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Posted: Tuesday March 15, 2005 1:26PM; Updated: Monday March 21, 2005 9:40PM

We asked our all-star lineup of college basketball writers and editors to share their brackets. Here are their Final Four picks and complete picks.

Men's NCAA Tournament
Senior Writer Grant Wahl
Chicago	Albuquerque	Syracuse	Austin
Illinois	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Syracuse
Championship: Illinois over UNC \| Complete Bracket



Writer Stewart Mandel
Chicago	Albuquerque	Syracuse	Austin
Illinois	Louisville	North Carolina	Duke
Championship: Illinois over Duke \| Complete Bracket



Staff Writer Seth Davis
Chicago	Albuquerque	Syracuse	Austin
Illinois	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Syracuse
Championship: UNC over Wake Forest \| Complete Bracket



Senior Writer Alexander Wolff
Chicago	Albuquerque	Syracuse	Austin
Illinois	Gonzaga	Florida	Oklahoma
Championship: Illinois over Oklahoma \| Complete Bracket



Senior Writer Kelli Anderson
Chicago	Albuquerque	Syracuse	Austin
Illinois	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Syracuse
Championship: Illinois over UNC \| Complete Bracket



Writer Luke Winn
Chicago	Albuquerque	Syracuse	Austin
Oklahoma St.	Gonzaga	North Carolina	Duke
Championship: North Carolina over Oklahoma St. \| Complete Bracket



SI On Campus Writer John Walters
Chicago	Albuquerque	Syracuse	Austin
Illinois	Louisville	Florida	Syracuse
Championship: Illinois over Syracuse \| Complete Bracket




Women's NCAA Tournament
Senior Writer Kelli Anderson
Philadelphia	Kansas City	Chattanooga	Tempe
Tennessee	Stanford	LSU	Baylor
Championship: LSU over Tennessee \| Complete Bracket



Associate Editor Richard Deitsch
Philadelphia	Kansas City	Chattanooga	Tempe
Ohio State	Stanford	LSU	Baylor
Championship: LSU over Ohio State \| Complete Bracket



Writer Richard Kent
Philadelphia	Kansas City	Chattanooga	Tempe
Tennessee	Connecticut	LSU	North Carolina
Championship: LSU over UConn \| Complete Bracket



College Basketball Producer Jody Woodman
Philadelphia	Kansas City	Chattanooga	Tempe
Rutgers	Michigan St.	LSU	Baylor
Championship: LSU over Michigan State \| Complete Bracket

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