It’s a sensible, expected look-like jeans and a sports coat with dress shoes on a sportswriter who is covering the NCAA tournament. His Final Four (Kansas, Oklahoma, Michigan State and North Carolina) rings like chalk, as does most of his bracket. Parrish sticks with most of the status quo in the later rounds. There's not even a reference to Pervis Ellison or anything obscure that the kids wouldn't get. Nothing about this bracket screams "crazy old man." In a way, it’s a shame. It’s all reasonable, down to Michigan State and Denzel Valentine winning it all. He likes Oklahoma over the Ducks to get to the Final Four. But he sensibly has the Blue Devils out in the Sweet 16, losing to Oregon. Vitale gets lambasted often for his purported love of Duke. He also has Seton Hall ousting Utah, but otherwise he's pretty.predictable with a capital P, baby! 7 upset and predicts Kentucky to topple North Carolina in the Sweet 16 (and then beat Xavier). He picks VCU over Oregon State in a slight No. There’s nothing particularly loud about this bracket he even picks old favorite Duke to get handled at a reasonable time. However, the “rock chalk” dies in the semifinals to Kansas, as he cites that “the third matchup of the season is a charm for the Sooners.” Vitale is usually about the “diaper dandies,” but even he’s buying into experienced players and teams. Texas A&M and West Virginia making it to Houston may be a little too much to ask. On the CBS Selection Show, Davis was self-effacing a couple of times about how he doesn’t do particularly well at the bracket games. That’s a big-time pick that eclipses all of the safe stuff he does in the early rounds.īob Huggins’ team is a bunch of steal fiends, but few brackets will try to steal points by predicting that group to go far. Some would say that Iona plays the same fast, three-point shooting game the Cyclones do, only better.īut then you keep scrolling right to left in the East Region.West Virginia in the Final Four? Whoa, mountain mama! He has the Mountaineers defeating guard-savvy Xavier to get to the Elite Eight and then Kentucky to get to the final weekend. Yes, he does have Iona defeating Iowa State in a No. But Davis is sandbagging a little on not having upsets. His bracket features Kansas and Michigan State in the Final Four, and it’s mostly chalk through the early rounds. Biggest is Iona over Iowa State in the first round.” On his Twitter account, Davis notes: “Usually I am the upset guy. I’d trust Bilas to pick out a nice pair of sneaks to go with my suit any day. The Musketeers’ guards are disciplined to handle “Press Virginia.” He even picks Miami, refusing to take the bait on the “safe pick” of Villanova. We really like the soundness of Xavier defeating West Virginia in a Sweet 16 matchup. Hey, this guy picked his alma mater to lose to Baylor in the second round. Texas A&M to the Final Four (before losing to Kansas) is a bit of a risk, but one several pundits here make. He calls them “hungry, and very capable.” Beating Utah in Denver (at altitude, mind you) might be asking a bit much, though. They rely on sophomores that have never been this far. As does Seton Hall making into the Sweet 16, though the Pirates are playing well. Michigan getting through the First Four and then handling a disciplined, fresher Notre Dame stands out. VCU over Oregon State isn’t too much of a gamble, considering a lot of the experts are doing it. North Carolina beating Michigan State in the semis is a tough call, but he's right about UNC's "mindset" these days being improved. It's hard to argue his sound reasoning for getting Oregon to the Final Four, and Xavier's solid guard play eluding West Virginia's stifling defense enough to get to the Elite Eight. This is a guy you want to have a beer with, or take bracket advice. "Never mind that if we knew which teams were going to win, we would all convene in an arid region in a Western state, sitting by the pool with a drink in our hands, living off of our winnings," he wrote. He’s quick-witted and doesn’t pull punches, even regarding the audacity that viewers/readers may have to think he knows all. He’s a sharp dresser, even while wearing sneakers with his suit on Selection Sunday. Bilas brings a certain je ne sai quoi to the picks.
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