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Mike McDaniel

ESPN’s Dick Vitale Makes Picks for Final Four, National Champion

An annual tradition on Selection Sunday is seeing who some of the top college basketball analysts have in their brackets both in the Final Four and national championship.

One of the highlights of this time of year is seeing the bracket of the always enthusiastic Dick Vitale, who continues to prove that age is just a number.

Vitale made his picks in his bracket, as he selected No. 1 Alabama to make the Final Four out of the South region, No. 5 Duke out of the East region, No. 2 Texas out of the Midwest region and No. 3 Gonzaga out of the West region. He then picked No. 1 Alabama over No. 2 Texas in the national championship as the ESPN analyst believes that the Crimson Tide will cut down the nets in Houston.

The NCAA tournament kicks off on Tuesday night with the First Four, as No. 16 Southeast Missouri State takes on No. 16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and No. 11 Pittsburgh takes on No. 11 Mississippi State.

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