Now comes the painful part. The seeds have been set for the NCAA Tournament, and you know there’s no dodging that annual office bracket. You don’t want to be a spoilsport, do you?
But big problem: You haven’t been paying close attention to college basketball all season, so you don’t know the Davidson Wildcats from Harley-Davidson.
Well, don’t worry about making your picks. What do you think celebrities are for, silly?
RedEye rounded up a bunch of Chicago’s famous faces and got them to reveal their March Madness picks. But please, no autographs.
WHO? Mancow
BIO: Syndicated radio shock jock
FINAL FOUR: Texas, North Carolina, Kansas, Duke
TITLEGAME: Texas, North Carolina
CHAMP: North Carolina
SWEET 16 SLEEPER: Kentucky
COMMENTS: I know I’m not going out on a limb with North Carolina, but is there anyone the Tar Heels can’t beat? No.
WHO? Eric Ferguson
BIO: The Mix’s Eric & Kathy morning show
FINAL FOUR: UCLA, Memphis, Kansas, Tennessee
TITLEGAME: UCLA, Kansas
CHAMP: UCLA
SWEET 16 SLEEPER: Davidson (22 wins in a row … this year’s George Mason) COMMENTS: North Carolina will choke, which is fine since I’m sick of Tyler Hansbrough. UCLA wins it all … and John Wooden lives forever.
WHO? Kathy Hart
BIO: The Mix’s Eric & Kathy morning show
FINAL FOUR: North Carolina, Wisconsin, Memphis, Duke
TITLEGAME: Wisconsin, Memphis
CHAMP: Wisconsin
SWEET 16 SLEEPER: Georgia
COMMENTS: Michael Jordan’s alma mater is formidable, but Bo Ryan and Bucky Badger could pull it off.
WHO? Tommy Edwards
BIO: 100.3 LOVE FM morning drive host and Bulls public address announcer
FINAL FOUR: North Carolina, Stanford, UCLA, Kansas
TITLEGAME: North Carolina, UCLA
CHAMP: North Carolina
SWEET 16 SLEEPER: Kansas State
COMMENTS: The East Regional is too easy for North Carolina.
WHO? Eddie Volkman
BIO: B-96’s Eddie, JoBo & Erica morning show
FINAL FOUR: North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, UCLA
TITLEGAME: North Carolina, Kansas
CHAMP: North Carolina
SWEET 16 SLEEPER: Davidson
COMMENTS: I’m an alum of Illinois, Tulsa and Texas, so my Longhorns are my only hope this year!
WHO? Joe Bohannon
BIO: B-96’s Eddie, JoBo & Erica morning show
FINAL FOUR: Kansas, Memphis, UCLA, North Carolina
TITLEGAME: Memphis, North Carolina
CHAMP: Memphis
SWEET 16 SLEEPER: George Mason
COMMENTS: My gut says it’s not the year for the “Cinderella Story.”
WHO? Erica Cobb
BIO: B-96’s Eddie, JoBo & Erica morning show
FINAL FOUR: North Carolina, Georgetown, Texas, Duke
TITLEGAME: North Carolina, Texas
CHAMP: North Carolina
SWEET 16 SLEEPER: Drake
COMMENTS: This year, it was so much harder to decide — there were so MANY teams with my favorite colors!
WHO? Bag Boy
BIO: Local sports curmudgeon
FINAL FOUR: North Carolina, Kansas, Michigan State, Belmont
TITLEGAME: Michigan State, North Carolina
CHAMP: North Carolina
SWEET 16 SLEEPER: Belmont
COMMENTS: Not sure about Belmont. I used to live near that street in Chicago, and I’ll say this: It’s eclectic.
WHO? Dave Kaplan
BIO: Host of CSN’s”Chicago Tribune Live” and WGN Radio’s “Sports Central”
FINAL FOUR: Stanford, Kansas, North Carolina, UCLA
TITLEGAME: UCLA, Kansas
CHAMP: UCLA
SWEET 16 SLEEPER: Davidson
COMMENTS: If Stanford beats Texas in Round 2, they will play in San Antonio.
WHO? Stick Figure
BIO: RedEye’s blissfully ignorant airhead
FINAL FOUR: Dunno, What, I’m, Doing.
TITLEGAME: Mount St. Mary’s, Mount St. Helens
CHAMP: Mr. Burt Bacharach
SWEET 16 SLEEPER: My teddy bear
COMMENTS: How many trees have died to print these brackets? And how many trees have died while not looking both ways before crossing the street? Makes you think.
