The Daily Read
BT's Official Tournament Predictions
Four writers, eight questions, to the victor go the spoils.
JOHN AKERS
Editor, Basketball Times
* Sweet 16 Surprise – UTEP
* First-Round Sleeper – Murray State
* Player whose name will be widely known by next week – Randy Culpepper, UTEP
* Weakest team seeded four or higher – Vanderbilt
* Strongest team seeded eight or lower – Minnesota
* One team absent from the field that could win game – None exists
* Final Four Prediction – Kansas, Wisconsin, Duke, Syracuse
* National Championship – Syracuse over Duke
* First-Round Sleeper – Murray State
* Player whose name will be widely known by next week – Randy Culpepper, UTEP
* Weakest team seeded four or higher – Vanderbilt
* Strongest team seeded eight or lower – Minnesota
* One team absent from the field that could win game – None exists
* Final Four Prediction – Kansas, Wisconsin, Duke, Syracuse
* National Championship – Syracuse over Duke
BRENDAN F. QUINN
Contributor, Basketball Times. Editor, BT Online
* Sweet Sixteen Surprise — Siena
* First-Round Sleeper — San Diego State
* Player whose name will be widely known by next week – Ryan Rossiter, Siena
* Weakest team seeded four or higher – Villanova
* Strongest team seeded eight or lower – Cornell
* One team absent from the field that could win a game – William and Mary
* Final Four Prediction – Kansas, Butler, Kentucky, Baylor
* Championship Game: Kansas over Kentucky
LEW FREEDMAN
Contributor, Basketball Times and BT Online
* Sweet Sixteen Surprise — Pick any of the following ... Murray State, Xavier, Temple.
* First-Round Sleeper — Siena
* Player whose name will be widely known by next week – Lazar Hayward, Marquette.
* Weakest team seeded four or higher – Purdue
* Strongest team seeded eight or lower – Tie: Northern Iowa, Murray State
* One team absent from the field that could win a game – Mississippi State.
* Final Four Prediction – Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Kansas State.
* Championship Game: Kansas over Kentucky
Women's Tournament Predictions
WENDY PARKER
Contributor, Basketball Times and BT Online
* Sweet Sixteen Surprise — St. John's
* First-Round Sleeper — Tulane
* Player whose name will be widely known by next week – Danielle Adams, Texas A and M
* Weakest team seeded four or higher – Oklahoma State
* Strongest team seeded eight or lower – Middle Tennessee State
* One team absent from the field that could win a game – USC
* Final Four Prediction – UConn, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Stanford
* Championship Game: UConn over Stanford 
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