VCU In Mark Turgeon's previous nine tournament appearances at Wichita State, Texas A&M and Maryland, his teams are 7-2 in the first round, but just 2-5 in the second round. 5 seed or worse, with 10 of the 11 losses coming by single digits. Winners and losers from Selection Sunday as college basketball readies for the 2021 NCAA tournament, according to Joey Brackets: WINNERS: 68 teams, approximately 1,000 college basketball players and millions of March Madness fans around the … Dick Vitale believes Gonzaga will run the table to win the NCAA tournament, finishing the season undefeated. 1 seed at Oklahoma. While the pendulum has swung in the other direction in this matchup recently, one thing that hasn't changed is how unlikely it is for either seed to sweep all four games. Come join the 2021 TSN MARCH MADNESS group in ESPN Men's Tournament Challenge and see if your bracket beats the rest. Shaka Smart took VCU from the First Four to the Final Four back in 2011, winning five games to get there. 1 seeds sweeping the 16s, by an average margin of 22.8 points. It's only the third time No. Visit NCAA.com | Watch Games Don't Bet on It. In 2019, the Tigers made the Sweet 16 for the first time since their Final Four run in 2006. Unfortunately, we'll never know how much damage last year's special Aztecs squad would've done. 5. 2 seed Houston (American Athletic Conference) are the two obvious teams capable of doing it this year, as their conferences received just two bids each. North Carolina's only first-round loss in the modern era came against Weber State in 1999, thanks to 36 points from Harold "The Show" Arceneaux. Norfolk State 1 Virginia in 2018, it has often been competitive against other high seeds in recent years. However, 18 of the past 23 first-round games involving CAA teams have ended in victory or a single-digit loss (14 by five points or less). Since 2007, Tennessee's losses have almost all been nerve-wracking. Three No. Colgate Seeding is a factor, as the league hasn't received anything better than an 11-seed since that win by Nevada over Creighton 14 years ago. In 2019, we went back to the No. 14 seed or worse. In 2016, Hawaii knocked off Cal, and two years ago UC Irvine beat Kansas State. 1 seed. 11 seed Wyoming beat Gonzaga in Albuquerque. 14 seed against Kansas. Join the official bracket game of NCAA® March Madness®. Arkansas Like, 30 years. Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing reached the championship game three times in four years as a player with the Hoyas, winning it all in 1984. 12 seeds are 1-20 in Sweet 16 contests, with all 20 losses coming against No. The America East has just four first-round wins in modern tournament history, one in each of the past four decades. This is the first time they've been a single-digit seed since then. Here Are The Best Free-To-Play March Madness Bracket Pools 2021. May the best bracket win! While the A-10 got just two bids for the second straight tournament after getting three or more in the previous 11 -- which makes it more challenging to snap the conference's Sweet 16 drought -- don't count out 10th-seeded VCU. 13-seed Ohio upsets 4-seed UVa with the help of Ben … The last time they were a double-digit seed was 20 years ago, when they advanced to the Sweet 16 as a No. The Huskies are dancing for the first time in five years, which ends their longest tournament drought since not making an appearance for the entire decade of the 1980s. The Big West Conference has caused some first-round trouble in two of the past four tourneys, in the form of a pair of No. Due to the COVID-19 … You can expect at least one team seeded 10th or worse to advance to the second week of play. This year, they have a more favorable No. Iowa Losing your first conference tournament game = no national title. Only four times has the conference had two teams win first-round games in the same year (2000, 2010, 2017). Georgetown • Multiple 4-seeds have advanced to the Sweet 16 in eight of the past nine tourneys. 3 seed in round 2. The last time the Gators were a No. 1 reached the title game (No. They are 1-26 in first-round games, losing by an average of 22.6 points. 1 or 2 seed). This is the highest-seeded team Chris Holtmann has coached. This is the first time the league has no teams seeded better than fourth (Virginia, Florida State are No. 14 seed. The Pac-12 hasn't had a champion since Arizona in 1997 and just one Final Four team in the past 11 tournaments. His lone Sweet 16 appearance came during his time at Butler as a No. They are a No. In 2019, No. No. 12 seed the last time we had a tournament in 2019, beating Mississippi State in the first round. 