2006 NCAA Tourney Breakdown
Starting today, I'll be breaking down one NCAA tournament per day. I'll examine the Big Ten's invitees, the field as a whole, and what effect the mid-majors had on the field. My aim is that you'll use this avalanche of information to determine if there's any precedent to the talk that Iowa should be in. Or I suppose you could use it however you'd like.
2006
The bracket seed tables are heisted from the 2006 tourney Wikipedia page for purposes of saving me the task of typing every team's name.
| Atlanta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth Type |
| #1 | Duke | ACC | 30-3 | Tournament Champion |
| #2 | Texas | Big 12 | 27-6 | At-Large Bid |
| #3 | Iowa | Big Ten | 25-8 | Tournament Champion |
| #4 | LSU | SEC | 23-8 | At-Large Bid |
| #5 | Syracuse | Big East | 23-11 | Tournament Champion |
| #6 | West Virginia | Big East | 20-10 | At-Large Bid |
| #7 | California | Pac-10 | 20-10 | At-Large Bid |
| #8 | George Washington | A-10 | 26-2 | At-Large Bid |
| #9 | UNC-Wilmington | CAA | 25-7 | Tournament Champion |
| #10 | NC State | ACC | 21-9 | At-Large Bid |
| #11 | Southern Illinois | MVC | 22-10 | Tournament Champion |
| #12 | Texas A&M | Big 12 | 21-8 | At-Large Bid |
| #13 | Iona | MAAC | 23-7 | Tournament Champion |
| #14 | Northwestern State | Southland | 25-7 | Tournament Champion |
| #15 | Penn | Ivy League | 20-8 | Regular Season Champion |
| #16 | Southern | SWAC | 19-12 | Tournament Champion |
| Oakland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth Type |
| #1 | Memphis | C-USA | 30-3 | Tournament Champion |
| #2 | UCLA | Pac-10 | 27-6 | Tournament Champion |
| #3 | Gonzaga | WCC | 27-3 | Tournament Champion |
| #4 | Kansas | Big 12 | 25-7 | Tournament Champion |
| #5 | Pittsburgh | Big East | 24-7 | At-Large Bid |
| #6 | Indiana | Big Ten | 18-11 | At-Large Bid |
| #7 | Marquette | Big East | 20-10 | At-Large Bid |
| #8 | Arkansas | SEC | 22-9 | At-Large Bid |
| #9 | Bucknell | Patriot | 26-4 | Tournament Champion |
| #10 | Alabama | SEC | 17-12 | At-Large Bid |
| #11 | San Diego State | MWC | 24-8 | Tournament Champion |
| #12 | Kent State | MAC | 25-8 | Tournament Champion |
| #13 | Bradley | MVC | 20-10 | At-Large Bid |
| #14 | Xavier | A-10 | 21-10 | Tournament Champion |
| #15 | Belmont | Atlantic Sun | 20-10 | Tournament Champion |
| #16 | Oral Roberts | Mid-Continent | 21-11 | Tournament Champion |
| Washington, D.C. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth Type |
| #1 | Connecticut | Big East | 27-3 | At-Large Bid |
| #2 | Tennessee | SEC | 21-7 | At-Large Bid |
| #3 | North Carolina | ACC | 23-8 | At-Large Bid |
| #4 | Illinois | Big Ten | 25-6 | At-Large Bid |
| #5 | Washington | Pac-10 | 24-6 | At-Large Bid |
| #6 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 22-11 | At-Large Bid |
| #7 | Wichita State | MVC | 24-8 | At-Large Bid |
| #8 | Kentucky | SEC | 21-12 | At-Large Bid |
| #9 | UAB | C-USA | 24-6 | At-Large Bid |
| #10 | Seton Hall | Big East | 18-11 | At-Large Bid |
| #11 | George Mason | CAA | 25-7 | At-Large Bid |
| #12 | Utah State | WAC | 23-8 | At-Large Bid |
| #13 | Air Force | Mtn. West | 24-6 | At-Large Bid |
| #14 | Murray State | OVC | 24-6 | Tournament Champion |
| #15 | Winthrop | Big South | 23-7 | Tournament Champion |
| #16 | Albany | Am. East | 21-10 | Tournament Champion |
| Minneapolis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth Type |
| #1 | Villanova | Big East | 25-4 | At-Large Bid |
| #2 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 25-5 | At-Large Bid |
| #3 | Florida | SEC | 27-6 | Tournament Champion |
| #4 | Boston College | ACC | 26-7 | At-Large Bid |
| #5 | Nevada | WAC | 27-5 | Tournament Champion |
| #6 | Oklahoma | Big 12 | 20-8 | At-Large Bid |
| #7 | Georgetown | Big East | 21-9 | At-Large Bid |
| #8 | Arizona | Pac-10 | 19-12 | At-Large Bid |
| #9 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 19-11 | At-Large Bid |
| #10 | Northern Iowa | MVC | 23-9 | At-Large Bid |
| #11 | Milwaukee | Horizon | 21-8 | Tournament Champion |
| #12 | Montana | Big Sky | 23-6 | Tournament Champion |
| #13 | Pacific | Big West | 24-7 | Tournament Champion |
| #14 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 24-6 | Tournament Champion |
| #15 | Davidson | Southern | 18-10 | Tournament Champion |
| Play-in | Monmouth | NEC | 18-14 | Tournament Champion |
| Play-in | Hampton | MEAC | 16-15 | Tournament Champion |
Last teams in: Bradley, Air Force (13 seeds)
Worst RPI's in: California (#57), Seton Hall (#58)
Best RPI's left out: Missouri State (#21), Hofstra (#30)
Conference RPI standings (number of bids received)
1. Big Ten (6)
2. Big East (8)
3. ACC (4)
4. SEC (6)
5. Big XII (4)
6. MVC (4)
7. Pac-10 (4)
8. Mountain West (2)
9. WAC (2)
10. Colonial (2)
TEAM MOST LIKE IOWA:
This job was a lot harder before the loss to Penn State. I was giving Iowa the benefit of the doubt and penciling them in for 9/10 conference wins, but still with an RPI on the wrong side of 70. That now looks irrelevant, as Iowa now can best hope for a 9-7 conference record that could be as low as 7th in the conference. Nonetheless, here's Iowa's peer (the way it looks now) in the 2006 tourney pool:
PAC-10:
5. Stanford (15-13, 11-7) (RPI: 86)
Stanford, like Iowa, had an absolutely disastrous non-conference fling, getting smoked by a subpar UC-Irvine team and a worse UC-Davis, who was flirting with going sub-300 in the RPI. Nonetheless, they persevered in the Pac-10, finishing 11-7 with wins against Washington and California. The Cardinal, of course, did not make the tournament. They did make the NIT, where they lost in the 2nd round to top NCAA snub Missouri State, 76-67. So there's that for Iowa to look forward to.
I'll be going all the way back to 1999, as that's as far back as the good data go for breaking down a tournament field. Stay tuned!
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