EvilMonkey's NCAA Tournament Bracket of Doom

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Finally after a few minor delays, it's time to unveil the brackets, starting with the Top 4 seeds from each region, but before I do that, I wanna explain the way this will work.

To avoid the messiness of 36 game threads bunched into a few days (and so on after that), I'm gonna stagger them, by region, with voting for each game being open until midnight of the following day. That should allow for some discussion to be had and for anyone interested to cast their vote in time. So the game threads will look like this:

First Four games (Tues-Wed, Mar. 24-25)
South Region (Thurs-Fri, Mar. 26-27)
East Region (Sat-Sun, Mar. 28-29)
Midwest Region (Mon-Tues, Mar. 30-31)
West Region (Wed-Thu, Apr. 1-2)

South Region 2nd Rd (Fri-Sat, Apr. 2-3)
East Region 2nd Rd (Fri-Sat, Apr. 2-3)
Midwest Region 2nd Rd (Sun-Mon, Apr. 4-5)
West Region 2nd Rd (Sun-Mon, Apr. 4-5)

South Region Sweet 16 (Thu-Fri, Apr. 8-9)
East Region Sweet 16 (Thu-Fri, Apr. 8-9)
Midwest Region Sweet 16 (Sat-Sun, Apr. 10-11)
West Region Sweet 16 (Sat-Sun, Apr. 10-11)

South Region Elite 8 (Wed-Thu, Apr. 14-15)
East Region Elite 8 (Wed-Thu, Apr. 14-15)
Midwest Region Elite 8 (Thu-Fri, Apr. 15-16)
West Region Elite 8 (Thu-Fri, Apr. 15-16)

Final Four (Sat, April 17)

National Championship (Mon, April 19)
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And now, here are the Top 4 seeds for each region:

South (Houston)-
1. Kansas Jayhawks
2. Kentucky Wildcats
3. Louisville Cardinals
4. Wisconsin Badgers

West (Los Angeles)-
1. Gonzaga Bulldogs
2. San Diego State Aztecs
3. Oregon Ducks
4. Duke Blue Devils

Midwest (Indianapolis)-
1. Dayton Flyers
2. Creighton Blue Jays
3. Michigan State Spartans
4. Virginia Cavaliers

East (New York City)-
1. Baylor Bears
2. Florida State Seminoles
3. Villanova Wildcats
4. Maryland Terrapins


The Regional pairings for the Final Four are as follows:

South Champion
vs
East Champion

West Champion
vs
Midwest Champion


Full pairings are soon to follow, starting with the South Region.

 

[KuwaitHawk]

Again, the suspense!

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

And now without further ado, it's time for the South Regional unveiling, with games to be voted on Thursday through Friday, March 26-27.

SOUTH-
(St. Louis)
1 Kansas
16 Boston University/North Carolina Central

8 Utah State
9 St. Mary's

(Spokane)
5 Auburn
12 Stephen F. Austin

4 Wisconsin
13 Vermont

(Spokane)
6 Michigan
11 East Tennessee State

3 Louisville
14 UC Irvine

(Tampa)
7 Illinois
10 Arizona State

2 Kentucky
15 North Dakota State

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

..

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Next up will be the representatives out of the East Regional, also with games to be voted on Saturday and Sunday, March 28-29:

EAST-
(St. Louis)
1 Baylor
16 Siena

8 Marquette
9 Rutgers

(Albany)
5 Seton Hall
12 North Carolina State/Texas

4 Maryland
13 Belmont

(Albany)
6 Houston
11 Indiana

3 Villanova
14 North Texas

(Tampa)
7 Cincinnati
10 Florida

2 Florida State
15 Winthrop

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Moving over to the opposite side of the bracket for the Midwest Regional, these are games to be voted on Monday through Tuesday, March 30-31:

MIDWEST-
(Cleveland)
1 Dayton
16 Northern Kentucky

8 West Virginia
9 Providence

(Greensboro)
5 Ohio State
12 Liberty

4 Virginia
13 New Mexico State

(Omaha)
6 Butler
11 Richmond/UCLA

3 Michigan State
14 Hofstra

(Cleveland)
7 LSU
10 Arizona

2 Creighton
15 Arkansas-Little Rock

 

[Suterman]

I hope we made it in Evil Monkey!!

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

And last, but not least, it's time to reveal the West Regional and which teams made the cut, and which teams' bubbles have burst. These last set of First Round games will be voted on Wednesday through Thursday, April 1-2:

WEST-
(Sacramento)
1 Gonzaga
16 Prairie View A&M/Robert Morris

8 Colorado
9 Texas Tech

(Greensboro)
5 BYU
12 Akron

4 Duke
13 Yale

(Omaha)
6 Iowa
11 Oklahoma

3 Oregon
14 Bradley

(Sacramento)
7 Penn State
10 USC

2 San Diego State
15 Eastern Washington



And thus completes EvilMonkey's 2020 Bracket of Doom........

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

I hope we made it in Evil Monkey!!

Never a doubt....

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Last reveal for the evening before I get the First Four game threads underway. Here is how the Bubble ended up, with the teams that just made it vs the teams that got left out. Is there anyone in here that you guys think I should've added instead?





Last 4 In-
Richmond
UCLA
NC State
Texas

First 4 Out-
Tulsa
Wichita State
Stanford
Xavier

Next 4 Out-
Rhode Island
Arkansas
Northern Iowa
Memphis

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Before I begin, what does everyone think of Iowa's path in the West region?



Also, since this isn't one of the national boards, do you all think I should condense the way to vote on this board for the games, to save on traffic?

 

[KuwaitHawk]

Northern Iowa in
NC State out

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Before I begin, what does everyone think of Iowa's path in the West region?



Also, since this isn't one of the national boards, do you all think I should condense the way to vote on this board for the games, to save on traffic?

I'll say it... Elite 8.

Beat Oklahoma easy.
Beat the Ducks by 5.
Beat Penn St. by 10.
Lose to Zaga by 20 to keep with tradition.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

I'll say it... Elite 8.

Lose to Zaga by 20 to keep with tradition.

But only after leading by at least 13 at half......