2011 SOUTHWEST REGION PREDICTIONS

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The predictions below are my own personal analysis and no particular degree of confidence should be placed in any of them. I highly recommend using my friends at Team Rankings' Bracket Brains product instead--those guys are the real experts.

1 Kansas

16 Boston Univ

8 UNLV

9 Illinois

Kansas

UNLV

5 Vanderbilt

12 Richmond

4 Louisville

13 Morehead State

Vanderbilt

Louisville

3 Purdue

14 Saint Peter's

6 Georgetown

11 USC / VCU

Purdue

USC

7 Texas A&M

10 Florida State

2 Notre Dame

15 Akron

Texas A&M

Notre Dame

Kansas

Louisville

Purdue

Notre Dame

Kansas

Purdue

Regional Champ
Kansas

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE SOUTHWEST REGION

SLEEPER ALERT: USC/VCU winner or Richmond. I could easily see both teams in the Sweet 16, or in USC / VCU's case, the Elite Eight. Georgetown has been dreadful without Chris Wright and it's unclear if he'll be back at full strength for the Tournament.
The bottom quarter of this bracket is a real snoozer for me. A&M and FSU both play great defense; Notre Dame might be the least explosive top-16 seed outside of Wisconsin.
I loved Louisville's performance in the Big East Tournament but I think Kansas just has too much inside for the Cardinals to handle.

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