NCAA Tournament Bracket Prediction Roundup: Experts Like Michigan State and Louisville, Duke and Nova Among Snubs
ByThe NCAA Tournament is here and selection Sunday has assigned each team to its own section of the bracket.
Now that the seeding it set, agree with it or not, predictions are going to start flying left and right. Filling our a bracket can be daunting and only gets harder as the tournament gets deeper.
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The hardest part is not picking a Cinderella team to go deep in the tournament, but how far that team will go. Last year, Wichita State reached the Final Four and is now a one-seed.
Butler once reached the title game two consecutive years, but is not even in the tournament in 2014. A new Cinderella team arises seemingly every year and it would not be a surprise if that team was easy to pick out.
That said, here are 10 college basketball experts' picks for the Final Four and the National Championship to help you make some of the tougher decisions.
Michigan State is a favorite to reach the title game, as is Louisville. Kansas, Florida and Arizona are all favorites to reach the Final Four, but surprisingly, Duke and Villanova were consensus picks to not reach or pass the Elite Eight.
The panel of experts are... ESPN's Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps, Jay Williams and Dick Vitale and CBS Sports' Gary Parrish, Matt Norlander, Gregg Doyel, Jerry Palm, Jeff Borzello and Dennis Dodd.
Final Four:
Bilas: Michigan State over Kansas, Louisville over Wisconsin
Phelps: Michigan State over Florida, Oklahoma State over Duke
Williams: Michigan State over Florida, Louisville over Wisconsin
Vitale: Michigan State over Florida, Louisville over Arizona
Parrish: Kansas over Michigan State, Wichita State over Creighton
Norlander: Kansas over Michigan State, Creighton over Duke
Doyel: Kansas over Iowa State, Arizona over Michigan
Palm: Michigan State over Kansas, Arizona over Michigan
Borzello: Florida over Iowa State, Louisville over Arizona
Dodd: Michigan State over Florida, Louisville over Arizona
National Championship:
Bilas: Michigan State over Louisville
Phelps: Michigan State over Oklahoma State
Williams: Michigan State over Louisville
Vitale: Michigan State over Louisville
Parrish: Wichita State over Kansas
Norlander: Kansas over Creighton
Doyel: Kansas over Arizona
Palm: Michigan State over Arizona
Borzello: Florida over Louisville
Dodd: Louisville over Michigan State