The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times have of course picked Illinois (both over Ohio State in the final). The Detroit News has also picked Illinois (over Indiana). I say bollocks to all of this Ill-annoying nonsense. So here are the real predictions:
Thursday - First Round
#8 Penn State vs. #9 Northwestern (Noon EST, ESPN2). The Detroit News actually has Penn State going to the semifinals. While that would be sweet, it's about as likely as Kevin Federline winning a Grammy for PopoZao.
GMYH Prediction: Northwestern 57 Penn State 53.
#7 Michigan vs. #10 Minnesota (2:30 EST, ESPN2). The Sun-Times actually has Minnesota going to the semifinals. It's that kind of foresight that has made (and will keep) them the second-best major newspaper in Chicago. Michigan needs this victory to secure an NCAA tournament bid, and they'll be damned if a bunch of Nordic bastards will stand in their way.
GMYH Prediction: Michigan 70 Minnesota 64
#6 Michigan State vs. #11 Purdue (5:05 EST, ESPN2). No one has Purdue pulling the upset of MSU, and rightfully so. Purdue sucks.
GMYH Prediction: MSU 81 Purdue 63
Friday - Quarterfinals
#1 Ohio State vs. Northwestern (Noon EST, ESPN). A lot of people think OSU is ripe for the picking in this game because they really don't have much left to prove. A lot of people also voted for our President. Twice.
GMYH Prediction: OSU 69 Northwestern 59
#4 Wisconsin vs. #5 Indiana (2:30 EST, ESPN). IU is on a four-game winning streak, playing with nothing to lose and everything to gain for their dying coach, Mike Davis. Wisconsin is a bunch of overweight, cheese-curd-eating, sausage-ingesting has-beens.
GMYH Prediction: IU 72 Wisconsin 67
#2 Iowa vs. Michigan (6:40 EST, ESPN Plus). Iowa, gangly and awkward, should be able to make it past Michigan here. Led by 45-year-old Greg Brunner and 8th-year senior Jeff Horner, the Hawkeyes will be too much for the Wolverines.
GMYH Prediction: Iowa 71 Michigan 64
#3 Illinois vs. Michigan State (9:10 EST, ESPN Plus). Everyone is counting the Spartans out, but I think they have a legitimate shot at beating Illinois, even without Matt Trannon and Marquise Gray. When they're on, the trio of Paul Davis, Maurice Ager, and Shannon Brown is as dangerous as any other trio in the country. And they're still bitter about losing at home to the Illini last Saturday on Davis and Ager's Senior Night.
GMYH Prediction: MSU 67 Illinois 66
Saturday - Semifinals
Iowa vs. Michigan State (1:40 EST, CBS). As much as it sickens me, I'm going with Iowa in this one. Unlike Ron Jeremy, MSU can't go all that deep.
GMYH Prediction: Iowa 73 MSU 69
Ohio State vs. Indiana (4:05 EST, CBS). In a close one, the Hoosiers defeat the guy who they wish was their coach next year. Marco Killingsworth breaks Terence Dials's foot in retaliation for earlier in the year when Dials caused DJ White to break his foot, effectively ending IU's legitimate Final Four hopes and Mike Davis's tenure as IU's head coach.
GMYH Prediction: IU 76 OSU 74
Sunday - Championship
Iowa vs. Indiana (3:30 EST, CBS). Mike Davis vs. Steve Alford. It will be bedlam in Jose Canseco Fieldhouse. The Hoosier players will be unbelievably pumped for this one, anxious to prove that their current coach is just as good as the man so many in the media think will be their next coach. It will be a Battle-of-Bannockburn-style bloodbath, with the Hoosiers escaping with a victory and a 5-seed in the NCAA tournament.
GMYH Prediction: IU 72 Iowa 71
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