NCAA Men's Division 1: 2nd Round Predictions-March 17-18.

By Robert H. Kelly

The second round of the 2007 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament starts today. Yes, that will be Saturday, as I am writing this at 12:12am on Saturday morning.

I have divided the 2nd round into both days and will post the results at the conclusion of each day's games.

So "HERE WE GO;" my second round predictions:

March 17-Saturday
Midwest
Butler over Maryland

West
Pittsburgh over VCU
UCLA over Indiana

East
North Carolina over Michigan State
Vanderbilt over Washington State
Boston College over Georgetown

South
Texas A&M over Louisville
Ohio State over Xavier

March 18-Sunday
Midwest
Florida over Purdue
Oregon over Winthrop
Wisconsin over UNLV

West
Kansas over Kentucky
Southern Illinois over Virginia Tech

East
Texas over USC

South
Tennessee over Virginia
Memphis over Nevada