My Bracket for March Madness

Since tomorrow is the opening of the Big Dance (not including the play-in game), I figured I'd post my picks to see what everyone thinks. After last years tourney, I'm really hesitant with a lot of my picks, but I feel fairly confident in many of my upsets. I guess we'll see how it goes:

Teams advancing to the second round:

East Bracket (seed in parentheses):

(1) North Carolina

(9) Arkansas

(5) Notre Dame

(4) Washington State

(6) Oklahoma

(3) Louisville

(7) Butler

(2) Tennessee

Midwest Bracket:

(1) Kansas

(8) UNLV

(12) Villanova

(4) Vanderbilt

(11) Kansas State

(3) Wisconsin

(7) Gonzaga

(2) Georgetown

Upsets: Villanova over Clemson, Kansas State over USC

South Bracket:

(1) Memphis

(8) Mississippi State

(5) Michigan State

(4) Pittsburgh

(6) Marquette

(3) Stanford

(7) Miami

(2) Texas

West Bracket:

(1) UCLA

(9) Texas A&M

(5) Drake

(4) Connecticut

(6) Purdue

(3) Xavier

(10) Arizona

(2) Duke

Upsets: Arizona over West Virginia

Teams advancing to the Sweet 16:

East:

(1) North Carolina

(4) Washington State

(6) Oklahoma

(2) Tennessee

Upsets: Oklahoma over Louisville

Midwest:

(1) Kansas

(4) Vanderbilt

(3) Wisconsin

(2) Georgetown

South:

(1) Memphis

(5) Michigan State

(6) Marquette

(2) Texas

Upsets: Marquette over Stanford

West:

(1) UCLA

(5) Drake

(3) Xavier

(10) Arizona

Major upset: Arizona over Duke

Teams advancing to the Elite 8:

East:

(1) North Carolina

(2) Tennessee

Midwest:

(1) Kansas

(2) Georgetown

South:

(1) Memphis

(2) Texas

West:

(1) UCLA

(3) Xavier

My Final Four:

(1) North Carolina vs. (2) Georgetown

(1) Memphis vs. (3) Xavier

Championship:

(1) North Carolina vs. (1) Memphis

Final Score: 74-68 North Carolina Tar Heels

I know a lot of these are kind of far-fetched, but most of the upsets, especially the Arizona over Duke, are straight gut guesses. I like Arizona a lot with Budinger and Bayless, and if their defense can hold, they will make some noise. I also like Kansas a lot, I always do, but they always seem to choke when it counts, and I can't stand to be disappointed anymore. Feel free to criticize or agree with any of my picks, we'll see how they go.