more first day notes on the tourney pool.

NOTABLE PICKS to make the Final Four, but not advance to the championship game.
nine-seed Michigan State (Gilda)
seven-seed Nevada (Aimee)
Six-seeds Vanderbilt (Yang) and Duke (Connie)
Five-seeds Virginia Tech (Mark) and Tennesee (Laura)
Four-seeds Maryland (A.), Southern Illinois (Matthew) and Virginia (T.C.)
and Four people have three-seed Oregon in the Final Four (Charles, Connie, Laura and T.C.)

Ohio State is the most popular non-championship game semi-finalist, with 11 participants picking Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr. and the Buckeyes.
Other heavyweights include eight picks for Florida and seven picks for UCLA.