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We had 10 members of the USA TODAY Sports staff fill out brackets using our Bracket Challenge game, presented by AutoZone.
Here's a look at some of the takeaways from their predictions, including most popular upset and most likely Final Four teams.
Most predicted March Madness first round upset
- Santa Clara over Kentucky was picked eight times (80%).
- VCU over North Carolina was picked seven times (70%).
- South Florida over Louisville was picked six times (60%).
Our boldest first round upset pick
Matt Hayes' bracket is go big or go home. He has seven double-digit seeds winning first round games.
He's got your typical 5-12 upsets, going with High Point to beat Wisconsin and McNeese beating Vanderbilt in the first round.
But he wasn't done. His prediction of 14-seed Wright State beating 3-seed Virginia in the Midwest Region was our boldest take.
Our biggest Sweet 16 surprise
- 12-seed Akron was picked to reach the Sweet 16 twice in the Midwest Region (Eddie Timanus and Jordan Mendoza are bullish on the Zips).
- 12-seed McNeese got a vote for the Sweet 16 from Matt Hayes. He picked the Cowboys to beat Vanderbilt and then Nebraska in the South Region.
- Craig Meyer has 11-seed Texas winning Tuesday night's play-in game vs. NC State, then beating 6-seed BYU in Round 1 and shocking 3-seed Gonzaga in the second round before losing to Purdue.
- 10-seed UCLA got some hometown cooking from Jordan Mendoza, one of our L.A.-based reporters. He picks the Bruins to knock off 2-seed UConn in the second round of the East Region.
BYU predictions split opinions
- Blake Toppmeyer has BYU making the Elite Eight and beating former WCC foe Gonzaga in Round 2.
- Paul Myerberg and Craig Meyer have BYU losing in the first round to the Texas/NC State play-in game winner.
Dark horse Final Four prediction
- For the most part, there were no real surprises in our Final Four picks. Jordan Mendoza and Eddie Timanus went chalk, hoping to match last year's all-1-seed Final Four. The highest-seeded team picked by our staff to reach the Final Four was 5-seed St. John's, who Paul Myerberg picked to win the loaded East Region.
Most popular Final Four predictions
- Arizona to win the West Region was picked eight times (80%).
- Duke, Michigan and Florida were each picked six times to win their respective regions (60%).
- Arkansas got two votes to win the West Region. Brent Schrotenboer and Craig Meyer are buying stock in John Calipari, and more likely Darius Acuff Jr.
- Three teams got one vote. In addition to Paul's St. John's pick, Craig Meyer has UConn winning the East and John Brice predicts Illinois will win the South.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: March Madness upset predictions, Final Four picks to help with bracket