March Madness Picks: Midwest Region

First Round:
1 Louisville vs. 16 UNC A&T: Louisville wins easily, no explanation needed.
8. Colorado State vs. 9 Missouri: Will be close but Mizzou should advance due to high powered offense.
5 Oklahoma State vs. 12 Oregon: Pac 12 champs Oregon may pull off the upset, but Marcus Smart will be too much for the Ducks.
4 St. Louis vs. 13 NMSU: St Louis is very talented for an A-10 team and will win easily.
6 Memphis vs. 11 St. Marys: Memphis, led by balanced scoring will advance.
3 Michigan State vs 14 Valpo: Valpo wont have any tournament magic left from the days of Bryce Drew
7 Creighton vs. 10 Cincinnati: Cincy's scoring struggles will come back to haunt them
2 Duke vs. 15 Albany: Duke is too much for Albany
2nd Round:
1 Louisville vs. 9 Missouri: Louisville should continue its run to the elite eight uncontested before any challengers pose a legit threat.
4 St Louis vs. 5 OKSU: St Louis should advance as they are more talented and have the best name in basketball, Jordair Jett
3 Michigan State vs. 6 Memphis: MSU is too big and Memphis is too inconsistent as MSU wins by a decent amount.
2 Duke vs. 7 Creighton: Led by Doug McDermott, the Blue Jays have a chance to knock off duke but Seth curry's shooting and Plumlee's size will be too much.
Sweet Sixteen
1 Louisville vs. 4 St Louis: St Louis' run ends with the Cardinals full court pressure.
2 Duke vs. 3 MSU: Tom Izzo's team has the discipline and the size to beat Duke and they should pull it off.
Elite Eight:
1 Louisville vs. 3 MSU: If Keith Appling plays well, the SPartans will advance, if not Louisville will run away with the game.