Local sports personalities make their picks

March Madness has officially begun: The seedings have been announced, and the brackets are filled out. While you submitted your entry for Hoops Hysteria, we contacted some local sports personalities to get their picks. Here's a list of the upsets that have been predicted by our experts, as well as the teams they think will be the Cinderella of this year's tourney. How do your picks compare?

Brad Adam
FSN anchor/reporter

First-round upsets: San Diego State over Indiana; Wisconsin over Arizona; Seton Hall over Wright State; and Texas A&M over Syracuse.

Cinderella: Boston College (if a No. 4 seed can be considered a Cinderella).

Bob Condotta
Seattle Times sports columnist

First-round upsets: UNC-Wilmington over George Washington; Southern Illinois over West Virginia; San Diego State over Indiana; UW-Milwaukee over Oklahoma; and Northwestern State over Iowa.

Cinderella: Northwestern State to beat Iowa and then Southern Illinois to advance to the Sweet 16.

Jayda Evans
Seattle Times sports reporter

First-round upsets: Southern Illinois over West Virginia; San Diego State over Indiana; UAB over Kentucky; and Montana over Nevada.

Cinderella: Southern Illinois.

Dave Grosby
KJR Radio

First-round upsets: UW-Milwaukee over Oklahoma; Northern Iowa over Georgetown; Bucknell over Arkansas; San Diego State over Indiana; UNC-Wilmington over George Washington; Texas A&M over Syracuse; and N.C. State over California.
Cinderella: West Virginia.

Scott Hanson
Seattle Times sports

First-round upsets: UNC-Wilmington over George Washington; N.C. State over California; San Diego State over Indiana; Montana over Nevada; and UW-Milwaukee over Oklahoma.
Teams with a prayer to pull off huge shockers: Oral Roberts, Davidson and Winthrop. Overall best upset to reach Sweet 16: UW-Milwaukee.

Cory Kellogg
Seattle Times sports

First-round upsets: Bucknell over Arkansas; San Diego State over Indiana; Alabama over Marquette; UAB over Kentucky; Seton Hall over Wichita State; Wis-Milwaukee over Oklahoma; and Northern Iowa over Georgetown.

Bud Withers
Seattle Times sports columnist

First-round upsets: Bradley over Kansas; Winthrop over Tennessee; Pacific over Boston College; and South Alabama over Florida.

Cinderella: Winthrop.

Cameron Wong
FSN anchor/reporter

First-round upsets: Alabama over Marquette; Penn over Texas; and Texas A&M over Syracuse.
Cinderellas: George Washington and Georgetown.