By now you’ve all seen the scores, let’s check in our brackets:
Brackets:
I’ve got a nice 42 to 39 lead going into the Sweet 16. We both have three of our Final Four teams, Matt has both of his Finalists while I only have one left.
SWEET SIXTEEN LOCKS
Unless otherwise noted, Matty D and I picked the same teams
Midwest Regional
#1 Kentucky Wildcats vs. #5 West Virginia Mountaineers
Thursday at 9:45pm on CBS
Matty D and I are both going with the Wildcats
#3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. #7 Wichita State Shockers
Thursday at 7:15pm on CBS
Matty D and I both have Notre Dame in brackets and I’ll be sticking with the Irish. Matty D, however, will be changing his pick to the Shockers.
West Regional
#1 Wisconsin Badgers vs. #4 North Carolina Tarheels
Thursday at 7:47pm on TBS
Matty D and I are both going with the Badgers.
#2 Arizona Wildcats vs. #6 Xavier Musketeers
Thursday at 10:17pm on TBS
Go Wildcats
East Regional
#4 Louisville Cardinals vs. #8 NC State Wolfpack
Friday at 7:47pm on TBS
While we both originally disagreed on the winner–I had Villanova while Matt had Northern Iowa–we both have the Cards pulling out this ACC Showdown.
#3 Oklahoma Sooners vs. #7 Michigan State Spartans
Friday at 10:07pm on TBS
The Big Ten bias has returned! We’ve both got Sparty here. I originally had Virginia here.
South Regional
#1 Duke Blue Devils vs. #5 Utah Utes
Friday at 9:45pm on CBS
We’re both going with the Blue Devils here.
#2 Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. #11 UCLA Bruins
While it’d be great to see the only double digit school advance to the Elite Eight, Matt and I both agree that Gonzaga is one of the toughest teams in the dance.