March Madness is almost here

Here are my brackets for the four post season tournaments this year...

The College Insider.com Postseason Tournament has no set bracket. The CIT uses the old NIT model of determining future round opponents following the conclusion of the previous round. I'm liking Harvard and Southern Mississippi.

The College Basketball Invitational is a 16 team single elimination tournament. The final four teams are re-seeded and the championship is a best of three game series with the higher seed receiving home court advantage. Indiana State takes on a tough St. Louis team in the opening round played in Akron, OH I have Akron, Eastern Kentucky, Orgean State, and Prinston in the final four with Akron and Prinston in the championship. Akron wills themselves a championship in a close one.

The National Invitation Tournament a 32 team tournament which pre-dates the NCAA. Opening games are played on college campuses until the final four which is always played in New York City. I have Dayton, Mississippi, Northwestern and Mississippi State in the final four with Mississippi and Mississippi State battling it out for state bragging rights with State walking away in the championship. The NCAA will be played during Holy Week in Indianapolis. My Elite Eight are Northern Iowa, Ohio State, Butler, Xavier, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Duke and Notre Dame. My final four picks include Duke, New Mexico, Butler, and Ohio State. Ohio State will knock off Duke in the championship game on Easter Monday.

Disclaimer: I have watched little if any basketball this season as we do not have a dish and it has been quite a busy Advent - Lent. Still it's fun to fill out the brackets. One year Lydia filled out her brackets based on the team's color scheme and mascot and got seven of the elite eight, the final four and the champion all correct so anything is possible.

Logos found at each tournament's web site.