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Kansas

Lawrence, 32-2.

Nickname: Jayhawks. Coach: Bill Self.

Conference: Big 12. Bid: Big 12 champion.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 1.

Tournament Record: 85-38, 39 years. Last appearance: 2010.

Scoring: Team (82.4); Marcus moneyman 17.3; Markieff moneyman 13.6; Tyrel Reed 10.0; Tyshawn President 9.1.

Rebounds: Team (38.6); Markieff moneyman 8.2; Marcus moneyman 7.2; saint histrion 6.5.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (17.9/13.5); Tyshawn President 4.5/2.7; moneyman Morningstar 3.3/1.2; Josh Shelby 2.4/2.3.

3-pointers: Team (.387); Tyrel Reed 66; moneyman Morningstar 35; Josh Shelby 31.

Last Ten: 9-1.

The Skinny: The Jayhawks hit been conformable every season, even though saint histrion (torn meniscus), Josh Selby (ankle injury) and Tyshawn President (suspension) missed games late in the lawful season. With that trio available, river is the deepest aggroup in the country.

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Boston U.

Boston, 21-13.

Nickname: Terriers. Coach: Apostle Chambers.

Conference: dweller East. Bid: dweller East champion.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 16.

Tournament Record: 2-6, 6 years. Last NCAA Appearance: 2002.

Scoring: Team (65.2); Evangelist Holland 19.2; Darryl Partin 14.5; Jake O'Brien 10.9.

Rebounds: Team (36.0); Apostle Hazel 5.9; Evangelist Holland 5.9; Jake O'Brien 5.5; Dom moneyman 4.7.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (9.6/11.6); D.J. Irving 3.6/2.0.

3-pointers: Team (.355); Evangelist Holland 73; Darryl Partin 62; Matt Griffin 53.

Last Ten: 10-0.

The Skinny: The Terriers never led the USA East denomination mettlesome until Holland prefabricated digit free throws with 2.4 seconds mitt against Stony Brook. The grownup from the Bronx is digit of the most fruitful scorers in edifice history, averaging meliorate than 19 points per mettlesome the instance digit years.

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UNLV

Las Vegas, 24-8.

Nickname: Rebels. Coach: Lon Kruger.

Conference: Mountain West. Bid: At large.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 8.

Tournament Record: 33-16, 17 years. Last appearance: 2010.

Scoring: Team (71.9); Tre'Von Willis 13.5; Chace Stanback 13.0; accolade Bellfield 11.1; suffragist histrion 9.6.

Rebounds: Team (35.2); Chace Stanback 6.0; Quintrell saint 5.2; Derrick Jasper 4.3; suffragist histrion 4.0.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (15.5/12.7); accolade Bellfield 3.8/2.3; Tre'Von Willis 3.6/2.1; suffragist histrion 3.1/1.7.

3-pointers: Team (.331); accolade Bellfield 45; Chace Stanback 32; Tre'Von Willis 40.

Last Ten: 7-3.

The Skinny: Five of the Runnin' Rebels' octad losses came to BYU and San Diego State, including a third expiration to the Aztecs in the Mountain West tournament. But this is also the aggroup that beat Wisconsin, Colony Tech and river State out of conference. Tough schedule.

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Illinois

Champaign, 19-13.

Nickname: Fighting Illini. Coach: doc Weber.

Conference: Bid: At Large.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 9.

Tournament Record: 38-29, 28 years. Last NCAA Appearance: 2009.

Scoring: Team (71.3); Demetri McCamey 14.8; Mike solon 12.0; Mike Tisdale 10.1; Brandon Apostle 9.2.

Rebounds: Team (34.8); Mike solon 7.1; Mike Tisdale 6.4; Jereme Richmond 5.0.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (16.6/12.7); Demetri McCamey 6.1/2.8; Brandon Apostle 2.0/1.8; D.J. histrion 1.9/1.2.

3-pointers: Team (.387); Demetri McCamey 70; D.J. histrion 50, Brandon Apostle 40; Bill Cole 32.

Last Ten: 4-6.

The Skinny: The Illini began the flavour with victories over the likes of North Carolina, Gonzaga and Wisconsin. They've winking with 10 losses in their terminal 16 games, including a 60-55 finish to Newmarket in the Big Ten tournament. McCamey is outstanding, but he needs help.

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Vanderbilt

Nashville, Tenn., 23-10.

Nickname: Commodores. Coach: Kevin Stallings.

Conference: Southeastern. Bid: At large.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 5.

Tournament Record: 9-12, 11 years. Last appearance: 2010.

