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HoopsTournament.Net</div> </div> <div id="main_sub_container" style="height: 300px;"> <p> <b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial">03/18/2005<?xml namespace="ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" prefix=o ?></span></b></p> <p> <span>The 2005 first round was the second lowing first round in the shot clock era.<span>&nbsp; </span>The 64 teams averaged 67.2 points a game.<span>&nbsp; </span>The lowest scoring first round in this era was 66.4 in 1999.</span></p> <p> <span>The 2005 first round also had the lowest margin of victory in the shot clock era.<span>&nbsp; </span>The average margin was 10.5 points. </span><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial"></span></b> </p> <p> <b><span>Second Round Conference Breakdown</span></b></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="165"> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: black 0.5pt solid; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: silver; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; width: 85pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: black 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="bottom" width="113"> <p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"> <b><span style="color: black">Conference</span></b><b><span style="color: black"> </span> </b> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: black 0.5pt solid; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: silver; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; width: 39pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: black 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="bottom" width="52"> <p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"> <b><span style="color: black">Teams</span></b><b><span style="color: black"> </span> </b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Atlantic Coast</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">5</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Big East</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 4</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Big Twelve</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 4</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Big Ten</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 3</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Conference USA</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">3</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Southeastern</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 3</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Pacific Ten</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">2</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">America East</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">1</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Big West</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 1</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> Horizon League</p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 1</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Missouri Valley</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">1</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Mountain West</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">1</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Patriot League</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 1</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">West Coast</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 1</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: black 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Western Athletic</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: black 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 1</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <b><span>Longest Current Streak of Second Round Appearances</span></b></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="233"> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: black 0.5pt solid; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: silver; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; width: 1.5in; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: black 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="bottom" width="144"> <p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"> <b><span style="color: black">Team</span></b><b><span style="color: black"> </span></b> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: black 0.5pt solid; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: silver; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; width: 67pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: black 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="bottom" width="89"> <p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"> <b><span style="color: black">Consecutive</span></b><b><span style="color: black"> </span> </b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Kentucky</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">14</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> Duke</p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 9</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Illinois</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 6</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Connecticut</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">4</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Wake Forest</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">4</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Wisconsin</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">4</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Gonzaga</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">3</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Oklahoma State</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">3</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Boston College</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">2</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Cincinnati</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">2</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Georgia Tech</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">2</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Mississippi State</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">2</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Nevada</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">2</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">North Carolina</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">2</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">North Carolina State</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">2</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Pacific, California</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">2</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Texas Tech</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">2</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">UAB</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: black">2</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <b><span>String of at least 3 Second Round Appearances snapped</span></b></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="233"> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: black 0.5pt solid; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: silver; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; width: 1.5in; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: black 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="bottom" width="144"> <p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"> <b><span style="color: black">Team</span></b><b><span style="color: black"> </span></b> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: black 0.5pt solid; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: silver; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; width: 67pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: black 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="bottom" width="89"> <p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"> <b><span style="color: black">Consecutive</span></b><b><span style="color: black"> </span> </b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Kansas</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 15</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Stanford</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 10</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black">Maryland</span><span style="color: black"> </span> </p> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: black 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right"> 7</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15.75pt"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-right: silver 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: medium none; padding-left: 0.75pt; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: black 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: silver 0.5pt solid; height: 15.75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal">