Today, THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY provides the NCAA Men's
Tournament brackets, including each institution's shoe
affiliations. Schools are listed in seed order. Stay tuned for
the women's draw tomorrow.
EAST REGION SOUTHEAST REGION
Massachusetts Nike Connecticut Nike
Georgetown Nike Cincinnati Nike
Texas Tech Reebok Georgia Tech Nike
Marquette Nike UCLA Reebok
Penn State Nike Mississippi St. Nike
North Carolina Nike Indiana Converse
New Mexico Converse Temple Nike
Bradley Nike Duke Nike
Stanford Nike Eastern Michigan Nike
Kansas State Reebok Oklahoma Converse
New Orleans Nike Boston College Reebok
Arkansas Converse VA Commonwealth Adidas
Monmouth Nike Princeton Converse
Northern Illinois Adidas Austin Peay Converse
Miss. Valley St. Nike^ UNC-Greensboro Adidas
Central Florida Adidas Colgate Adidas
MIDWEST REGION WEST REGION
Kentucky Converse Purdue Nike
Wake Forest Nike Kansas Converse
Villanova Nike Arizona Nike
Utah Reebok Syracuse Nike
Iowa State Nike Memphis Converse
Louisville Converse Iowa Nike
Michigan Nike Maryland Nike
Wisconsin G-B Nike Georgia Converse
Virginia Tech Nike Clemson Converse
Texas Reebok Santa Clara Converse
Tulsa Converse G. Washington Nike
California Nike Drexel Nike
Canisius Nike Montana State Nike
Portland Nike Valparaiso Reebok
N.E. Louisiana Converse^ South Carolina St. Nike
San Jose State Converse Western Carolina Nike
THE NUMBERS GAME: Thirty-six teams are going with Nike
footwear, followed by 16 teams in Converse, seven in Reeboks, and
five in Adidas. Converse gives N.E. Louisiana shoes, but the
company does not count them as a contracted affiliation.
Mississippi Valley State will wear Nike during the tournament,
but they do not have a contract with the company (THE DAILY).
Mississippi Valley State AD Chuck Prophet: "Whatever the best
deal is we can get from a sporting goods dealer, we'll buy that"
(USA TODAY, 3/12).
