March Madness 2017: Printable NCAA Bracket, Schedule and Upset Picks

There are two primary terms with which you can smoothly pair "alert."

"Arnold Palmer" is one.

"Upset" is the other.

The NCAA tournament is always filled to the brim with surprise finishes—especially in the early rounds—and the 2017 version will be no different.

Correctly picking a top seed to win it all is undoubtedly satisfying, but nothing beats hitting on a Cinderella run. It's like putting a good chunk of money on a number in roulette. If that number comes up, you're on top of the world.

Playing the upsets is risky business, though. Let's look at two potential underdogs who could take over the college hoops world in the coming days.

Bracket

You can find a printable version of the bracket here. 

Upset picks

Wichita State (No. 10 seed, South Regional)

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Of course.

The Wichita State Shockers have become one of those tournament teams that make you cringe when you pick against them. Their run from 2013 through 2016—which included a Sweet 16 (2015) and a Final Four (2013) berth—was an all-timer thanks mostly to standout guards Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet.

Those guys are now in the pros. But Gregg Marshall's Shockers remain a "you don't want to mess with them" team this March.

At 30-4, it was…wait for it…shocking to see WSU land the No. 10 seed in the South region. CBSSports.com's Matt Norlander took it a step further.

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He wrote that the "nightmare of a basketball team that's viewed by unbiased oddsmakers as a top-10 squad in college hoops, has been mercilessly jobbed for the second year in a row." The piece added that the Shockers ranked eighth in KenPom and 11th in Sagarin, furthering illustrating how poorly they were seeded.

Norlander found it to be the "worst-seeding decision in the history of the NCAA tournament."

Uh, sorry about that, Dayton.

As Press Basketball's Eric Fawcett pointed out, it's the No. 7-seeded Flyers, WSU's first-round foe, who really drew the worst hand:

The lower seed is the favorite in this matchup:

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10 seed Wichita State opens in Vegas as a 6.5 point favorite over 7 seed Dayton.

— Jeff (BPredict) (@BPredict) March 13, 2017"

Some brackets will blindly eliminate the Shockers simply because they're a No. 10. Don't be so fast. Wichita State gave the Kentucky Wildcats, a potential second-round opponent, a serious 78-76 scare in the 2014 tourney.

Don't be caught off guard if Marshall can outduel John Calipari on the back of his widespread scoring attack spearheaded by Markis McDuffie and Landry Shamet.

From there, it could be off to the races.

Princeton (No. 12 seed, West Regional)

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Don't you always feel like some Ivy League team always busts a few brackets?

If so, it's only because they do. Take this nugget from ESPN Stats & Info:

Last year, it was the No. 12-seeded Yale Bulldogs, who knocked off the No. 5-seeded Baylor Bears in the opening round, 79-75. The Bulldogs nearly upset Duke in the next round, too, but they succumbed to the Blue Devils, 71-64.

This year's Ivy League champion Princeton Tigers seem to fit a similar narrative.

Slotted as the No. 12 team in the West region, the conference's finest gets a showdown with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who are favored:

And rightfully so. This is new territory for the 23-6 Tigers, who have been to four NCAA tournaments since 1996 and have yet to win a game since 1998. They are riding a 19-game winning streak, though, and, as ESPN Stats & Info points out, that's history repeating itself:

Now, Notre Dame fans shouldn't be shaken by a little throwback. But they should be wary of sophomore guard Myles Stephens, who won MVP of the Ivy League tournament.

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"Myles is quietly one of the biggest forces in the league," head coach Mitch Henderson told Kyle Franko of The Trentonian after his player's career-best 23 points against Yale. "When he walks into the gym, he kind of keeps you guess whether he's going to smile today or not. He brings a lot to the table, and when he's going, we're very good."

After a quiet start to the year, Stephens has hit double digits in 14 of Princeton's past 15 outings. On the season, he's shooting 51.9 percent from the field and 40.3 percent from deep.

If the Lawrenceville, New Jersey, native catches fire against Notre Dame, the Bulldogs could be on their way to becoming this year's Ivy League fairy tale.