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NCAA Basketball Gold
Published: 3/13/2007 4:36 PM
Last Modified: 3/13/2007 4:36 PM

Clear your mind of all nonsense you have heard, viewed on TV, or read elsewhere.

This is the NCAA basketball goods.

Best draw in the history of college basketball: Kansas.

To get to the last four, camera-ready Self has only to beat a bunch of chumps.

Worst number one seed: Ohio State.

Threat to score 48 at any given time.

Trendy, overrated picks: Georgetown, Virginia, Virginia Tech, UCLA, Pitt, Oregon, Vandy, BC, Nevada.

Best worst seed: Creighton (10 seed).

Best final four longshot: Tennessee (5 seed).

Toughest draw: Texas A&M. But if it can win two in Lexington, it will have the tournament's most meaningful advantage by landing at the Alamo!

Possible first round upsets:

Old Dominion over Butler.
Winthrop over Notre Dame.
Villanova over Kentucky.
Illinois over Virginia Tech.
Michigan State over Marquette.
Arkansas over USC.
George Washington over Vandy.
New Mexico State over Texas.
ORU over Washington State.
Xavier over BYU.
Texas Tech over Boston College.
Creighton over Nevada.

Possible second-round stunners:

UNLV over Wisconsin.
Duke over Pitt.
Indiana over UCLA.
USC over Texas.
Washington State over Georgetown.
Tennessee over Virginia.
Creighton over Memphis.

Possible final four longshots: Tennessee, Texas A&M, Duke, UNLV, Washington State, Creighton.

Final Four: Florida, NC, Tennessee, Kansas.

Final Two: Florida, NC.

Final One: Florida.



Reader Comments 2 Total
Bill (6 years ago)
Oooops!! LOL
Kate (6 years ago)
Post this column on your mirror.

It shows how little you really know.

Read it before you write yet another column blasting anybody else.
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