FDH bracket for 2010 NCAA hoops tournament

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Upsets -- according to seeds -- are in bold.

MIDWEST REGIONAL
ROUND ONE
Kansas over Lehigh
UNLV over Northern Iowa
Michigan State over New Mexico State
Maryland over Houston
Ohio State over UC-Santa Barbara
Georgia Tech over Oklahoma State
Georgetown over Ohio
Tennessee over San Diego State
ROUND TWO
Kansas over UNLV
Michigan State over Maryland
Ohio State over Georgia Tech
Georgetown over Tennessee
ROUND THREE
Kansas over Michigan State
Ohio State over Georgetown
REGIONAL FINAL
Kansas over Ohio State

WEST REGIONAL
ROUND ONE
Syracuse over Vermont
Gonzaga over Florida State
Butler over UTEP
Murray State over Vanderbilt
Kansas State over North Texas
BYU over Florida
Pitt over Oakland
Xavier over Minnesota
ROUND TWO
Syracuse over Gonzaga
Butler over Murray State
Kansas State over BYU
Xavier over Pitt
ROUND THREE
Syracuse over Butler
Kansas State over Xavier
REGIONAL FINAL
Syracuse over Kansas State

EAST REGIONAL
ROUND ONE
Kentucky over East Tennessee State
Texas over Wake Forest
Temple over Cornell
Wisconsin over Wofford
West Virginia over Morgan State
Clemson over Missouri
New Mexico over Montana
Washington over Marquette
ROUND TWO
Kentucky over Texas
Temple over Wisconsin
West Virginia over Clemson
New Mexico over Washington
ROUND THREE
Kentucky over Temple
West Virginia over New Mexico
REGIONAL FINAL
Kentucky over West Virginia

SOUTH REGIONAL
ROUND ONE
Duke over Arkansas-Little Rock
Louisville over California
Texas A&M over Utah State
Siena over Purdue
Villanova over Robert Morris
Richmond over St. Mary
Baylor over Sam Houston
Notre Dame over Old Dominion
ROUND TWO
Duke over Louisville
Texas A&M over Siena
Villanova over Richmond
Baylor over Notre Dame
ROUND THREE
Duke over Texas A&M
Baylor over Villanova
REGIONAL FINAL
Baylor over Duke

NATIONAL SEMIFINALS
Kansas over Syracuse
Kentucky over Baylor

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Kentucky over Kansas

NOTES
^ The bracket is surely more "Chalky McChalkerson" than I would like, but the #1s that needed rose petals strewn in their path to make a deep run (Duke and Syracuse) got them.

^ I couldn't find a viable 5-12 upset -- so much for that cliche -- but I did pick two 4-13s!

^ If I have correctly forecast the national championship matchup, how epic will that be? Two of the game's best coaches matching up in the game for the second time in three years ... the consensus two best teams at the end of the season, with the classic "college powerhouse" in Kansas against the team of future pro standouts in Kentucky ... and the tradition, oh, the tradition of these powerhouses who are on a short list of the game's greatest yet have rarely crossed paths.