DJ KEY aka Keeven Kuate—

If you think your bracket is any good, wait until you see these picks. You might not agree with them all, but you'll learn a thing or two by seeing my picks. 

My bracket is on ESPN.com and ready to dominate. 

These are just my picks for the first round. For now. 

 

FIRST ROUND

16 vs. 1 Picks

A 16-seed has never beaten a one seed in 64-team bracket history

No worries here, unless Radford wants to take down my predicted National Champion and make my future tournament articles irrelevant. (That would be bad!) 

Louisville over Morehead St.—Louisville will have their way in the second game of the season against Morehead State this year. Terrence Williams, who at times shows us LeBron-like moves and explosiveness, will be a triple-double threat, and he'll decide if that third category is steals or assists (seven games of five or more steals this year).

UNC over Radford (25-point spread seems high, however. I would not bet on UNC to cover.)

Pittsburgh over East Tennessee St.

UConn over UT-Chattanooga

 

15 vs. 2 Picks

Memphis over CS-Northridge—Memphis should be used to playing "easy" teams, but we'll see how they do this year. They did luck out on a weak No. 1 seed pairing with UConn. 

Michigan St. over Robert Morris—I expected great results this year from Tom Izzo, and he was proving just that until we ran into some trouble this year in a very weak Big Ten conference. Robert Morris should not be too much to handle, but it will stay close. 

Duke over Binghamton—This was a bad matchup for Binghamton as Duke is fresh off an ACC title, but give props to Binghamton on winning their conference and their first tournament appearance. 

Oklahoma over Morgan State—I like this matchup because it gives Oklahoma a good matchup to test out if they are ready for this tournament. Morgan State is responsible for a home loss for the Maryland Terrapins, and Oklahoma isn't the same team that started the season 18-1, or are they?

 

14 vs. 3 Picks

Syracuse over S.F. Austin—Jonny Flynn is now a household name; well, not completely, but playing in six-overtime history may help his cause. Syracuse is my "wild card" team of this tournament, as they could easily win it all or choke very early.

Villanova over American—Home game for Villanova, basically, but watch this game be close. American played Tennessee tough last year, and Villanova is a team that always loves to flirt with danger, then pull away late. 

Kansas over North Dakota State—All week I have been debating whether Cleveland State or North Dakota State was going to pull the biggest upset of the first round. Sorry, but I could not take the risk on this one, even though ND State has four players who shoot over 40 percent from the arc.

Missouri over Cornell—Missouri has impressed me A LOT in the past two weeks. Missouri is a buy now, and my sleeper Final Four pick; therefore I will discuss them later throughout this month as they put Missouri basketball on the college basketball map.

 

13 vs. 4 Picks

Washington over Mississippi State—I was surprised that Washington won the Pac-10 regular conference title, defeating my Sun Devils twice (although we got them in the tournament!) in the process, but that proves to be legit and Mississippi State will struggle here.

Cleveland St. over Wake—Here is where I make online pick-making history. Yes, I said it: Cleveland St. will beat Wake Forest. I was watching their game versus Butler in their conference championship game, and they are as good as advertised. (Syracuse fans know what I'm talking about.)

Xavier over Portland St. 

Gonzaga over Akron 

 

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