Here are my bracket predictions for the West Region of the 2010 NCAA Basketball Championship.  Where there are parentheses it simply indicates I predict the team I want to see win will be defeated.

First Round

• Syracuse > Vermont
• Gonzaga > Florida State
• UTEP > Butler
• Vanderbilt > Murray State
• Xavier > Minnesota
• Pittsburgh > Oakland
• Florida > BYU
• Kansas State > North Texas

Second Round

• Syracuse > Gonzaga
• Vanderbilt > UTEP
• Pittsburgh > Xavier
• Kansas State > Florida (Florida)

Third Round – Sweet 16

• Vanderbilt > Syracuse
• Pittsburgh > Kansas State

Fourth Round – Elite 8

Pittsburgh > Vanderbilt