Nolan's Picks for Thursday's Games

Nolan is in the midst of making his first NCAA Tournament picks. Since his attention span lasts about seven seconds, we finally got through the first round this morning. It is a very scientific process where Dad prints out the logos for all the teams and then Nolan makes his pick for each game. So if you have a cool logo - especially with an animal on it - you have a good chance to advance in Nolan's bracket.

Picks for Thursday's First-Round Games...

West Regional
#1 UConn over #16 Chattanooga
#9 Texas A&M over #8 BYU
#5 Purdue over #12 Northern Iowa
#13 Mississippi State over #4 Washington
#7 Cal over #10 Maryland
#2 Memphis over #15 Cal State Northridge

East Regional
#6 UCLA over #11 VCU
#3 Villanova over #14 American
#10 Minnesota over #7 Texas
#15 Binghamton over #2 Duke

South Regional
#1 North Carolina over #16 Radford
#9 Butler over #8 LSU
#12 Western Ky. over #5 Illinois
#13 Akron over #4 Gonzaga
#10 Michigan over #7 Clemson
#2 Oklahoma over #15 Morgan State

We'll update as we move through the tournament.