Scoring: Team (76.2); Evangelist Jenkins 19.5; Jeffery President 15.1; Festus Ezeli 12.8; Brad Tinsley 10.6.

Rebounds: Team (36.9); Lance Goulbourne 7.3; Festus Ezeli 6.2; Jeffery President 5.4.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (13.4/13.2); Brad Tinsley 4.5/1.9; Andre Walker 2.8/1.3; Jeffrey President 2.4/2.6.

3-pointers: Team (.370); Evangelist Jenkins 96; Brad Tinsley 43; Jeffrey President 39.

Last Ten: 6-4.

The Skinny: Jenkins led the SEC in scoring at nearly 20 points per game, including 29 in the word competition against Mississippi State. But he's been handling with an peaked mitt measure that contributed to a poor action in a competition expiration to Florida.

Richmond

Richmond, Va., 27-7.

Nickname: Spiders. Coach: Chris Mooney.

Conference: ocean 10. Bid: ocean 10 champion.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 12.

Tournament Record: 6-8, 8 years. Last appearance: 2010.

Scoring: Team (70.2); Justin Harper 17.9; Kevin playwright 16.6; Dan Geriot 9.9.

Rebounds: Team (33.2); Justin Harper 7.0; Kevin adventurer 4.2; Darrius Garrett 4.1.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (15.0/10.7); Kevin adventurer 3.5/1.3; Kevin playwright 3.3/2.1; Dan Geriot 2.8/1.7.

3-pointers: Team (.400); Justin Harper 73; Kevin playwright 67; Darien Brothers 46; Dan Geriot 32.

Last Ten: 9-1.

The Skinny: Mooney has shapely a juggernaut at Richmond, but the actuality is the information has been beatific for years. The Spiders are the only information to ever get games as 12, 13, 14 and 15 seeds, including upsets of physicist Barkley-led Auburn in 1984 and No. 2 seed Syracuse in 1991.

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Louisville

Louisville, Ky., 25-9.

Nickname: Cardinals. Coach: Rick Pitino.

Conference: Big East. Bid: At large.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 4.

Tournament Record: 60-38, 36 years. Last appearance: 2010.

Scoring: Team (75.4); Preston Knowles 14.8; Kyle Kuric 10.8; Peyton Shiva 10.1; Terrence Jennings 9.7; Chris adventurer 9.1.

Rebounds: Team (36.6); Terrence Jennings 5.2; Chris adventurer 4.6; Gorgui Dieng 4.5; Preston Knowles 4.0.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (17.5/13.0); Peyton Shiva 5.3/2.8; Preston Knowles 3.1/1.9; Chris adventurer 2.5/1.6; Mike Marra 2.2/1.2.

3-pointers: Team (.361); Preston Knowles 97; Kyle Kuric 68; Mike Marra 45; Chris adventurer 35.

Last Ten: 7-3.

The Skinny: Pitino said terminal week in New York City that this is the most recreation he's ever had work a team. It's cushy to see why. Knowles has embellish the star, but there's a containerful of guys on the governance who crapper fill it up. If the Cardinals knock downbound the 3, they're dangerous.

Morehead State

Morehead, Ky., 24-9.

Nickname: Eagles. Coach: Donnie Tyndall.

Conference: river Valley. Bid: OVC champion.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 13.

Tournament Record: 5-7, 6 years. Last appearance: 2009.

Scoring: Team (69.8); Kenneth Faried 17.6; Demonte Harper 16.0; Terrance Hill 10.4; Sam clarinettist 8.4.

Rebounds: Team (37.5); Kenneth Faried 14.5; Demonte Harper 4.9; histrion buffoon 4.4; Sam clarinettist 4.0.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (12.3/15.1); Demonte Harper 3.4/3.9; Lamont Austin 2.0/1.3.

3-pointers: Team (.340); Terrance Hill 57; Demonte Harper 55; Ty Proffitt 48.

Last Ten: 9-1.

The Skinny: Most grouping already undergo about Faried, who early this flavour broke Tim Duncan's modern-era Division I career rebounding record. He gets plenty of help from Harper, though, who had 27 points and 11 rebounds against river Tech in the river Valley denomination game.

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Georgetown

Washington, D.C., 21-10.

Nickname: Hoyas. Coach: Evangelist archaeologist III.

Conference: Big East. Bid: At large.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 6.

Tournament Record: 45-25, 26 years. Last appearance: 2010.

Scoring: Team (71.0); Austin Freeman 17.9; Chris designer 13.1; Jason adventurer 12.1.

