Breaking down the brackets: Detroit Rock City

(Roy Hibbert and the Hoyas are a tough out for anyone).

Looking at the midwest, I have absolutely no confidence with any of the picks. So here are the first round games:
• Kansas vs. Portland State: well, this is a lock, but that's about it. KU.
• UNLV vs. Kent State: raise your hand if you know who's going to win this one. Yeah, me either. But, I'm going with Trent from Swingers on this one: Vegas, baby. Vegas.
• Clemson vs. Villanova: I'm not sold on either team Clemson can hang with UNC, but seems to play to their competition. I'm taking Nova here.
• Vandy vs. Siena: Seriously, where is Siena even located?
• USC vs. K-State: Or should I say Michael Beasley vs. OJ Majo. But Beaz has no help around him and USC is a pretty good overall team outside of Mayo. Trojans.
• Wisconsin vs. CS Fullerton: Wisconsin is more deserving of a 2-seed than Duke. I mean, they were conference champs. This is a lock.
• Gonzaga vs. Davidson: The upstart team from five years ago vs. the upstart mid-major of today. Davidson takes it.
• Georgetown vs. UMBC: Hoyas.

From there, though, it gets tougher. I think Kansas is definitely the best team in the bracket, but they have had a reputation for coming up short in the tourney for as long as I can remember. They'll get to the Elite 8 though, beating UNLV and Vanderbilt along the way.

I also like USC to upset Wisconsin in the second round and for the Trojans to lose to Georgetown in the Sweet 16. And I'm taking the Hoyas to get to the Final Four. Heck, I picked them to win it all last year and they didn't lose anyone from that team.

Also: I'm delusional and clinically insane, so don't trust any of this stuff. Unless it's right, of course.

So my Final Four is:
UNC vs. Georgetown
Texas vs. UCLA

Finals:
Georgetown vs. UCLA

And your 2008 national champs: The UCLA Bruins. Too much defense, friends. And you know the old saying, Offense gets you on SportsCenter, defense wins championships. Just ask the Spurs.

Or is the saying "no swimming for 30 minutes after you eat"?

Can't remember.

Enjoy the tournament.