The following are the Beat The Blogger picks for the March Madness Edition. As always, you must Beat The Blogger and the rest of the field in order to win the $500 prize package. But not to fear, as my brackets are usually a mess by the end of the early games on the Thursday. With tournament getting underway Thursday morning, make sure you get your picks posted before the start of the first game to be eligible to win.

Please put your first round selections in parenthesis after the matchup

Beat the Blogger March Madness Edition
Midwest Bracket
Louisville vs. Play-In game winner (Louisville)
Ohio St. vs. Siena (Siena)

Utah vs. Arizona (Arizona)
Wake Forest vs. Cleveland St. (Wake Forest)

West Virginia vs. Dayton (West Virginia)
Kansas vs. N.Dakota St. (N. Dakota St.)

Boston College vs. USC (Boston College)
Michigan St. vs. Robert Morris (Michigan St.)

West Bracket
UConn vs. Chattanooga (UConn)
BYU vs. Texas A&M (Texas A&M)

Purdue vs. Northern Iowa (Purdue)
Washington vs. Mississippi St. (Washington)

Marquette vs. Utah St. (Marquette)
Missouri vs. Cornell (Missouri)

California vs. Maryland (Maryland)
Memphis vs. Cal. St. Northridge (Memphis)

East Bracket
Pittsburgh vs. E. Tennessee St. (Pittsburgh)
Oklahoma St. vs. Tennessee (Tennessee)

Florida St. vs. Wisconsin (Florida St.)
Xavier vs. Portland St. (Xavier)

UCLA vs. VCU (VCU)
Villanova vs. American (Villanova)

Texas vs. Minnesota (Texas)
Duke vs. Binghamton (Duke)

South Bracket
North Carolina vs. Radford (North Carolina)
LSU vs. Butler (Butler)

Illinois vs. Western Kentucky (Western Kentucky)
Gonzaga vs Akron (Gonzaga)

Arizona St. vs. Temple (Arizona St.)
Syracuse vs. Steven F. Austin (Syracuse)

Clemson vs. Michigan (Clemson)
Oklahoma vs. Morgan St. (Oklahoma)