12s used to be the upset darlings picked to win a couple of games, but no more. Well, ESPN did just that, ranking the top teams in the country and putting them in a March Madness-style bracket. The only time Clemson advanced further -- they also reached the Sweet 16 in 1990 and 1997 -- was in their first NCAA tournament appearance in 1980, when they reached the Elite Eight as a No. Only once in the past 12 tournaments have the top four seeds in each region survived the first round, and just five times in the past 35 tourneys (1994, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2017). And to make matters worse, this group of "others" earned a top-three seed on three occasions and lost in the second round each time. The five bids the Pac-12 earned this year are its most since 2016. 3 seed, reaching the championship before losing in overtime. 3 seed, and while the sample size is much smaller -- and most instances occurred more than a decade ago -- when his teams aren't on the top two lines, they have mostly underwhelmed. In 2002, Bama was upset in the second round by Antonio Gates, Trevor Huffman and No. 5 seed this year, Barnes is 4-11 in the first round as a No. The last time the Tigers made the Big Dance in 2018, they put their first-round demons to rest and played very well, reaching the Sweet 16 as a No. Conference teams seeded 14th or worse are 0-13, the past five of which each lost by more than 25 points. One of the double-digit outcomes was a 21-point win by a 13-seed (Buffalo over Arizona in 2018). 6 seeds won 69% of the time. Guess what? 5 Auburn over No. Missouri In that 2001 first-round loss to Fresno State, Legans, a sophomore point guard, led the Golden Bears with 15 points. All three years, Michigan lost to a No. Since that Indiana team sealed the deal, this is the fifth time a team has entered the tourney without a loss. Pat Kelsey's team is deep and talented and will not be taken lightly. As you go through your bracket, it may be hard to eliminate a No. 2021 NCAA Tournament bracket: College basketball scores, March Madness TV schedule by region, live stream Follow the Road to the Final Four all month long with an updating bracket … It was their first NCAA tournament victory. The six previous WAC teams to be seeded 14th or worse all lost by at least 12 points in the first round. 14 seeds have failed to win a game in three straight tournaments (also 2007-09 and 2000-04). They could be a trendy sleeper pick because of how well they played when James Bouknight was healthy. With Selection Sunday for the 2021 NCAA Tournament over and done with, now the real March Madness begins. Tennessee's two most successful tournament appearances came when the expectations weren't so high. San Diego State The Bears are the first Big 12 team not named Kansas to grab a No. In the second round that year, they pushed top-seeded Michigan State before falling by 4 points. ESPN's Tournament Challenge is back for the 2021 NCAA College Basketball Tournament! The Tar Heels are a No. They are one of eight No. In a 12-year span from 2006 to 2017, the league was a paltry 3-11 in Elite Eight games. Drexel In that span, six of their eight defeats in the tournament have come by one or two points, or in overtime. INDIANAPOLIS -- March Madness is back -- and so is the ESPN Tournament Challenge! A WAC team hasn't won an NCAA tournament game since 2007. Only once in the past 21 years has an NEC team come within single digits of its opponent in the first round (Robert Morris lost to Villanova by 3 in overtime in 2010). 12 seed this time around, and they'll face Villanova on Friday. 12 seeds in the modern era. The conference received four bids for the second straight tourney. Generally speaking, it's been tough to keep Wisconsin out of the Sweet 16 in recent years. 12 seed. The first round of the 2021 NCAA tournament continues Saturday. North Texas March Madness 2021 live: Oregon State trolls Tennessee Consider the madness back. 6 seed. In his Hall of Fame career, Roy Williams is 29-0 in the round of 64, with 24 of those coming as a top-four seed, three as a No. Head to Tournament Challenge and fill out your bracket now! Let's get to it, and as always, I hope you enjoy arguably the best three weeks in sports! — Kealia Ohai Watt (@KealiaOhai) March 20, 2021 And then, J.J. tweeted a GIF of Michael Jordan's "The Ceiling Is the Roof" speech at UNC, continuing his expert troll job. Here is a breakdown of how many No. Fans can submit up to 25 brackets and join up to 10 groups each for the men’s tournament at ESPN.com/bracket and the women’s tournament at ESPN.com/tcwomen, as well as the ESPN … Now it's time to dig in and go through whatever process you use to pick your March Madness winners. They will be expected to make it three years in a row as a No. The only loss in this span came against Jimmer Fredette and BYU in double overtime in 2010. 6 seed (as they are this year) was 1981, when they reached the Elite Eight on Danny Ainge's coast-to-coast layup to upset Notre Dame. One encouraging sign for the conference centers around Sweet 16 success the past two tourneys. 