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NCAA Tournament Predictions, Part 9: SBN’s Resident Bracketologist Offers His Picks

Chris Dobbertean is the editor of Blogging the Bracket, our blog that specializes in “projecting the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Tournament and talking about college hoops in general.” He’s also serves as SB Nation’s resident bracketologist. So the man knows his stuff (in theory, of course). Without further ado ...

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Final Four: Kansas, Syracuse, Kentucky and Baylor

Title Game: Kansas vs. Kentucky

Champion: Kansas

Biggest First Round Upsets: San Diego St. over Tennessee; Murray State over Vanderbilt; Cornell over Temple (his 12-seed winner); Siena over Purdue; Old Dominion over Notre Dame.

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