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Cook looking for some early upsets (shockers if you will)


It is officially "on" now people -- breakout your dancing shoes, the party mix and your domestic brew. Three weeks until a champion is crowned and for us all to get a strange twinge of emotion as CBS airs their "one shining moment" montage. (I get the chills, i won't lie)

Its the best annual athletic tournament in the world (that's a fact!), and it starts this Thursday afternoon. Bring on the lovely Cinderella, the buzzer beater, the sleepers and the tearful press conferences. I want it all baby -- and as Dane Cook (the idol of males 19-20 in suburban college settings everywhere) would say.....

I live for this!

*winners are bold

• East

Raleigh
1 North Carolina
16 Mt St Mary’s
vs
8 Indiana
9 Arkansas
Sweet 16: North Carolina
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Denver
5 Notre Dame
12 George Mason
vs
4 Wazzou
13 Winthrop
Sweet 16: Washington State
_________

Birmingham
6 Oklahoma
11 St Joseph's
vs
3 Louisville
14 Boise State
Sweet 16: Louisville
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Birmingham
7 Butler
10 South Alabama
vs
2 Tennessee
15 American
Sweet 16: Tennessee
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• Midwest

Omaha
1 Kansas
16 Portland State
vs
8 UNLV
9 Kent State
Sweet 16: Kansas
________
Tampa
5 Clemson
12 Villanova
vs
4 Vanderbilt
13 Siena
Sweet 16: Clemson
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Omaha
6 USC
11 Kansas State
vs
3 Wisconsin
14 Cal State Fullerton
Sweet 16: USC
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Raleigh
7 Gonzaga
10 Davidson
vs
2 Georgetown
15 UM-Baltimore County
Sweet 16: Georgetown
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• South

Little Rock
1 Memphis
16 Texas-Arlington
vs
8 Mississippi St
9 Oregon
Sweet 16: Memphis
_______

Denver
5 Michigan State
12 Temple
vs
4 Pitt
13 Oral Roberts
Sweet 16: Pitt
___________

Anaheim
6 Marquette
11 Kentucky
vs
3 Stanford
14 Cornell
Sweet 16: Kentucky
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Little Rock
7 Miami
10 St Mary's
vs
2 Texas
15 Austin Peay
Sweet 16: Texas
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• West

Anaheim
1 UCLA
16 Mississippi Valley
vs
8 Brigham Young
9 Texas A&M
Sweet 16: UCLA
_______

Tampa
5 Drake
12 Western Kentucky
vs
4 Uconn
13 San Diego
Sweet 16: Uconn
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DC
6 Purdue
11 Baylor
vs
3 Xavier
14 Georgia
Sweet 16: Purdue
___________

DC
7 West Virginia
10 Arizona
vs
2 Duke
15 Belmont
Sweet 16: Duke
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Round of 16:
UNC over Washington State
Louisville over Tennessee
Kansas over Clemson
Georgetown over USC
Pitt over Memphis
Texas over Kentucky
UCLA over Uconn
Duke over Purdue
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Regional Finals
East: Louisville over UNC
Midwest: Kansas over Georgetown
South: Texas over Pitt
West: UCLA over Duke
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Final Four
Kansas over Louisville
UCLA over Texas

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Championship
Kansas over UCLA