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Sat, 03/13/2010 - 9:42am | Bob Asmussen

Forget about 65 teams. Bob Asmussen has seeded brackets for Best Announcer, Best Player, Best Coach and Best Arena. He'll fill out his brackets in Sunday's News--Gazette.

Let us know who you think should win in the COMMENTS section below.

ANNOUNCERS
Curt Gowdy Regional
1. Brent Musburger
2. Brad Nessler
3. Dan Shulman
4. Wayne Larrivee
5. Dave Revsine
6. Fran Fraschilla
7. Tim Doyle
8. Mike Patrick
9. Dave Pasch
10. Tom Hamilton
11. Mike Gleason
12. Dan McLaughlin
13. Pete Gillen
14. Tim McCormick
15. Mac McCausland
16. Jim Spanarkel

Jim Valvano Regional
1. Dick Vitale
2. Jay Bilas
3. Len Elmore
4. Bob Knight
5. Hubert Davis
6. Dave O'Brien
7. Greg Anthony
8. Digger Phelps
9. Doug Gottlieb
10. Adrian Branch
11. Jon Sundvold
12. Bob Valvano
13. Mike Gminski
14. Bill Hosket
15. Stephen Howard
16. Craig Ehlo

Dick Enberg Regional
1. Clark Kellogg
2. Steve Lavin
3. Ron Franklin
4. Sean McDonough
5. Verne Lundquist
6. Rece Davis
7. Jay Williams
8. Jimmy Dykes
9. Bob Wenzel
10. Larry Conley
11. Marques Johnson
12. Steve Lappas
13. Dickey Simpkins
14. Bob Wischusen
15. Drew Goodman
16. Jon Sciambi

Al McGuire Regional
1. Jim Nantz
2. Bill Raftery
3. Gus Johnson
4. Terry Gannon
5. Stephen Bardo
6. Shon Morris
7. Greg Kelser
8. Doris Burke
9. Jim Jackson
10. Dan Bonner
11. Reid Gettys
12. Mitch Holthus
13. Jim Barbar
14. Charlie Spoonhour
15. Eric Collins
16. Doug Bell

ARENAS
McNichols Arena Regional
1. Kansas: Allen Fieldhouse
2. New Mexico: The Pit
3. Purdue: Mackey Arena
4. Minnesota: Williams Arena
5. Butler: Hinkle Fieldhouse
6. Florida: O'Connell Center
7. Gonzaga: McCarthey Athletic Center
8. Creighton: Qwest Center
9. Georgia Tech: Alexander Memorial Coliseum
10. West Virginia: WVU Coliseum
11. UConn: Gampel Pavilion
12. Utah: Huntsman Center
13. San Diego State: Viejas Arena
14. Wichita State: Charles Koch Arena
15. Utah State: Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
16. Siena: Pepsi Arena

The Spectrum Regional
1. Penn: The Palestra
2. Louisville: Freedom Hall
3. Oklahoma State: Gallagher-Iba Arena
4. UCLA: Pauley Pavilion
5. Wisconsin: Kohl Center
6. Vanderbilt: Memorial Gym
7. Indiana: Assembly Hall
8. Ohio State: Value City Arena
9. Wake Forest: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10. Southern Illinois: SIU Arena
11. Georgetown: MCI Center
12. South Carolina: Carolina Center
13. North Carolina State: RBC Center
14. Boise State: Taco Bell Arena
15. DePaul: Allstate Arena
16. Providence: Dunkin Donuts Center

Checkerdome Regional
1. Kentucky: Rupp Arena
2. Oregon: McArthur Court
3. Michigan State: Breslin Center
4. Arkansas: Bud Walton Arena
5. Arizona: McKale Center
6. California: Haas Pavilion
7. Texas: Frank Erwin Center
8. Illinois: Assembly Hall
9. Tennessee: Thompson-Boling Arena
10. Virginia: John Paul Jones Arena
11. LSU: Pete Maravich Assembly Center
12. Temple: Liacouras Center
13. Clemson: Littlejohn Coliseum
14. Southern Cal: Galen Center
15. Cleveland State: CSU Convocation Center
16. Texas Tech: United Spirit Arena

