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Welcome to my bracket full of cheez! In this, I will be doing my pre-tourney predictions. These will have no or next-to-none thought/analysis put into it. But that shouldn't be a problem; during the NFL season, I but none or little thought behind my NFL picks, and I had only one week with a losing record and went 14-2 once.

When the tourney begins, I might make picks based on the remaining bracket and see how I do, but for right now these are my pre-tourney picks. This blog has the Play-in Game and the Round of 64 games. Here they are:

Key: *= 50/50 decision for me, #=possible upset despite my pick, $=I'm calling for a close game, !!!= my game of the round.

Play-In Game

(16a) MSM vs. (16b) COPP..........COPP

Round of 64

East (Charlotte) Region

(1) UNC vs. (16) COPP..........UNC

(8) Indiana vs. (9) Arkansas..........Arkansas

(5) Notre Dame vs. (12) George Mason..........George Mason *$

(4) Washington St. vs. (13) Winthrop..........Washington St.

(6) Oklahoma vs. (11) Saint Joseph's..........Oklahoma

(3) Louisville vs. (14) Boise State..........barring a Statue of Liberty, Louisville

(7) Butler vs. (10) South Alabama..........Butler

(2) Tennessee vs. (15) American..........Tennessee

Midwest (Detroit) Region

(1) Kansas vs. (16) Portland State..........Kansas

(8) UNLV vs. (9) Kent State..........Kent State

(5) Clemson vs. (12) Villanova..........Clemson #

(4) Vanderbilt vs. (13) Siena..........Vanderbilt

(6) USC vs. (11) Kansas State..........USC $ !!!

(3) Wisconsin vs. (14) CS Fullerton..........Wisconsin

(7) Gonzaga vs. (10) Davidson..........Davidson *$

(2) Georgetown vs. (15) UMBC..........Georgetown

That was the left side of the bracket. Like I said, you guys may be questioning some of my calls, but it's my bracket (of cheese, which means the cheese could stink.).

South (Houston) Region

(1) Memphis vs. (16) UT-Arlington..........Memphis

(8) Mississippi State vs. (9) Oregon..........Oregon

(5) Michigan State vs. (12) Temple..........Michigan State

(4) Pittsburgh vs. (13) Oral Roberts..........Pittsburgh #

(6) Marquette vs. (11) Kentucky..........Marquette

(3) Stanford vs. (14) Cornell..........Stanford

(7) Miami (Fl.) vs. (10) St. Mary's. (Ca.)..........St. Mary's *$

(2) Texas vs. (15) Austin Peay..........Texas

West (Pheonix) Region

(1) UCLA vs. (16) Mississippi Valley..........UCLA

(8) BYU vs. (9) Texas A&M..........Texas A&M

(5) Drake vs. (12) Western Kentucky..........Drake

(4) Connecticut vs. (13) San Diego..........Connecticut

(6) Purdue vs. (11) Baylor..........Purdue

(3) Xavier vs. (14) Georgia..........Xavier #$

(7) West Virginia vs. (10) Arizona..........Arizona *

(2) Duke vs. (15) Belmont..........Duke

How many did I mess up? Tell me below.