Send It In Jerome XVI: The first batch of picks that the Mid-Major Madness staff submitted

All the cool kids know that not only is this conference tournament season, it’s also Jerome season.

If you’re not one of the cool kids, I’ll fill you in. The Send It In Jerome competition has been held every year (except for the one they skipped) for the past 17 seasons. The goal is simple: to predict the winners of each conference tournament championship.

The first batch of picks, which covers the tournaments that tip this week, is due at 6 p.m. ET, so we figured we’d give you a look at who our staff likes in each of them. We’ll follow up with another one next week.

Want to get in on the fun? Enter here.

Just remember: the deadline is 6 p.m. sharp. Atlantic Sun action begins at 7. So, as a wise man once said, SEND IT IN!

Our picks are below. You’ll see we like upsets because, well, what’s the fun in picking chalk?

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