TOUR pros fill out basketball brackets

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We asked several PGA TOUR players to fill out brackets. Of course, former UCLA Bruins John Merrick and Duffy Waldorf went with their No. 1-seeded basketball team to win it all. Likewise for Tar Heel Davis Love III, who picked North Carolina as the national champion.

Jay Delsing, a UCLA alum, did go with them to take home the coveted title but had the most unique bracket of the bunch.

Then there were the players who didn't side with their alma maters. Props to Ryan Palmer, who attended Texas A&M but didn't go with his heart and pick them to upset UCLA in the regionals. Ditto to Charley Hoffman -- he doesn't think his UNLV squad will upset top-ranked Kansas.

The most TOUR pros (11 to be exact) went with UCLA as the National Champions, while runner-up was North Carolina (7), then Kansas (4), Memphis (3) and Tennessee (2).

Take a look at their brackets for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in 2008.

Davis Love III | Davis Love's bracket
Birthplace: Charlotte, N.C.
College attended: North Carolina
Final Four: North Carolina, Texas, UCLA, Kansas
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, UCLA
National champion: North Carolina

Bill Haas | Bill Haas' bracket
Birthplace: Charlotte, N.C.
College attended: Wake Forest University
Final Four: North Carolina, Texas, UCLA, Kansas
Semi-finalists: Kansas, UCLA
National champion: Kansas

Duffy Waldorf | Duffy Waldorf's bracket
Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif.
College attended: UCLA
Final Four: Oklahoma, Kansas, Pittsburgh, UCLA
Semi-finalists: Kansas, UCLA
National champion: UCLA

Jerry Kelly | Jerry Kelly's bracket
Birthplace: Madison, Wisc.
College attended: University of Hartford
Final Four: North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Kansas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, UCLA
National champion: North Carolina

Dicky Pride | Dicky Pride's bracket
Birthplace: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
College attended: University of Alabama
Final Four: North Carolina, Wisconsin, Texas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, Texas
National champion: North Carolina

Billy Andrade | Billy Andrade's bracket
Birthplace: Bristol, R.I.
College attended: Wake Forest University
Final Four: North Carolina, Georgetown, Stanford, UCLA
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, UCLA
National champion: North Carolina

John Merrick | John Merrick's bracket
Birthplace: Long Beach, Calif.
College attended: UCLA
Final Four: North Carolina, Kansas, Pittsburgh, UCLA
Semi-finalists: Kansas, UCLA
National champion: UCLA

Ryan Palmer | Ryan Palmer's bracket
Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas
College attended: Texas A&M
Final Four: North Carolina, Texas, Kansas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, UCLA
National champion: North Carolina

Kris Cox | Kris Cox's bracket
Birthplace: Lafayette, La.
College attended: Oklahoma State
Final Four: North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, Texas
National champion: North Carolina

Charley Hoffman | Charley Hoffman's bracket
Birthplace: San Diego, Calif.
College attended: UNLV
Final Four: North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, UCLA
National champion: UCLA

Garrett Willis | Garrett Willis' bracket
Birthplace: Charlotte, N.C.
College attended: East Tennessee State University
Final Four: North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: Kansas, UCLA
National champion: UCLA

Kent Jones | Kent Jones' bracket
Birthplace: Portales, N.M.
College attended: University of New Mexico
Final Four: North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: Kansas, UCLA
National champion: UCLA

Kevin Stadler | Kevin Stadler's bracket
Birthplace: Reno, Nev.
College attended: University of Southern California
Final Four: North Carolina, Texas, Kansas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: Kansas, UCLA
National champion: Kansas

Guy Boros | Guy Boros' bracket
Birthplace: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
College attended: University of Iowa
Final Four: North Carolina, Memphis, Georgetown, Duke
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, Memphis
National champion: Memphis

Stewart Cink | Stewart Cink's bracket
Birthplace: Huntsville, Ala.
College attended: Georgia Tech
Final Four: North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Georgetown, UCLA
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, UCLA
National champion: UCLA

Kyle Thompson | Kyle Thompson's bracket
Birthplace: Panama City, Fla.
College attended: University of South Carolina
Final Four: North Carolina, Texas, Georgetown, UCLA
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, Texas
National champion: North Carolina

Lee Janzen | Lee Janzen's bracket
Birthplace: Austin, Minn.
College attended: Florida Southern College
Final Four: North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Kansas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, UCLA
National champion: UCLA

Todd Hamilton | Todd Hamilton's bracket
Birthplace: Galesburg, Ill.
College attended: University of Oklahoma
Final Four: North Carolina, Texas, Kansas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: Kansas, UCLA
National champion: Kansas

Dudley Hart | Dudley Hart's bracket
Birthplace: Rochester, N.Y.
College attended: University of Florida
Final Four: Tennessee, Memphis, Kansas, Duke
Semi-finalists: Tennessee, Duke
National champion: Tennessee

Jay Delsing | Jay Delsing's bracket
Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo.
College attended: UCLA
Final Four: Washington St., Memphis, Clemson, UCLA
Semi-finalists: Washington St., UCLA
National champion: UCLA

Chris Smith | Chris Smith's bracket
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Ind.
College attended: Ohio State University
Final Four: North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, UCLA
National champion: UCLA

Jay Williamson | Jay Williamson's bracket
Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo.
College attended: Trinity College
Final Four: Tennessee, Texas, Kansas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: Kansas, UCLA
National champion: Kansas

Travis Fulton | Travis Fulton's bracket
Director of Education, PGA TOUR Academy
College Attended: Lewis and Clark State College
Final Four: Tennessee, Memphis, Kansas, UCLA
Semi-finalists: Tennessee, Memphis
National champion: Tennessee

Ryan Armour | Ryan Armour's bracket
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio
College attended: Ohio State University
Final Four: North Carolina, Stanford, UCLA, Georgetown
Semi-finalists: Georgetown, UCLA
National champion: UCLA

Glen Day | Glen Day's bracket
Birthplace: Mobile, Ala.
College attended: University of Oklahoma
Final Four: North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas, UConn
Semi-finalists: North Carolina, Memphis
National champion: Memphis

Paul Stankowski | Paul Stankowski's bracket
Birthplace: Oxnard, Calif.
College attended: University of Texas - El Paso
Final Four: North Carolina, Memphis, Wisconsin, UCLA
Semi-finalists: Wisconsin, UCLA
National champion: UCLA

Jim McGovern | Jim McGovern's bracket
Birthplace: Teaneck, N.J
College attended: Old Dominion University
Final Four: Tennessee, Memphis, Kansas, UConn
Semi-finalists: Tennessee, Memphis
National champion: Memphis