Apparently, the Cinderella for this year’s NCAA Tournament isn’t one of the top choices of… Apparently, the Cinderella for this year’s NCAA Tournament isn’t one of the top choices of Davidson, George Mason, St. Mary’s or South Alabama.

Nope, wearing the glass slipper this year is none other than (drum roll, please) … No. 15 seed in the South region, the Austin Peay Governors.

Well, according to the world of video games anyway.

In a simulation of the NCAA Tournament on NCAA March Madness ’08 for XBOX 360, the Governors upset No. 2 seed Texas and then No. 7 Miami to advance to the Sweet 16.

Austin Peay was not alone in the pool of double-digit seeded teams to make the final 16. In fact, it lost to No. 11 Kentucky in the Sweet 16 contest.

Kentucky reached the regional final against Memphis, and the Midwest’s No. 12 seed Villanova also played its way into the Elite Eight.

No. 11 Baylor also reached the Sweet 16 in the simulation.

The one other major upset also came from the Midwest region. No. 14 seed Cal State Fullerton from the Big West knocked off Wisconsin in the first round, but lost to USC in its next game.

North Carolina won the National Championship in the simulation, defeating Memphis in the title game, 86-66.

Pitt advanced to the Sweet 16 in its usual manner but dropped a close one to eventual runner-up Memphis, 84-80.

This was all just a simulation, of course, but when Austin Peay shocks the world, you heard it here first.

Here are the results from the second round on of the NCAA Tournament simulation:

Second Round:

EAST No. 1 North Carolina 91 No. 8 Indiana 78

No. 4 Washington St. 101, No. 5 Notre Dame 90

No. 6 Oklahoma 73 No. 3 Louisville 63

No. 2 Tennessee 89, No. 7 Butler 75

MIDWEST No. 1 Kansas 80, No. 8 UNLV 77

No. 12 Villanova 75 No. 4 Vanderbilt 72

No. 6 USC 87 No. 14 Cal St. Fullerton 85

No. 2 Georgetown 7 No. 7 Gonzaga 74

SOUTH No. 1 Memphis 84, No. 9 Oregon 68 No. 4 Pittsburgh 92, No. 12 Temple 79 No. 11 Kentucky 75, No. 3 Stanford 67 No. 15 Austin Peay 77, No. 7 Miami 61

WEST No. 1 UCLA 79, No. 8 BYU 64

No. 4 Connecticut 90 No. 12 Western Kentucky 83

No. 11 Baylor 84, No. 3 Xavier 77 No. 2 Duke 88, No. 10 Arizona 82

Sweet 16

EAST No. 1 North Carolina 111 No. 4 Washington St. 79

No. 2 Tennessee 98 No. 6 Oklahoma 76

MIDWEST No. 12 Villanova 73, No. 1 Kansas 70 No. 2 Georgetown 73, No. 6 USC 58

SOUTH No. 1 Memphis 84, No. 4 Pittsburgh 80

No. 11 Kentucky 94 No. 15 Austin Peay 89

WEST No. 4 Connecticut 106 No. 1 UCLA 105

No. 2 Duke 87, No. 11 Baylor 86

Elite 8

EAST No. 1 North Carolina 91 No. 2 Tennessee 84

MIDWEST No. 2 Georgetown 90 No. 12 Villanova 81

SOUTH No. 1 Memphis 89 No. 11 Kentucky 84

WEST No. 2 Duke 82, No. 4 Connecticut 63

Final Four

No. 1 North Carolina 91 No. 2 Georgetown 74

No. 1 Memphis 80 No. 2 Duke 76

National Championship No. 1 North Carolina 86 No. 1 Memphis 66