NIT-ology 2005-06taking a look at the other side of the postseason bubble
Final Results: 62 of 65 NCAA Tourney teams correct (95%) / 38 of 40 NIT teams correct (95%)
Official 2006 NIT Bracket
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds | 9-seeds | 10-seeds |
| cincinnati missouri st. hofstra michigan | florida st. creighton colorado maryland | vanderbilt houston st. joe's south carolina | louisville w. kentucky rutgers old dominion | byu minnesota miami fl virginia | stanford oklahoma st. utep clemson | notre dame akron wake forest nebraska | la. tech vcu temple iowa st. | miami oh butler manhattan no. arizona | delaware st. f. dickinson lipscomb ga. southern |
| northeastern, depaul, new mexico st., unlv, penn st., ohio, hawaii, georgia, kansas st., usc, northwestern, charlotte, la salle, saint louis, marist, samford, providence, holy cross, mississippi st., auburn, middle tennessee, sam houston st., new mexico |
| bid status... black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in orange - automatic bid, in red - on the bubble, out | movement this update... out of nit, into ncaa: air force, seton hall, utah st. out of ncaa, into nit: cincinnati, hofstra, missouri st. into nit from below: none out of nit, into the abyss: none |
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds | 9-seeds | 10-seeds |
| seton hall michigan florida st. creighton | colorado maryland air force houston | vanderbilt utah st. st. joe's south carolina | louisville w. kentucky rutgers byu | old dominion minnesota miami fl virginia | stanford oklahoma st. utep clemson | notre dame akron wake forest nebraska | la. tech vcu temple iowa st. | miami oh butler manhattan no. arizona | delaware st. f. dickinson lipscomb ga. southern |
| northeastern, depaul, new mexico st., unlv, penn st., ohio, hawaii, georgia, kansas st., usc, northwestern, charlotte, la salle, saint louis, marist, samford, providence, holy cross, mississippi st., auburn, middle tennessee, sam houston st., new mexico |
| bid status... black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in orange - automatic bid, in red - on the bubble, out | movement this update... out of nit, into ncaa: xavier (automatic) out of ncaa, into nit: saint joseph's into nit from below: delaware st. out of nit, into the abyss: unlv |
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds | 9-seeds | 10-seeds |
| seton hall michigan florida st. creighton | colorado maryland air force houston | vanderbilt utah st. louisville byu | w. kentucky south carolina old dominion rutgers | minnesota utep miami fl virginia | stanford oklahoma st. notre dame clemson | temple akron wake forest nebraska | la. tech vcu xavier iowa st. | miami oh butler unlv manhattan | no. arizona f. dickinson lipscomb ga. southern |
| northeastern, depaul, new mexico st., penn st., ohio, hawaii, georgia, kansas st., usc, northwestern, charlotte, la salle, saint louis, marist, samford, providence, holy cross, mississippi st., auburn, middle tennessee, sam houston st., new mexico |
| bid status... black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in orange - automatic bid, in red - on the bubble, out | movement this update... out of nit, into ncaa: none out of ncaa, into nit: none into nit from below: none out of nit, into the abyss: none |
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds | 9-seeds | 10-seeds |
| michigan florida st. seton hall colorado | maryland creighton air force houston | vanderbilt utah st. louisville byu | w. kentucky temple minnesota south carolina | old dominion utep rutgers akron | miami fl virginia stanford oklahoma st. | notre dame clemson miami oh xavier | la. tech vcu iowa st. butler | wake forest unlv nebraska manhattan | no. arizona f. dickinson lipscomb ga. southern |
| penn st., kansas st., georgia, ohio, northeastern, usc, northwestern, new mexico st., hawaii, la salle, saint louis, charlotte, marist, samford, providence, mississippi st., auburn, holy cross, sam houston st., middle tennessee, new mexico |
| bid status... black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in orange - automatic bid, in red - on the bubble, out | movement this update... out of nit, into ncaa: saint joseph's, syracuse out of ncaa, into nit: florida st., michigan into nit from below: nebraska, unlv, wake forest, xavier out of nit, into the abyss: hawaii, kansas st., la salle, northwestern |
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds | 9-seeds | 10-seeds |
| seton hall syracuse air force creighton | colorado maryland houston vanderbilt | utah st. byu louisville old dominion | st. joe's stanford clemson virginia | miami fl utep akron w. kentucky | rutgers notre dame south carolina miami oh | minnesota oklahoma st. iowa st. kansas st. | la. tech vcu temple butler | northwestern hawaii la salle manhattan | no. arizona f. dickinson lipscomb ga. southern |
| nebraska, depaul, georgia, usc, wake forest, charlotte, saint louis, northeastern, xavier, unlv, penn st., mississippi st., providence, auburn, ohio, marist, samford, new mexico st., new mexico, holy cross, middle tennessee, northern illinois, sam houston st. |
| bid status... black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in orange - automatic bid, in red - on the bubble, out | movement this update... out of nit, into ncaa: california, montana (automatic), south alabama (automatic) out of ncaa, into nit: seton hall into nit from below: fairleigh dickinson, northern arizona, western kentucky out of nit, into the abyss: depaul |
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds | 9-seeds | 10-seeds |
| california syracuse creighton air force | colorado utah st. vanderbilt houston | maryland byu louisville old dominion | st. joe's akron clemson virginia | miami fl stanford minnesota utep | notre dame south carolina la. tech miami oh | rutgers oklahoma st. iowa st. kansas st. | vcu so. alabama montana butler | temple depaul hawaii la salle | northwestern manhattan lipscomb ga. southern |
