TheSportsNotebook’s college basketball coverage will break down the East bracket pod-by-pod for the first weekend, look ahead to the regionals in D.C., make picks and look at some of the betting odds for each team’s chances of making it Atlanta and the Final Four.
The NCAA Tournament’s West Regional officially gets underway tonight with BYU-Iona in a play-in game (9:10 PM ET, TruTV). TheSportsNotebook takes a look at the entire region, which is marked by the debate over whether Michigan State or Missouri should really have been the #1 seed, and reaches its conclusion in Phoenix next weekend. We’ll run through the four bracket pods that play this week and then make a Final Four pick.
It’s to preview the NCAA regionals and make some Final Four picks, and TheSportsNotebook starts off with the bracket that’s home to the nation’s #1 team in Kentucky. The South Regional will build to its conclusion next week in Atlanta. We’ll go through the bracket’s four pods, take a look at who will be in the Georgia Dome and who ultimately moves on to New Orleans.