2001 NCAA Tournament Breakdown

Some names and numbers for you to consider as you watch Michigan and Minnesota swing their purses at each other...

2001

In case you don't remember, the West's 2-15 game was mildly entertaining. I wish I could find a picture of Jamaal Tinsley blowing the layup to win it.

East
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Duke	ACC	29-4	Tournament Champion
#2	Kentucky	SEC	22-9	Tournament Champion
#3	Boston College	Big East	25-4	Tournament Champion
#4	UCLA	Pac-10	21-8	At-Large
#5	Ohio State	Big 10	20-10	At-Large
#6	USC	Pac-10	21-9	At-Large
#7	Iowa	Big 10	22-11	Tournament Champion
#8	Georgia	SEC	16-14	At-Large
#9	Missouri	Big 12	18-12	At-Large
#10	Creighton	MVC	24-7	At-Large
#11	Oklahoma State	Big 12	19-9	At-Large
#12	Utah State	Big West	23-5	Tournament Champion
#13	Hofstra	Am. East	26-4	Tournament Champion
#14	Southern Utah	MCC	22-5	Tournament Champion
#15	Holy Cross	Patriot	22-7	Tournament Champion
#16	Monmouth	NEC	21-9	Tournament Champion

West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Stanford	Pac-10	26-2	Tournament Champion
#2	Iowa State	Big 12	24-5	At-Large
#3	Maryland	ACC	21-10	At-Large
#4	Indiana	Big 10	21-12	At-Large
#5	Cincinnati	C-USA	23-9	At-Large
#6	Wisconsin	Big Ten	18-10	At-Large
#7	Arkansas	SEC	20-10	At-Large
#8	Georgia Tech	ACC	17-12	At-Large
#9	St. Joseph's	A-10	25-6	At-Large
#10	Georgetown	Big East	23-7	At-Large
#11	Georgia State	TAAC	25-4	Tournament Champion
#12	BYU	MWC	24-8	Tournament Champion
#13	Kent State	MAC	22-9	Tournament Champion
#14	George Mason	CAA	18-11	Tournament Champion
#15	Hampton	MEAC	24-6	Tournament Champion
#16	UNC-Greensboro	Southern	18-11	Tournament Champion

South
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Michigan State	Big 10	24-4	At-Large
#2	North Carolina	ACC	25-6	At-Large
#3	Florida	SEC	23-6	At-Large
#4	Oklahoma	Big 12	26-6	Tournament Champion
#5	Virginia	ACC	20-8	At-Large
#6	Texas	Big 12	25-8	At-Large
#7	Penn State	Big 10	19-11	At-Large
#8	California	Pac-10	20-10	At-Large
#9	Fresno State	WAC	25-6	At-Large
#10	Providence	Big East	20-9	At-Large
#11	Temple	A-10	20-12	Tournament Champion
#12	Gonzaga	WCC	23-6	Tournament Champion
#13	Indiana State	MVC	20-11	Tournament Champion
#14	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	21-6	Tournament Champion
#15	Princeton	Ivy	15-10	Regular Season Champion
#16	Alabama State	SWAC	20-7	Tournament Champion

Midwest
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Illinois	Big 10	24-7	At-Large
#2	Arizona	Pac-10	22-7	At-Large
#3	Mississippi	SEC	24-7	At-Large
#4	Kansas	Big 12	22-6	At-Large
#5	Syracuse	Big East	24-8	At-Large
#6	Notre Dame	Big East	19-9	At-Large
#7	Wake Forest	ACC	19-10	At-Large
#8	Tennessee	SEC	22-10	At-Large
#9	Charlotte	C-USA	21-10	Tournament Champion
#10	Butler	Mid-Col	21-7	Tournament Champion
#11	Xavier	A-10	21-7	At-Large
#12	Hawaii	WAC	17-13	Tournament Champion
#13	CS-Northridge	Big Sky	20-9	Tournament Champion
#14	Iona	MAAC	21-10	Tournament Champion
#15	Eastern Illinois	OVC	19-9	Tournament Champion
Play-in	Northwestern State	Southland	18-12	Tournament Champion
Play-in	Winthrop	Big South	16-11	Tournament Champion

Last teams in: Oklahoma State, Xavier (11 seeds)
Worst RPI's in: Oklahoma State (#49), Missouri (#47)
Best RPI's left out: Mississippi State (#40), Richmond (#43)

Conference RPI standings (number of bids received)
1. SEC (6)
2. Big 10 (7)
3. ACC (6)
4. Big East (5)
5. Pac-10 (5)
6. Big 12 (6)
7. WAC (2)
8. Mountain West (1)
9. Atlantic 10 (3)
10. Conference USA (2)

Mid-Major Involvement
For purposes of consistency, regardless of the conference ranks, we'll regard the ACC, Big 10, Big XII, Pac-10, Big East, and SEC as the "power conferences." Although the Missouri Valley rates very well in comparison to those teams, until Bradley gets to the Final Four or something, they're still a mid-major.

Power Conference Automatic Bids: 6
Mid-Major Automatic Bids: 24
Power Conference At-Large Bids: 29
Mid-Major At-Large Bids: 6

TEAM MOST LIKE IOWA:
ACC
1. Duke (29-4, 13-3) (RPI: hahahaha, just kidding)