If Joe Lunardi can do it...

I love ESPN. I wake up and the first thing I do is check to see if there are any new articles posted by Rick Rielly, Pat Forde, or Bill Simmons. The issue I have with them is Joe Lunardi, not that I don't Brackettolgy is fun to keep up with and read but the mere fact that he is applauded for correctly picking 65 of 65 teams in the big dance two years ago and 63 of 65 last year. Honestly I am not impressed.

There are 31 conferences meaning 31 automatic bids. Therefore, the correct placement is of the 34 remaining spots is what one could truly pick. Now of these 34 spots around 30 of them can be considered "locks". Then what you have is the bubble where it can get dicey. So last season of the 4 "last teams in" Joe only predicted 2 of 4 correctly, 50% I'm sorry thats not something that I would write home about.

In order to be fairly judged I will post my tournament predictions:

1 Seeds:

Kansas

Kentucky

'Cuse

Duke

2 Seeds:

West Virginia

Ohio State

Kansas State

Villanova

3 Seeds:

Georgetown

Temple

Butler

Purdue

4 Seeds:

Wisconsin

Pittsburgh

New Mexico

Tennessee

5 Seeds:

Michigan State

Maryland

Butler

BYU

6 Seeds:

Vanderbilt

Richmond

Texas A&M

Gonzaga

7 Seeds:

Xavier

Texas

Northern Iowa

UTEP

8 Seeds:

Cal

Notre Dame

Florida State

Oklahoma State

9 Seeds:

Marquette

San Diego State

Missouri

Clemson

10 Seeds:

Georgia Tech

Louisville

UNLV

Old Dominion

11 Seeds:

Washington

Mississippi State

Siena

St Marys

12 Seeds:

Minnesota

Utah State

Wake Forest

New Mexico State

13 Seeds:

Montana

Cornell

Murray State

Oakland

14 Seeds:

Sam Houston

Wofford

Houston

Ohio

15 Seeds:

UCSB

Morgan State

North Texas

Vermont

16 Seeds:

Robert Morris

East Tennessee St

Lehigh

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