By Bryan Armen Graham, SI.com

Somewhere between a traditional NCAA tournament crash course and your high-school yearbook's superlatives section is SIOC's first March Madness List of Lists, a digestible primer for bracket navigation and the month's key talking points. Without further ado:

The Five Most Likely First-Round Upsets

Davidson's Stephen Curry earns spots on the All-Cingular Team, the All-Pedigree Team and the All-Bering Strait Team. AP

• No. 12 Western Kentucky def. No. 5 Drake: Overlooked middleweight stuns media darling in surprisingly easy result.

• No. 11 Kansas State def. No. 6 USC: B-Easy goes Harold Arceneaux on the Trojans as underseeded 'Cats shut down the Mayo Clinic for good.

• No. 12 Temple def. No. 5 Michigan State: Clash of dynamic backcourts sees North Broad Street buzz-saw avenge '01 Elite Eight loss to Spartans.

• No. 10 St. Mary's def. No. 7 Miami (Fla.): Balanced and versatile Gaels rebound from WCC tourney hiccup by quelling flawed 'Canes.

• No. 11 St. Joe's def. No. 6 Oklahoma: Veteran-heavy Hawks continue late-season surge and postpone Jeff Capel's national coming-out party.

The Five Almost-Upsets That Won't Quite Happen

• No. 13 Siena vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt: Beware the trendy upset pick; everyone loves Fran McCaffery's five-out offense to send home the overseeded 'Dores, but youthful Saints are probably a year away from signature NCAA scalp.

• No. 15 Austin Peay vs. No. 2 Texas: Experienced, but undersized, the OVC champs will thrill nation and put fear of God into Rick Barnes until 'Horns escape thanks to rebounding advantage.

• No. 13 Oral Roberts vs. No. 4 Pittsburgh: Summit champs making third straight NCAA trip have brawny frontcourt to match Pitt's bigs, but veteran-laden Panthers will be ready for the challenge.

• No. 14 Boise State vs. No. 3 Louisville: Tyler Tiedeman is unconscious from deep (49.4 percent) and a capable frontcourt belies low-major pedigree, but the Broncs will fall short when Louisville solves BSU's fluid, transition-happy offense following halftime pow wow.

• No. 12 Villanova vs. No. 5 Clemson: Mercurial 'Cats push ACC tourney finalists to limit but Oliver Purnell's veterans school Jay Wright's youngsters during gut-check time.

The All-Cingular Team

Dial it up: The five most dangerous long-distance shooters in the field.

• Shan Foster, Vanderbilt: SEC player of year paces all tourney participants with 47.3 percent clip from downtown.

• Kyle McAlarney, Notre Dame: Peripheral half of Mike Brey's inside-out attack connected on 44.8 percent of his three-point attempts this year.

• Stephen Curry, Davidson: Tourney's most prolific three-point shooter poured in 139 trifectas for runaway SoCon champs in '07-08.

• Chris Lofton, Tennessee: Senior sharpshooter has overcome early season slump to make 46.1 percent from beyond arc during month of March.

• Garrison Carr, American: Evergreen State product shattered Patriot League single-season mark for three-pointers (129) while leading Eagles to first NCAA bid in 41 years.

The All-Cousy Team

Points of emphasis: The five most important floor generals.

• Ty Lawson, North Carolina: Motor propelling tourney's highest-scoring and fastest-paced team averages 12.4 points on 51.3 percent shooting but hasn't quite regained elite form since suffering high-ankle sprain in February.

• Jason Richards, Davidson: National assists leader averages eight dimes while feeding the Curry scoring machine but chips in 12.6 points nightly to keep defenses honest.

• Jeremy Pargo, Gonzaga: Do-everything point guard won WCC player of year averaging 11.9 points on 49.7 percent shooting along with 6.0 assists and 3.6 boards.

• Tasheed Carr, St. Joe's: As Carr goes, so flows the Joe's; The Iowa State transfer has given Hawks their steadiest presence at the point since that Nelson guy.

• Darren Collison, UCLA: Speedy junior escaped Jordan Farmar's shadow during last year's tourney run and looks to carve out a legacy of his own this time around.

The All-Bering Strait Team

Ice water in their veins: The five guys opposing coaches don't want to see walking to the foul line during crunch time.

• Jack McClinton, Miami (Fla.): Tourney's foul shooting leader missed just 10 freebies in '07-08; his high-pressure makes with two seconds left locked down the Feb. 20 victory over then No. 5 Duke.

• Stephen Curry, Davidson: Long-range whiz can also knock them down consistently from 15 feet, converting 89.8 percent of his chances on the year.

• Austin Daye, Gonzaga: Fab frosh converted 89-of-100 attempts from the charity stripe to pace West Coast Conference.

• Jon Scheyer, Duke: Lithe Illinois native has flourished in closer role since assuming reins from J.J. Redick.

• Darren Collison, UCLA: Foul anybody on the top-seeded Bruins except Collison ... anybody.