NCAA Sweet Sixteen: Pick a Team, Win a Dream

[XLFD]

The NCAA tournament has gotten down to sixteen teams, and as a tribute to March Madness, the Ludington Torch is offering you the chance to choose one of the remaining teams and the opportunity to ride them through to win the tournament!  

The rules are simple:  Eight of the teams are next playing on Thursday, March 28, and the other eight are playing Friday, March 29.  You need only reply to this thread and choose whatever team is left that you think will win the tournament.  Only one vote per person, and if someone has already took that team by replying earlier for that team, you cannot pick it.  So if you like Michigan, Michigan State or Wichita State, or if you'd rather have Florida or Florida Gulf Coast University, make those choices quickly, or you may be shut out.  Once all sixteen teams are picked, you're out of luck just like Georgetown and Gonzaga.  Here are your choices with their initial seed, the first eight play on Thursday:

 

West:

  Wichita State (9)

  La Salle (13)

  Arizona (6)

  Ohio State (2)

East:

  Indiana (1)

  Syracuse (4)

  Marquette (3)

  Miami (FL) (2)

 

Midwest:

  Lousiville (1)

  Oregon (12)

  Michigan State (3)

  Duke (2)

South:

  Kansas (1)

  Michigan (4)

  Florida (3)

  FGCU (15)

 

The one winner gets not only the experience and honor of winning but will also get the vaunted "thumbs up" gift award, along with whatever side bets they can muster from others.  I will not choose until March 26.

[XLFD]

EyE on Michigan is also in. 

Elite eight matchups:  Duke v. Louisville, Michigan v. Florida, Wichita State v. Ohio State, and Marquette v. Syracuse

[Dave]

Oh yeah, I missed that.. guess I read the previous post a little to fast... my bad.

[XLFD]

The final four are set, they will play April 6 to see who fights for the title.  EyE's Michigan v. Syracuse and Willy's Louisville v. Wichita State, the Shockers living up to their name.  Michigan blew away Florida by 20 points 79-59 to get to their first final four since 1993.

[XLFD]

It will be Willy's Lousiville and EyE's Michigan in the finals, we're guaranteed a winner here.

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2013/04/caris_levert.html

[XLFD]

Nice effort Wolverines, but you fell short.  Louisville Cardinals take the Championship.

Congratulation's, Willy.