Below are my picks for the 2006 NCAA Tourney. My method? There was none. I don't follow college athletics. My only sources were a few conference tournament games I watched and sports talk radio that mostly bitched about how Shitt guard Carl Krauser is going to go 4-for-30 in the second round.

 

ATLANTA BRACKET

First Round

Duke/Southern = Duke

George Washington/N.C. Wilmington = George Washington

Syracuse/Texas A&M = Syracuse

LSU/Iona = LSU

West Virginia/Southern Illinois = Southern Illinois

Iowa/Northwestern State = Iowa

California/N.C. State = California

Texas/Pennsylvania = Texas

 

Second Round

Duke/George Washingon = Duke

Syracuse/LSU = Syracuse

Southern Illinois/Iowa = Iowa

California/Texas = Texas

 

Third Round

Duke/Syracuse = Duke

Iowa/Texas = Texas

 

Fourth Round

Duke/Texas = Duke

 

OAKLAND BRACKET

First Round

Memphis/Oral Roberts = Memphis

Arkansas/Bucknell = Bucknell

Shittsburgh/Kent State = Shittsburgh

Kansas/Bradley = Kansas

Indiana/San Diego State = Indiana

Gonzaga/Xavier = Gonzaga

Marquette/Alabama = Alabama

UCLA/Belmont = UCLA

 

Second Round

Memphis/Bucknell = Memphis

Shittsburgh/Kansas = Kansas

Indiana/Gonzaga = Gonzaga

Alabama/UCLA = UCLA

 

Third Round

Memphis/Kansas = Kansas

Gonzaga/UCLA = UCLA

 

Fourth Round

Kansas/UCLA = UCLA

 

WASHINGTON DC BRACKET

First Round

Connecticut/Albany = Connecticut

Kentucky/UAB = Kentucky

Washington/Utah State = Washington State

Illinois/Air Force = Illinois

Michigan State/George Mason = Michigan State

North Carolina/Murray State = North Carolina

Wichita State/Seton Hall = Seton Hall

Tennessee/Winthrop = Tennessee

 

Second Round

Connecticut/Kentucky = Connecticut

Washington/Illinois = Illinois

Michigan State/North Carolina = North Carolina

Seton Hall/Tennessee = Seton Hall

 

Third Round

Connecticut/Illinois = Connecticut

North Carolina/Seton Hall = North Carolina

 

Fourth Round

Connecticut/North Carolina = Connecticut

 

MINNEAPOLIS BRACKET

First Round

Villanova/Monmouth = Villanova

Arizona/Wisconsin = Wisconsin

Nevada/Montana = Nevada

Boston College/Pacific = Boston College

Oklahoma/Wisconsin-Milwaukee = Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Florida/South Alabama = Florida

Georgetown/Northern Iowa = Georgetown

Ohio State/Davidson = Ohio State

 

Second Round

Villanova/Wisconsin = Villanova

Nevada/Boston College = Boston College

Wisconsin-Milwaukee/Florida = Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Georgetown/Ohio State = Georgetown

 

Third Round

Villanova/Boston College = Boston College

Wisconsin Milwaukee/Georgetown = Georgetown

 

Fourth Round

Boston College/Georgetown = Boston College

 

FINAL FOUR

Duke/UCLA = Duke

Connecticut/Boston College = Boston College

 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Duke/Boston College = Boston College