| Round 17 | |
| Brian H. | SMU of the WAC |
| Brian T. | I axe you, what's more frightening than in a bear in a kilt? Nothing. That's why I'm picking the UC Riverside Highlanders from the Big West, who have a tartan-clad bear in their logo. |
| John | Finding the American University Eagles, with an 8-9 record, from the Patriot Conference still available is like finding a tube a slice-and-bake chocolate chip cookie dough in the fridge after a few boxes of mac and cheese lo the hunger lingers. Stated another way, “Whaat are we thinking?” I’ll take the Eagles. |
| Matt | Loyola IL (or Loyola Chicago as ESPN has it up there). Either way, they suck. |
| Andrew | Minnehaha (Big Eleven): The once-proud Gophers are mere shadows of their sweet-sixteen selves of the 90’s. Seeing that means six more weeks of crappy basketball. Yes, I know … it’s the groundhog that looks for its shadow. But, I can never tell the difference between the two rodents anyway. |
| Jamie | Ending 17 and beginning 18 with the Portlands: the Portland Pilots of the West Coast Conference |
| Round 18 | |
| Jamie | the Portland State Vikings of the Big Sky Conference |
| Andrew | I hate to do this to Wayne Hogan and Pat Kennedy, because I know it really hurts them when I say that their team is no good, but I will have to pick the Montana Grizzlies. Bob Sura couldn't even save this team. |
| Matt | I'll take Florida Atlantic |
| John | Penn State |
| Brian T. | Delaware |
| Brian H. | Drexel |
| Round 19 | |
| Brian H. | Belmont |
| Brian T. | I'll take the Loyola Marymount Lions, from the Wacky West Coast Conference. |
| John | Philly, Schmilly, I'll take the Temple Owls of the A-10. |
| Matt | Missouri |
| Andrew | Central Connecticut Blue Devils are so jealous of the squad from Durham that they refer to their coach, Howie Dickenman, as “Coach K.” Their Northeast conference brethren refer to CCSU as the Green Devils. |
| Jamie | Kansas State Wildcats-Big 12 |
| Round 20 | |
| Jamie | South Alabama Jaguars-Sun Belt Conference |
| Andrew | Sadly, the Golden Globe Awards have come and gone again this year. Congratulations go out to the Lord of the Rings, Lost in Translation, and the Butler Bulldogs, who won for Crappiest Basketball Team of the Year. |
| Matt | I'll take Notre Dame |
| John | Delaware State |
| Brian T. | Southeast Missouri State Indians |
| Brian H. | Southern Miss -- CUSA |
| Round 21 | |
| Brian H. | Denver Pioneers |
| Brian T. | Akron |
| John | Arkansas |
| Matt | I'll take Coppin State from the MEAC |
| Andrew | It is common knowledge that the Ohio State Buckeyes are the luckiest team in college football. It is also true that they are the luckiest team in college basketball. How else could they have won 9 games this year? Certainly not skill. Their luck has just run out … I’m picking ‘em. |
| Jamie | Weber St. Wildcats-Big Sky |
| Round 22 | |
| Jamie | Southern Cal Trojans-PAC-10 |
| Andrew | My pick is the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners of the Southland, a team so bad that Wile E. Coyote could stomp them ... even after being shot from a cannon wearing roller skates into the side of a mountain, then out the other side only to fall down the side of a canyon, with a tree from the mountain falling on top of him, followed by the roller skates and the cannon. |
| Matt | I'll take Rider from the Metro Atlantic. |
| John | I'll take Cornell from the Ivy. |
| Brian T. | I'll take the Arkansas St. Indians, Sun Belt Conformance |
| Brian H. | Wichita State |
| Round 23 | |
| Brian H. | SMSU |
| Brian T. | Colgate Red Raiders, from the Patriot League. |
| John | Fairleigh Dickinson Knights from the Northeast Conf |
| Matt | I'll take the Ole Miss Rebels out of the SEC |
| Andrew | The Pepperdine Waves will be surfing by March 11th this year |
| Jamie | Georgia Bulldogs-SEC |
| Round 24 | |
| Jamie | Xavier Musketeers-A-10 |
| Andrew | I'm going with the Boise State Potato Farmers out of the Western Athletic Conference. That blue court they that they play on is confusing, even for them. |
| Matt | Nebraska |
| John | I'll take Villanova of the Big Easy. |
| Brian T. | Detroit - Horizon League |
| Brian H. | Richmond |