12s have not. This year's final four at-large teams to make the field were Wichita State, Drake, Michigan State and UCLA. 1 seed. 1 seeds have played for the championship in this span. 2 Tennessee in the second round). It's only fair to note that the A-10's highest seed in this span was a No. The only two previous times Houston has been a top-two seed resulted in those aforementioned runner-up finishes in 1983 and 1984. Much of the lack of success has to do with volume: fewer bids than any other power conference and considerably fewer high seeds. And once they've gotten there, No. Here is how strong the conference has been through the years: • At least one Sweet 16 team in all 35 years Below are notes on each of the 31 participating conferences, as it pertains to tournament success or lack thereof. Escaping the First Four has been a problem for the MEAC lately. 14 seeds). The Spartans' only previous NCAA tournament appearance was rather memorable, as they upset No. The ACC has seven teams in the field of 68. In the modern tournament era, the Hokies have just one win when seeded worse than fifth (1996 vs. Green Bay, as a No. That's how this year's bids played out as well, with no Pac-12 team receiving a top-four seed -- Colorado is the highest as a No. But these games are not all blowouts. Many bracket-filler-outers are a bit shy about picking against any of the top four seeds, so this is where upset discussions often begin. In the two prior years, Virginia became the first No. Making matters worse, this is the eighth straight tournament the selection committee has sent the NEC champ (Mount St. Mary's this year) to the First Four - the only conference to have a streak of more than four straight appearances in the First Four -- so a trip to the first round is no certainty. It's surprising the Big 12 has just one championship in its history, especially considering the conference has had at least one top-two seed in 21 of those 23 tournaments. 1 seeds have reached the Final Four since 1985: None -- 2 times Those trips ended in a Final Four (2010 as a No. LSU The Big South has just one first-round win in its history. 4 seed (as they are this year), "Big Country" Bryant Reeves and Randy Rutherford led them all the way to the Final Four in 1995. In that 1991 tournament, Rutgers head coach Steve Pikiell was a senior at UConn, scoring 9 points in three games in the Huskies' run to the Sweet 16 as a No. Or decide that all good things must come to an end. In 2017, despite just five bids, a conference-record-tying three reached the Elite Eight. Ready for another day of March Madness? What's alarming is the fact that four of the early exits came as a No. It's difficult to pick the right one(s), but history says it's very likely to happen. It says a ton about what Bill Self has done at Kansas that his teams have earned a top-four seed in all 17 of his seasons there. We all know better than to read anything into this, but it's fun to note these things regardless. The Bears enter as one of the title favorites, and this is the first time the Bears have ever earned a No. 2 in 2013, as is the case this year). 2021 NCAA Bracket: Changes to March Madness seeding. It's been eight years since the Buckeyes' last trip to the Sweet 16. They have advanced to at least the second week of play in each of their past three trips to the tournament. Each year, there is debate about whether these teams deserve to make the field, but for what it's worth, they haven't been automatic one-and-dones. This marks the sixth straight tourney the MEAC has gotten a 16-seed. We may be about to find out if seven is indeed UConn's lucky number. Dating back to 1998, only four of 88 matchups have been decided by single digits, all of which came in a three-year span (2012-14). Big West teams are 3-3 in the first round as No. 9 seed, but fell short of upsetting top-seeded Duke when Aubrey Dawkins' tip-in attempt rolled off the rim. This is the fifth straight NCAA tournament appearance for the Gaels, but the first with Rick Pitino as the head coach. Their only Sweet 16 appearance in the modern era came in 2011 when Jimmer Fredette was all the rage. 3 Oklahoma. 1 seeds. NOTE: References are since 1985, unless otherwise noted. The only such win came from Xavier 30 years ago, when the league was called the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. 