Official Heel Heat 2011 March Madness Predictions

Official Heel Heat 2011 March Madness Predictions:

Here are the OFFICAL Heel Heart 2011 March Madness Predictions for Round 1. It should be noted that I correctly picked San Diego State to win the Mountain West Conference last week over BYU.

East Region -

Round 1:
Ohio State over UTSA/AlSt
George Mason over Villanova
West Virginia over Clemson
Kentucky over Princeton
Xavier over Marquette
Syracuse over Indiana State
Washington over Georgia
North Carolina over Long Island


Round 2:
Ohio State over George Mason
West Virginia over Kentucky
Syracuse over Xavier
Washington over North Carolina

Round 3:
Ohio State over West Virginia
Syracuse over Washington

East Finals:
Ohio State over Syracuse


Southeast Region -
Round 1:
Duke over Hampton
Tennessee over Michigan
Arizona over Memphis
Oakland over Texas
Missouri over Cincinnati
Connecticut over Bucknell
Temple over Penn State
San Diego State over Northern Colorado

Round 2:
Duke over Tennessee
Arizona over Oakland
Connecticut over Missouri
San Diego State over Temple

Round 3:
Duke over Arizona
San Diego State over Connecticut

West Final:
San Diego State over Duke

Southwest Region -
Round 1:
Kansas over Boston University
UNLV over Illinois
Richmond over Vanderbilt
Louisville over Moorehead State
Georgetown over USC/VCU
Purdue over St. Peter's
Texas A&M over Florida State
Notre Dame over Akron

Round 2:
Kansas over UNLV
Louisville over Richmond
Purdue over Georgetown
Notre Dame over Texas A&M

Round 3:
Kansas over Louisville
Notre Dame over Purdue

Southwest Finals:
Kansas over Notre Dame



Southeast Region -
Round 1:
Pittsburgh over North Carolina-Asheville
Butler over Old Dominion
Utah State over Kansas State
Belmont over Wisconsin
Gonzaga over St. John's
BYU over Wofford
UCLA over Michigan
Florida over UCSB

Round 2:
Pittsburgh over Butler
Utah State over Belmont
BYU over Gonzaga
Florida over UCLA

Round 3:
Pittsburgh over Utah State
BYU over Florida

Southeast Finals:
BYU over Pittsburgh


Final Four -
National Semifinals:
Ohio State over San Diego State
Kansas over BYU

Finals:
Ohio State over Kansas

UPSET PICKS:
Utah State, Belmont, Richmond, Gonzaga, Missouri, Oakland, Washington over North Carolina in Round 2, SDSU over UConn in Round 3, and BYU or Gonzaga (!) over Pitt in the Southeast Finals.

Related Links:
Expert picks -
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/2011/ncaa_tourney/brackets/experts/?xid=cnnbin&hpt=Sbin


Ranking the Brackets -
http://tourney.si.com/2011/03/14/an-all-out-bracket-attack/?xid=cnnbin&hpt=Sbin


Upset Teams? -
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=mh-upsetrecipe031411