NCAA Conference Tourney Picks

Hello this is Steve Dixx checking in. I am Barry's good friend from Dayton, Ohio. I just graduated from the University of Kentucky, and recently just moved down to beautiful Charleston, South Carolina. We both thought it would be a good idea to post about various topics such as sports, our personal golf games, and more importantly being a complete lush.(don't worry if you don't fully understand what a lush is, you soon will) Please understand that I have no English, or Journalism background, like Jole.(Im an Economics dude) His posts will be much more fluid, and well written, but I feel like I have some humorous and interesting input.

Here are my NCAA Conference Tourney Picks as well as Barry Jole's picks. We certainly are not as intelligent as analysts Jay Bilas, or Pat Forde, but we follow college basketball very closely, and feel that our picks are somewhat informed. While Jole's Dayton Flyer's are going to be dancing in the NCAA tourney, it looks as if my Cincy Bearcats, and Kentucky Wildcats, will be punching their tickets to the NIT.(Unless some miraculous runs in their respective tourneys, which is much more likely for U.K. because the SEC is not nearly as deep or talented as the Big East) By the way the last time both Cincinnati and Kentucky missed the NCAA field in the same year I was only 5 years old. (1990)

Also we are just picking the power conference winners, and the A10 for Jole's preference.

Barry Jole's Picks

ACC Champ: (UNC) Runner Up: (Duke) Dark Horse: (NC State)

Big 10 Champ: (MSU) Runner Up: (PSU) also picked as his dark horse.

Pac 10 Champ: (UCLA) Runner Up: (ASU) Dark Horse: (ASU)

SEC Champ : (Florida) Runner Up: (LSU) Dark Horse: (Auburn)

Big East Champ: (Louisville) Runner Up: (Pitt) Dark Horse: (NOVA)

Atlantic 10 Champ: (Xavier) Runner Up:(Dayton) Dark Horse: (St. Joe's)

Big 12 Champ: (Kansas) Runner Up: (Oklahoma) Dark Horse: (Ok. State)

Steve Dixx's Pixx

ACC Champ: (UNC) Runner Up: (Duke) Dark Horse: (FSU)

Big 10 Champ: (MSU) Runner Up: (Purdue) Dark Horse: (Penn St.)

Pac 10 Champ: (Washington) Runner Up: (Cal) Dark Horse: (Arizona)

SEC Champ: (LSU) Runner Up: (Tennessee) Dark Horse: (Auburn)

Big East Champ: (Louisville) Runner Up: (Pitt) Dark Horse: (Villanova)

Atlantic 10 Champ: (Xavier) Runner Up: (Dayton) Dark Horse: (Temple)

Big 12 Champ : (Oklahoma) Runner Up: (Kansas) Dark Horse: (Ok. State)