Next Stop, Atlanta: Elite Eight Picks

Bleacher Report's Elite Eight picks.

by Joe Bleacher (Contributor)

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March 24, 2007

Florida Gators Basketball, Billy Donovan
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IconIt's never happened—and it won't happen this year.  
 
All four #1's were still standing on Saturday, each a win away from making history and filling the Final Four with top seeds.  But as our readers predicted, the UCLA Bruins crashed the party by upending Kansas.  
 
We were right about Georgetown, too—and the green light we gave to the Florida Gators made us a cool four-for-four on the weekend. Now we've got a few days to savor our savvy before handicapping the semifinalists...so check out the bracket below to see how we got here, and come back later in the week to help us make sense of Atlanta.
 
Bleacher Report Picks
 
(Correct winners in GREEN; incorrect winners in RED)
 
Midwest 
 
1  Florida                 112
16  Jackson St.          69   
                             Florida          74
                                                     Florida  65
                             Purdue          67
8  Arizona                 63
9  Purdue                  72                 
                                                                      Florida   
5  Butler                   57
12  Old Dominion       46
                             Butler           62
                                                     Butler   57
                             Maryland      59
4  Maryland               82
13  Davidson             70 
 
                                                                                 Florida
 
6  Notre Dame           64
11  Winthrop             74
                             Winthrop      61
                                                     Oregon  76
                             Oregon         75
3  Oregon                 58
14  Miami (Ohio)       56
                                                                       Oregon
7  UNLV                     67
10  G. Tech               63
                              UNLV           74
                                                    UNLV      72
                              Wisconsin   68
2  Wisconsin              76
15  Texas A&M CC     63     
 
 

West
 
1  Kansas               107
16  Niagra               67
                              Kansas         88
                                                      Kansas      61
                              Kentucky      76
8  Kentucky             67
9  Villanova             58
                                                                        Kansas
5  Va Tech              54
12  Illinois              52        
                              Va Tech        48
                                                      S. Illinois  58
                              S. Illinois    63
 
4  Southern Ill.        61
13  Holy Cross         51   
 
                                                                                  UCLA
 
6  Duke                   77
11  VCU                  79
                              VCU             79
                                                     Pittsburgh  55
                              Pittsburgh   84
3  Pittsburgh            79
14  Wright St.          58
                                                                         UCLA
7  Indiana                70
10  Gonzaga            57
                              Indiana       49
                                                     UCLA          64
                              UCLA           54
2  UCLA                    70
15 Weber St.            42 
 
 
East

1  N. Carolina            86
16  Eastern KY          65
                               N. Carolina     81
                                                       N. Carolina  74
                               Michigan St.   67
8  Marquette               49
9  Michigan State        61
                                                                          N. Carolina
5  Southern Cal            77
12  Arkansas               60  
                                 USC              87
                                                        USC            64
                                 Texas           68
4  Texas                      79
13  New Mexico St.       67        
 
                                                                                  Georgetown
 
6  Vanderbilt                  77
11  G. Washington          44
                                   Vanderbilt    78
                                                         Vanderbilt      65
                                   Wash. St.     74
3  Washington St.           70
14  Oral Roberrts            54
                                                                            Georgetown
7  Boston College           84
10  Texas Tech              75
                                    B.C.              55
                                                          Georgetown  66
                                    Georgetown 62
2  Georgetown               80
15  Belmont                   55
 
 
South

1  Ohio State                 78
16  C. Conn. St.             57
                                    Ohio State    78
                                                             Ohio State    85
                                     Xavier           71 OT
8  BYU                          77
9  Xavier                       79 
                                                                              Ohio St.        
5  Tennessee                121
12  Long Beach             86
                                   Tennessee    77
                                                               Tennessee   84
                                   Virginia         74
4  Virginia                     84
13  Albany                    57                           
 
                                                                                      Ohio St.
 
6  Louisville                  78
11  Stanford                 58
                                   Louisville       69
                                                               Texas A&M    64
                                   Texas A&M     72
3  Texas A&M               68
14  Penn                      52
                                                                                Memphis
7  Nevada                    77
10  Creighton                71  OT
                                    Nevada          62
                                                                Memphis      65
                                    Memphis        78
2  Memphis                   73
15  North Texas             58      
 
 
 
 

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