Ah, March Madness. It's nearly upon us. The time of year when schools you've never heard of pop up on your basketball radar screen. Most of those blips immediately fall off again after the first weekend of the NCAA tournament, of course, but in the meantime, here's looking at (so far):
TEAM CONFERENCE DATE LAST BID
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Pennsylvania (19-7) * Ivy League 3/3 2005
Belmont (20-10) Atlantic Sun 3/4 none
Gonzaga (27-3) West Coast 3/6 2005
Iona (23-7) Metro Atlantic 3/6 2001
Murray St (24-6) Ohio Valley 3/4 2004
Winthrop (23-7) Big South 3/4 2005
Davidson (20-10) Southern 3/5 2002
Southern Illinois (22-6) Missouri Valley 3/5 2005
UNC Wilmington (25-7) Colonial 3/6 2003
Ok, I know UNC Wilmington a little bit. Southern Illinois has one of the best nicknames in sports (Go Salukis!). Penn is pretty well known (joke! joke!), and Gonzaga is no longer a Cinderella school. Iona we never hear about till the tournament; ditto Murray State. I think Davidson is in North Carolina, but Winthrop? Who's Winthrop? I thought Belmont was a horse race; who knew it was also a college?
I wish 'em all well. Knock off some of the big guys, willya?
Posted by Linkmeister at March 7, 2006 04:20 PM | TrackBack