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Louisville definitely got hosed being put on the 8-line, even worse than that was North Carolina actually getting in with only 1 Q1 win to their name, underperforming most of the season. Seen where the committee chair is the AD at UNC, but he recused himself from any & all conversations about UNC, now do you honestly think that made a bit of difference? The others on the committee had been around him the whole time and thought well we can't just say yeah UNC sucks they don't deserve to be in, and then bring their AD back in and tell him that, so there was definitely more to it than tradition & history of the program. Teams that got big time robbed? West Virginia & Indiana, and even Boise St, but there wasn't as many bid stealers this time around, but WVU was the first team left out, so they got screwed the most by UNC getting in.

I think Michigan got hosed somewhat as well, literally just coming off winning the BIG 10 Championship, and they get a 5 seed, while Wisconsin was on the 3 line.

This is honestly the best draw Kentucky has had in years, and of course we're so depleted by injuries, just makes it that much tougher, but I really like the prospects of a Sweet 16 matchup against Tennessee, but beating them 3 times in the same season would be a tall task.

How about the West Region? By far the toughest in the Tournament. You got 2x defending champion UCONN as the 8 seed, then then 7-10 matchup pitting Kansas-Arkansas w/ the winner potentially playing 2 seed St. Johns, could we get Pitino-Cal 2nd round? Wouldn't mind that a bit.

Upset specials: One that really jumps off the page is 11/6 matchup, Drake over Missouri. Drake has a player named Bennett Sturtz, for those who haven't got to see him play, make sure to tune into this game, he is the real deal, can score at every level, high energy & effort defensively, he could be one of those players who everyone is talking about toward the end of next weekend. Even tho they've played great down the stretch, I think one popular or trendy upset is VCU over BYU, another 6/11 matchup. Shaka Smart really built an incredible culture & set a solid foundation of toughness, hard nosed defensive effort when he was at VCU, and despite a few coaching changes, those characteristics and attributes haven't changed over time, and I think they have more than enough physicality & toughness to handle BYU. Another one I can see happening if they can rebound the ball, Yale over Texas A&M, Aggies are great at offensive rebounding, if Yale can maintain position and just crash on long shots, they have more than enough offense to pull off the upset.

Those are the upsets I'm confident in and will definitely pick to happen, other ones that I am not 100% confident in but wouldn't surprise to see happen, High Point over Purdue 4/13 matchup, (how Purdue got on the 4-line is beyond me, the love affair with them all season has been strange), Lipscomb over Iowa St, interesting ploy by the Cyclones, waiting till after the selection show to announce their best player Gilbert is out for the whole tournament, probably wouldn't have gotten on the 3-line if they'd announced before selection show. Could see UC San Diego over Michigan in the dreaded 5/12 matchup where upsets always happen, then the 5/12 in the west, Colorado St over Memphis.

All in all, I think this is a solid tournament. Haven't filled out a bracket yet but getting ready to.