2006ncaatourneyfieldpred

(d.c.) 1 uconn 27-3 vs. 16 southern 20-12 vs. 16 hampton 16-15
(atlanta) 1 duke 30-3 vs. 16 belmont 20-10
(minneapolis) 1 villanova 25-4 vs. 16 monmouth 18-14
(oakland) 1 memphis 30-3 vs. 16 albany 21-10

(oakland) 2 ohio state 25-5 vs. 15 oral roberts 21-11
(minneapolis) 2 texas 27-6 vs. 15 pacific 24-7
(atlanta) 2 ucla 27-6 vs. 15 murray state 24-6
(d.c.) 2 gonzaga 27-3 vs. 15 montana 23-6

(oakland) 3 florida 27-6 vs. 14 northwestern state 25-7
(minneapolis) 3 pitt 24-7 vs. 14 davidson 20-10
(atlanta) 3 boston college 26-7 vs. 14 iona 23-7
(d.c.) 3 north carolina 22-7 vs. 14 winthrop 23-7

(oakland) 4 iowa 25-8 vs. 13 wisconsin-milwaukee 21-8
(minneapolis) 4 kansas 25-7 vs. 13 south alabama 24-6
(atlanta) 4 louisiana state 23-8 vs. 13 pennsylvania 20-8
(d.c.) 4 illinois 25-6 vs. 13 kent state 25-8

(oakland) 5 tennessee 21-7 vs. 12 bradley 20-10
(minneapolis) 5 west virginia 20-10 vs. 12 florida state 19-9
(atlanta) 5 syracuse 23-11 vs. 12 san diego state 24-8
(d.c.) 5 washington 24-6 vs. 12 xavier 21-10

(oakland) 6 george washington 26-2 vs. 11 north carolina-wilmington 25-7
(minneapolis) 6 georgetown 21-8 vs. 11 texas a&m 21-7
(atlanta) 6 oklahoma 20-8 vs. 11 seton hall 18-11
(d.c.) 6 indiana 18-11 vs. 11 northern iowa 23-9

(oakland) 7 michigan state 22-11 vs. 10 bucknell 26-4
(minneapolis) 7 wisconsin 19-11 vs. 10 alabama 17-12
(atlanta) 7 marquette 20-10 vs. 10 michigan 18-10
(d.c.) 7 nevada 27-5 vs. 10 alabama-birmingham 24-6

(oakland) 8 north carolina state 21-9 vs. 9 cincinnati 19-12
(minneapolis) 8 kentucky 21-12 vs. 9 california 20-10
(atlanta) 8 wichita state 24-8 vs. 9 arizona 19-12
(d.c.) 8 southern illinois 22-10 vs. 9 arkansas 22-9

2006 ncaa tournament field predictions
effective 3/12

31 of 34 at-large spots correctly predicted.
23 of 65 teams seeded correctly.

bold = clinch automatic bid
(play-in game is southern vs. hampton)

bids by conference
american east - 1
atlantic 10 - 2
acc - 5
atlantic sun - 1
big 12 - 4
big east - 9
big sky - 1
big south - 1
big ten - 7
big west - 1
colonial - 1
cusa - 2
horizon - 1
ivy - 1
maac - 1
mid continent - 1
mac - 1
meac - 1
mvc - 4
mwc - 1
northeast - 1
ovc - 1
pac 10 - 4
patriot - 1
sec - 6
southern - 1
southland - 1
swac - 1
sun belt - 1
west coast - 1
wac - 1