EA Sports recently  revealed that NCAA® Basketball 09: March Madness® Edition on Xbox 360 has simulated the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship bracket and predicted top-seeded Louisville will win the national championship. Therefore going against my wish of the Seminoles winning, and Esko’s pick of UNC.

According to a computerized simulation on the using new team ratings that reflect the just-announced official Selection Sunday seedings,they have predicted the Final Four schools will be Louisville versus the Memphis in one semifinal and Pittsburgh against North Carolina in the other semifinal. Louisville will defeat Pittsburgh, 76-70, to win the national championship.

The four No. 1 seeded teams in the tournament are Louisville, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, Connecticut, as determined by the NCAA selection committee.

Prior to last year’s NCAA tournament, EA Sports correctly predicted 23 of the 32 first round tournament games (72%) and simulated the 2008 EA Sports Maui Invitational, correctly predicting the outcome of all 12 games. The complete EA Sports NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition tournament simulation is available at www.easports.com/ncaabasketball09.

Sports fans, what do you think? Agree with the results?