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It happens every year. Selection Sunday comes and goes and suddenly, the pressure is on to pick your March Madness bracket.

You agonize over which first-round upsets to pick. Will it be Georgetown over Colorado? Or will Winthrop take down Villanova? 

And then, inevitably, you always pick the one that doesn't happen. 

Our experts are here to help. We asked five of our college basketball gurus from across the USA TODAY Network to pick the entire NCAA Tournament bracket and this list below is made up of every first-round upset they picked. 

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Dan Wolken, USA TODAY Sports columnist 

West: 

No. 12 UC Santa Barbara over No. 5 Creighton

East: 

No. 9 St. Bonaventure over No. 8 LSU 

No. 11 Michigan State/UCLA over No. 6 BYU

South: 

No. 9 Wisconsin over No. 8 North Carolina 

No. 12 Winthrop over No. 5 Villanova 

No. 13 North Texas over No. 4 Purdue 

No. 10 Virginia Tech over No. 7 Florida 

Midwest: 

No. 9 Georgia Tech over No. 8 Loyola-Chicago 

No. 10 Rutgers over No. 7 Clemson 

See Dan Wolken's full March Madness bracket picks here.

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Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Sports reporter 

West: 

No. 12 UC Santa Barbara over No. 5 Creighton

No. 11 Wichita State over No. 6 Southern California

No. 10 VCU over No. 7 Oregon 

East: 

No. 11 Michigan State over No. 6 BYU

South: 

No. 12 Winthrop over No. 5 Villanova 

No. 13 North Texas over No. 4 Purdue 

No. 14 Colgate over No. 3 Arkansas 

Midwest: 

No. 14 Morehead State over No. 3 West Virginia 

No. 10 Rutgers over No. 7 Clemson 

See Scott Gleeson's full March Madness bracket picks here.

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Keith Jenkins, Cincinnati Enquirer sports reporter 

West: 

No. 9 Missouri over No. 8 Oklahoma 

No. 11 Wichita State/Drake over No. 6 Southern California

East: 

No. 12 Georgetown over No. 5 Colorado 

No. 11 Michigan State/UCLA over No. 6 BYU

No. 10 Maryland over No. 7 Connecticut

South: 

No. 9 Wisconsin over No. 8 North Carolina 

No. 11 Utah State over No. 6 Texas Tech 

Midwest: 

No. 9 Georgia Tech over No. 8 Loyola-Chicago 

No. 14 Morehead State over No. 3 West Virginia

See Keith Jenkins' full March Madness bracket predictions here

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Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star sports columnist 

West: 

No. 12 UC Santa Barbara over No. 5 Creighton 

No. 11 Wichita State/Drake over No. 6 Southern California 

East: 

No. 9 St. Bonaventure over No. 8 LSU 

No. 12 Georgetown over No. 5 Colorado 

No. 10 Maryland over No. 7 Connecticut 

South: 

No. 9 Wisconsin over No. 8 North Carolina 

No. 10 Virginia Tech over No. 7 Florida 

Midwest: 

No. 9 Georgia Tech over No. 8 Loyola-Chicago 

No. 12 Oregon State over No. 5 Tennessee

No. 10 Rutgers over No. 7 Clemson

See Gregg Doyel's full March Madness bracket predictions here.

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Michelle Gardner, Arizona Republic sports reporter

WEST: 

No. 9 Missouri over No. 8 Oklahoma 

EAST: 

No. 9 St. Bonaventure over No. 8 LSU

SOUTH: 

No. 9 Wisconsin over No. 8 North Carolina

See Michelle Gardner's full March Madness bracket picks here.

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