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Depending on your NCAA bracket pool’s rules, you either have until the play-in game on Tuesday night or Thursday at lunch to fill out and turn in your March Madness 2010 predictions. Some people choose to stick with science on their predictions, others randomly pick teams, and there’s always the lady in the office who doesn’t watch basketball who picks cool names and ends up in the top couple of spots I think in every office in the country.

If you are absolutely stuck on your bracket, you can checkout our NCAA tournament bracket prediction for some help. No guarantees, but I went with upsets based on watching the particular team(s) play over the past two weeks and strengths of backcourts. I’ll come out with a more detailed prediction and previews article on the opening round of the tournament on Wednesday, but for now some highlights:

March Madness Predictions (Opening Round Upsets):

Northern Iowa over UNLV

Georgia Tech over Oklahoma State

Missouri over Clemson

Washington over Marquette

St. Mary’s over Richmond

Old Dominion over Notre Dame

March Madness Predictions (2010 NCAA Final Four)

NCAA South Region

Baylor

NCAA East Region

Kentucky Wildcats

NCAA Midwest Region

Kansas Jayhawks

NCAA West Region

Minnesota Golden Gophers

March Madness Predictions (2010 NCAA Championship )

Kentucky Wildcats over the Kansas Jayhawks in the championship game

Kansas Jayhawks NCAA Tournament 2010 Predictions

The Kansas Jayhawks come into the midwest region with a 32-2 record and have won the Big 12 regular and tournament titles. Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich came back this season to try and win another NCAA title after winning the 2008 NCAA championship. Kansas will likely not be challenged until the first game of the regionals against Michigan State. I have Tennessee predicted in an upset over Ohio State setting up a rematch with the Jayhawks in the regional finals, but it could just as easy be Ohio State, Georgetown, or Georgia Tech in the finals. The Jayhawks have the experience to handle the bracket hand they were dealt, however, and I expect to see them make it to both the 2010 NCAA Final Four and championship game. If the Jayhawks are going to be upset, it would likely be against Michigan State who has a backcourt capable of competing with Kansas. Kansas has played in 38 tournament appearances, won 3 national championships, and been in 13 Final Fours in the school history.

Kentucky Wildcats NCAA Tournament 2010 Predictions

The Kentucky Wildcats come into the east region with a 32-2 record and have won the SEC regular and tournament titles. Patrick Patterson came back for his junior year to play under Coach John Calipari and is joined by star freshmen John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, and Eric Bledsoe. The Wildcats have been in the top 10 in the nation in rebounding margin and blocked shots this year. If the Wildcats can make it through their bracket unscathed, it would setup a rematch between the coaches of the 2008 Memphis – Kansas national championship game. Kentucky will take on the winner of Texas and Wake Forest in the second round of the tournament. I have them projected to play Temple following, but it could also be Wisconsin or Cornell. The Wildcats did pull the strongest 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament with potentially having to face West Virginia in the Regional Finals. Kentucky will have to overcome their youth and lack of experience to make it to the 2010 NCAA Title game, but based on their bracket and record have the Wildcats projected winning the 2010 NCAA championship.

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