Chris Childers Predicts Illinois' Deepest NCAA Tournament Run in 20 Years

With the First Four tipping off Tuesday, another pair of games being played Wednesday and the NCAA Tournament's full field of 64 set for action Thursday and Friday, brackets are being filled out by fans, college basketball experts and practically anyone in America with a pulse.

And with so many of those predictions being posted to social media, nearly everyone has been criticized for their picks – especially those betting the chalk.

Picking a Final Four entirely made up of 1 and 2 seeds seems safe, but it’s quite the opposite. In fact, there hasn’t been a Final Four made up solely of 1s or 2s since 2008, when all four 1 seeds made it.

Still, every year, a shockingly high amount of brackets are filled out with one and two seeds making up the entirety of the Final Four.

Seemingly with that in mind, though, one bracket-filler, Sirius XM sports radio host Chris Childers, included a 6 seed among his Final Four picks, joining a pair of 2 seeds in Alabama and St. Johns, as well as top-seeded Auburn.

And that sixth seed? Illinois.