Spicing Up Saturday's NCAA Tournament Games with a Little 11W Contest

I honestly forgot what it's like to not be in Vegas for the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.

I think I was on about a 10 or 11 year run of spending the opening weekend of the Dance in the Sin City but life happens so this year I'm watching from the confines of my humble abode.

That doesn't mean gambling isn't a part of the equation however and since we've got a pretty solid slate of Saturday games thanks to so few upsets on Thursday, I figured we should run a quickie contest for the day.

Here's the deal.

There are eight games today. Your task will be to correctly predict the point spread winner in each game. Should multiple folks post a perfect record (or at least best record) against the spread in those eight games, the grand prize winner shall be the person who submitted their perfect picks (or best record) first.

Grand prize winner receives a t-shirt, cap or beanie (sorry, no polo) from in-stock items in the 11W Drygoods and a $20 donation made by me, on the winner's behalf, to our Pay It Forward fundraiser seeking to build a life-size statue of Woody Hayes in his hometown of Newcomerstown, Ohio.

For anyone else who turns in a perfect 8-0 record (or best record) against the spread but not before the grand prize winner tossed in their entry, I'll donate $10 to the Woody fund on your behalf.

Please list your picks, in the same game order as the chart below, simply noting the teams you think will cover (no need to list the spreads).

SATURDAY DANCE CARD
TIP TIME (EDT)	FAVORITE	UNDERDOG
12:10	WEST VIRGINIA (-2.5)	NOTRE DAME (+2.5)
2:40	VILLANOVA (-6.5)	WISCONSIN (+6.5)
5:15	GONZAGA (-11.5)	NORTHWESTERN (+11.5)
6:10	FLORIDA STATE (-6.5)	XAVIER (+6.5)
7:10	BUTLER (-3.5)	MID TENN STATE (+3.5)
7:45	ARIZONA (-5.5)	ST. MARY'S CA (+5.5)
8:40	FLORIDA (-2.5)	VIRGINIA (+2.5)
9:40	PURDUE (-1.5)	IOWA STATE (+1.5)