NCAA Selections

#1 Seeds - UNC - East; Memphis in the South; UCLA in the West; Kansas Jayhawks in the Midwest. No shocker here.

Boy, watching the selection show is a beating. They seem to try really hard not to tell you the information you showed up to watch. It's like watching an American Idol episode for an hour to find out the results of a vote that ended 21 hours earlier. Now, the East region...

• 1UNC plays the winner of Coppin St and Mt. St. Mary's.
• 8 Indiana plays the Arkansas Razorbacks
• 5 Notre Dame plays George Mason
• 4 Washington State plays Winthrop
• 2 Tennessee plays Patroit Leage champ American University
• 7 Butler plays South Alabama
• 3 Louisville plays Boise State
• 6 Oklahoma plays St. Joseph's - should the Sooners win and Boise State upset Louisville, we could get another round of 2007 Fiesta Bowl highlights.

Now the West...

• 1 Kansas will play the Portland State Vikings
• 8 UNLV plays Kent State
• 5 Clemson will battle Villanova
• 4 Vanderbilt plays Siena
• 2 Georgetown plays UMBC
• 7 Gonzaga plays Davidson - Gonzaga is no longer the Cinderella. Davidson gave UNC quite a battle early in the year.
• 3 Wisconsin plays Cal State Fullerton
• 6 Southern Cal plays the Kansas State Wildcats

Now the South Region

• 1 Memphis will play the UT Arlington Mavericks in Little Rock. That's like a home game for Memphis. The only thing that keeps Memphis from being in Arkansas is the Mississippi River.
• 8 Mississippi State plays Oregon
• 5 Michigan State plays Temple
• 4 Pitt will take on the ORU Golden Eagles
• 2 Texas will meet Austin Peay Governors.
• 7 Miami Hurricane will take on St. Mary Gaels, who are thrilled to have squeaked into the tourney
• 3 Stanford plays Cornell
• 6 Marquette plays Kentucky

We'll see if Baylor and TAMU make it into the West region...

• 1 UCLA plays Mississippi Valley State just down the road in Anaheim
• 8 BYU Cougars play Texas A&M
• 5 Drake plays Western Kentucky
• 4 Connecticutt plays San Diego
• 2 Duke plays Belmont
• 7 West Virginia plays Arizona
• 3 Xavier plays Georgia. Georgia squeaked into the tourney by winning the SEC tourney.
• 6 Purdue will play the Baylor Freaking Bears! Congrats to the Bears.

If you go by RPI, I believe Dayton and Illinois State were the highest ranking teams not to receive an atlarge bid. Georgia's improbably run finished off Dayton and/or Illinois State's hopes. The RedBirds and Flyers were higher ranked than Kentucky, Arizona, South Alabama, Villanova, and Oregon.

ESPN is talking about how several bubble teams deserve to be in, but no one's mentioning who they would omit.