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Here’s a look at Swish Appeal’s NCAA Tournament brackets. Now, tell us who you have going all the way

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Brackets are meant to be busted. Here are Swish Appeal’s brackets. Now, it’s time to share yours.

Texas’ Rori Harmon defends UCLA’s Kiki Rice. | Getty Images Brackets are meant to be busted. While it’s fun to obsess over matchups, analyze paths and forecast upsets, the madness of March inevitably intervenes, disrupting the most diligently-completed brackets—and often by the end of the first two rounds of play.

Here at Swish Appeal , we’re more than happy to be wrong, especially if the games are great along the way. We’ve shared our (mostly-chalky) brackets below, along with some brief analysis. Take a look and then jump in the comments to share your bracket, favorite upsets, national champion and any other tournament takes.

Zack Ward: UCLA finishes the job over UConn To me, UConn and UCLA are a step above the other No. 1-seeds; they were the easiest teams to put in my Final Four. I struggled putting Michigan there over Texas, but I like the way the Wolverines battled UConn and UCLA down to the wire and I think they get over the hump against the Longhorns, with the pressure being on Texas.

Regional 4 was the hardest region to pick, as I like all of South Carolina, Iowa, TCU and Oklahoma. I went with TCU because I think Olivia Miles—now scoring nearly 20 points per game on top of everything else she does, and the way she does it—is going to be electrifying enough to get past the Hawkeyes and Sooners. Plus, I think the Horned Frogs’ frontcourt scoring with Marta Suárez and Clara Silva makes them a balanced team and able to contend with Iowa’s and Oklahoma’s incredible balance.

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