Free NCAA Tournament Final Four Picks

It's Final Four time, folks. The culmination of a month-long period in which the nation pretends to still care about the NBA's farm system is this weekend. Here are our Final Four Picks:

Butler -2 1/2 over VCU

UConn +2 over Kentucky

Best of luck and check back Sunday for our Free 2011 NCAA Basketball Championship Pick!

And Then, There Was The Final Four

Just as we had predicted to start the NCAA Basketball season, VCU and Butler will be playing for the National Championship... or not.

Actually, we only correctly picked (against the spread) that Butler would be back. We got beaten by the hook in the UConn game (-2 1/2) and were flat out wrong on the others. So here we are, VCU, Butler, Kentucky and Connecticut. We'll have our picks later this week.

And no, we don't know why the only pictures of hot basketball girls happen to be Asian. Not that we're complaining.

The results:

Round 1: 3-0-1

Round 2: 16-16

Round 3: 7-9

Sweet 16: 7-1

Elite Eight: 1-3

Total: 34-29-1... 54%

Automatic Bids to Look Out For

Many of the mid-major conference tournaments have concluded, meaning the automatic bids for those conferences have been determined. 

The full list of teams dancing to the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament thus far can be found here, but we wanted to give you a heads up on a few of the teams that could make some real noise in the tourney. 

Of the twelve teams to qualify so far, here are our favorite three:

1. Gonzaga

This should hardly be considered a surprise. The WCC Champs are making their tenth straight appearance in the tourney, and really haven't needed to win the conference tournament to get in for quite some time. Of course, they won it anyway, and went 14-0 in regular season conference play just for good measure. They are one of the most legitimate programs of all the mid-major schools, and should advance past the first round for the first time in three years.

2. Virginia Commonwealth

From the Colonial Conference comes VCU, who ride a five game winning streak and a very convincing win over George Mason into the tournament. Something about this team just has us believing that VCU will turn a lot of heads during March Madness.

3. Siena

Though we still think that Niagara is playing better ball at this point (at least on a neutral court), the Metro Atlantic champs aren't exactly pushovers. The Saints are no strangers to the big dance, either, and their experience could help them wreak havoc on your brackets in just over a week. 

Look out for the mid-majors this year, that's all we're saying. Especially, especially, especially these three. 

VCU Makes it Three Straight in March

One down, one to go for tonight's slate of Free NCAA Basketball Picks.

VCU covered a -4 spread with a convincing 71-50 victory over George Mason, giving us our third straight victory and giving themselves an automatic bid ito the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament. 

These picks are heating up at the right time (March!), and hopefully we can brag one more time before the night is over.

Free Conference Championship Picks

We realize the one of these games tips off in about ten minutes, and apologize for such a late post, but that's just another reason to add us to your RSS feed! 

Let the March Madness begin with some Free NCAA Basketball Picks. Four NCAA Tournament spots are on the line tonight and we have picks on two of those games. 

Virginia Commonwealth -4 over George Mason 

Niagara +4 over Siena

We feel like the public is still riding George Mason based off their impressive Final Four run a couple of years ago, but Commonwealth is the play tonight.

Also, as you might recall, we correctly picked Niagara to beat Sienna earlier this year at -3 (they won by 15), and we'll gladly take them at +4 tonight. 

Good luck!