Thursday, March 16, 2017

2017 NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament, First Rounds Picks

By Robert H Kelly
Copyright 2017 TexSport Publications

DEER PARK, TEXAS (March 16, 2017) Here are my picks for the first round games of the 2017 NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament. 

EAST

No. 1 Villanova over No. 16 Mount St. Mary’s
No. 8 Wisconsin over No. 9 Virginia Tech
No. 5 Virginia over No. 12 UNC-Wilmington
No. 4 Florida over No. 13 East Tennessee State
No. 6 SMU over No. 11 USC
No. 3 Baylor over No. 14 New Mexico State 
No. 10 Marquette over No. 7 South Carolina
No. 2 Duke over No. 15 Troy 

WEST
No. 1 Gonzaga 66 over South Dakota State
No. 8 Northwestern over No. 9 Vanderbilt 
No. 5 Notre Dame over No. 12 Princeton
No. 4 West Virginia over No. 13 Bucknell 
No. 6 Maryland over No. 11 Xavier 
No. 3 Florida State over No. 14 Florida Gulf Coast 
No. 7 Saint Mary’s over No. 10 VCU
No. 2 Arizona over No. 15 North Dakota 

MIDWEST
No. 1 Kansas over No. 16 UC Davis
No. 9 Michigan State over No. 8 Miami
No. 5 Iowa State over No. 12 Nevada 
No. 4 Purdue over  No. 13 Vermont 
No. 11 Rhode Island  over No. 6 Creighton
No. 3 Oregon over No. 14 Iona 
No. 10 Oklahoma State over No. 7 Michigan
No. 2 Louisville over No. 15 Jacksonville State 

SOUTH
No. 1 North Carolina over No. 16 Texas Southern
No. 9 Seton Hall over No. 8 Arkansas
No. 5 Minnesota over No. 12 Middle Tennessee
No. 4 Butler over No. 13 Winthrop
No. 6 Cincinnati over No. 11 Kansas State
No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 14 Kent State 
No. 7 Dayton over No. 10 Wichita State 
No. 2 Kentucky over. No. 15 Northern Kentucky 

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