Cole Field House Regional
1. Duke: Cameron Indoor
2. Dayton: Dayton Arena
3. Syracuse: Carrier Dome
4. North Carolina: Dean Smith Center
5. BYU: Marriott Center
6. Memphis: FedEx Forum
7. Stanford: Maples Pavilion
8. UNLV: Thomas & Mack Center
9. Maryland: Comcast Center
10. Illinois State: Redbird Arena
11. Pitt: Peterson Event Center
12. Marquette: Bradley Center
13. Cincinnati: Shoemaker Center
14. Missouri: Mizzou Arena
15. IUPUI: The Jungle
16. Colorado State: Moby Arena

COACHES
John Wooden Regional
1. Bill Self, Kansas
2. Jim Calhoun, Connecticut
3. Thad Matta, Ohio State
4. Jamie Dixon, Pitt
5. Steve Alford, New Mexico
6. Frank Martin, Kansas State
7. Tubby Smith, Minnesota
8. Mark Turgeon, Texas A&M
9. Gary Williams, Maryland
10. Mike Davis, UAB
11. Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
12. Scott Drew, Baylor
13. Stew Morrill, Utah State
14. Tim Jankovich, Illinois State
15. Fran McCaffery, Siena
16. Keith Dambrot, Akron

Bob Knight Regional
1. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
2. Tom Izzo, Michigan State
3. Matt Painter, Purdue
4. Billy Donovan, Florida
5. John Thompson III, Georgetown
6. Bruce Weber, Illinois
7. Rick Barnes, Texas
8. Dave Rose, BYU
9. Steve Fisher, San Diego State
10. Mike Brey, Notre Dame
11. Lorenzo Romar, Washington
12. Tom Penders, Houston
13. Rick Stansbury, Mississippi State
14. Bob Thomason, Pacific
15. Ron Hunter, IUPUI
16. Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech

Henry Iba Regional
1. John Calipari, Kentucky
2. Roy Williams, North Carolina
3. Bo Ryan, Wisconsin
4. Mark Few, Gonzaga
5. Brad Stevens, Butler
6. Lon Kruger, UNLV
7. Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt
8. Mike Montgomery, Cal
9. Herb Sendek, Arizona State
10. Travis Ford, Oklahoma State
11. Oliver Purnell, Clemson
12. Tony Bennett, Virginia
13. Brian Gregory, Dayton
14. Steve Donahue, Cornell
15. Greg Kampe, Oakland
16. Billy Kennedy, Murray State

Dean Smith Regional
1. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse
2. Rick Pitino, Louisville
3. Jay Wright, Villanova
4. Bruce Pearl, Tennessee
5. Ben Howland, UCLA
6. Bob Huggins, West Virginia
7. Paul Hewitt, Georgia Tech
8. Mike Anderson, Missouri
9. Sean Miller, Arizona
10. Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
11. Leonard Hamilton, Florida State
12. Fran Dunphy, Temple
13. Jeff Capel, Oklahoma
14. Blaine Taylor, Old Dominion
15. Cliff Ellis, Coastal Carolina
16. Randy Bennett, St. Mary's

PLAYERS
Pete Maravich Regional
1. Jon Scheyer, Duke
2. Greivis Vasquez, Maryland
3. Aubrey Coleman, Houston
4. Devan Downey, South Carolina
5. Gordon Hayward, Butler
6. Jordan Crawford, Xavier
7. Jerome Randle, California
8. Manny Harris, Michigan
9. Luke Babbitt, Nevada
10. Xavier Henry, Kansas
11. Adrian Oliver, San Jose State
12. Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston
13. Jamine Peterson, Providence
14. Klay Thompson, Washington State
15. Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech
16. Charles Jenkins, Hofstra

Austin Carr Regional
1. Evan Turner, Ohio State
2. Scottie Reynolds, Villanova
3. Cole Aldrich, Kansas
4. Landry Fields, Stanford
5. Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest
6. Greg Monroe, Georgetown
7. Trevor Booker, Clemson
8. Demetri McCamey, Illinois
9. Ryan Wittman, Cornell
10. Marques Haynes, Texas-Arlington
11. Elliot Williams, Memphis
12. Kyle Gibson, Louisiana Tech
13. Ben Smith, Jacksonville
14. Dominic Waters, Portland State
15. Jahmar Young, New Mexico State
16. Chris Harris, Navy