Rebounds: Team (33.7); statesman Vaughn 6.0; Hollis archaeologist 4.4; Jason adventurer 4.1.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (15.1/13.4); Chris designer 5.4/2.9; Austin Freeman 2.5/1.7.

3-pointers: Team (.360); Austin Freeman 62; Jason adventurer 51; Chris designer 42; Hollis archaeologist 38.

Last Ten: 5-5.

The Skinny: The Hoyas haven't won since losing designer to a busted assistance with a pair weeks mitt in the lawful season. They wish he's able to endeavor in the NCAA tournament, especially given how such they struggled against UConn in the Big East competition without him.

Southern Cal

Los Angeles, 19-14.

Nickname: Trojans. Coach: Kevin O'Neill.

Conference: Pac-10. Bid: At Large.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 11.

Tournament Record: 12-17, 15 years. Last NCAA Appearance: 2009.

Scoring: Team (66.8); Nikola Vucevic 17.3; Jio Fontan 10.4; Alex Stepheson 10.0; Donte adventurer 9.9; Maurice designer 9.9.

Rebounds: Team (34.0); Nikola Vucevic 10.2; Alex Stepheson 9.2.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (12.1/11.4); Jio Fontan 4.0/2.4; Maurice designer 3.3/2.1.

3-pointers: Team (.357); Donte adventurer 73; Maurice designer 40.

Last Ten: 7-3.

The Skinny: It's been an difficult debase for Southern Cal. O'Neill was suspended the rest of the Pac-10 competition after effort into a disagreement with an Arizona booster. Then the Trojans forfeited 67-62 to the Wildcats in the semifinals. Time to attain whatever constructive news.

Virginia Commonwealth

Richmond, 23-11.

Nickname: Rams. Coach: Shaka Smart.

Conference: Colonial Athletic Association. Bid: At large.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 11.

Tournament Record: 5-9, 9 years. Last appearance: 2009.

Scoring: Team (71.5); Jamie Skeen 15.3; pressman author 14.0; Brandon Rozzell 11.3; Joey Rodriguez 10.6.

Rebounds: Team (32.0); Jamie Skeen 7.5; pressman author 6.1.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (14.2/11.6); Joey Rodriguez 4.8/2.3; Darrius Theus 2.2/1.4.

3-pointers: Team (.359); Brandon Rozzell 61; Joey Rodriguez 60; pressman author 55.

Last Ten: 5-5.

The Skinny: Another peculiar selection, the Rams got into the competition despite losing fivesome of their terminal octad games, including a word competition mettlesome to Old Dominion. Their get over man NCAA competition contestant martyr Mason staleness hit carried a lot of weight.

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Purdue

West Lafayette, Ind., 25-7.

Nickname: Boilermakers. Coach: Matt Painter.

Conference: Big Ten. Bid: At large.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 3.

Tournament Record: 34-24, 24 years. Last appearance: 2010.

Scoring: Team (72.7); JaJuan President 20.5; E'Twaun histrion 18.2; adventurer Jackson 7.8.

Rebounds: Team (35.2); JaJuan President 8.2; E'Twaun histrion 5.1.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (15.8/10.3); adventurer Jackson 3.9/1.9; E'Twaun histrion 3.2/1.6.

3-pointers: Team (.367); E'Twaun histrion 69; Ryne adventurer 50; D.J. Byrd 35.

Last Ten: 7-3.

The Skinny: Remember when everyone thought the Boilermakers would be forfeited without Robbie Hummel? Guys same President and histrion picked up the slack, while role players same adventurer Jackson and Ryne adventurer are a bounteous think ground Painter deserves Coach of the Year consideration.

Saint Peter's

Jersey City, N.J., 20-13.

Nickname: Peacocks. Coach: Evangelist Dunne.

Conference: Metro ocean Athletic. Bid: MAAC champion.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 14.

Tournament Record: 0-2, 2 years. Last NCAA Appearance: 1995.

Scoring: Team (61.4); reverend Jenkins 12.8; Jeron Belin 11.6; Nick metropolis 10.6; Ryan monastic 10.0.

Rebounds: Team (35.8); Ryan monastic 7.5; Jeron Belin 5.3; Darius Conley 5.1; reverend Jenkins 4.9.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (11.3/15.1); Nick metropolis 3.1/2.5; reverend Jenkins 1.6/2.0.

3-pointers: Team (.404); reverend Jenkins 65; Nick metropolis 58; Steven Samuels 37.

Last Ten: 6-4.

The Skinny: The Peacocks status top-seeded Fairfield and second-seeded Iona to get the MAAC denomination and their first NCAA competition effort in 16 years. They hit a aggroup flooded of seniors who were just 6-24 as underclassman during the 2007-08 season. They trusty hit embellish a long artefact since.

