Let The Madness Begin

It's the most wonderful time of the year – it's March Madness. With 64 teams lined up and ready to go, everyone is setting their brackets and picking their favorites to upset and favorites to win it all.



Here's the match-ups for the first round:

EAST

Villanova (1) vs. Mount St. Mary’s (16)
Wisconsin (8) vs. Virginia Tech (9)
Virginia (5) vs. UNC Wilmington (12)
Florida (4) vs. East Tennessee State (13)
SMU (6) vs. USC (11)
Baylor (3) vs. New Mexico State (14)
South Carolina (7) vs. Marquette (10)
Duke (2) vs. Troy (15)

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MIDWEST

Kansas (1) vs. UC Davis (16)
Miami (8) vs. Michigan State (9)
Iowa State (5) vs. Nevada (12)
Purdue (4) vs. Vermont (13)
Creighton (6) vs. Rhode Island (11)
Oregon (3) vs. Iona (14)
Michigan (7) vs. Oklahoma State (10)
Louisville (2) vs. Jacksonville State (15)

SOUTH

North Carolina (1) vs. Texas Southern (16)
Arkansas (8) vs. Seton Hall (9)
Minnesota (5) vs. Middle Tennessee (12)
Butler (4) vs. Winthrop (13)
Cincinnati (6) vs. Kansas State (11)
UCLA (3) vs. Kent State (14)
Dayton (7) vs. Wichita State (10)
Kentucky (2) vs. Northern Kentucky (15)

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WEST

Gonzaga (1) vs. South Dakota State (16)
Northwestern (8) vs. Vanderbilt (9)
Notre Dame (5) vs. Princeton (12)
West Virginia (4) vs. Bucknell (13)
Maryland (6) vs. Xavier (11)
Florida State (3) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (14)
Saint Mary’s (7) vs. VCU (10)
Arizona (2) vs. North Dakota (15)

Defending champs of Villanova are looking to be a favorite to repeat this year, with the University of North Carolina and Duke on their heels for the second-best winning favorite.

But it is called March Madness for a reason – who knows what'll happen?