NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, Final Four, National Champion Prediction & Picks

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Published: March 15, 2023, 12:52 PM ET

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NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, Final Four, National Champion Prediction & Picks

World Sports network is one of the country's hardest-working college basketball writing teams. We employ some of the best college basketball writers in the country. We wanted to make it easy for you and share our writing teams picks for the Sweet Sixteen, Final Four, and National Championship.

WSN Sweet 16 Predictions & Picks

Caleb Tallman

Grant Mitchell

Tanner Kern

Andrew Norton

Max Heering

Richard Janvrin

Christian Jope

Michael Savio

Michael Hanich

Bryan Zarpentine

Joey Pollize

Solomon Johnson

Jay Sanin

Alabama

San Diego State

Virginia

Furman

San Diego State

Virginia

San Diego State

Virginia

Charleston

Virginia

Creighton

Baylor

Creighton

Baylor

Arizona

Utah State

Arizona

Missouri

Arizona

Memphis

Purdue

Memphis

Purdue

Memphis

Purdue

Oral Robers

Duke

Tennessee

Duke

Tennessee

Duke

Tennessee

Duke

Oral Roberts

Tennessee

Providence

Kentucky

Providence

Kansas State

Kentucky

Kansas State

Marquette

Michigan State

Marquette

USC

Marquette

Marqutte

Marquette

Houston

Indiana

Kent State

Miami

Indiana

Miami

Kent State

Indiana

Miami

Indiana

Drake

Indiana

Miami

Xavier

Iowa State

Xavier

Iowa State

Xavier

Texas

Texas A&M

Texas

Penn State

Texas

Kansas

Purdue

Kansas

Illinois

Kansas

Uconn

Tennessee

Uconn

VCU

Uconn

Gonzaga

TCU

Gonzaga

Kansas State

Gonzaga

TCU

Gonzaga

UCLA

Northwestern

UCLA

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WSN Final Four Predictions & Picks

Caleb Tallman

Grant Mitchell

Tanner Kern

Andrew Norton

Max Heering

Richard Janvrin

Christian Jope

Michael Savio

Michael Hanich

Bryan Zarpentine

Joey Pollize

Solomon Johnson

Jay Sanin

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Texas

Houston

Texas

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Houston

Texas

Houston

Texas

UCLA

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Kansas

Gonzaga

Kansas

Gonzaga

Kansas

Gonzaga

UCLA

Gonzaga

UCLA

Gonzaga

WSN National Champion Predictions & Picks

Caleb Tallman	Texas
Grant Mitchell	Houston
Tanner Kern	Texas
Andrew Norton	Houston
Max Heering	Kansas
Richard Janvrin	Gonzaga
Christian Jope	Alabama
Michael Savio	Arizona
Michael Hanich	Arizona
Bryan Zarpentine	Alabama
Joey Pollize	Houston
Solomon Johnson	Alabama
Jay Sanin	Alabama

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