake Forest UCSB Harvard New Mexico Final Four Akron Louisville UCSB New Mexico Final Akron New Mexico National Champs New Mexico
1st Round Stetson Stanford Green Bay Saint Louis Brown Indiana Boston College Drake UNC Wilmington Duke UCSB Loyola Marymt. Maryland Monmouth New Mexico Bucknell 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Northwestern Tulsa North Carolina Indiana Boston College Ohio St. Wake Forest Michigan St. San Diego UCLA Penn St. Harvard N.C. State Virginia Elite Eight Akron Tulsa North Carolina Ohio St. Wake Forest UCLA Penn St. Virginia Final Four Akron North Carolina Wake Forest Virginia Final North Carolina Wake Forest National Champs Wake Forest
South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Brown Indiana Boston College Drake Charlotte Duke UCSB Loyola Marymt. Maryland Connecticut New Mexico Princeton 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Notre Dame Saint Louis North Carolina Indiana St. John's (NY) Ohio St. Wake Forest Duke UCSB UCLA Penn St. Connecticut New Mexico Virginia Elite Eight Akron Saint Louis Indiana Ohio St. Wake Forest UCSB Penn St. Virginia Final Four Saint Louis Indiana Wake Forest Virginia Final Saint Louis Wake Forest National Champs Saint Louis
Not at all, since UIC isn't there to screw up your bracket, I'm positive that you'll do better than me. He was absolutely horrible. I kept hoping that a strong wind would take him over the terrace.
Thanks for the bump, Joe. My son lives in New York and works at a Michelin Star restaurant in Manhattan (see, now that's bragging), it's not that I don't like New York, I actually love the place; well I did, until I found out Martino lives there. And Kyle, if you're going to wear a single Windsor, at least learn how to put it together properly; I'm a double Windsor guy, personally, but then, I'm just that inclined.
Round 1 South Florida Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Brown Louisville BC Drake Charlotte Dook UCSB Loyola Marymount Maryland UConn New Mexico Princeton Round 2 Akron Stanford Notre Dame Tulsa UNC Louisville BC Ohio State Wake Forest Michigan State UCSB UCLA Maryland UConn NC State UVa Round 3 Akron Tulsa UNC BC Wake Forest UCLA Maryland UVa Round 4 Tulsa UNC Wake Forest Maryland Round 5 Tulsa Wake Forest Round 6 Wake Forest (3-0)
Might be bias, but really think this could all go down. There is a bunch of potential upsets along the way, but I feel confident. 1st Round South Fla. St. Mary's (CA) Notre Dame Saint Louis Brown Louisville Boston College Drake Charlotte Duke UCSB Sacramento St. Maryland Monmouth New Mexico Princeton 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Notre Dame Tulsa North Carolina Louisville Boston College Ohio St. Wake Forest Michigan St. UCSB UCLA Maryland Harvard New Mexico Virginia Elite Eight UC Irvine Notre Dame North Carolina Boston College Michigan St. UCSB Maryland Virginia Final Four Notre Dame North Carolina UCSB Virginia Final North Carolina UCSB National Champs UCSB
1st Round South Fla. Stanford Green Bay Missouri St. Brown Louisville Boston College Drake Charlotte Duke UCSB Sacramento St. Maryland Connecticut New Mexico Princeton 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Northwestern Missouri St. North Carolina Louisville St. John's (NY) Drake Wake Forest Michigan St. UCSB UCLA Maryland Connecticut N.C. State Virginia Elite Eight Akron Northwestern North Carolina Drake Wake Forest UCSB Maryland Virginia Final Four Akron North Carolina Wake Forest Virginia Final Akron Virginia National Champs Akron
st Round South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Brown Louisville Boston College Drake UNC Wilmington Duke UCSB Sacramento St. Maryland Connecticut Portland Bucknell 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Northwestern Tulsa North Carolina Louisville St. John's (NY) Ohio St. Wake Forest Duke UCSB UCLA Maryland Harvard N.C. State Virginia Elite Eight Akron Tulsa North Carolina St. John's (NY) Wake Forest UCSB Harvard Virginia Final Four Akron North Carolina Wake Forest Virginia Final Akron Wake Forest National Champs Akron
I really don't follow much college soccer- but GO ZIPS! 1st Round South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Stony Brook Indiana Boston College Drake UNC Wilmington Duke UCSB Loyola Marymt. Maryland Monmouth New Mexico Princeton 2nd Round Akron Stanford Northwestern Tulsa North Carolina Butler Boston College Ohio St. Wake Forest Duke UCSB UCLA Penn St. Monmouth N.C. State Virginia Elite Eight Akron Tulsa North Carolina Ohio St. Wake Forest UCLA Monmouth Virginia Final Four Akron Ohio St. UCLA Virginia Final Akron UCLA National Champs Akron
1st Round South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Brown Indiana Boston College Drake Charlotte Duke UCSB Loyola Marymt. Maryland Monmouth New Mexico Princeton 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Northwestern Tulsa North Carolina Butler St. John's (NY) Ohio St. Wake Forest Michigan St. San Diego UCLA Penn St. Harvard N.C. State Virginia Elite Eight Akron Northwestern North Carolina Ohio St. Wake Forest UCLA PSU Virginia Final Four Akron Ohio St. Wake Virginia Final OSU UVa National Champs UVA
GO ZIPS!!!!! 1st Round South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Brown Louisville Dartmouth Drake UNC Wilmington Winthrop UCSB Sacramento St. Maryland Monmouth New Mexico Princeton 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Northwestern Tulsa North Carolina Butler Dartmouth Drake Wake Forest Michigan St. San Diego UCLA Maryland Harvard New Mexico Virginia Elite Eight Akron Tulsa Butler Dartmouth Wake Forest San Diego Harvard Virginia Final Four Akron Dartmouth Wake Forest Harvard Final Akron Harvard National Champs Akron
1st Round South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Missouri St. Brown Louisville Boston College Drake UNC Wilmington Duke UCSB Loyola Marymt. Maryland Connecticut Portland Princeton 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Northwestern Tulsa North Carolina Louisville Boston College Drake Wake Forest Duke UCSB UCLA Penn St. Harvard N.C. State Virginia Elite Eight Akron Tulsa North Carolina Drake Duke UCLA Penn St. Virginia Final Four Akron North Carolina UCLA Penn St. Final Akron UCLA National Champs Akron
1st Round South Fla. Stanford Green Bay Saint Louis Brown Louisville Dartmouth Drake Charlotte Duke UCSB Sacramento St. Maryland Monmouth New Mexico Princeton 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Northwestern Tulsa North Carolina Louisville St. John's (NY) Ohio St. Wake Forest Michigan St. UCSB UCLA Maryland Harvard New Mexico Virginia Elite Eight Akron Northwestern Louisville Ohio St. Wake Forest UCSB Maryland Virginia Final Four Akron Louisville UCSB Virginia Final Akron Virginia National Champs Akron
Warning: Biased predictions ahead-- 1st Round South Fla. Stanford Notre Dame Saint Louis Brown Louisville Boston College Drake UNC Wilmington Duke UCSB Loyola Marymt. Maryland Connecticut New Mexico Bucknell 2nd Round Akron UC Irvine Notre Dame Tulsa North Carolina Butler St. John's (NY) Ohio St. Wake Forest Duke UCSB UCLA Maryland Harvard New Mexico Virginia Elite Eight Akron Tulsa North Carolina Ohio St. Wake Forest UCLA Maryland New Mexico Final Four Akron North Carolina Wake Forest New Mexico Final Akron New Mexico National Champs New Mexico