March 22nd, 2010

2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket Update and Bracket Predictions. This weekend was the second round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament and now 32 teams have been turned down to 16 teams in a shocking series of games.

There were two major upsets on Saturday:  Kansas and Villanova.  Kansas was taken out of the tourney by UNI and Villanova was stunned by sleeper St. Mary’s.  UNI and St. Mary’s showed a lot of heart and reminded basketball fans that anything can happen.

Michigan State narrowly escaped defeat for the second time with a 3 point shot with less than a second left in the game.  Had that shot been unsuccessful, Maryland would have defeated the Spartans.

Here are the scores from the second round of the 2010 NCAA Basketball tournament:

St. Mary’s beat Villanova 75-68

Northern Iowa beat Kansas 69-67

Baylor Beat Dominion 76-68

Washington Beats New Mexico 82-64

Kentucky beats Wake Forest  90-60

Kansas St Beats BYU 84-72

Butler Beats Murray St. 54-52

Tennessee beats Ohio 83-68

Syracuse beat Gonzaga 87 - 65

Ohio State beat Georgia Tech 75-66

Michigan State beat Maryland 85 – 83

West Virginia beat Missouri 68- 59

Cornell beat Washington 87-69

Xavier beat Pittsburgh 71 – 68

Purdue beat Texas A & M 63-61

Duke beat California 68-53

The sweet sixteen will be comprised of: 

St Mary’s, Butler, Tennessee, UNI, Baylor, Washington, Kansas State Kentucky, Syracuse, Ohio State, Michigan State, West Virginia, Cornell, Xavier, Purdue, and Duke. Out of the sweet sixteen, the elite eight will be determined. 

We estimate that Syracuse, West Virginia, Kansas State, Kentucky, Tennessee, St. Mary’s, Michigan State, and Duke will make it to the next round of the game.