NCAA Tourney Picks: Day 1

I’ve decided to do something a little different with this year’s NCAA Tournament and the blog. I’ll be posting my picks on a day-by-day basis. Below are a list of tomorrow’s scheduled first round games with my projected winners in bold:

Butler vs. LSU
CSU Northridge vs. Memphis
Texas A&M vs. BYU
Northern Iowa vs. Purdue
Radford vs. North Carolina
Maryland vs. California
Chattanooga vs. Connecticut
Mississippi St. vs. Washington
Minnesota vs. Texas
Michigan vs. Clemson
American vs. Villanova
Akron vs. Gonzaga
Morgan St. vs. Oklahoma
Binghamton vs. Duke
VCU vs. UCLA
Western Kentucky vs. Illinois

Let the upsets and the heartache begin.