The question of the moment for all the bracketologists (Thank Christ the field was announced.. something about Joe Lunardi’s smug smile made me want to hit him in the face with a waffle iron) was Who is this  year’s George Mason?

My answer is that we hopefully won’t have one. I firmly believe that upsets.. like the one’s we saw last year’s are bad for fans and bad for the tournament. A couple of upsets into the first weekend makes for exciting games and chatter about shattered brackets but who wants to see a sweet 16 match-up between Ohio St. and Albany? Not this guy.

People who fancy themselves as college basketball fans like to try to pick upsets. It’s the challenge of the bracket and frankly it’s the reason people like it so much. The chance to pick an upset that no one saw coming is the reason why people are Oral Roberts to beat Washington St.

But that being said, here’s a couple of my upset specials before the games tip-off.

As much as I hate the Crybaby, Bruce Weber has his team playing good basketball at the right time of year. When you match the Illini with the wildly inconsistent Hokies of Virginia Tech, I think it’s completely plausible that the 12-seed Illini bump off 5th seed Virginia Tech.

The only 10-seed that I have beating a 7. I think this team, between Thaddeus Young and Javaris Crittenton has the potential to run a team out of the gym. UNLV is a tough defensive team but I think the Yellow Jackets have seen a tougher schedule and are frankly better than the  Runnin’ Rebs. Had the Paul Hewitt’s team played in the Mountain West, who fielded just two teams in the tournaments, their record would have been significantly higher. This team could be dangerous and a very tough out for Wisconsin in the second round.