Bill Walton Regional
1. Wesley Johnson, Syracuse
2. Sherron Collins, Kansas
3. James Anderson, Oklahoma State
4. Quincy Pondexter, Washington
5. Jacob Pullen, Kansas State
6. Darington Hobson, New Mexico
7. Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga
8. Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
9. Randy Culpepper, UTEP
10. Luke Harangoody, Notre Dame
11. Talor Battle, Penn State
12. Robert Glenn, IUPUI
13. Damian Lillard, Weber State
14. John Holland, Boston
15. Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford
16. Reggie Holmes, Morgan State

Jack Givens Regional
1. John Wall, Kentucky
2. DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky
3. Kalin Lucas, Michigan State
4. Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
5. Jimmer Fredette, BYU
6. Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia
7. Damion James, Texas
8. Kyle Singler, Duke
9. Jeremy Lin, Harvard
10. Anthony Johnson, Montana
11. Dominique Jones, South Florida
12. Omar Samhan, St. Mary's
13. Jeremy Hazell, Seton Hall
14. Donald Sims, Appalachian State
15. David Kool, Western Michigan
16. Adrian Hodzic, Lipscomb

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steviey wrote on March 10, 2010 at 3:03 pm

I've got Self winning coach, Rupp arena, Wall player and Dickey V.

JRan wrote on March 10, 2010 at 4:03 pm

What's a "Beat Player?"

HQ - Thanks for the head's up

Wenalway wrote on March 10, 2010 at 4:03 pm

I'd write in Kevin Harlan for announcer, simply because he was inexplicably omitted from the choices. If I have to pick from the list, I'll go with Gus Johnson.

I'll pick Dayton for the arena, Izzo as coach, and Evan Turner for the player.

rknowle2 wrote on March 10, 2010 at 4:03 pm

Gus Johnson in a WOW upset.

The PIT for arena, Jamie Dixon for coach, and Turner for player.

Wenalway wrote on March 10, 2010 at 6:03 pm

I have to give you props for those picks, z/zerocred. I thought about going with Pearl, but his team still has zero Final Four appearances.

JohnnieA1978 wrote on March 10, 2010 at 6:03 pm

I like Ben Jacobson in a coaching upset over at Northern Iowa. He does a great job with the way he gets his kids to play. Jon Scheyer no questions asked. The other Assembly Hall over in Bloomington. And our guy Stephen Bardo moving up the analyst ladder at an impressive rate.

ghosthunter wrote on March 10, 2010 at 8:03 pm

Shulman, Rupp Arena, Self, Evan Turner. Does Dickey V. even qualify as an announcer? When is that blowhole going to call it quits?

jje1223 wrote on March 10, 2010 at 9:03 pm

Musburger for sure, one of the greatest announcers of our time. Going with the slight underdog, scottie reynolds, i saw him go off on Louisville a couple of months ago. Even though i hate duke i gotta give them the nod for Coach K and Cameron Indoor.

illiniwoo wrote on March 10, 2010 at 11:03 pm

Watching tonight's Big East game is a reminder of the best crew around. McDonough, Bilas and Raftery are an extraordinary team. I'd love it if those three could call all meaningful NCAA games.

Buzzmaster wrote on March 11, 2010 at 12:03 pm

Musberger - Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse - Bo Ryan -Patrick Patterson & Greivis Vasquez in a toss-up.

Mikeydamouth wrote on March 11, 2010 at 7:03 pm

Nance, Rupp Arena, Izzo, Turner......Nance is the best un-biased announcer. Rupp Arena is the best venue for a NC game, I'd take Izzo any day in a NC game, and Turner is the guy I would want with the ball in his hands with 1 second to go in that NC game.

jwhuber wrote on March 11, 2010 at 8:03 pm

If your going with "true" announcers and not color commetators I'd have to go with MUSBURGER. He has the special ability to be able to move from football to basketball and make both sound great. I've actually met Dave O'Brien (who isn't on this list), Raftery and Bilas at Mike Shannon's down in StL a few years ago before the braggin' rights game. What a bunch of great guys to hang with...

The PIT in New Mexico is a GREAT place to see a game!

KEVIN STALLINGS has done a phenominal job at Vandy this year.

Best player goes to TURNER. He can get his shot whenever he wants to, no matter who's guarding him.

jwhuber wrote on March 11, 2010 at 8:03 pm

illiniwoo--

Couldn't agree with you more on the Bilas/Raftery tandem....with one exception. How bout putting us Johnson with them. Now THAT would be a great game to listen to.

tonyjb37 wrote on March 11, 2010 at 10:03 pm

Vitale, Kohl Center, John Wall, and Bill Self.