Projecting the Field: No time to fool around
Updated Feb. 20
There's too much competition for No. 1 seeds for Texas to do something stupid like that 81-60 loss Sunday to Oklahoma State. With Villanova beating Georgetown, Connecticut beating West Virginia, and Duke and Memphis doing their thing ... Texas becomes the top No. 2 seed.
It could be worse. Texas could be Indiana. After losing last week at Penn State and Illinois -- that's seven losses in eight games -- the Hoosiers dropped out of CBS SportsLine.com's projection of the 2006 NCAA Tournament field. So did Stanford, whose home loss to Arizona was the Cardinal's third defeat in four games.
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The field, by seeds
No. 1s: Duke, Connecticut, Villanova, Memphis
No. 2s: Texas, Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Gonzaga
No. 3s: Illinois, Tennessee, Florida, Washington
No. 4s: Iowa, Michigan State, West Virginia, North Carolina State
No. 5s: UCLA, Marquette, Georgetown, LSU
No. 6s: Oklahoma, Boston College, George Washington, Kansas
No. 7s: North Carolina, Nevada, Wisconsin, Creighton
No. 8s: Northern Iowa, Alabama, Wichita State, Bucknell
No. 9s: Missouri State, Kentucky, UAB, Arkansas
No. 10s: George Mason, Arizona, Seton Hall, Michigan
No. 11s: Western Kentucky, UW-Milwaukee, California, Southern Illinois
No. 12s: Cincinnati, Syracuse, NC-Wilmington, Iona
No. 13s: San Diego State, Hofstra, Utah State, Northwestern State
No. 14s: Winthrop, Montana, Murray State, Kent State
No. 15s: Penn, Davidson, Fairleigh Dickinson, Albany
No. 16s: Delaware State, IUPUI, Southern, UC Irvine, Lipscomb
Latest additions: Cincinnati, Utah State, FDU
Latest ejections: Indiana, Stanford, Central Connecticut State
The field, by conference
Big East (9): UConn, Villanova, Pittsburgh, Georgetown, West Virginia, Marquette, Seton Hall, Cincinnati, Syracuse
Big Ten (6): Ohio State, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Michigan
SEC (6): Tennessee, Florida, LSU, Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas
Missouri Valley (5): Creighton, Northern Iowa, Wichita State, Missouri State, Southern Illinois
Pac-10 (4): Washington, UCLA, California, Arizona
ACC (4): Duke, North Carolina State, Boston College, North Carolina
Big 12 (3): Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas
Colonial (3): George Mason, NC-Wilmington, Hofstra
Conference USA (2): Memphis, UAB
WAC (2): Nevada, Utah State
One-bid leagues (21): Albany (America East), Lipscomb (Atlantic Sun), George Washington (Atlantic 10), Montana (Big Sky), Winthrop (Big South), UC Irvine (Big West), UW-Milwaukee (Horizon), Penn (Ivy), Iona (MAAC), Kent State (MAC), Delaware State (MEAC), IUPUI (Mid-Continent), San Diego State (Mountain West), Fairleigh Dickinson (NEC), Murray State (OVC), Bucknell (Patriot), Davidson (Southern), Northwestern State (Southland), Western Kentucky (Sun Belt), Southern (SWAC), Gonzaga (West Coast).
