Here's MikeG's First Day NCAA Picks.

[MikeG]

Illinois OVER Fairleigh Dickinson
Texas OVER Nevada
Alabama OVER UW-Milwaukee
Boston College OVER Penn
LSU OVER UAB
Arizona OVER Utah State
Washington OVER Montana
Pitt OVER Pacific
UCLA OVER Texas Tech
Gonzaga OVER Winthrop
WVU OVER Creighton
Wake Forest OVER Chattanooga
Utah OVER UTEP
Oklahoma OVER Niagra
Iowa OVER Cincinnati
Kentucky OVER Eastern Kentucky

[BOSSHOG]

1. Slight deviations

UCLA/Texas Tech should be a good game, and I'll pick UAB to upset LSU in the first round and UWM may surprise Alabama. SEC didn't have that great a year; just a hunch.

[sniffa]

2. agree on UWM

they aLso have a shorter traveL time, and i assume they'd bring their fans.

[mark414]

4. yeah that's my school ur talkin about

plus i think alabama has been a little shaky all year anyways...whereas uwm has a lot more to play for, i think the players want it more

[sniffa]

3. nevada, creighton

are my changes to that List. i have some more shocking upsets i may pick as weLL.

UWM - see post 2
utah st - they're reaLLy, reaLLy good. if zona doesn't have its A game, they'LL go down.

chatanooga - good team, and wake doesn't seem to be as good as they were at the beginning of the season. if wake doesn't bring their B-/C+ game they'LL go down too.

and... watch out for montana. i don't expect them to win, but i do expect one of those naiL biters that happen every other year between a 1 and 16.

[MikeG]

5. Kick.