Sole Possession: 43 Teams In Men’s Tourney Wear Nike, Jordan

THE DAILY offers our annual breakdown of the shoe and apparel brands worn by the 65 teams in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The first round of the tournament tips off today. Schools in the chart below are listed by region in their seed order. Of the 65 teams, 43 sport the Nike swoosh or Jordan logo, compared to 44 last year. Nike or Jordan uniforms are worn by 38 schools. Seventeen teams wear adidas shoes, up from 14 a year ago. And 1 has three schools in the tournament, up from two in ’05, while Reebok this year has only Boston College, down from four last year. With its new deal with Winthrop, New Balance makes its first appearance in the tournament since ’00 (THE DAILY).

ATLANTA			DC
School	Shoe	Apparel	School	Shoe	Apparel
Duke	Nike	Nike	Connecticut	Nike	Nike
Texas	Nike	Nike	Tennessee	adidas	adidas
Iowa	Nike	Nike	North Carolina	Jordan	Jordan
Louisiana State	Nike	Nike	Illinois	Nike	Nike
Syracuse	Nike	Nike	Washington	Nike	Nike
West Virginia	Nike	Nike	Michigan State	Nike	Nike
California	Jordan	Jordan	Wichita State	Nike	Nike
George Washington	Nike	Nike	Kentucky	Nike	Nike
NC-Wilmington	adidas	adidas	Alabama-Birmingham	adidas	adidas
North Carolina State	adidas	adidas	Seton Hall	adidas	adidas
Southern Illinois	Nike	Rawlings	George Mason	Nike	Nike
Texas A&M	Nike	Nike	Utah State	Nike	Nike
Iona	Nike	Nike	Air Force	Nike	Nike
Northwestern State	adidas	Speedline	Murray State	adidas	adidas
Pennsylvania	And 1	And 1	Winthrop	New Balance	Sports Belle
Southern	Nike	Russell	Albany	Nike	The Rock
OAKLAND			MINNEAPOLIS
School	Shoe	Apparel	School	Shoe	Apparel
Memphis	adidas	adidas	Villanova	Nike	Nike
UCLA	adidas	adidas	Ohio State	Nike	Nike
Gonzaga	Nike	Nike	Florida	Nike	Nike
Kansas	adidas	adidas	Boston College	Reebok	Reebok
Pittsburgh	adidas	adidas	Nevada	adidas	adidas
Indiana	adidas	adidas	Oklahoma	Nike	Nike
Marquette	Nike	Nike	Georgetown	Nike	Nike
Arkansas	adidas	adidas	Arizona	Nike	Nike
Bucknell	adidas	adidas	Wisconsin	adidas	adidas
Alabama	Nike	Nike	Northern Iowa	Nike	Nike
San Diego State	Nike	Russell	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	adidas	adidas
Kent State	Nike	Nike	Montana	Nike	Nike
Bradley	Nike	Nike	Pacific	And 1	And 1
Xavier	Nike	Nike	South Alabama	Nike	Nike
Belmont	Nike	Nike	Davidson	Nike	Nike
Oral Roberts	Nike	Nike	Monmouth	And 1	And 1
			Hampton	Nike	Russell