Oakland Regional Picks

My picks for the Oakland Regional

First Round:

Memphis over Oral Roberts
Indiana All-Star Rodney Carney leads Memphis to an easy Rd 1 victory

Bucknell over Arkansas
The Bison prove last year was no fluke

Pittsburgh over Kent State
No 12 seed upset here. The Big East gets another win

Bradley over Kansas
Self's young team doesn't handle the pressure and the MVC wins one for the committee

Indiana over San Diego St.
Mike Davis can thank Hubert Davis on ESPN for motivating his team every time he spoke

Gonzaga over Xavier
Sorry Beth, X goes down to Dirty Sanchez

Marquette over Alabama
Future IU Head Coach Tom Crean's Golden Eagles put another loss on the SEC

UCLA over Belmont
The Bruins beat the Bruins

2nd Round:

Memphis over Bucknell
Calipari gets the Tigers into the Sweet 16

Pittsburgh over Bradley
Not a good day for the B's... first the Bucknell Bison, then the Bradley Braves

Gonzaga over Indiana
IU's guards couldn't guard Morrison who goes for 50

Marquette over UCLA
That West Coast bias again... another Pac-10 team goes down to IU's next head coach

Sweet Sixteen:

Pittsburgh over Memphis
The Panthers do the BEast proud

Gonzaga over Marquette
The Moustache puts the Dogs on his back and carries them into the Elite 8... and Greenspan can get the Crean Era underway.

Elite 8:

Gonzaga over Pittsburgh
Mark Few finally shakes the Monkey and gets his guys to the Final 4.