10 seed Kent State, whose Cinderella run took them to the Elite Eight. In nine tournament appearances since 2010, Villanova has won the championship twice (both in the past four tournaments) and failed to escape the first weekend each of the other seven times. Obviously, none of the previous four won the title, but three of them made it to the Final Four. The Hawkeyes haven't been to the Sweet 16 since 1999, which is the only time they've gotten that far in the past three decades. Wisconsin Bob Huggins has had an interesting NCAA tournament history. Oklahoma While Drake will have to win in the First Four just to reach the first round, Loyola will try to get a new streak started for the league, as a No. For those without legal sports betting in their state, the March Madness betting pool remains a staple of American sports fandom. This is the first NCAA tournament without Duke and Kentucky since 1976. This is Mark Schmidt's third trip to the Dance with St. Bonaventure, most by any coach in school history. However, only six of them won again to reach the Sweet 16. • At least one Final Four team in 24 of 35 years This column is long enough, so I'll keep the intro short. ESPN's March Madness Bubble Watch (ESPN+) is also up to date through Monday's contests and will be continuously updated to account for key results through March 14. Prior to the last tournament that was held in 2019, a trio of teams that landed No. Will this Alabama team make school history? Purdue Meanwhile, No. 7. Only three 6-seeds have made it to the Final Four, and it has been nearly three decades since the last time it happened (Michigan in 1992, Kansas in 1988 and Providence in 1987). In fact, at least one 3/14 matchup has been decided by single digits in each of the past 10 tournaments. Complete your bracket by selecting your winner for each game of the NCAA Tournament. The last first-round win by a CAA outfit seeded 13th or worse came 19 years ago when Brett Blizzard and UNC Wilmington upset USC in OT. Ten of the past 13 champs have been top seeds, and no other seed has more than one title in that span. In four previous appearances as a top-three seed, they have lost in the second round twice and haven't advanced past the Sweet 16. The Noles have advanced to at least the Sweet 16 in back-to-back tournaments for the second time in school history (also 1992-93). This year's SoCon rep, 13th-seeded UNC Greensboro, doesn't enter with the same expectations the Terriers did, but make no mistake, the Spartans will be a tough out. Presented By {{® Join the official bracket game of NCAA® March Madness®. In his three years as a player at Michigan, Juwan Howard played in the title game as a freshman and sophomore and reached the Elite Eight in his junior season. 3 Georgia Tech in 2004). Just getting to the first round has been an issue, as the conference is 2-9 in the First Four and opening-round games. 7 seed. He then came to USC, where both of his first-round games have been decided by one point. They are a No. Now that the 2021 men's NCAA tournament field is set, it's time to make your picks using the March Madness printable bracket. 16 and face Illinois on Friday. The lowest seed Kruger has taken to the Sweet 16 was No. The last time the Hogs reached the Sweet 16 was in 1996 as a No. So, while we discussed Cinderellas reaching the Final Four, the championship game participants have come from the top three seed lines 83% of the time. UConn 12 Oregon did in 2019). Last year, Dayton and San Diego State would have met this criteria, but sadly, we'll never know how things would have played out. In their past five appearances, they are 1-4 in the first round, with the only win coming in 2016 against Oregon State as a No. How's your bracket? Florida In 2019, the top four seeds in TWO regions advanced past the first weekend in the same tournament for just the fourth time in the modern era (also 1989, 1991 and 2009). And in four of the past six tournaments, we've had multiple teams seeded sixth or worse in the Elite Eight. 13 seed and will face Purdue on Friday. Getting off to a good start can't hurt, and conference teams are 11-1 in the first round the past two tournaments. In 2019, No. New Mexico State almost brought an end to the Western Athletic Conference's losing ways in 2019, but the Aggies fell to eventual Final Four team Auburn by one point in the first round. Their previous best seed was a No. 3 seeds have won 85% of meetings with No. This is the 20th anniversary of that one victory, in overtime against Ohio State as a No. 1 overall seed -- enters the NCAA tournament 26-0. The following two things are true: 1.) Only once have they been shut out entirely (1997). That means the No. 6 seed in 2019. 3 seed. In 2019, Duke survived UCF in the second round and Virginia Tech in the Sweet 16 before losing to Michigan State in the Elite Eight. 1 seed for the third time in the past four tourneys, the Zags' aspirations are much larger, as Mark Few tries to win his first national championship. Tennessee Rutgers Basketball; March Madness 2021: ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi’s Rutgers-Clemson pick is in for NCAA Tournament 1st-round matchup John Beilein certainly left some big shoes to fill, as Michigan has made three straight Sweet 16s for the first time since Howard and the Fab Five were doing their thing from 1992-94. Six of the past nine conference teams to lose in the first round did so by eight or fewer points (all of those teams were seeded 12th or worse). 