Nick The Greek's 2009 March Madness Picks

NickTheGreek · Mar 19, 2009

You can see my bracket here, http://www.picksology.net/2009/03/18/march-madness-2009-bracket/

Col. BB YTD - 1-0 (100%)

Full Breakdowns available at http://www.picksology.net

Opening Day Picks
#2 Duke(-21.5) over #15 Binghamton
#7 Texas(-4.5) over #10 Minnesota
#1 North Carolina(-25) over #16 Radford
#8 LSU(-2) over #9 Butler
#1 UCONN(-21) over #16 Chattanooga
#9 Texas A&M over #8 BYU(-2.5)
#3 Villanova(-17) over #14 American Eagle
#11 Virginia Commonwealth over #6 UCLA(-8)
#2 Memphis(-20) over #15 Cal State Northridge
#7 Cal(-1.5) over # 10 Maryland
#2 Oklahoma(-16.5) over #15 Morgan St.
#10 Michigan over #7 Clemson(-5)
#5 Purdue(-8.5) over #12 Northern Iowa
#4 Washington(-6) over #13 Mississippi St.
#5 Illinois(-5) over #12 Western Kentucky
#4 Gonzaga(-13) over #13 Akron

NickTheGreek · Mar 20, 2009

Pretty good day one for myself. Went 13-3 only missing on VCU, Illinois, and Cal.

Col BB. YTD - 14-3 (82.4%)

Here's my day two picks.

#1 Louisville over #16 Morehead St.
#9 Siena over #8 Ohio St.
#12 Arizona over #5 Utah
#4 Wake Forest over #13 Cleveland St.
#6 West Virginia over #11 Dayton
#3 Kansas over #14 North Dakota St.
#10 USC over #7 Boston College
#2 Michigan St. over #15 Robert Morris
#6 Marquette over #11 Utah St.
#3 Missouri over #14 Cornell
#1 Pittsburgh over #16 East Tennessee St.
#9 Tennessee over #8 Oklahoma St.
#5 Florida St. over #12 Wisconsin
#4 Xavier over #13 Portland St.
#11 Temple over #6 Arizona St.
#14 Stephen F. Austin over #3 Syracuse - The BIG UPSET

Sekrah · Mar 20, 2009

I like both 14 seeds tomorrow.

For beer bucks..

CBB[827] STEPHEN AUSTIN +625

CBB[843] N DAKOTA ST +425

1 Parlay of 2 Teams X $20 = $20 $741.25

NickTheGreek · Mar 21, 2009

Well, after getting just 3 picks wrong on day one, I doubled that with 6 wrong on day two. The S.F. Austin and Wake Forest losses really screwed up my bracket.

Col. BB YTD - 24-9 (72.7%)

First Set of 2nd Rd. Picks

#3 Villanova over #6 UCLA
#2 Duke over #7 Texas
#1 North Carolina over #8 LSU
#4 Gonzaga over #12 Western Kentucky
#10 Michigan over #2 Oklahoma
#1 UCONN over #9 Texas A&M
#5 Purdue over #4 Washington
#2 Memphis over #10 Maryland

NickTheGreek · Mar 22, 2009

A good day yesterday for me, going 7-1 in my first set of second round picks. Here's the second set.

Col. BB YTD - 31-10 (75.6%)

#1 Louisville over #9 Siena
#13 Cleveland St. over #12 Arizona
#3 Kansas over #11 Dayton
#2 Michigan St. over #10 USC
#3 Missouri over #6 Marquette
#1 Pittsburgh over #9 Oklahoma St.
#4 Xavier over #12 Wisconsin
#3 Syracuse over #6 Arizona St.