March Madness Bracket 2016: Easy Upset Picks to Make on Printable NCAA Bracket

At long last, March Madness has arrived.

And with it comes a bevy of potential upsets.

Everybody has his or her go-to underdog picks when filling out brackets—a lot of people like to pick No. 12-seeded teams over the No. 5 seeds, for example.

But now, a day after Selection Sunday, let’s talk about a few upsets that won’t require too much thinking.

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Upset Picks

No. 11 Wichita State over No. 6 Arizona

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First things first: Wichita State has to beat Vanderbilt in the First Four on Tuesday.

But the Shockers should be victorious. Aside from lanky, explosive guard Wade Baldwin IV, the Commodores fail to instill much fear in their opponents. Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet should work their magic and move on.

Then comes the upset.

As Drew Hallett of Maize N Brew pointed out, though, head coach Gregg Marshall’s team might be favored against Arizona, should it move on:

Still, the Shockers will play as a No. 11 seed, so a win would be an upset.

Marshall led his team to the Final Four in 2013 and the Elite Eight in 2015. A year after the Final Four berth, the No. 1-seeded Shockers fell to Kentucky—which went on to play in the national championship game—in the round of 32.

Last year, Wichita State beat up on its in-state big brother to get to the Sweet 16.

It’s Baker and VanVleet’s final year, which means they won’t go down without an all-out war of a fight.

The latter reflected on his time with the program after a senior day victory over Illinois State on Feb. 27, per Mike DeCourcy of Sporting News:

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Looking back at everything that we’ve accomplished, it’s pretty special. It’s even more special when you look next to you and see the type of guy that’s got your back no matter what. That’s what’s important to me: the brotherhood and the guys that we’ve been able to go through this process with.

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Expect the process to continue a bit longer against a beatable Arizona team.

No. 10 VCU over No. 7 Oregon State

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No, Shaka Smart is not the head coach anymore. And no, this is not the same VCU team we’ve seen wreak havoc in recent years.

But these Rams are dangerous.

According to ESPN Stats & Info and Microsoft, the most likely upset is in the West Regional, where No. 10-seeded VCU will face off against No. 7-seeded Oregon State:

Rams senior guard Korey Billbury is from Oklahoma, which is where the first-round game will take place.

“I dreamed it so much,” Billbury told Tim Pearrell of the Richmond Times-Dispatch (via the Roanoke Times). “Just being blessed, being lucky, being fortunate to even be in the tournament period, then to get put in my home state, the higher powers got that through.”

It will be difficult for new head coach Will Wade to replace Smart, who took the Rams to an impressive four straight NCAA tournaments. In 2011, they busted all sorts of brackets en route to a Final Four berth.

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In his first year, Wade has done a stellar job, as Chip Brierre of 8News WRIC Richmond noted:

However, Oregon State is no joke. The Beavers will be making their first NCAA tournament appearance since 1990—and they’ll be doing so after getting a lot of love from the selection committee, per Yahoo Sports' Pat Forde:

Led by Gary Payton II, who is averaging 15.9 points per game, the Beavers have surprised many skeptics in 2015-16.

Yahoo Sports' Jeff Eisenberg, though, does not like them in the first round:

Expect VCU to continue to serve as the pesky out we’ve seen every March and advance against OSU.

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