Here’s my stab at the morning and afternoon NCAA tournament games taking place later today:

No. 4 Maryland (24-8) vs. No. 13 Davidson (29-4)

Davidson is a hot team and Maryland has been down the last few years so a lot of people are going with the upset here.  I think Maryland is better than you think and while Stephen Curry is for real, Davidson just doesn’t have enough.  Maryland in this one

No. 7 Boston College (20-11) vs. No. 10 Texas Tech (21-12)   

Texas Tech has some nice wins going for it in the season, but are way too inconsistent to bank on.  Stick with the higher seed and BC here.

No. 6 Louisville (23-9) vs. No. 11 Stanford (18-12)

Another popular pick for an upset.  Stanford has big bodies and the Pac-10 is a very underrated conference while Louisville was surprisingly good in their second year of Big East play.  Louisville is the better team and they are playing in Kentucky (even if it’s UK’s Rupp Arena) so I’m picking the Cardinals.

No. 3 Washington State (25-7) vs. No. 14 Oral Roberts (23-10)

Don’t front on the Cougars here.  ORU has a tradition of playing teams tough so they might make it close early, but WSU is just plain better.

No. 5 Butler (27-6) vs. No. 12 Old Dominion (24-8)

I’m not feeling Butler at all this year.  ODU will represent for the CAA and take this upset.

No. 2 Georgetown (26-6) vs. No. 15 Belmont (23-9)

This will be over by halftime.  Georgetown is playing like a team possessed right now and will open this game up decisively early.  Hoyas by a bunch.

No. 3 Texas A&M (25-6) vs. No. 14 Pennsylvania (22-8)

The Ivy teams always will play you tough.  A&M should have been at least a 2 seed and will win this matchup going away.  Acie Law #4 will not let this team lose.  Aggies over the Quakers.

No. 6 Vanderbilt (20-11) vs. No. 11 George Washington (23-8)

This is a hard one to pick but I think Vandy has played a higher level of competition this year and has showed it can win against good teams (Florida).  GW got really hot late and have some momentum whereas Vanderbilt was blown out by Arkansas. In a tight one, the Commodores will come out ahead over the Colonials.