It's that time of year again...

About this time every year, I wish I had paid more attention to college basketball when I was instead focusing on things like the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the NBA, the NHL, spring training, and school. If I had made more of an effort to follow college hoops, I would probably be a little more educated when filling out my bracket. Instead, I just go by what teams are #1 seeds, pick three of them to advance to the final four, and pick a team that I remember doing pretty well last year and pick them as my fourth final four team. Is is a flawed system? Absolutely. Could I do any better? Maybe if i didn't have other sports commitments to follow (the great thing about Boston sports is that we have four professional teams that are perennial playoff contenders right now) and a life on top of that. If I had a TV, I might have seen more than two NCAA games all season and that might have helped.

2009 NCAA Mens Basketball Final Four Prediction:

Last year, I had watched a decent amount of college basketball and I thought I was educated enough to make good picks. I had North Carolina, Memphis, Louisville, and Pittsburgh in my bracket going to the Final Four.

2009 NCAA Mens Basketball Final Four Actual Outcome:

Lucky for me, the team I picked to go all the way (North Carolina) was the only one of my Final Four teams that made it. UConn, Villanova, and Michigan State made me very upset.

This Year, I have even less of a clue, but I am using my same flawed system to see where it gets me. This is a very different tournament than last year as ordinary powerhouses North Carolina, Arizona, Indiana, UConn, LSU, UCLA, and Indiana are not there. Kentucky, another historical powerhouse basketball school that did not make the tournament last year, is a #1 seed this time around.

Here are my Final Four Predictions for 2010:

Syracuse, Kansas, and Kentucky are my #1s and Villanova, I predict will be the fourth team instead of Duke. I also predict that Syracuse and Kentucky will advance to the National Championship Game with Syracuse winning it all.

I honestly have no clue what will really happen. Only time will. Feel free to comment and bash my picks and discuss your own predictions.