March Madness, the popular college basketball tournament, is picking up steam. After two rounds of thrilling games, heartbreaking ends and most importantly, upsets, the field is down from 68 teams to 16. With the games becoming that much more important, the members of ‘Tribe Talks: On The Game” decided to finish off their own bracket, picking from the Sweet Sixteen all the way to the Final Four and of course, the National Champion, who will be crowned on April 8 in Minnesota. Below are their picks:
Sweet Sixteen:
East:
(1) Duke over (4) Virginia Tech
(2) Michigan State over (3) LSU
West:
(1) Gonzaga over (4) Florida State
(2) Michigan over (3) Texas Tech
South:
(12) Oregon over (1) Virginia
(3) Purdue over (2) Tennessee
Midwest:
(1) North Carolina over (5) Auburn
(2) Kentucky over (3) Houston
Elite Eight:
East:
(2) Michigan State over (1) Duke
West:
(1) Gonzaga over (2) Michigan
South:
(3) Purdue over (12) Oregon
Midwest:
(1) North Carolina over (2) Kentucky
Final Four:
(2) Michigan State over (1) Gonzaga
(1) North Carolina over (3) Purdue
National Championship:
Kevin: (2) Michigan State over (1) North Carolina
Ethan: (2) Michigan State over (1) North Carolina
Madison: (1) North Carolina over (2) Michigan State
To hear their rationale about any of their picks or Kevin try to get over UCF’s last second shot against Duke that hung on the rim before falling short, check out the latest “Tribe Talks: On The Game”, which will be released later this week on The Tribe.
