By Jeremy Brunner
All those fancy websites out there have their bracketology or bracketmania or bracketball or brick-a-bracket. I decided it was time for us to give you a bracket of our own. Its a bracket that doesn't underestimate the Mountain West. It may be a case of wishful thinking, but whatever.
West Region
1.UCLA
16/17.Central Connecticut/Jackson State
8.Butler
9.West Virginia
4.BYU
13.Winthrop
5.Alabama
12.Holy Cross
3.Texas A&M
14.Pennsylvania
6.Boston College
11.Notre Dame
2.Southern Illinois
15.Oral Roberts
7.Indiana
10.Clemson
Midwest
1.Ohio State
16.Weber State
8.Villanova
9.Kansas State
4.Kentucky
13.Santa Clara
5.Arizona
12.Davidson
3.Kansas
14.TexasA&M - Corpus Christi
6.Maryland
11.UNLV
2.Memphis
15.South Alabama
7.Tennessee
10.Louisville
East
1.Wisconsin
16.Eastern Tennessee
8.Air Force
9.Virginia
4.Washington State
13.Akron
5.Marquette
12.Virginia Commonwealth
3.Duke
14.Vermont
6.Oregon
11.Bradley
2.Pittsburgh
15.Austin Peay
7.Oklahoma State
10.Michigan State
South
1.North Carolina
16.Delaware State
8.Creighton
9.Stanford
4.Nevada
13.Wright State
5.Vanderbilt
12.Xavier
3.Georgetown
14.Long Beach State
6.Virginia Tech
11.Old Dominion
2.Florida
15.Marist
7.Texas
10.USC