Being in the same bracket as the defending national champs is always daunting, especially when they're still big favourites to repeat, but such is the task for the Oregon Ducks men's basketball team this year. In the first round, they face Miami of Ohio, a school I know little about, other than the fact that Steeler QB Ben Roethlisberger is from there. I know even less about their basketball program, but we shall get a crash course in the next five days. The entire Midwest pairings are as follows:
1 Florida/16 Jackson St.
8 Arizona/ 9 Purdue
5 Butler/12 Old Dominion
4 Maryland/13 Davidson
6 Notre Dame/11 Winthrop
3 Oregon/14 Miami (Ohio)
7 UNLV /10 Georgia Tech
2 Wisconsin/15 Tex A&M CC
The good news is that the Ducks won't have to face Florida until the next round, and none of our potential match-ups in Spokane don't have the size to kill the Ducks inside the paint. It'll remain to be seen if the torrid shooting spree the Ducks have been on in the Pac-10 tournament will be sustained, but they did play some excellent defense in defeating Arizona, California, and Southern California.
Full bracket can be found HERE; let the madness begin on one of the great sporting events in the world.
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