Ranked 16th in both polls with a 24-7 record...Pitt is the only team in the Big East to have won at least 20 games overall and 10 league games each of the last nine seasons...the Panthers, who start two juniors, two sophomores, and just one senior, are led by sophomore guard Ashton Gibbs (16.2 ppg) and junior guard Brad Wanamaker (12.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg)...Pitt should mark its ninth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance this season - the longest streak among Big East schools.
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The Longhorns are 23-8...spent two weeks atop both polls in mid-January...the Longhorns start two juniors, one freshman, and two seniors and sport only three seniors on the 14-man roster...freshmen guards Avery Bradley (11.7 ppg) and J'Covan Brown (9.82 ppg) have combined to hand out 141 assists this season...Texas, which has made 11-straight NCAA Tournament appearances, is just one of five schools to advance to the Sweet 16 five of the last eight years (Connecticut, Duke, Kansas, Pittsburgh).
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The Terps are 23-7 this season, ranked 19th in both polls, and co-champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference...Maryland has won at least 19 games each of the last 14 seasons...10 members of the 13-man roster are either juniors, sophomores, or freshmen...sophomore guard Sean Mosley averages 10.8 ppg and 5.3 rpg...freshman forward Jordan Williams nets 9.3 ppg and averages a team-best 8.3 rpg...won the 2006 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
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Is 18-13 this season sporting a roster with only two seniors, neither of whom starts...junior Demetri McCamey paces the Illini in scoring (14.9 ppg) and assists (6.8 apg), while classmate Mike Davis is hauling down a team-best 8.8 rpg to go with his 10.3 ppg...Illinois' 1,627 wins rank 13th nationally and its .653 winning percentage is tops among Big Ten schools...the Illini have finished among the Big Ten's top five in six of head coach Bruce Weber's seven seasons.
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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs – Head Coach: Kerry Rupp (Western Athletic Conference)
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Navy Midshipmen – Head Coach: Billy Lange (Patriot League)
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Rhode Island Rams – Head Coach: Jim Baron (Atlantic 10 Conference)
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Seattle Redhawks – Head Coach: Cameron Dollar (Great West Conference)
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Toledo Rockets – Head Coach: Gene Cross (Mid-American Conference)
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UC Irvine Anteaters – Head Coach: Pat Douglass (Big West Conference)
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UIC Flames – Head Coach: Jimmy Collins (Horizon League)
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