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Saturday, March 11, 2006

For Settling your Seeding Arguments:

In order to help settle any debates, bar bets, seeding debates or other general disputes, here's some data on the teams MU is fighting against for seed in the NCAA tournament.

We've identifed the best wins and worst losses for both conference and non conference games.

#19 Missouri State:
Best Win: #23 Northern Iowa
Best non-conf win: #52 UWM
Worst Loss: #45 Arkansas
Last 10: 8-2

#20 Wisconsin:
Best Win #5 Ohio State
Best non-conference win: #28 Marquette
Worst Conference Loss: #172 Purdue
Worst Loss #223 ND State
Last 10: 4-6

#21 NevadaBest Win: #32 Kansas
Best Conference win: #49 Utah State
Worst Loss: #123 St. Marys
Worst Conf. Loss: #122 Fresno State.
Last 10: 10-0

#22 Arizona:
Best Win: #32 Kansas
Best Conference Win: #56 Cal
Worst Loss: #175 Oregon State
Worst N/C Loss: #51 Houston
Last 10: 6-4

#23 Northern Iowa

Best Win: #10 LSU
Best Conference Win: #24 Wichita State
Worst Loss: #163 Indiana State
Norst Non-Conference Loss: #91 Iowa State
Last 10: 4-6

#24 Wichita State
Best Win: #19 Missouri State
Best Non Conference Win: #65 Northwestern State
Worst Loss: #40 Creighton
Norst Non-Conference Loss: #15 Michigan State
Last 10: 7-3

#25: NC Wilmington:
Best N/C Win: #81 Butler
Best Conference Win: #26 George Mason
Worst Conference Loss: #69 ODU
Norst Loss: #189 College of Charleston
Last 10: 9-1

#26 George Mason
Best Win: #24 Wichita State
Best Conference Win: #25 NC Wilmington
Worst Loss: #112 MIssissippi State
Norst Conference Loss:#25 NC Wilmington
Last 10: 8-2

#27 Southern Illinois
Best Win: #19 Missouri State
Best non-Conference Win: #54 Kent
Worst Loss: Non-D1 Alaska Anchorage
Worst Conference Loss: #191 Evansville
Last 10: 6-4

#28 Marquette:
Best Win: #3 UConn
Best Non-Conference Win: #67 South Carolina
Worst Loss: #93 Nebraska
Worst Conference Loss: #75 Rutgers
Last 10: 5-5


#29 Hofstra
Best Win: #26 George Mason
Best Non Conference Win: #105 LaSalle
Worst Loss: #222 Towson
Worst Non Conference Loss:#82 VCU
Last 10: 8-2

#30 Boston College
Best Win: #9 North Carolina
Best Non-Conference Win: #87 Oklahoma State
Worst Loss: #156 Georgia Tech
Worst Conference Loss: #47 Maryland
Last 10: 9-1

#31 Indiana
Best Win: #5 OhioState
Best Non-Conference WIn: #33 Kentucky
Worst Loss: #163 Indiana State
Worst Conf. Loss: #103 Penn State
Last 10: 5-5

#32 Kansas:
Best Win: #15 Oklahoma
Best Non-Conference Win #33 Kentucky
Worst Loss: #138 Missouri
Worst non-conference loss #45 Arkansas
Last 10: 9-1

#33 Kentucky:
Best Win: #34 West Virginia
Best Conference Win: #6 Tennessee
Worst Loss: #72 Vandy
Worst N/C loss: #32 Kansas

#34 West Virginia
Best win: #2 Villanova
Best Non-COnference win: #16 Oklahoma
Worst Loss: #230 Marshall
Worst Conf Loss: #58 Seton Hall
Last 10: 4-6

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