2015 NCAA Tournament Bracket: Kentucky will be the Champs

By Cheri Cheng - 16 Mar '15 12:33PM
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With so many talented teams to compete in this year's NCAA tournament, filling out the 2015 NCAA Tournament Bracket can be difficult. There will be a total of 68 teams categorized into four regional brackets (Midwest, East, West and South).

Although no one bracket will be perfect, the one thing many brackets could have in common is Kentucky as the winner. Based on several reports, many sports analysts are predicting that Kentucky will win it all.

Bleacher Report writes:

"Sometimes, we as college basketball fans and commentators have a way of overthinking things when filling out our brackets. Perhaps it is a desire to go against the grain or just the willingness to give ourselves another reason to cheer for the underdog.

That is perfectly understandable, but there is one team that is loaded with future NBA stars both on the court and on the bench at any given moment in this tournament. That team is Kentucky, and it is going to win the national championship, much to the chagrin of Cinderella fans everywhere."

Since March Madness is known for its unpredictability where the No. 1 seeds rarely all advance to the final four, Bleacher Report believes that Kentucky will be the only No. 1 seed in the final four.

CBS DFW is also predicting a Kentucky win this year. According to this report, the final four will be all No. 1 seeds, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Villanova and Duke. Early upsets could include West Virginia, Louisville, North Carolina and SMU. Kentucky will face Villanova in the finals and win.

The Washington Post is picking Kentucky over Michigan State in the finals.

Microsoft's Bing's bracket factored in 9.2 quintillion combinations to predict the entire bracket all at one as opposed to round-by-round. The bracket is expecting the final four teams to be Kentucky, Duke, Arizona and Villanova. Kentucky will beat Arizona to take on Duke, who will defeat Villanova. In the final game, Bing is reporting that Kentucky will have the edge over Duke (55%).

SB Nation has picked Kentucky to win it all this year as well. According to the report, the final four teams will be Kentucky, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Arizona. Kentucky will defeat Iowa State in the finals.

"While Kentucky is the heaviest favorite in recent memory, UK is far from a safe-bet to win it all. Arizona is peaking at the right time, complete with a dynamic freshman talent in Stanley Johnson and that type of skilled size that matters in March. Wisconsin reached the Final Four last year and might be even better this season. Virginia has Justin Anderson back and plays some of the toughest defense in the country.

There are land mines waiting at every corner, but Kentucky is the easy pick to win the championship."

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