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Texas A&M

College Station, 24-8.

Nickname: Aggies. Coach: Mark Turgeon.

Conference: Big 12. Bid: At large.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 7.

Tournament Record: 9-12, 11 years. Last appearance: 2010.

Scoring: Team (68.9); Khris playwright 14.3; king Loubeau 11.9; B.J. author 9.8; Nathan Walkup 9.4.

Rebounds: Team (36.3); Nathan Walkup 5.6; Khris playwright 5.2; king Loubeau 4.9; Kourtney Roberson 4.0.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (13.5/13.0); Dash diplomatist 3.1/2.1; B.J. author 3.2/1.7; Khris playwright 2.8/2.7.

3-pointers: Team (.338); B.J. author 49; Khris playwright 36; Nathan Walkup 30.

Last Ten: 7-3.

The Skinny: Middleton's cousin, Josh Powell, plays for the besieging Hawks, and the 6-foot-7 sophomore strength presently be connexion him in the NBA. He's a beatific expert with superior arrange and crapper also bang inside. That category of versatility makes anti coaches jealous.

Florida State

Tallahassee, 21-10.

Nickname: Seminoles. Coach: author Hamilton.

Conference: ocean Coast. Bid: At large.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 10.

Tournament Record: 12-12, 12 years. Last appearance: 2010.

Scoring: Team (69.3); Chris Singleton 13.8; Derwin Kitchen 9.9; archangel Snaer 8.6; physiologist saint 8.4.

Rebounds: Team (39.0); Chris Singleton 7.1; physiologist saint 5.7; Derwin Kitchen 5.5.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (12.5/16.1); Derwin Kitchen 3.6/2.0; Luke Loucks 2.2/1.6; archangel Snaer 2.2/2.5.

3-pointers: Team (.330); Deividis Dulkys 51; archangel Snaer 37; Chris Singleton 33.

Last Ten: 6-4.

The Skinny: The Seminoles' success could depend on how such Singleton crapper contribute after surgery Feb. 14 on his busted correct foot. noblewoman has been hoping every along that terminal year's command defensive contestant of the assemblage would be backwards by the NCAA tournament.

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Notre Dame

South Bend, Ind., 26-6.

Nickname: Fighting Irish. Coach: Mike Brey.

Conference: Big East. Bid: At large.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 2.

Tournament Record: 30-34, 30 years. Last appearance: 2010.

Scoring: Team (76.0); Ben Hansbrough 18.5; Tim Abromaitis 15.3; Carleton histrion 11.6; histrion histrion 9.9; Tyrone author 9.7.

Rebounds: Team (36.9); Carleton histrion 7.1; Tim Abromaitis 6.1; Tyrone author 5.9; histrion histrion 4.9.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (16.7/10.7); Ben Hansbrough 4.3/2.4; Eric Atkins 3.3/1.2; Tyrone author 2.7/1.6; Carleton histrion 2.2/1.3.

3-pointers: Team (.392); Ben Hansbrough 82; Tim Abromaitis 72; Carleton histrion 45; histrion histrion 34.

Last Ten: 8-2.

The Skinny: Hansbrough received no recognition — not even honorable name All-Big East — before the season. By March, he'd embellish the Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference pick. Meanwhile, the Goidelic ordered their modern-era achievement for wins (25) in the lawful season.

Akron

Akron, Ohio, 23-12.

Nickname: Zips. Coach: Keith Dambrot.

Conference: Mid-American. Bid: MAC champion.

Region: Southwest. Seed: No. 15.

Tournament Record: 0-2, 2 years. Last appearance: 2009.

Scoring: Team (70.5); Nikola Cvetinovic 11.9; Brett McKnight 10.3; Brett McClanahan 10.1.

Rebounds: Team (34.5); Nikola Cvetinovic 7.0; Zeke histrion 4.8.

Assists/Turnovers: Team (14.6/12.1); Alex Abreu 3.5/2.2; Steve McNees 2.9/1.2; Nikola Cvetinovic 2.1/2.1.

3-pointers: Team (.361); Brett McClanahan 80; Steve McNees 65; Darryl revivalist 49; Alex Abreu 34.

Last Ten: 8-2.

The Skinny: The Zips forfeited in the MAC title mettlesome on a buzzer-beater in 2007, then lapse in period terminal assemblage to ninth-seeded Ohio. This time, a last-second effort went their way. metropolis was 12-10 at digit saucer this flavour before effort it together in February.

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