Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Guts Versus Brains: The Internal Struggle

As someone who struggles with his weight, I can tell you that the only time my brain and my guts are on the same page is when I see free food... and when picking against the Royals.

That being said, this year I chose to have one bracket with my gut-decision picks ("eye test") and one with a statistical comparision/analysis. Here are my picks for the ENTIRE bracket going region by region:

Midwest Guts:
Liberty over North Carolina A&T, Middle Tennessee over St. Mary's
Louisville over Liberty, Colorado State over Missouri, Oklahoma State over Oregon, St. Louis over New Mexico State, Middle Tennesse over Memphis, Michigan State over Valparaiso, Cincinnati over Creighton, Duke over Albany
Louisville over Colorado State, Oklahoma State over St. Louis, Michigan State over Middle Tennessee, Duke over Cincinnati
Louisville over Oklahoma State, Michigan State over Duke
Louisville over Duke

Midwest Brains:
North Carolina A&T over Liberty, Middle Tennessee over St. Mary's
Louisville over North Carolina A&T, Missouri over Colorado State, Oklahoma State over Oregon, St. Louis over New Mexico State, Memphis over Middle Tennessee, Valparaiso over Michigan State, Creighton over Cincinnati, Duke over Albany
Louisville over Missouri, St. Louis over Oklahoma State, Memphis over Valparaiso, Duke over Creighton
Louisville over St. Louis, Memphis over Duke
Memphis over Louisville

West Guts:
La Salle over Boise State
Gonzaga over Southern, Wichita State over Pittsburgh, Wisconsin over Mississippi, Kansas State over La Salle, Belmont over Arizona, New Mexico over Harvard, Notre Dame over Iowa State, Ohio State over Iona
Gonzaga over Wichita State, Kansas State over Wisconsin, New Mexico over Belmont, Ohio State over Notre Dame
Gonzaga over Kansas State, Ohio State over New Mexico
Gonzaga over Ohio State

West Brains:
Boise State over La Salle
Gonzaga over Southern, Pittsburgh over Wichita State, Wisconsin over Mississippi, Kansas State over Boise State, Belmont over Arizona, New Mexico over Harvard, Notre Dame over Iowa State, Ohio State over Iona
Gonzaga over Pittsburgh, Kansas State over Wisconsin, New Mexico over Belmont, Ohio State over Notre Dame
Gonzaga over Kansas State, Ohio State over New Mexico
Gonzaga over Ohio State

South Guts:
Kansas over Western Kentucky, North Carolina over Villanova, VCU over Akron, Michigan over South Dakota State, Minnesota over UCLA, Florida over Northwestern State, San Diego State over Oklahoma, Georgetown over Florida Gulf Coast
Kansas over North Carolina, VCU over Michigan, Florida over Michigan, Georgetown over San Diego State
VCU over Kansas, Florida over Georgetown
Florida over VCU

South Brains:
Kansas over Western Kentucky, North Carolina over Villanova, Akron over VCU, Michigan over South Dakota State, Minnesota over UCLA, Florida over Northwestern State, San Diego State, Georgetown over Florida Gulf Coast
Kansas over North Carolina, Michigan over Akron, Florida over Minnesota, Georgetown over San Diego State
Kansas over Michigan, Florida over Georgetown
Florida over Kansas

East Guts:
Long Island over James Madison
Indiana over Long Island, NC State over Temple, UNLV over California, Montana over Syracuse, Butler over Bucknell, Davidson over Marquette, Colorado over Illinois, Miami (FL) over Pacific
Indiana over NC State, UNLV over Montana, Butler over Davidson, Miami (FL) over Colorado
Indiana over UNLV, Miami (FL) over Butler
Indiana over Miami (FL)

East Brains:
Long Island over James Madison
Indiana over Long Island, Temple over NC State, UNLV over California, Montana over Syracuse, Bucknell over Butler, Marquette over Davidson, Illinois over Colorado, Miami (FL) over Pacific
Indiana over Temple, Montana over UNLV, Bucknell over Marquette, Miami (FL) over Illinois
Indiana over Montana, Bucknell over Miami (FL)
Indiana over Bucknell

Final Four Guts:
Louisville over Gonzaga, Indiana over Florida
Indiana over Louisville

Final Four Brains:
Gonzaga over Memphis, Indiana over Florida
Gonzaga over Indiana

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