2021 March Madness bracket, TV schedule, live stream: Watch the NCAA Tournament, tip times, announcers The complete television and streaming schedule for how to watch 2021 March Madness They'll have to win their First Four matchup with former Missouri Valley Conference rival Drake just to get to the first round. 1s have been the way to go. This is the Yellow Jackets' first tourney trip since 2010 and head coach Josh Pastner's first since 2014 with Memphis. Below are more notable facts about most (but not all) of the teams and coaches in this year's field. The Hoyas are making their first tourney appearance in six years, but in an unfamiliar situation. 15 seed Colgate hung tough with Tennessee before losing by 7. 7 seed, hopes to do some damage in his first tourney trip at Arkansas. Results have been a bit uneven, though. App State surprised by winning four games in as many days to win the conference tourney and, as a result, are the fourth Sun Belt team to get a No. The Golden Eagles' only two NCAA tournament wins came in 1974 when they reached the Elite Eight, but this entry is all about making sure you can properly pronounce the name of the nation's leading scorer, Max Abmas: It's ACE-muss. That's if you are just guessing or flipping a coin, as many do. Oregon 2021 March Madness bracket TV schedule, tip times: How to watch the NCAA Tournament, live stream, announcers The complete television and streaming schedule for how to watch 2021 March Madness No. Norfolk State opens with App State in the First Four on Thursday for the right to face Gonzaga. 5 seed (Auburn) reached the Final Four. In the First Four era, No. (0:51). This year, it's No. Make that 22 of 24, as Baylor finds itself on the top line this year. In 2015, 14-seed Georgia State shocked Baylor on R.J. Hunter's deep 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds left. March Madness 2021: What to know about every team in the NCAA tournament bracket 1 Related Gonzaga Bulldogs: For some, they could well run away with things in Indiana. Star center Neemias Queta is back to try again to make some noise as an 11-seed. Neither of those years resulted in a championship for the conference, but all four teams advanced to at least the Elite Eight (Michigan State lost in the Final Four, Michigan in the title game). Champions rarely come from low-bid conferences. 15 seed to reach the Sweet 16 in 2013. It has never reached the Final Four and its only Elite Eight appearance came 17 years ago as a No. In fairness to Virginia, it is defending a title it won two years ago, and the top five scorers on that 2019 team are gone. Brackets close tomorrow at noon ET/9 a.m. PT. This is the first appearance for the Gauchos in 10 years. At-large teams with losing conference records. Let's be clear, this note has nothing to do with Nate Oats or the talented squad he coaches; the Crimson Tide is dangerous and among the most fun-to-watch teams in this year's Big Dance. The Northeast Conference is the only conference that has never won a first-round game (0-31). 9 seed. The Sooners are an 8-seed this year. The conference's representative has scored 61 or fewer points in 11 of its 13 first-round games since that win in 2006. Winthrop, which is 23-1 this season, is a No. This year, the conference has yet another date in the First Four (the ninth time in the past 12 tourneys), as Texas Southern will face Mount St. Mary's on Thursday. Their only other win in the modern tournament era came as a No. 5-seeds still seeking elusive first title. 11 seeds reached the Sweet 16, and only one won a first-round game. And in 2019, 12th-seeded Liberty took advantage of the best seed for an ASUN team since 2001 and knocked off Mississippi State in the first round. One oddity: In the past 25 tournaments, only one ACC team seeded worse than No. San Diego State is 6-12 all time in the NCAA tournament and has never won more than two games in a single tourney. 4s survived the first weekend on two occasions, both recently (2014, 2017). Well, this Loyola team can also be a handful like that 2018 squad, which won its first three matchups by a total of four points and busted brackets everywhere. Brackets are open! This year, Virginia Tech is a No. Vermont kept things close against a pair of 4-seeds, Florida State in 2019 and Purdue in 2017, and Albany refused to go away easily three years in a row from 2013 to 2015 against No. The ACC has the most national championships in the modern era (11), so even in a year with no clear title threat, it's hard not to expect someone to get hot. That's been the case in 28 of the past 35 tournaments (80%). That's despite being a one-bid league each year, which has become the norm. 13 seed or worse. 