Hate is a strong word but I hate this bracket. It's just so blah. Ohio State and Memphis are the two top seeds and despite both teams' regular season success neither fits the image of a March powerhouse. The best team in this bracket is probably Texas A&M. The Aggies play great defense and have an absolute monster player in Acie Law who could drop 40 a game in the tourney. The rest of the bracket- miserable. Virginia is a terrible four seed. Tennessee is a weak five seed. Louisville and Nevada could make some noise but they could also both lose in the first round and no one outside of Louisville or Reno would notice.

Overrated First Round Upset: 10 Creighton over 7 Nevada. Creighton can't stop Nick Fazekas. End of story.

Underrated First Round Upset: 14 Penn over 3 Texas A&M. For starters, anytime a NCAA tournament team is coached by a former Connecticut College head coach, it's a good bet to make some noise. That's just a scientific fact. So Penn- led by ex-Camels' head coach Glen Miller- has that going for them. But don't overlook Penn. Texas A&M should win this game and they very likely will. But the Quakers actually have some solid talent- a lot of Philly/South Jersey kids transfer to Penn from other, better DI schools because they're homesick for the Jersey Turnpike- and could put a scare into A&M.

Best First Round Matchup: 7 Nevada versus 10 Creighton. Battle of the midmajors. Two solid teams. I think Nevada has too much firepower for Creighton but this should be an entertaining, back and forth game.

Best Potential Matchup: 3 Texas A&M versus 2 Memphis. Acie Law could drop 100 in this game. This matchup would be an offensive shootout. I don't for one second buy Memphis' high defensive efficiency rankings; the Tigers haven't played anyone. The Tigers played three NCAA teams out of conference- Arizona, Georgia Tech and Tennessee- and went 0-3. They gave up an average of 82 points per game in those three losses. Honestly- Acie Law may drop 100 on the Tigers.

Team That Should Advance: 3 Texas A&M

Team Seeded Four Or Higher That Could Advance: 7 Nevada. The Wolfpack have top tier talent, lots of height and plenty of experience. They'll have to beat Memphis and A&M but since when is beating Memphis and Texas A&M really that difficult to imagine.

Ten Hot/Random Alums From This Region's Schools:

1. Boxing referee Mills Lane- Nevada
2. God among men Scott Pioli- CCSU
3. Sugarbaker CEO Dixie Carter- Tennessee
4. Miss Utah 2006 Soben Huon- BYU
5. 40 Year Old Virgin sexpot Elizabeth Banks- Penn
6. SPF inventor William Akers- Louisville
7. Newly single Reese Witherspoon- Stanford
8. Headcase Chuck Knoblauch- Texas A&M
9. Post-It creator Kaitlin Quirk- Albany
10. Spousal abuser Stone Cold Steve Austin- North Texas