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Pastimes : 2002 NCAA College Basketball March Madness
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To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote (42)3/10/2002 6:12:03 AM
From: EL KABONG!!!  Read Replies (2) of 310
 
Here's where we are to date:

Conference tournament champions; likely 1 bid conferences:

America East Conference - Boston U
Atlantic Sun Conference - Florida Atlantic
Atlantic 10 Conference - Xavier
Big Sky Conference - Montana
Big South Conference - Winthrop
Big West Conference - Santa Barbara
Colonial Conference - UNC-Wilmington
Horizon Conference - Illinois-Chicago
Metro Atlantic Conference - Siena
Mid-American Conference - Kent State
Mid-Continent Conference - Valparaiso
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference - Hampton
Missouri Valley Conference - Creighton
Northeast Conference - Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley Conference - Murray State
Patriot Conference - Holy Cross
Southern Conference - Davidson
Southland Conference - McNeese State
Southwestern Athletic Conference - Alcorn State
Sun Belt Conference - Western Kentucky
West Coast Conference - Gonzaga

Conference co-champions playoff winner; likely 1 bid conference:

Ivy League Conference - Pennsylvania

Conference tournament champions; likely multiple bid conferences:

Big East Conference - Connecticut
Conference USA - Cincinnati
Mountain West Conference - San Diego State
Pac 10 Conference - Arizona
Western Athletic Conference - Hawaii

Yet to be determined; favorites in CAPS:

Atlantic Coast Conference - (North Carolina State or DUKE)
Big 10 Conference - (Iowa or OHIO STATE)
Big 12 Conference - (KANSAS or Oklahoma)
Southeastern Conference - (Mississippi State or ALABAMA)

After tomorrow's final tournament champions are crowned, the remaining 34 bids will likely go to these teams:

Alabama or Mississippi State (one will be a tournament champion)
California-Berkley
Charlotte
Duke or North Carolina State (one will be a tournament champion)
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas or Oklahoma (one will be a tournament champion)
Kentucky
Marquette
Maryland
Miami
Michigan State
Missouri
Notre Dame
Ohio State (if not a tournament champion)
Oklahoma State
Mississippi
Oregon
Pepperdine
Pittsburgh
Stanford
Saint John's
Texas
Texas Tech
UCLA
Southern California
Tulsa
Utah
Utah State
Wake Forest
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Outside shot:

Boston College
Bowling Green
Iowa (still alive for a tournament championship)
Memphis
Southern Illinois (if Ohio State wins the Big 10 tournament, then they're in)
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Virginia

A really, really, really, really extreme longshot:

Jamaican bobsled team and alternates, coached by Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards

KJC
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