6 and 13 seed. Printable brackets: GIF | PDF. It has happened in 33 of the 35 tournaments -- including 12 straight -- since the field expanded to 64 teams. Virginia 9 seed and face North Carolina in the first round. Alabama 1 seeds (Illinois, Michigan) and a pair of No. View, download, and print up-to-the-minute Men's NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament brackets on ESPN.com. Will Gonzaga complete an unbeaten season? That's the first time the Big East has gotten four or fewer bids in consecutive tournaments in the modern era. It's time to fill out your Big Dance bracket and … 14 seed, the highest in school history. Only 1 day until the tournament begins! Baylor The last time No. And we will have an NCAA tournament in 2021. Of the 57 coaches who have at least 10 NCAA tournament games against higher-seeded teams, Barnes has the worst winning percentage (see list to the right). UC Santa Barbara Texas 6 seeds. In those two years, Big 12 teams are 4-1 in the Sweet 16, and only one of those five teams was a top-two seed. Copyright © 2021 WTVD-TV. 10 seeds won three of four meetings with 7-seeds for the first time since 2010 and just the fifth time ever. 2 seed, will bear most of the weight of expectation along those lines, although Arkansas' late-season surge could make it a popular pick from outside of the top two seed lines. Expectations are high again this year, with the Cougars earning their highest seed since those glory days. play. 13 seed and will face Purdue on Friday. 2 seed Houston and 11th-seeded Wichita State, which will play in the First Four. Why history says Alabama won't reach the Final Four. 1 seed present (2011). So while the 2-2 mark the past two tournaments may not seem like much, it's progress. 4 seed this year. Chris Beard has led the Red Raiders to eight NCAA tournament wins in the past two tournaments, which equals the number of tourney wins Texas Tech had in its history before Beard arrived. All three of his career wins came in his first appearance, when he led 11th-seeded Tennessee from the First Four to the Sweet 16 in 2014. They'll start in the First Four against UCLA. The only seeds with fewer Elite Eight appearances since 2002 are the 12s through 16s, which have combined for one Elite Eight trip ever. • Only three times have all Elite Eight participants been seeded fourth or better (1995, 2007, 2009). While the conference has had at least one team in 22 of the past 28 Elite Eights, it hasn't had a team reach the title game in seven years and it's been nine years since the league's most recent championship. In the first 25 years of the modern tournament era, No. Lon Kruger has the Sooners back in the tournament, but Oklahoma's sputtering finish to the regular season and the resulting drop in seed is cause for concern. And in the past two tourneys, five of the eight matchups were single-digit affairs. 3 seeds have reached the Sweet 16 in seven of the past 10 tournaments, 2019 marked the third time all four 3-seeds made it (also 2008, 2009). So take a good, hard look at the bracket to see if any lower seed catches your eye as Final Four material. The 2019 tourney marked the first time the Missouri Valley Conference lost a game in the first round since 2012 (Valley teams were 9-0 the previous six years). We will update the March Madness bracket and TV schedule here as soon as it is officially available. 12 North Dakota State beat Oklahoma in 2014 -- and Summit teams seeded 15th or 16th have lost their 11 first-round games by an average of 26.0 points. 2 seeds in this category are quite alarming, as exactly two-thirds of them (14 of 21) didn't make it out of the first weekend. The Flames pulled an upset as a No. This is just the second time in the past seven tourneys they aren't a top-two seed. Oregon reached the Elite Eight as a No. 2 seeds (Ohio State, Iowa) this year. Clemson 3 on four occasions under Scott Drew, reaching the Elite Eight twice (2010, 2012), Sweet 16 once (2017) and losing to 14th-seeded Georgia State in the 2015 first round. Then in 2016, No. 12 seeds won three of the four meetings. No. It's the 10th anniversary of the Eagles' first-round upset of Louisville, when Demonte Harper drilled a 3-pointer with 4.2 seconds left for a 62-61 victory, their only round-of-64 win in school history. The same task lies ahead for Norfolk State this year, as it faces App State in the First Four. The only three other times the A-10 went winless (1977, 1990, 2005), it had just one representative. Pitino is the third coach to take five different schools -- also Boston University, Providence, Kentucky and Louisville -- to the NCAA tournament, joining Lon Kruger and Tubby Smith. I'll leave that to our great ESPN college basketball writers and analysts. For just the second time in the past 10 tournaments, the WAC is not represented by New Mexico State. 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