| northeastern, georgia, xavier, nebraska, wake forest, usc, saint louis, mississippi st., penn st., providence, auburn, charlotte, ohio, unlv, marist, samford, new mexico st., new mexico |
| bid status... black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in orange - automatic bid, in red - on the bubble, out | movement this update... out of nit, into ncaa: hofstra, southern illinois out of ncaa, into nit: california, syracuse into nit from below: la salle, lipscomb, manhattan out of nit, into the abyss: georgia, iona, xavier |
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds | 9-seeds | 10-seeds |
| creighton so. illinois air force colorado | hofstra utah st. old dominion vanderbilt | maryland byu stanford houston | louisville st. joe's minnesota virginia | miami fl clemson utep temple | notre dame la. tech akron vcu | miami oh iona kansas st. iowa st. | oklahoma st. rutgers south carolina xavier | depaul hawaii so. alabama montana | northwestern georgia butler ga. southern |
| unlv, auburn, nebraska, st. louis, la salle, providence, ohio, pacific, northeastern, usc, penn st., charlotte, wake forest, middle tennessee, marist, new mexico st., mississippi st., new mexico |
| bid status... black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in orange - automatic bid, in red - on the bubble, out | movement this update... out of nit, into ncaa: florida st., seton hall, texas a&m out of ncaa, into nit: creighton, hofstra, southern illinois into nit from below: depaul, georgia, georgia southern, kansas st. out of nit, into the abyss: la salle, nebraska, st. louis, unlv |
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds | 9-seeds | 10-seeds |
| colorado seton hall air force texas a&m | florida st. utah st. old dominion maryland | houston byu vanderbilt stanford | louisville minnesota virginia miami fl | temple clemson utep la. tech | st joe's akron vcu st. louis | miami oh iona xavier notre dame | oklahoma st. iowa st. rutgers south carolina | nebraska hawaii south alabama montana | northwestern unlv la salle butler |
| auburn, georgia, providence, depaul, kansas st., charlotte, ohio, wake forest, usc, penn st., mississippi st., virginia tech, northeastern, middle tennessee, marist, pacific, new mexico st. |
| bid status... black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in red - on the bubble, out | movement this update... out of nit, into ncaa: indiana, southern illinois out of ncaa, into nit: florida st., seton hall into nit from below: iona out of nit, into the abyss: georgia |
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds | 9-seeds | 10-seeds |
| colorado so. illinois virginia air force | maryland indiana south carolina houston | louisville old dominion utah st. byu | minnesota stanford temple iowa st. | miami fl texas a&m vanderbilt la. tech | clemson vcu notre dame oklahoma st. | xavier st. joe's miami oh akron | rutgers montana utep northwestern | so. alabama hawaii butler nebraska | georgia unlv la salle saint louis |
| wake forest, kansas st., providence, charlotte, manhattan, usc, texas tech, penn st., mississippi st., st. john's, ohio, new mexico st., middle tennessee, northeastern, auburn, marist, new mexico |
| bid status... black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in red - on the bubble, out | movement this update... out of nit, into ncaa: bradley, florida st., hofstra out of ncaa, into nit: colorado, maryland, southern illinois into nit from below: la salle, nebraska, northwestern, saint louis out of nit, into the abyss: kansas st., manhattan, providence, usc |
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds | 9-seeds | 10-seeds |
| bradley indiana south carolina florida st. | air force hofstra houston louisville | stanford old dominion utah st. byu | vanderbilt louisiana tech minnesota clemson | miami fl virginia temple vcu | xavier iowa st. texas a&m oklahoma st. | notre dame rutgers kent st. providence | saint joseph's usc kansas st. georgia | butler montana miami oh hawaii | south alabama utep unlv manhattan |
| wake forest, charlotte, nebraska, texas tech, northwestern, depaul, st. louis, la salle, ohio, samford, northeastern, marist, new mexico |
| bid status... black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in red - on the bubble, out | movement this update... out of nit, into ncaa: arkansas, nc wilmington, uab out of ncaa, into nit: indiana, south carolina, stanford into nit from below: butler, kent st., oklahoma st., providence, south alabama, utep out of nit, into the abyss: charlotte, nebraska, samford, wake forest, washington st., virginia tech |
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds | 9-seeds | 10-seeds |
| louisville miami fl arkansas nc wilmington | uab virginia vanderbilt houston | air force old dominion iowa st. utah st. | minnesota florida st. clemson hofstra | byu xavier temple bradley | rutgers vcu texas a&m georgia | washington st. notre dame saint joseph's manhattan | virginia tech usc wake forest miami oh | kansas st. louisiana tech nebraska charlotte | montana hawaii samford unlv |
| butler, utep, new mexico, south alabama, saint louis, kent st., la salle, northeastern, mississippi, marist, utah, ohio, northwestern, oklahoma st., sam houston st. |
| black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in red - on the bubble, out | Teams listed in order of strength within their seeds and in the bubble column. Teams must be projected to finish at at least .500 and NOT projected to make the NCAA tournament to be eligible. 7, 8, 9, and 10 seeds participate in a play-in round to whittle the field down to 32. |