Big Sweet 16 Upset Pick

Its trendy to pick BC over ‘Nova or Gonzaga over UCLA, but frankly neither would be a monumental upset. Many people expect it to happen. So I’ll stay away from those.

I have both G’Town and WVa winning their next games in my pool this year, but that’s not my pick either. I love the way the Hoyas are playing, but after watching Florida twice, I’m not all that confident — The Gators are playing as well as anyone. I do still like the Mountaineers chances against Texas — if only because Daniel Gibson is still incredibly inconsistent and John Beilein can out-coach anyone — but that’s not my big pick either.

No, I’m going out even further on a limb. I’m picking the U-Dub Huskies to shock the world and take down those other Huskies. Brandon Roy will be the best player on the court, and I haven’t been impressed with everyone’s favorite in the first two rounds. Obviously it is not all that smart to pick against Calhoun, but this team seems ripe for the upset. If anything should have been a wake-up call, it was their first round escape against the game Great Danes of Albany. Still, their second-round performance was rather unspectacular. Lastly, their regional final would be against George Mason or Wichita State, thus the “looking ahead to the Final Four” syndrome could rear its ugly head.

If we take my pool results after two rounds into consideration, I’m freakin’ crazy. But I say it isn’t too late to redeem myself.